newsjiffy (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Tunisan blogger Fatma Riahi, who is known online as Arabicca, has been released by police investigating whether she is the author of Blog de Z , according to a posting on the Free Arabicca blog. According to Al Jazeera , Riahi was first summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani in Tunis on Monday. She was released only to be arrested the next day. Her home was searched,...
Babylon & Beyond (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Lina Ben Mhenni was one of the last people to see Fatma Riahi the day she was arrested. The two women bloggers had been in touch online and by phone, but it wasn't until Ben Mhenni saw that Riahi's Facebook...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi, who blogs as Fatma Arabicca, has been charged with defamation on her own blog and is now being detained. A group has been formed on Facebook in support of the 34-year-old blogger, who is also being accused of blogging on Debat Tunise (Tunisia Debate).
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
(Tunis, Tunisia) A 34-year-old college professor and blogger, Fatma Riahi, was investigated last week by Tunisian authorities for suspected criminal libel against President Zine el Abidine BEN ALI. On Wednesday, she was arrested. Riahi, known as "Arabicca" online, has been...
Journalista (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
“ The Dark Knight Returns additionally helped start the ‘grim and gritty’ trends in comic storytelling that still exist today. That was an unintended result, and I am truly sorry it happened. Comics are much too dark today. Er — in my opinion…” - Dick Giordano Above the Fold [Top Story] Life in interesting times Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi has been jailed on suspicion of being a cartoonist:...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
"A Tunisian blogger and drama teacher, Fatma Riahi, known online as Arabicca, has been arrested by the country's police, Al Jazeera has learned. Riahi was summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani in Tunis on Monday, where she was questioned about her online activities, sources said." (thanks Olivia)
