Middle East

Cross post from Examiner.com.

NEW YORK CITY/NEWSWIRES/2/20/09/ -AWARD WINNING AUTHOR ALADDIN ELAASAR CELEBRATED THE INSTANT SUCCESS OF HIS LATEST BOOK. “THE LAST PHARAOH: MUBARAK AND THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF EGYPT IN THE VOLATILE MID EAST” WAS BANNED IN EGYPT AND ARAB COUNTRIES AFTER ITS INITIAL RELEASE IS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH BEACON PRESS, AMAZON AND MOBIPOCKET.

New short film on current developments in the destroyed Nahr al-Bared Camp.

One year has passed since the first Palestinians were allowed to return to the outskirts of the destroyed Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, to the so-called "new camp". Meanwhile, up to 15.000 people have resettled there, many of them waiting to access their destroyed homes in the "old camp", the core of what used to be Nahr al-Bared Camp. The Lebanese army still exclusively controls the old camp as well as parts of the new camp.