About a year ago, al-Arabiya channel launched their website. I don’t know why it took me all that time to find out about it. Maybe because the TV channel does not promote it good enough on the screen. However, the website is promising. The content is good, and it is one of the few Arabic news sites with a professional design.

I bet most of you already read about this, but here is a good article by Mshari Al-Thaidi commenting on the subject.

The Iraqi writer Arif Alwan has decided to publish his new novel, Al-Adhwa’a, exclusively on the Internet. The writer told Asharq Al-Awsat the main reason behind his decision is the disappointments he found dealing with the publishers. I think it is good to see Arab writers finally take advantage of the Internet. I downloaded the novel and I will try to read it when I get back to Riyadh.

According to Elaph, people start using the Internet to buy the sheep of Eid.

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