Archive for September 14, 2009
Shoe throwing: the sport
Sequence of shoe throwing.
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Nahr Al-Barid
Jihad Bazzi on the reconstruction of Nahr Al-Barid. (thanks Nicole)
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
It is all for you, Jamal Mubarak
“Egyptian security forces destroyed 10 tunnels used to smuggle contraband to the besieged Gaza Strip after a tip-off from a runner arrested last week, a security official said on Monday.”
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Now Hariri
A writer on NowHariri (a website funded by the Hariri family) says that mini-Hariri reminds her of Jamal `Abdun-Nasir. (thanks Kifah)
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“A three year old child was announced dead in Gaza on Monday as she was unable to leave the region for life saving medical care.”
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Dubai’s trophy assets–no more
Istithmar World.
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Christopher Caldwell
So Christopher Caldwell, the author of a blatantly racist book on Muslim immigration in Europe, was on C-Span’s Q & A yesterday. The discussion was very much like watching Alfred Rosenberg discuss race with one of his aides. At one point, the dis…
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Norman Podhoretz writes his history
“The first half of the book, which tells the story of “how the Jews became liberals,†is narrated in “the impersonal voice of a historian — an amateur, to be sure, but one who has relied on a variety of professional authorities for help and gui…
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
sleeping in a bathroom
“The police investigation revealed that the woman was smuggled into Israel from Jordan under a false identity. She was transferred to the couple, and worked for them in their isolated and fenced-in house. The couple allegedly confiscated her passpor…
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
Zionism: contempt and violence
“A settler tosses wine at a Palestinian woman on Shuhada Street in Hebron. The approach of some settlers towards neighboring Palestinians, especially around Nablus in the north and Hebron in the south, has often been one of contempt and violence.”
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
He does not want to bother everybody: just a few
““I don’t want to bother other communities’ people,†he said. “Just the Pakistani people.—
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
False verus True news
“A human rights group says a Syrian court has sentenced a blogger to three years in prison for “spreading false news that weakens the nation’s morals”.” Only the government in Syria is permitted to spread false news.
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
This is really hilarious: Saudi propagandist feigns outrage
This is rather funny. I try to avoid linking to the mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat: the newspaper has now become directed at MEMRI and AIPAC. It is intended to show an agreeable face of the House of Saud. Here, the editor of the mo…
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad
The new Walid Jumblat
“The leader of Lebanon’s Druze community says the country should buy weapons from Iran, among others, to use to defend itself against the Israeli “enemy.” But he has managed to maintain close relations with Saudi Arabia throughout this phase.
Posted on September 14, 2009 by As'ad