Asharq al-Awsat is starting a new column for the young population of the Arab World. Good luck.

NY Times: “We all have a life. Must we all write about it?”

In his column, Mohammed al-Rasheed advises Iyad Madani, the new minister of information to “concentrate on culture, not banning books.” However, I disagree with him on the mechanism he suggested to solve the issue of censorship of books. Employing people to read all books published and then publishing a monthly list of banned books is not a solution. I don’t understand why the writer spent some of his precious time writing such column when he knows what the ultimate solution is. He writes in the very last paragraph: “We must keep in mind, however, that the ultimate solution lies in the steps taken in other Arab countries: Shut it down.”

Here’s a list of some Syrian blogs by Mohammed.

HOWTO make a duct tape wallet. Or you know what? Don’t make it yourslef, because it gets all sticky once the tape starts to peel. Instead you can buy a better looking one from Ducti. (via Lifehacker)

Full transcript of the Saudi writer Abdullah Bekhit, who has a similar case to Dr. al-Mizeini’s case, interview on al-Arabiya TV.

In case you’ve missed it: “Finding sunlight on the web and Martin Luther King’s dream.”