Archive for October 12, 2006

I am not making this up. It really is true. AlArabiya TV had a report about Mecca today. It said that for a long time people in Mecca have noticed that birds do not fly over the Ka`bah, and that they never poop over the Ka`bah. So they aired an “investigative” report, and interviewed an [...]

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

AlJazeera has to stop, NOW. Now they are reporting that a right-wing Danish site is posting anti-Muhammad cartoons. Who cares? What are we to do now? Monitor every kooky site around the world to make sure that they adhere to Qaradawi’s strict standards of expression? Palestinians are being shot down as pigeons and Aljazeera wants [...]

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

My mother is noticing some (disturbing) changes in New TV coverage as of late. I told her that New TV recently signed a huge contract with Mu`ammar Qadhdhafi’s son. That son wants to launch a new “private” (private my potato) satellite station and he is relying on the expertise of New TV people. New TV [...]

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

A most comprehensive guide to international companies that support Israel (prepared by Kirsten Scheid)

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

From Lebanese poet Amin Rihani’s poem Revolution (my translation):“…It is Revolution and its awesome frowning dayBrigades wave as windflowers. Inciting those who are far,bightening those who are near.Drums repeat the echoes of a bizarre hymnhorns call on whomever is within earshotand the eyes of people throw flamesAnd fires ask for moreAnd a sword that responds. [...]

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

The New York Times would like you to know that everybody in Europe hates Islam and Muslims. OK, New York Times. You may go to sleep now. We got the point.

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

“In her new memoir, “Tough Choices,” the expelled C.E.O. of Hewlett-Packard — the first female head of a Fortune 20 company — describes how she insisted on going along to a business meeting at a Washington strip club when she started out as an ambitious young woman at AT&T.”

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad

I am most glad to report that Adonis did NOT win the Nobel Prize in literature yet again. OK, Adonis. Another year. Continue your attempt to please the White Man. Come on. Nobody does it better. Oh, and continue in your attempt to reproduce the Orientalist legacies in your wild generalizations about the Middle East. [...]

Posted on October 12, 2006 by As'ad