Archive for May 17, 2005

Maison et ferme du Jas de Bouffan, 1889-90. Cézanne. 

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“Report Says Treasury Missed Iraq Oil AbusesU.S. Firm Accused of $37 Million in Kickbacks”

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“Scandal of the child brides: In rural India it is not unusual for girls to be married off at the age of 10 or 11 – despite the fact that under-age marriage is illegal. It takes a brave individual to try to halt the practice.”

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“Saudis jail academics who petitioned for reforms”

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“Galloway and the mother of all invective”

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“…the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which allocates federal funds for public radio and television, is considering a plan to monitor Middle East coverage on NPR news programs for evidence of bias, a corporation spokesman said on Friday.”

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

Identify the terrorist in this picture. 

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

“The “less” was when Friedman, a man who at least once referred to himself in the third person (“This columnist has used his column …”), responded to one of Danner’s queries: “It doesn’t strike me as a very interesting question.” Perhaps he felt comfortable doing that because that’s the kind of straight talk he shares [...]

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

When I was a graduate student, I wrote a critical book review of Fouad Ajami’s book, The Vanished Imam, in Merip. To this very day, fanatical Zionist groups still bring that up. It bothered them that much. I should write more reviews of Ajami’s writing but he has not said anything new since.

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

Palestinian schoolgirls going to school in Dura, Khalil. 

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

I have never been a fan of George Galloway. Regardless whether he took a bribe from Saddam or not, he did praise Saddam and never uttered a word against his dictatorship. I even saw him campaigning on Edgeware Road in London last year, and thought that he was a clown. But..I heard (on my satellite [...]

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

Former Moroccan Guantanamo detainee talks about desecration of the Qur’an (Will Newsweek retract that one in the Moroccan publication too)? (thanks Karim)

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad

Identify the terrorist in this picture. 

Posted on May 17, 2005 by As'ad