Archive for September 25, 2006
A day in the life of Arab intellectual, Nasif Nassar.
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
Moran, Thomas, Fort George Island, 1880.
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
“Prince Bandar, secretary general of the Saudi Arabian National Security Council and former Saudi ambassador to the United States, may be the senior official at the center of reports of contacts between Riyadh and Israel, Haaretz has learned.”
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
Orientalist Numerology: “On September 22, 2006, Iran was supposed to attack Israel and perhaps the entire Western world. And why precisely on this specific day? Because it is the 27th day of the month of Rajab (in the year 1427, according to the Muslim calendar), the same day Mohammed ascended to heaven on his legendary [...]
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
The book burners of Al-Azhar are at it again. What do you expect from an institution led by a senile and servile cleric who threw an ash tray at a female journalist who dared to inquire about his relationship with the Egyptian state?
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
Egyptian Islamist fanatical “professor”, `Abd As-Sabur Shahin, would have been a great addition to the staff of the kooky inquisitors of medieval times. He was behind the campaign against Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and he is now behind the campaign against Hasan Hanafi. And Hanafi is not a secularist: he is by my standards at [...]
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad
“History Hears the Music, Not the Politics”
Posted on September 25, 2006 by As'ad