Archive for October 12, 2009
`Abdul-`Aziz Ad-Duri
The Center for Arab Unity Studies has been publishing the collected works of Iraqi historian, `Abdul-`Aziz Ad-Duri. Historians of the Middle East can’t ignore this historian. I read one volume which contains a collection of his research papers. One …
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Arab North Africa
“Against a general assumption that the Arab northerners are more developed than countries south of the Sahara, the index shows that in overall terms the northerners lag slightly behind. North Africa generally scores well on economic criteria but badly …
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Obama wars: Pakistan
“Even locals tolerant of the torture and extra-judicial execution of Taliban members, however, are uneasy that some innocents have perished horribly. Akhtar Ali, for example, was picked up from the street at around 4pm on September 1st at a checkpoint …
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Extending the tongue against King PlayStation
“An Israeli Arab man on a business trip to Jordan was arrested by the state’s authorities for speaking ill of King Abdullah II.During his visit to Jordan, the businessman allegedly made public statements against the king. This was made known to the J…
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Banned at Guantanamo
“Professor Noam Chomsky may be among America’s most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual’s anthology of post 9/11 commentary is taboo at Guantanamo’s prison camp library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter, World Cup …
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
A country without sovereignty, and proud of it
Hariri tribunal requesting information on students at Lebanese universities. (thanks Ziad)
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Obama wars
“”What is this for? Please show me which peace?” asked Roshanak Wardak, a member of parliament from Wardak province. “The Americans are killing 75 Pashtuns a day in Afghanistan. For this they give a prize to Obama? They should call him a criminal.”"
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Foreign maids in Lebanon
A Nepalese maid in Lebanon dies after “falling” from a balcony. The Lebanese police said that the deaths of niggers do not get investigated in Cedar homeland.
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Disgruntled with Obama
“”We are very disgruntled with President Obama,” said Kamal al-Fayoumi, a labor leader who was jailed by the government for launching a major strike last year. “He has given the regime the green light to do what it wants with the Egyptian people.”" …
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
The Arabs were beaten just because they are Arabs
“”The Arabs were beaten just because they are Arabs,” claimed a resident of Neve Shalom, whom the students turned to for help. Neve Shalom is a joint-Arab-Jewish cooperative village next to Latrun built around the idea of coexistence.” (thanks Asa)
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Your Dubai miracle
“A support fund created to help Dubai pay its debts has “insufficient†resources to cover the billions of dollars of debt coming due, an analyst at the credit-rating firm Standard & Poor’s said Sunday. The sheikdom and its network of state-c…
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“Israeli authorities should immediately lift restrictions that have left students in Gaza’s public schools without textbooks and the most basic school supplies, such as notebooks and pens, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel severely limits import…
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Karzai’s best friend
“Within Afghanistan, Rashid’s principal backer and friend is Hamid Karzai who has now managed to antagonize even the tamest US liberals such as Peter Galbraith, recently sacked as a UN honcho in Kabul because he suggested that Karzai had rigged th…
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Jordanian king sponsoring Ehud Olmert
“The 2009 King Abdullah II Annual Leadership Lecture” (thanks Aly)
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
A right-wing Zionist meets a right-wing Zionist
“Last time I visited Beirut, before the Hezbollah-led “March 8″ bloc lost the recent election, I spent several hours with Eli Khoury, one of the smartest regional political analysts I have yet met. I try to see him every time I’m in country to discu…
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
Bin Baraka: Incinerated
“Quarante-quatre ans après la disparition de l’opposant marocain en plein Paris, l’écrivain Georges Fleury confie au JDD un « dossier secret » des gendarmes. Selon lui, le corps de Ben Barka aurait été incinéré dans l’Essonne.”
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad
7th Grade Education in Saudi Arabia
This is from a textbook used in Saudi Arabia: the question is asked about Muhammad Ibn `Abdul-Wahab, and his war on Shi`ites. (thanks J.)
Posted on October 12, 2009 by As'ad