Archive for September 26, 2007
“Two Saudi women called members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice “terrorists†and one sprayed the men with pepper spray after the men stopped them for not conforming to the Kingdom’s public dress code, the commission said yesterday in a statement.” (Other unofficial accounts claim (credibly) that in [...]
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
Just two members of the House (Kucinich and Paul) voted “No” on this bill.
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Quite simply, Lebanon is being bullied. And in light of this fact, the United States and the entire international community must come to its aid.”
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
Mark my words. If the revolt in Burma succeeds, the Bush administration AND the US media will take credit. They will claim that the people there were inspired by the Bush Doctrine, and by the war in Iraq.
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
Read this tragic account of a Sri Lankan maid in Lebanon. This Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal–as you can see–always mocks Sri Lankan maids, especially when they commit suicide. This account is based on the version of the employers and yet it contains information on the plight of this one victim.
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
Revival of Class Struggle in Egypt.
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Tension between Sunnis, Shiites emerging in USA” (thanks L.)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“It is very amusing (well, sad really) to see the media getting all worked up about the military junta in Birma/Myanmar (admittedly, one of the most despicable dictatorships in the world at the moment) using ‘tear gas and batons’, would you believe it, to suppress peaceful street protests. Yes? So? Belgium, Germany, the US, Italy, [...]
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
You have to read the sinister obituary of Hadyar `Abdul-Shafi in the New York Times. They used his death only to bash the Arab position against the partition of Palestine. It made it sound like `Abdul-Shafi spent all his life resisting the “non-compromising” Arab position. First, nobody knew who he was when he ostensibly opposed [...]
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“But this is not any other crisis. It is an American-made humanitarian catastrophe. And the presence or absence of U.S. troops committed to a military mission for however many months or years is irrelevant to that problem.”
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“The addition of the $15 million Schusterman Center for Israel Studies once again solidifies Brandeis’ standing at the forefront of Middle Eastern academia.” (thanks Amer)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Iraqi journalists are being offered the chance to learn martial arts and survival techniques in a bid to stem the number being killed in the war-torn country.” (thanks Paul)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said Mr. Bollinger’s speech was counterproductive. “If you invite someone, you have to be polite,†he said. “Ahmadinejad scored points, especially in their culture. If you permit an enemy to come into your home, you still treat him with dignity and respect. Therefore, we lost. The [...]
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has been criticised over a fundraising party at which participants are being urged to donate $9.11.” (thanks Ari)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“The film features an in-depth conversation with a martial arts instructor, Afsaneh Bagheri, the teacher of the [Iranian] national women Karate team.” (thanks Maryam)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Thousands of workers have taken control of one of Egypt’s biggest state-owned textile factories in a continuing protest over pay and work conditions.”
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Moroccan Unrest Over Bread Price” (thanks DD)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“The Witches of Warboys” (thanks Rita)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
“Klatt, in a typically selective manner, yanks certain anecdotes out of context and marshals them to prove that Arabs, Persians or Ottomans are inherently violent and, as Muslims – he does not talk about the heterogeneous mix of peoples and religions in the region- they are innately predisposed to hate Christians and Jews.” (thanks Randa)
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad
Hadyar `Abdul-Shafi: “the Revolutionary Dreamer”
Posted on September 26, 2007 by As'ad