The Angry Arab News Service

As’ad AbuKhalil isn't a poet himself, but he runs a site over at http://angryarab.net that is a clearinghouse for news and opinions that are rarely ever presented in US owned media. During the uprisings last month in Egypt, he posted extensively on the anti-Mubarak crowd's use of short poetry and song as a tool in their fight against a dictatorial regime.

At the moment, he's covering the current goings-on on Bahrain, Libya, and pretty much the rest of the Middle East, where (often) Western Backed regimes are busily trying to hold onto power, the populace is trying to take power for themselves, and the West is desperately trying to act like they never knew anything about arms shipments or off-shore bank accounts.

It's a good read of news you probably won't get anywhere else with a healthy dose of skepticism and criticism for all sides of the story.