Archive for June 15, 2009
All the trash I know about the Middle East I get from MEMRI
That is where he gets his news and views about the Middle East.
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Yellow Shawirma
I saw yellow shawirma in Oslo.
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Nuits blanches
It does not help the sleep situation here when Oslo is in the nuits blancehes’ season. It is bright outside at three in the morning. Kid you not.
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Maryam’s grandmother
“Conversation with Grandma after Iran’s elections”
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Speaking in (and of) Oslo
I spoke on the first night in Oslo at the Palestinian House. I was hosted by a most principled Palestinian struggler that I have admired from afar. Typically, Palestinians that I met were immediately curious to know what village of Palestine I came f…
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Iranian developments
Have not had time for posting especially about Iran: I just woke up at 2:30AM Oslo time. Not fun if you value sleep as I do. Typically, I support neither side in the Iranian situation: but I support those Iranians who are struggling against both side…
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
AUB and the new Dean of the Medical School
So I posted before about an AUB press release about the new Dean of the Medical School at the university. So I heard from the Dean who attended medical school with my brother. We communicated and I heard about his view for a new vision of AUB. But I…
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Mugabe
For those who inquired, I did not say the Mugabe regime is not corrupt: but that Mugabe himself was not personally corrupt (just as Arafat was not personally corrupt although he presided over a corrupt regime.)
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad
Oslo update
Jet-lagged, grumpy, and whiny. But I am monitoring the world round the clock. And if you were invited to pick up a Nobel prize for peace in Oslo, bring your favorite food with you. But have you noticed? Saudi propagandists are outraged about the Ir…
Posted on June 15, 2009 by As'ad