Archive for December 25, 2008

Arab Zionist and Livni celebrating

She just told him she wants to invade Gaza and continues to starve its population. Look at her expressions: this is what Arab governments now mean to Israel. They mean what my old shoes mean to me (yes, shoes are highly insulting in Arab culture). (AP)

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

“Olmert urges Gazans to stop Hamas”. Angry Arab urges Israelis to stop Israel. (thanks Marcy)

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Arab Zionism

“Egypt has informed Israel that it would not object to a limited Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, the London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Wednesday.”

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Unbearable..unto the nations

“Livni tells Mubarak: We’ll act to halt ‘unbearable’ Gaza rocket fire”. Palestinians tell Livni: “We’ll act to halt ‘unbearable’ Israel.”

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Generalizations, generalizations.

So according to NYT’s Michael Slackman, it is over. We might as well go to sleep. “Today, the search for identity in the Middle East no longer involves tension between the secular and religious. Religion has won.” When I was child, we could have easily said that secularism has won. It is not over, and [...]

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Shoe incident

A student in Bin Jubayl in South Lebanon threw a shoe at his teacher.

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Shoe cartoons in Arab media

This is a very nice collection of shoe cartoons from the sleazy Saudi website elaph.The one above says: “Unforgettable shoes! [From right to left]: The Shoe of Khrushchev, the sandals of Ghawwar, and the shoe of Zubaydi.”

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad

Sponsorship of Shoe Debate on Hariri TV

Amer wrote this for Iraqslogger: “As with most Arab satellite channels, Future TV (founded by the Lebanese Hariri family, an ally of Saudi Arabia) devoted its prime time talk shows last week to the Montazir al-Zaidi affair. The popular talk show host Zaven, however, had a lead over the competition: an exclusive interview with al-Zaidi [...]

Posted on December 25, 2008 by As'ad