Archive for May 10, 2006
“Emergency aid may be too little, too late for Palestinians trying to survive a crisis”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“A David-and-Goliath-style battle between Honduran villagers and an international conglomerate shows how the hunt for precious metal can threaten some of the world’s most vulnerable people and their environment.”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“Afghan poppy farmers expect record opium crop and the Taliban will reap the rewards”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“A Palestinian woman receiving food supplies from the EU and the UNRWA in the West Bank village of Bani Naim, near Hebron on Wednesday.”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“Vladimir Putin harshly rebuked Washington for its criticism last week and compared the US to a hungry wolf that “eats and listens to no one”.”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“The Bush administration is facing pressure both in the United States and overseas to drop its long-standing refusal to talk directly with Iran about its nuclear program, particularly in the wake of the unusual 18-page letter sent this week to President Bush by Iran’s president.”
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Help with technical questions. Can you save a picture from a Macromedia Flash player? Thanks. And lately, when I click on a hyperlink in an email message, I don’t get directed to the website. Why? Also, I like eggplants mahshi–but no meat. Thanks.
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
When it comes to Lebanon, Human Rights Watch in New York acts like the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Also, its statements on Palestine seem drafted by the legal advisors of..the US Department of State. Notice in this statement, that HRW is only concerned over the death of the billionaire (and following the Hariri [...]
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
A waiter in Sin Al-Fil in Lebanon leaked that Detlev Mehlis would only drink Château Cheval Blanc with his meals.
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
LBC-TV sent camera crews to entrances of Palestinian refugee camps and to the Syrian-Lebanese borders hoping to catch “foreigners” sneaking into the demonstration on Wednesday, but did not catch anything, according to Ad-Diyar newspaper.
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“Professor fights portrayal as supporter of terrorism” (thanks Rania)
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
It seems then when celebrities’ stars fade in the US, they accept invitations from…Lebanon. Nura Jumblat of the Bayt Ad-Din (International–everything in the little homeland with multiple psychological complexes is international) Festival announced that Ricky Martin will be performing in Beirut. I wonder: which of his one-hit songs will he be singing?
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
It bothers me when I see the Sudanese government trying to mediate between Syria and Lebanon. I mean, the bloody–literally here–Sudanese government. May the Sudanese government achieve peace within the Sudan, and stop its sponsorship of the Janjaweed before trying to spread peace in the region? thanks.
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
On the 500th anniversary of Ibn Khaldun death, I was thinking. We really need a new translation of the Muqaddimah in English. I re-read it (in Arabic) last year, and the available English translation can be much improved. You should read A.L. Tibawi’s critique of the translation by Franz Rosenthal. Tibawi is so underestimated. He [...]
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
“Dead on Time – arms transportation, brokering and the threat to human rights: the world’s top eleven arms exporting countries (by value of exports) – United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Israel, France, Germany, China, Ukraine, Italy, Sweden, and Canada – delivered military equipment and services to 163 other states and 15 dependent territories.” You have [...]
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Jordanian Government Uncovers Plots. That is all what it does. Have you noticed that the Jordanian government keeps inflating and exaggerating the size and magnitude of the alleged Hamas plot, by the day. Today, they claimed that Hamas had been hiding rockets, fighter jets, tanks, and 10 brigades. But the picture of the weapons that [...]
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Those demonstrations in Beirut: they will never end. But the demonstrators in Beirut today are at a disadvantage. International media (especially those of France and US) mostly follow the clues and hints of their governments and as a result, will not be glamorizing the demonstrators as long as their demonstrations don’t validate the Bush Doctrine. [...]
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Gender segregation that you find cute: “El Al Airlines will make an historic flight on Sunday when it restricts its Tel Aviv –U.S. flight to “male flight attendants only†for two major rabbinic figures, according to Ynet news service.” (thanks Mazen)
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad
Lichtenstein, Roy, Bananas & Grapefruit #1, 1972.
Posted on May 10, 2006 by As'ad