Archive for June 28, 2007

I have arrived in Islamabad. I may be able to blog tomorrow, after I get my 24 hours of sleep that I so desperately need.

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Three years ago, I was catching a plane at Boston’s Logan airport and went to buy some magazines for the flight. As I approached the cash register, a woman coming from another direction got there just behind me — I thought. But when I put my money down to pay, the woman said in a [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

Fath official, Husayn Ash-Shaykh, was holding a press conference–Al-Arabiya TV carried it live of course. He went on babbling and I did not know what he wanted to say. After talking for a while, it got to the point: it was an attempt to respond to Hani Al-Hasan. He is one of the main founders [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

““Jamais nous avions eu le sentiment d’un tel soutien, affirme un membre de la délégation libanaise. Il s’est formé un axe fort franco-américain appuyé par les pays arabes modérés contre l’axe syro-chiite.” (thanks N.)

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

“We believe the ultimate success of Afghans and Iraqis will inspire others who want to live in freedom, as well.” Oh, yeah genius. All Arabs and Muslims are jealous of the car bombs, bombing of civilians from the air, looting, corruption, foreign occupation, religious fanaticism, sectarian warfare, shooting at civilians at checkpoints, 4 million refugees, [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

Hayfa Wahbi reveals: she was saved from an accident by divine intervention.

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Throughout this period, Bakhtin was at work on the doctoral dissertation that was to become Rabelais and His World; and in 1946 he submitted the work for examination. His examiners took offence at its scatology, sexual explicitness, folkloric sentimentalism and scorn for dogma, and he was granted the degree only 12 years later. It was [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

I find something very fishy about the coverage of Ashraf Marwan’s death. First, you find this sudden sympathy in the Israeli press for this Arab. Secondly, there is something very suspicious: none of the articles in the Arabic or Western press have talked about Marwan’s relationship with Kamal Adham–the Saudi intelligence chief during King Faysal’s [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

Leftists-for-Rightists: “Various Palestinian left-leaning factions have been holding meetings in the West Bank city of Ramallah recently in order to discuss their position vis-à-vis the Palestinian president’s decision to declare an emergency government following Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip. In their meetings, the factions agreed almost unanimously to demonstrate their support for President Abbas [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

“U.S. commanders plan a summer of stepped-up offensives against Al Qaeda in Iraq as they tailor strategy to their expectation that Congress soon will impose a timeline for drawing down U.S. forces here.”

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

“President Bush announced plans yesterday to appoint an envoy to an organization of Islamic nations with the intention of improving the battered image of the United States in the Muslim world.” (Top candidates: Irshad Manji or Salman Rushdie).

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

It is not true that there is no sympathy for Arabs in the Israeli press. I detect plenty of sympathy for this Arab…Mossad spy.

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

Image of US around world.

Posted on June 28, 2007 by As'ad

حكم إسلاميّ في غزّة؟ يا للهول

قرر النظام الرسمي العربي أن يرفع لواء العلمانية. هكذا فجأة: يبدي التحالف العربي الخاضع لقيادة آل سعود (والذي يضمّ أنظمة لا تزال تحاول أن تستمد شرعية ما من أنساب ذات صفة دينية، حقيقية كانت أم مزعومة) قلقاً من إمكان قيام إمارة إسلامية في غزة. الصحافي جورج ناصيف (العلماني ـــــ أيضاً فجأة ـــــ ورغم كتاباته الملأى [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 by admin