Archive for April 10, 2009

Rejecting Israel

My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Rejecting Israel: I debated a man that I did not see.”

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Rejecting Israel

My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Rejecting Israel: I debated a man that I did not see.”

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Zionist hoodlums are not pleased

“Word of Massad’s tenure comes from As’ad AbuKhalil, a California professor who blogs under the name “angryarab” and reports — in a “message to all the Zionist hoodlums out there”– that Massad “called me from Cairo to break the great news.” Columbia refuses to confirm the “great news,” saying it does not comment on tenure [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Zionist hoodlums are not pleased

“Word of Massad’s tenure comes from As’ad AbuKhalil, a California professor who blogs under the name “angryarab” and reports — in a “message to all the Zionist hoodlums out there”– that Massad “called me from Cairo to break the great news.” Columbia…

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

I can’t sleep, I can’t. I can’t sleep, I can’t.

I hate when this happens. I woke up with this old Arabic song blasting in my head:ما اقدرش انام, ما اقدرشِ. ما اقدرش أنام, ما أقدرشِ.(I can’t sleep, I can’t. I can’t sleep, I can’t.)

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

I told you so, damn it

“The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administration’s position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) warrantless wiretapping program, filing a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA late Friday.”

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Oman repression

“The trial of a Web moderator Ali al-Zuwaidy in Oman, a Gulf Arab state of 3.3 million people on the tip of the Arabian peninsula, was criticized in a popular Internet forum, where it was said about the necessity of easing grip on the media and improvement of business transparency. This trial is the latest [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks

“According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, during the week of 02 – 08 April 2009, two members of the Palestinian resistance were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. In addition, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in the West Bank this week. 16 Palestinian civilians, including two children and two journalists, [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Butufliqa wins

The Algerian president wins re-election with 99.99% of the vote. The turnout was 105%.

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

This is Zionism

“In May 2007 Soufir decided to murder an Arab. He hated them with all his being. He hated how joyful and passionate they were about Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock, the same place as our Temple Mount.” (thanks David)

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Hobsbawm speaks

“Nobody seriously thinks of returning to the socialist systems of the Soviet type – not only because of their political faults, but also because of the increasing sluggishness and inefficiency of their economies – though this should not lead us to underestimate their impressive social and educational achievements. On the other hand, until the global [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

US Military Aid to Lebanon

I asked K.B. to analyze the report in An-Nahar about US military aid to Lebanon. He/she wrote me this:“”So I followed the link and landed on the front page of Al-Nahar to read of the new flow of “arms to the Lebanese Army,” as the headline announced.Four items attracted my attention: the provision of a [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Chutzpah

“Thirty Israelis wounded during the Second Lebanon War from rockets fired by Hizbullah have filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the North Korean government, the prosecution announced Friday.” (thanks Sarah)

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Not in the print edition

“You can’t accuse the Israelis of not crying wolf. Ehud Barak, now defense minister, said in 1996 that Iran would be producing nuclear weapons by 2004. Now here comes Netanyahu, in an interview with his faithful stenographer Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, spinning the latest iteration of Israel’s attempt to frame Iran as some Nazi-like [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

What US News Ignores

Tens of thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Iraq yesterday against the American occupation. They chanted “Baghdad is Free, is Free; America get out of here”. All Arab media covered those protests but not the US press. The US press is busy singing the praises of the “surge.”

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Jihan Sadat vomits her observations on the Middle East

It is amazing that when it comes to the Middle East, even funny and intelligent critics, like Jon Stewart, sound like Martin Indyk. He even talks about the “credibility” of Answar Sadat among Arabs. Tell Mr. Stewart that Anwar Sadat is an insult, like calling somebody Hamid Karzai. (Once Abu Mazen isolated himself at home [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Boycott

A student government president at AUC explains that AUC students are committed to rejecting normalization with the usurping entity.

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Conspiracy in Moldova

“The protests have exposed a split in Moldova, the first post-Soviet state to vote Communists back into power. Mr. Voronin was elected president in 2001 on a wave of deep disappointment that the Soviet collapse had brought Moldova little but poverty, corruption and civil war.” This sentence explains it all. The US will not allow [...]

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

For the children of Gaza

“To further incite a strong, heated response from AbuKhalil, Tor pointed out that he never looked at him and said “I wish you would humanize me in some way, maybe by looking at me.” Looking straight ahead toward the crowded audience, AbuKhalil responded, “I will treat you like you treated Palestinians in Gaza.””

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad

Anis Naqqash: Profile

A profile of Anis Naqqash

Posted on April 10, 2009 by As'ad