The Gaddafis flirt with Israel: In a report emerging from Yediot Aharonot- local Israeli paper in Hebrew- as well as a local Lebanese publication, Al-Akbar news- Saif al-Islam is rumoured to be going to Israel for support at this time for his embattled country. He is said to have quite a developed relationship with Israel both during this current crisis and in his own personal life, more specifically love life. According to the report, he has solicited senior leaders from Israel for their expert assistance with security and military enforcement- ...

Haifa Wehbe : Lebanese beauty, model, actress and singer. But mostly known for the controversy she creates. She needs no introduction in the Middle East. With attention and eyes tuned into the Arab world, not surprisingly some are still landing on Haifa’s cleavage in the midst of standard revolutionary images. And Haifa is concerned to salvage her breast reputation and acting career. With the spotlight on Tahrir Square, she has managed to keep at least some attention fixed on her camera-loving self. By drawing attention to her breast size. While ...

An Al Bawaba exclusive brings you a story of Egyptian state LEAKS straight out of the heart of the Revolution. It all started on Saturday night, when some officers in the State Security started burning what are alleged to be classified documents in Alexandria state security office (Fairuz), in order to hide any evidence of the state security’s unsavory or unethical activities. The State’s security arm is widely accused of human rights abuses, such as torture of detainees. Protesters, empowered by now by the promise of the newly sworn in ...

Not his daughter, not his mistresses, but his Guards. The Amazonian Guards: These are the ladies in Gaddafi’s life everyone’s talking about. We’ve heard of Leaders of States in time memoriam surrounding themselves with women. In some parts of Europe having mistresses is par for the course for men, culturally, and never more so than for men in power. In other quarters, it causes scandals of sleaze in the cabinet and arouses much uproar – at times spilling over into protests, as witnessed with Italy’s Main Man, Berlusconi under female ...

It’s been 2 weeks since the Libyans started to rebel against their eccentric but all-too-present leader of 41 years. In this time, as well as throughout his 41 year-career, Gaddafi has become a by-word for bizarre, loopy, eccentric, raving mad, delusional and dangerous. As his country’s situation looks more and more troubled and bloody, his words become further divorced from reality. His utterings as he insists he hasn’t yet applied force, become ludicrous when compared to the reality and images coming out of his fragmenting bleeding country. The crux of ...

Gaddafi’s clan have been described as a Motley but dangerous lot. Nothing bland from the seed of such a scandalous father.Though he is known for attracting a crowd, his children are, with the exception of the more private Saif al-Arab, hardly prone to withdrawal from the public eye either. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has a total of eight children, one with his first wife Fathia Khaled and seven with his second wife Safia Farkash, once a nurse. A third woman, his now nurse, is on the family scene, not surprising ...

From the Arab Gulf kingdoms, to the more troubled Mid Eastern hot spots of Egypt and Iraq, leaders and patrons have their serene sea decks to keep them distracted from the noise of the rabble on stormy land! These prize toys for the uber-wealthy or floating cities as they’ve been tagged, are some of the largest and most luxurious yachts , racking up prestigious Superyacht Awards. Some of the world’s richest billionaires keep floating palaces and pleasure decks, and some of these happen to be members of the royal or ...

We had Bushisms from a leader who didn't mind embarassing his country and himself. Now we bring you Qaddafisms from another shameless man who has had his share of (circus) moments of clowning around in the public arena and in the courts of propreity and protocol. This man has flouted all the rules of decorum unabashedly, and has made some blooper lines of his own on the scale of Bush, that bring more than his IQ into question, but the need to bring his sanity into check ! We bring ...

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi; also known simply as Colonel Gaddafi; born 7 June 1942) has been the de facto leader of Libya since a coup in 1969. That's more than a decade longer than Mubarak, whose nation seemed to run out of patience with. From 1972, when Gaddafi relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" or "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" in government statements and the official press ...