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Mark Makhoul, 2:48 AM, Benihana and blogs!

Mark Makhoul, a blogger living in the Middle East, is now the subject of a US$18,000 lawsuit filed by the Kuwaiti franchisee of global Japanese restaurant chain Benihana. Mark’s crime? Posting a mildly critical restaurant review on his blog, 2:48AM (judge for...

Have you been “Benihana” ‘d yet?? #BenihanaKUW

So I am part of the Middle East bloggers community now – not very famous (hell not famous at all) but I am part of it. When a person of this community gets attacked for no reason at all, that is an attack on all the bloggers in the community!That is why, when...

Masdar City

These are only the photographs for the time being – Will write up the blog post in a while.Here is a video of how we reached the main building of Masdar Institute.Cheers,Partha See the full gallery on posterousPosted via email from partha’s...

Microsoft – are they going soft in the head?

I would think so.Its been 3 weeks since they launched Office 2011 for Mac but they took a little while to get it here to the Middle East. Turns out that this wait was not enough since they have still not got it ready for the Middle East! Reason: No Arabic Support!Few...