Archive for October 3, 2009
Their feelings are hurt: Goodbye their love, goodbye
The reactionary tribal elders of Anbar, who treat women like cattle, are hurt: “”The Americans left without even saying goodbye. Not one of them,” Sabah said in his villa in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, once the cradle of Iraq’s insurgency. “Even whe…
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan TV: Collaboration 24/7
Al-Quds Al-`Arabi reports that Muhammad Dahlan is feuding with Yahya Yakhluf over control of PA TV. Dahlan wants 24 hour of collaboration programmping per day, while Yakhluf wants 23 hours. This is what amouts a dispute with the Fath Movement.
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Israel releases a 15-year old Palestinian female prisoner
She said that she learned Hebrew only to understand the curses of the prison guards.
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Iraqi war widows
“Under Saddam Hussein, despite the brutality of his regime towards so many of Iraq’s people, war widows were looked after by the state. Now, they are mostly hidden and vulnerable. It’s been called Iraq’s cultural time bomb.”
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
The youngest prisoner in the world: he is in Israel of course
Yusuf Az-Ziq (20 months) was released from Israeli jail yesterday with his mother. He was accused of terrorist activities. (AFP)
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Deception unto the nations
“”It´s really pathetic that the Israeli state has nothing besides gay rights to promote their liberal image,” says Maikey. “Ridiculous, and in a sense hilarious, because there are no gay rights in Israel.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
This cartoon: banned in Morocco
This cartoon caused the Moroccan autocracy to ban the newspaper Akhbar Al-Yawm.
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Saudi media are at it again
After Al-Arabiyya net (the website of the TV station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) took an article of mine and posted it because it was critical of Ahmadinajad and the Iranian government, but only after it removed the critical references to Saudi Arab…
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad
Zionist colonial feminism
There is no question that the only reason this former feminist (only her first book, the Beauty Myth can be considered a feminist work) is praising the Jordanian monarchy is the King’s relations with Israel. Do you think that people like her would be …
Posted on October 3, 2009 by As'ad