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saadia
12/20/01 at 11:53:17
Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah I don't know if another thread elsewhere covers this, but i found this list of online news sources at www.workingforchange.com--i haven't checked out all of these sites but i'm still on the lookout for more sites, any suggestions??? ooo how exciting my first post!! FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD English language versions of Islamic newspapers: www.ahram.org.eg/weekly (Al-Ahram, Cairo, state-owned) www.dailystar.com.lb (Daily Star, Lebanon) www.gulf-times.com (Gulf Times, Qatar) www.jang.com.pk/thenews (Daily Jang, Pakistan, excellent reporting on Afghan war) Other sources for regional news: www.afghan-network.net (based in California, but excellent news from the home country) www.afghanweb.com (numerous links and Afghan news) www.al-jazeera.net (Al-Jazeera, the now-notorious Pan-Islamic Qatar TV station in Arabic, but the pictures alone can tell lots about both the news stories and Islamic news priorities) www.allafrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media, good news coverage of Islamic Africa) www.irna.com (The Islamic Republic News Association, based in Teheran, tends to be a fundamentalist viewpoint) www.islamonline.net/english/ (IslamOnline.net, an impressive pan-Islamic site [Arabic and English] of news, opinion, and culture) www.memri.org (Middle East Media & Research Institute, translates articles from Farsi and Arabic media) www.payamemujahid.com/ (online weekly from inside Afghanistan, available in multiple languages) wwwvms.utexas.edu/~smithey/timebeing/Afghanistan/Afghanistan.html (an ungainly address, but a stunning compilation of links related to the War on Terrorism, compiled by Lee Smithey of the Univ. of Texas) EUROPEAN SOURCES: Daily newspapers & TV: www.bbc.co.uk (BBC) www.dailytelegraph.co.uk (Daily Telegraph) www.guardian.co.uk (has been consistently excellent) www.independent.co.uk (home of Robert Fisk, the single best English-language Middle East reporter in the world) www.ireland.com (Irish Times) www.londontimes.com (London Times) Other Western voices: www.debka.com (DebkaFile, an excellent Website devoted to Middle East intelligence run by a former Economist foreign affairs writer) www.eurasianews.com (scores of links to sites on Afghanistan, and similar lists for other countries in the region) www.iwpr.net (Institute for War and Peace Reporting, a British outfit that ranges from the Balkans throughout Asia, but especially valuable for the former Soviet republics) www.mwaw.org (Media Workers Against War, disgruntled BBC and Guardian employees scrutinizing British media coverage of the war) www.wombatnews.com (Wombat International News, a Japanese site with a stunning number of links to news coverage around the world; heavy coverage of the U.S. war). ANTI-WAR, HUNGER, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ACTIVISM: www.antiwar.com (a very good independent, libertarian-oriented site) www.objector.org (Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors) www.forusa.org (Fellowship of Reconciliation) www.nwtrcc.org (National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee) www.peace-action.org (Peace Action) www.warresisters.org (War Resisters League) www.interaction.org (American Council for Voluntary International Action; coalition site with links to 160+ relief agencies). Civil Liberties: www.aclu-wa.org (American Civil Liberties Union of Wash.) www.ccr-ny.org (Center for Constitutional Rights)

Re: online news sources
bhaloo
12/20/01 at 21:04:54
slm Interesting news sites.  Welcome to the board, sister, enjoy your stay, insha'Allah. :)

Re: online news sources
*sofia*
12/20/01 at 22:57:02
Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah This sister is constantly sending me things from workingforchange.com.  I don't know what her obsession is.   :)  Just kidding.   btw - Saadia's my sister.  At least I think this is the same Saadia (who else goes on that site?). :)  Ahlan wa sahlan.

Re: online news sources
se7en
12/21/01 at 01:57:36
as salaamu alaykum, Saadia, welcome to the board :)  Do an intro in the bebzi stand, otherwise all we'll know about you is that your sofia's sis  :)
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