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Ramadan in Reverse – The Robotics of the Egyptian onscreen presence

I’ve been dithering about writing about what I watched this Ramadan on Egyptian television, mainly because of how ‘little’ I watched. And most of what I watched I didn’t particularly like. Instead however I’m going to focus on the sci-fi entry for Ramadan 2022, In Our Home a Robot 2. By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhDThis […]

Trump wants Florida court to lift Twitter ban

Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the US Capitol. Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in US District Court in Miami seeking a preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO, Jack […]

Arab executives want paid content from now on

It is no surprise that English is the language of the internet, with 60 percent of the top 10 million websites using it. Arabic, on the other hand, ranks 12th, with only 1.1 percent of the top 10 million websites using the language despite the fact that it is spoken by 3.5 percent of the […]

Congress attackers compared to Daesh, irresponsible social media condemned

By the time social media companies took action against users and groups spurring on the siege of Capitol Hill this week, culminating in the suspension of US President Donald Trump’s accounts, it was too little too late. For weeks, content on Big Tech platforms Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, as well as […]

Words that Liberate and Enslave Us: Christina Marie on Dragons, Zombies, Aliens & Male-Female Tropes

Dear Christina “DZA” Marie, First off all let me thank you on behalf of all the readers of The Levant newspaper in the Middle East and elsewhere. It’s not every day we get to talk to a distinguished author and, better yet, someone who teach authors how to write. Secondly, I’d like you to […]

A modern witch hunt in coronavirus times

In times of crisis and panic, going against the flow is seen by many as inconvenient. This is precisely the case in the current Covid-19 pandemic where people who dare to oppose the official information coming from institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and other local health institutions have been declared foolish, unreasonable […]

Is the new Michael Moore film misleading or an eye opener?

The new Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans, which takes aim at the green movement, has provoked a furious reaction from scientists and campaigners all over the world. Moore states in his film that the green movement is hypocrite, and in fact dangerously misleading the public. He exposes for example the illusion of electric […]

Putin files re-election bid as Kremlin critic calls for protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin officially launched his bid for a fourth term as Russia's president on Wednesday, as his main opponent called for a day of protests against the elections. Putin, who has served as either Prime Minister or President of Russia since 1999, filed papers that pave the way for him to rule until […]

A Look At ISIS’ Exploiting Of Social Media

THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE - By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* -- ISIS utilizes social media to promote its military and terrorist attacks in Syria and Iraq; where it set a complex strategic plan to use these platforms for the mentioned purpose. And with the outset of ISIS’ attack on Mosul and other adjacent provinces on June 9, […]

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