Archive for May 13, 2009
Plagiarizers at NOW Lebanon
So the folks at NowHariri decided to lift (translate word for word) my post yesterday and run it as their “special exclusive.” That is the world of Hariri media. (thanks Ali)
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Give me a break, NOW
Who does not want to go to this event?
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
I don’t lilke flags but…
“A Palestinian woman peers from a hole at a house near a UN school Pope Benedict XVI is due to visit at the Aida refuge camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 12, 2009.” I don’t like flags, and I don’t like nationalisms, but…for Palestine an…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Jihan Sadat
You won’t be surprised if I tell you that I have utter contempt for this woman: the widow of Nazi Egyptian tyrant, Anwar Sadat. I woke up to an interview with her on Al-Arabiyya TV. Anwar Sadat was in his early thirties when he fell in love with her,…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Randa Abu Al-`Azm
Randa Abu Al-`Azm is the Cairo correspondent for Al-Arabiyya TV. While I detest that King Fahd’s brother-in-law TV station, this is a very skillful, competent, and professional correspondent. Al-Jazeera should hire her away, I suggest although of cou…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
to Zionist hoodlums: Seven times
The Palestinian population doubles SEVEN TIMES since 1948. (thanks Dina)
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Obama bombs
“An investigation appointed by President Hamid Karzai concluded on Monday that 140 civilians, including children, were killed in the US air strikes in Afghanistan last week, a police chief said.”
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
US Operator?
“Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has alleged that elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a US operator who had tried to destabilise his late wife Benazir Bhutto’s government back in 1989.”
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Obama Democrat
“Arlen Specter To Talk At “Anti-Islamist” Event.”
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
An outrage
“The BBC yesterday appointed a Muslim as its head of religious programming in a radical departure from broadcasting tradition…The appointment will cause dismay among the Christian churches.” (thanks Christopher)
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
The White Man expresses concern over Middle East Christians
Ethan Bronner has yet another piece about the plight of Middle East Christians. Nowhere is there a mention of the role of Western governments and Israel in this flight. I mean, the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was the most severe blow to t…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Sheikh Mo Media Awards
Did you know that Sheikh Mo dispenses media awards? He does. And the winner of the “best columnist” category was the Lebanese columnist, Samir `Atallah (shown to the right in the whtie suit). He writes a weekly column for An-Nahar and a daily column…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
When Alia Ibrahim writes about…culture and literature
I am certain that Anthony Shadid would not have written such a fluff and silly piece in the paper. It is about the culture editor for An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people) newspaper. I had writ…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
MEMRI defines the Arab press
So MEMRI put out a special bulletin the other day about what it called “Criticism in the Arab Press” of Oabama’s policies in Afghanistan. As soon as I saw the headlines I knew that this would provide me with yet another opportunity to bash MEMRI and t…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Western journalists upon meeting some Lebanese
It struck me last night. The body of articles on Lebanon by Zionist and right-wing Western journalists who have been invited and accommodated by the Hariri family (using a variety of names of various organizations that are funded by the family) is str…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad
Prince Sultan: visiting the grave site
Mini-Hariri (also known henceforth as XBox Hariri) visited Tanjir to check in Prince Sultan. When he entered the palace, he asked about Prince Sultan, when he was informed that the Prince has been long dead. He read Al-Fatihah on his grave site and r…
Posted on May 13, 2009 by As'ad