Archive for August 6, 2007
For the first time in more than 15 years, I agree with a column by Hazim Saghiyyah.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
“The Southern Cairo court stipulated 8 August 2007 as the date for selling Hegazi’s home furniture in order to put into effect the court ruling, after Hegazi refused to pay the money, preferring his home furniture be sold. This ruling, in an insult lawsuit brought forward by al Badri in 2003, is the latest in [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
On the 1st anniversary of the Israeli war of aggression on Lebanon, restaurants in the southern suburbs of Beirut are providing special names for sandwiches on the occasion. Names are derived from names of Hizbullah missiles, and one is even named “Winograd.”
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Bin Laden and his wives. Publisher of Al-Quds Al-`Arabi, `Abdul-Bari `Atwan, wrote an interesting account of Al-Qa`idah and Bin Laden (`Abdul-Bari `Atwan, Al-Qa`idah: At-Tandhim As-Sirri, Saqi books, 2007). He tells the story of traveling to Afghanistan and spending two days with Bin Laden. But in this sentence his admiration for Bin Laden comes through: “In [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
“According to a 2005 report of the International Centre for Prison Studies in London, the United States—with five percent of the world’s population—houses 25 percent of the world’s inmates. Our incarceration rate (714 per 100,000 residents) is almost 40 percent greater than those of our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia). Other industrial democracies, [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
In some constitutions, it is up to the president to call for new elections. In the Iraqi constitution, Brookings scholars can decide when the Iraqis need to have a new election: “But I think what we could do is go to the Iraqis and say, “Look, you’re planning to have national elections in 2009. This [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
“Inmates in the Gaza Strip’s main prison can now reduce their sentences by one year if they memorize five chapters from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, the governor announced Monday.” Upon learning of the news, Charles Manson started memorizing the Qur’an and asked to be transferred to a Gaza prison.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Khalid Saghiyyah on the March 14th racist outbursts against Armenians in Lebanon.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
I know that many of you would like to keep up with the pearls of wisdom from the mouth of Mr. Muftititi of Saudi Arabia (above). So `Abdul-`Aziz bin `Abdullah Al-Ash-Shaykh warned from “some of the satellite stations that are directed against this country and its leadership, security, [religious] doctrine, and society and which call [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
How brave of `Abduh Wazin to support Amin Gemayyel in….An-Nahar, as brave as somebody supporting Bush on Fox News. (thanks Sinan)
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
To `Ali Hamadi: Did you re-read what you have written today? You wrote: “`Awn won with Syrian, Tashnaqian, and Shi`ite votes….” Are you redefining Who is Lebanese now?
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Hustan `Itani on the racist/sectarian discourse of both sides in Matn.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, decides that the loss of one seat for March 14 was in fact a victory for March 14.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Armenian leaders respond to March 14 racism against Armenians.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
To Bush, Karzai said this:“PRESIDENT KARZAI: Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. President, for seeing me in Camp David. You and the First Lady are generous and kind hosts and thank you very much for that. Mr. President, I am here today to once again thank you and the American people for [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
My article in Al-Akhbar: “Two Phases in the History of Arab Liberalism”
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Today, March 14 figure, Gabriel Al-Murr, tried to explain his racist outbursts against Armenians on LBC-TV. He said…that his best friends are Armenians. I kid you not.
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat. Today, the “progressive” and “socialist” Walid Jumblat addressed the Armenian issue in Lebanon. In his weekly “comment”–always clearly dictated by phone and not even edited–in the party’s mouthpiece, Al-Anba’, he called on Armenians in Lebanon “to take into consideration the right of the Lebanese people to self-determination.” So Jumblat now officially excludes the [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
“In 2003, just two years into Feldman’s stint at NYU, President Bush dispatched him to Iraq to help pen that country’s new constitution. That Feldman was a Democrat, and all of 33 at the time, didn’t seem to bother the White House.” Oh, yeah. When Grand (not at all) Ayatullah Sistani was writing the sectarian [...]
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad
According to Le Figaro only one side cares about sovereignty: “l’idée souverainiste qui devrait animer la communauté chrétienne”
Posted on August 6, 2007 by As'ad