Archive for April 17, 2009
The Mummified President
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Mummified President: Or the Follower of the Follower.”
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
…off to Burlingame and then to NYC
…off to Burlingame for the Model United Nations conference. I then leave to New York City on Monday. On Tuesday, I am speaking at a closed seminar at CUNY, and on Wednesday I am speaking at Alwan. Returning next Thursday.
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
My beloved Eggplant
“Eggplant, technically a fruit that we treat as a vegetable, is surrounded by superstition and old wives’ tales. But why does it behave so badly? I think the explanation is much the same as for people: because it is misunderstood.” (thanks Rami)
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Diet
“”While detainees subject to dietary manipulation are obviously situated differently from individuals who voluntarily engage in commercial weight-loss programs, we note that widely available commercial weight-loss programs in the United States employ d…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
US military assistance to Lebanon
” .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } “…a U.S. Department of Defense official said that the United States does not provide assistance to Lebanon without “considering the concerns of Isra…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Flash: the real Walid Jumblat
In its evening news broadcast, New TV aired a video recording (taken by a cellphone) of Walid Jumblat meeting privately with Druze “clerical” leaders. He was very blunt about the status of the Druzes and why a conflict with the Shi`ites is to be avoi…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
The real Lebanon
“Eighty Ethiopian women have been in Tripoli Women’s Prison in north Lebanon for over a year, accused of not having a passport which was either taken from them when they started as domestic workers, or which they never had in the first place. Mos…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
No.
“Is Obama turning up the pressure on Israel?”
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Women and children
“Air strikes and artillery barrages have taken a heavy toll among the most vulnerable of the Iraqi people, with children and women forming a disproportionate number of the dead.” (thanks Julie)
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Blocked
“3 weeks ago when Linkedin blocked all Syrian IPs users , but they were able to access the site by using IP changing programs (such as Tor), but in the last days, Linkedin blocked all Syrian users even if they changed their IPs, and when the users …
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Where is your shoe when you need it
“Israel’s top judicial official sai the goal of her country’s Supreme Court is to respect human rights while maintaining security during “a permanent state of emergency.” Israeli Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch spoke on Thursday night at Pr…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
For Democracy
“Arab news channel Al-Jazeera on Tuesday published the first interview ever conducted with a current inmate of Guantanamo, the US prison camp. “They had a thick rubber or plastic baton they beat me with,” said Mohammed el Gharani, a 21-year-old Chad…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
The Self-made Crook/collaborator: Abu Mazen’s son
“Yasser Abbas, the son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, revealed this week that he’s a self-made millionaire who started his own business shortly after the signing of the Oslo Accords. In an interview with the Dubai-based Al-Aswak.n…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
An arrogant Piano player who thinks he can teach the natives
“”It would be much better that Egyptians, and Syrians, and Palestinians, and Jordanians, and Lebanese, will go to Tel Aviv, and explain their point of view.”" Let me explain to you my point of view: get the hell out of a land that does not belong to …
Posted on April 17, 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 09 – 16 April 2009, 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank. Israeli forces abducted 23 Palestinians, including 3 children. 18 were abducted d…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
You bet
“This conflict will go on for a generation or more.” You bet it will and I have no doubts about the outcome. Also, can you imagine the Times printing a propaganda piece from the other side like this one? (thanks Sarah)
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
gifts
“Letters constitute a large segment of CO134 and consist of Dept of State replies to constituents regarding U.S. policy in the Middle East; correspondence between constituents and President Bush or White House staff regarding U.S. policy in the Midd…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese…abroad
“London-based Mohammed Ajami, brother of the prominent Lebanese writer Fouad Ajami, helps companies looking for business in Libya, thanks to his close relationship with the country’s intelligence chief, Musa Kusa.” (thanks FLC)
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
On the lies of the Zionist Entity
“”We turned Kuntar into God-knows-what – the murderer of Danny Haran and his daughter, Einat. The man who smashed in the girl’s head. That’s nonsense. A story. A fairy tale. He told me he didn’t do it and I believe him. I investigated the event with…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad
Oman-Saudi rift
“Oman attended, just one example of small Gulf Arab states spoiling the united stance over Iran that Riyadh so craves. Qatar and Saudi leaders have sought to mend the rift but diplomats and analysts says the divide is as deep as ever.” Here atr Angry A…
Posted on April 17, 2009 by As'ad