Archive for March 20, 2009
Angry Arab on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect
Back in 2001, only weeks after Sep. 11, I was invited to appear on the show that Bill Maher hosted on ABC called Politically Incorrect. It was during a time where I felt that views that were critical of the US were being obscured, maligned, marginalized, and disregarded. I of course accepted the inviation. I [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Their Beloved, the state
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Their Beloved, the state: The (Guardians of the) Cedar Revolution Renews Itself (Again).”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
House cleaning services of the Israeli terrorist army
“”Wherever we were we tried to cause minimum damage,” said the paratrooper, who also asked to remain nameless. “We left some of the homes cleaner than they were before we occupied them. We even cleaned a refrigerator that really stunk.” Look at those occupiers. They clean your own refrigerators, and often they unclog toilets in [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Canadian standards
“Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made no apologies yesterday for ending the flow of funds to the Canadian Arab Federation, which he says has expressed support for terror groups. CAF president Khaled Mouammar believes Canada should regard Hamas and Hezbollah as “legitimate organizations,” Kenney said.”” I must say that the Canadian government has really changed in [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Labor Ghettos in Bahrain
“The Bahraini government is being urged to allocate land for the construction of labour cities across the country to provide workers with safe places to live, away from Bahrain’s residential areas.”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Flash: Hariri Tribunal
I have not had a chance to update you about the Hariri tribunal. Here it is in summary: blah.
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli kidnappings
When Israel kidnaps Palestinians the New York Times refer to that as “arrests.” I will now refer to Palestinian kidnappings of Israeli terrorist soldiers as “arrests.”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Bronner would justify it because he is not a child
“An Israeli military court Salem sentenced 15-year-old Nidal Tahsin Darwish Al-Faqih to seven years in prison on Thursday. Nidal, from Nablus, was found guilty of being affiliated with Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Brigades.”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
GCC and their race-based salaries
“British expats working in GCC states earn more than double the salary of their Indian expat peers, according to the results of the Arabian Business Salary Survey 2009.” “But it was the Americans who said they earned the most of the expat communities in the region, taking home an average salary of more than $19,000 [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Divine tourism
“Travel operators in the Middle East should focus on capturing the potential of the religious tourism sector, which is currently valued at $18bn per year, says Kevin Wright, President of the World Religious Travel Association. Currently, the majority of religious tourism is driven by the Middle East, but more travel alternatives need to be developed [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Dubai Miracle…Ban
“UAE telecom operator Du has banned access to online photo site Flickr, meaning that the website is no longer accessible anywhere in the UAE following its prior ban by Etisalat.” (thanks Tareq)
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Keep talking: we are listening and taking notes
“Another soldier, describing how a mother and her children were shot dead by a sniper after they turned the wrong way out of a house, says the “atmosphere” among troops was that the lives of Palestinians were “very, very less important than the lives of our soldiers”.”” (thanks Carlos)
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
From war
Look at the chart. They have a category for “Iraqi civilian deaths from war” and “Afghan civilian deaths from war.” So the civilians who are killed by US fighter jets or by US marines at checkpoints are listed as “civilian deaths from war.”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
From war
Look at the chart. They have a category for “Iraqi civilian deaths from war” and “Afghan civilian deaths from war.” So the civilians who are killed by US fighter jets or by US marines at checkpoints are listed as “civilian deaths from war.”
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Zionist T-shirts
“A sharpshooter’s T-shirt from the Givati Brigade’s Shaked battalion shows a pregnant Palestinian woman with a bull’s-eye superimposed on her belly, with the slogan, in English, “1 shot, 2 kills.” A “graduation” shirt for those who have completed another snipers course depicts a Palestinian baby, who grows into a combative boy and then an armed [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Kooky Zionism
“Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January’s Gaza offensive that they were fighting a “religious war” against gentiles, according to one army commander’s account published on Friday. “Their message was very clear: we are the Jewish people, we came to this land by a miracle, God brought us back to this land [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“The Associated Press reported on Thursday night that a Lebanese shepherd was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb dropped on Lebanon in the war between Israel and Hizbollah in 2006.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner: justifying the murder of Palestinian women
Here, Ethan Bronner, justifies the Israeli terrorist murder of Palestinian women: “Israeli experts noted that Palestinian women had served as suicide bombers in the past so that soldiers in Gaza did not always know when a woman was approaching whether she was a threat.” Tomorrow, Bronner may write a follow up story to justify the [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
Baby called war
“Nothing was easy that night. Kadhim heard the baby’s first cry before dawn and held him in her arms. Then they heard the first explosions that heralded the arrival of the U.S. military. She named him Harb, Arabic for war. His full name, Harb Zaid, translates as Zaid’s War.” (thanks Saleema)
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad
CUNY and Blogging
I am speaking on blogging on foreign affairs at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York on Tuesday, April 21st (and for the person who made threats against me, the police in NYC has been notified of your threats). My hosts asked me to write a blogging entry on style and methods [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 by As'ad