Archive for December 9, 2008
Theodorakis Farantouri To Yelasto Pedi 1974
“Theodorakis Farantouri To Yelasto Pedi 1974″ (thanks Sana)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
May Shidyaq…Dismayed: And Feltman Pontificates
May Shidyaq had a special show commemorating the death of Jubran Tuwayni and Lebanese Army General, Francois Al-Hajj. She had Al-Hajj’s son, Elie, along with the daughter of Tuwayni, who can barely finish a sentence in Arabic. Al-Hajj’s son had excellent command in Arabic and always appears poised on TV. She asked him whether the [...]
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Bush Doctrine Explosions
“Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened machine gun fire on innocent, surrendering Iraqis and launched a grenade into a girls’ school during a gruesome Baghdad shooting last year, prosecutors said Monday in announcing manslaughter charges against five guards.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
On-line Oppression
“Reflecting the rising influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium.” (thanks Mariwan)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Egypt defines Terrorism
“The teacher asked the students to make a drawing about terrorism. And one student drew the above drawing.So she said: What the hell have you drawn? We want a drawing of people with beards killing innocent people.” (thanks Maria)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
They will label them all as anti-Semites
“America’s college campuses have long been bastions of Leftist anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, and anti-globalism. In recent years, they have also become host to a wave of anti-Zionism.” (thanks Marcy)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Those who don’t dare show their faces
“Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni also met privately with some Arab leaders during the two-day meeting in the General Assembly, and Shalev said she took part in some of the discussions. The Israelis refused to identify any of the Arabs, citing the sensitivity of the talks.(thanks FLC)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Senility under the Turban
“Egypt’s top Muslim cleric is under pressure to resign from politicians and newspapers for shaking the hand of Israeli President Shimon Peres.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
When Bigotry is Cute
““ISLAM = TERRORISM†read one decal. Another showed a cartoon boy urinating on a man wearing a turban. Two featured a stop symbol over “The KORAN†and another over the star and crescent symbol. Yet another said disgrace my flag and I will (defecate) on your Quran.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Rule of Occupation
“It is astounding that you would cite “rule of law†as a rationale for placing contractors at the mercy of a legal system the United Nations recently criticized for its lack of due process and ill treatment of detainees.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Rove may be coming to a town near you
“AMY GOODMAN: They brought Karl Rove here?BRIAN PALMER: This past summer.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
The Man with the Beard
Khalid Shaykh Muhammad is the man with the beard.
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
The Detainees
The Detainees
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
It is all about payments
“”I never saw coercive methods [pay off]…”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
A Country with A Conscience
“Witnesses have said the officer aimed at Grigoropoulos.”
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Name that movie
“”How many people can name the last film they saw by a Middle Eastern director on an American movie screen?”” How about that movie……Hummus on Main Street? Or that movie, Girl in my Hummus?
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Time and Angry Arab
I realize that I have been writing less long and rambling observations since I started writing for Al-Akhbar. I now write weekly, 2400 to 2500 words articles for Al-Akhbar. Ideally, I would like to have continuity (or links) between what I write in English and Arabic. Al-Akhbar plans to launch an English section which would, [...]
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Two Indias
“Never before has a terrorist attack in India brought such raw outrage and calls for sweeping changes in government. A public interest lawsuit was filed against the government over the failure to protect citizens. It was backed by some of Mumbai’s richest, including stock analysts, lawyers and real estate tycoons. Billboards bearing the words “Jago, [...]
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Underground and Overground
Palestinian underground creativity. (thanks Zaki)
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad
Workers of Egypt Unite!
“Since 2004, Egypt has been rocked by the largest wave of worker actions that the country has seen in the postwar period. In this stretch of time, over 1.2 million workers have participated in strikes, factory occupations, sit-ins, and demonstrations. Many of these collective actions have been spontaneously organized, spread across industrial, manufacturing, and service [...]
Posted on December 9, 2008 by As'ad