Archive for September 26, 2009
Arab rulers
“Bracknell Forest Borough Council has approved a scheme to build a 6ft 6in brick wall around the entire estate’s perimeter. The wall will be more than four miles long and use enough bricks to build 150 five-bedroom houses. A local builder estimated it …
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Advocate of Israeli terrorism in the US
Of course, when it comes to Israel and its propagandists you expect fawning reviews and coverage in the New York Times. But with this piece on Oren, the New York Times has reached a new low. I mean, the paper would never cover an American official wi…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Arab oil wealth
“One of the amazing things I have seen in my visit to Emirates Millionaire Show 2006 is the $620,000 Ud (Arabic Music Instrument) (the one of the right) from Ritter Royal Instruments. The left picture is for the $420,000 Ud . The following are the …
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Eight children between the ages of 10 and 17 were arrested and detained by Israeli soldiers during military raids Monday night and Tuesday morning in the northern West Bank cities Nablus and Qalqiliya. Defence for Children International- Palestine…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Slum tourism: passtime for the White Man
“Slum tourism is taking off in Kenya. Several local organisations have started selling guided trips through Kibera, a short drive from the luxury hotels that serve most foreign visitors in Nairobi. For about £20, tourists are promised a glimpse int…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Scenes from the Yemeni war zone
The secret (anonymous) source in Yemen sent me those pictures. They are (in sequence from top):1; waiting for food at a camp in Haradh South Saada; 2) Displaced in one of the camps; 3) The landscape where most of the displaced fled in Amran; 4) Everyo…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli nukes are not harmful to our health
“Given the way that the US under President Bush and Israel have openly threatened to bomb its facilities, it is not surprising that it should choose to back up its programme with secondary facilities. Nor is it that easy to dismiss the protestations …
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Goldstone report
“There is a risk, we claim, associated with narrowly focused reports such as that of the Goldstone committee, that the misery of these periods will be forgotten, or at the very least, pushed to the margins and rendered less objectionable. Through my…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
When the client was not allowed to move around
“Is there any place in America that you have always wanted to see? America is so afraid of terror and terrorism to the point that they don’t allow people to move around freely and see what they wish to see. I really wish to see the whole of America,…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
They sold their loved ones for Libyan cash
“Gibson says she spent 10 minutes with Gadhafi, who was attending the U.N. General Assembly. She says the Libyan leader said through an interpreter he was sorry for her loss.”
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Saudi University of Wahhabi Science and Technology
The Arabic press is pathetically covering the opening of the King `Abdullah University for Science and Technology. They all talk about how this was the vision of the King: I bet you that this King (who could not read the speech that was given to him f…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
`Ali `Abdullah Salih
Did you see the crazy speech by `Ali `Abdullah Salih today? He pledged to go on with the war even if it lasts for more than five years. He also compared the war to the war by the monarchists against the republic in the Yemeni civil war in the 1960s. …
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Israel’s embrace of anti-Semitism: the case of Faruq Husni Mubarak
It is of course quite obvious that the Israeli state does not care about anti-Semitism, or that it cares only insofar as it exploits the issue for its own petty political purposes. Israeli foreign policy has shown for decades that relations with Israe…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad
Most unprincipled
There is perhaps no unprincipled politician more than Bill Clinton. Now, in his retirement years, he discovers the justice of same-sex marriage. This is like some Arabists at the State Department who discover the justice of the Palestinian cause in t…
Posted on September 26, 2009 by As'ad