Archive for June 27, 2008
When you read Ajami, you feel that you are reading European travel books in the holy land from the 18th century. “The Shiites are known for a cardinal doctrine of their practice taqiyya (dissimulation)”. Like the U.S. administration does not practice dissimulation?
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
My article in Al-Akhbar: “Between Haykal and his critics”.
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
The New York Times: “when television cameras captured a startling image of Mr. Mugabe holding hands with the smiling South African president, Thabo Mbeki, a professed champion of African democracy.” Angry Arab Times: when television cameras captured a startling image of King `Abdullah holding hands with the smiling American president, George W. Bush, a professed [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
I am not making this up. Raghidah Dirgham criticizes oppression of women in Iran; but she wrote this in the newspaper of Prince Khalid Bin Sultan.
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.”
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
A Lebanese leftist critique of Hasan Nasrallah.
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“A Palestinian survey shows that more than half of the families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are living in poverty. The survey was conducted by the Palestinian bureau of statistics. It says 80% of the families in the Gaza Strip and 478% of families in the West Bank are living under the poverty [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“Weisbrot: If you go there you would see very quickly that Venezuela is a very open, democratic society, either compared to its own past or compared to other countries of its income level. I think those are the only relevant comparisons. It isn’t Sweden, but neither is any other country in South America. There is [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
I received this message: “Hey angryarab! We announce another short film from Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in North Lebanon. The first few hundred Palestinian families were allowed to return to their destroyed or damaged homes at the outskirts of Nahr al-Bared Camp in winter 2007/08. They faced a very difficult situation. Many of them lost [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“Not only did he decide to hire 500 local workers to build a jaw-droppingly ostentatious home on the edge of his beloved Nablus to return to after decades as a much-travelled top international businessman; he made the domed mansion a floor higher than the Palladian original in Vicenza “because I have a large family”.” (thanks [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
By the playbook of `Arafat. Hamas threatens to punish violators of its “calming down” with the Israeli occupation.
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
A Syrian was robbed and beaten in Lebanon.
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
There are moments when the White Man is sensitive. (thanks Olivia)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“Now with this past week’s publication of a series on the Kafka-esque detention of thousands of foreign nationals following 9/11, the hybrid McClatchy–Knight Ridder DC operation is enjoying its biggest achievement to date. The subject matter of “Guantánamo: Beyond the Law†wasn’t new, exactly — the abuse of prisoners, the questionable criteria used to put [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“Since it went into effect last week, at least eight violations of the new ceasefire agreement with Hamas and the Palestinian factions have been recorded, a UN source told Ynet on Thursday. According to the source, seven violations were committed by the IDF, while the Palestinians are responsible for just one.” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“Currently, Van Agt is writing a book about the Israeli-Arab conflict. In December he launched an info-site (www.driesvanagt.nl) about the subject, in which he accuses Israel of brutal treatment of the Palestinians, violating international law and implementing racist policies.” (thanks R.)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
“”Say No More,” a pulsating trance music track by up-and-coming Israeli female singer Aderet and DJ Dvir Halevi, has been at the top of the playlist this month on the “Beirut Nights” Internet radio station devoted to dance music (www.beirutnights.com).” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
The new president of Lebanon meets with neo-con fanatic, Walid Ma`louf. (thanks F.)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
How would you like to study while being “liberated” at the same time? (Reuters)
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad
Comrade Joseph reviews Salata Baladi: “While Zionism’s atrocities against the Palestinian people have not stopped for the last century, Israel’s atrocities against other Arabs in the last sixty years have remained consistent, albeit intermittent. This not only includes Israel’s bombings and killings of Lebanese, Syrians, Jordanians, Tunisians, Egyptians, and Libyans, but also its terrorism against [...]
Posted on June 27, 2008 by As'ad