Archive for November 2, 2009
Karzai won
OK, you now can go on pretending that you brought democracy to Afghanistan. How nice of you: how generous.
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
The Maronite Patriarch
Nasri As-Sayigh on one of the worst clerics in the history of Lebanon: Maronite Patriarch Sfayr.
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
NYT covers Iran
1) Nazila Fathi is still covering Iran from…Toronto. I am sure that she is on top of the story. 2) Why are Western media reluctant to state the fact: that their hero, Khymayni sycophant Husseein Mousavi, has in fact called for celebrating the anniv…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese women
“Trailing behind women in other countries, Arab women hold only 9 percent of positions classified as having “status, influence, power and decision-making authority,†the UN report said. Lebanese women-led small enterprises represented only 17 pe…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
James Zogby is about to cry
You read first and notice that he is singling out Al Gore for praise: “I personally will never forget how after the September 1993 Rabin-Arafat signing ceremony on the White House lawn, president Bill Clinton and vice-president Al Gore brought toget…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
Grappling emotionally?
“”Migrant workers bring with them a profusion of diseases – hepatitis, measles, tuberculosis, AIDS and drug addiction: Our critics can be as sanctimonious as they like, but unless we stop the wave of migrant workers, the whole character of the State…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli (in)justice
“It’s reasonable to assume that if Yaakov (Jack) Teitel had focused only on attacking Palestinians, he would have encountered few problems with law-enforcement authorities. His big mistake, it seems, was targeting non-Arabs as well.” (thanks Sarah)
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
The Hashemites and other collaborators would not mind
“Israeli officials and others close to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have been saying that the Jordan Valley should remain in Israeli hands, encircling any Palestinian state to the east and controlling the international border with Jordan — ste…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
AIPAC versus J Street
“Some members of Congress agreed to be part of the event, only to withdraw their support in the face of criticism from their own political backers.”
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
Dissemination of the culture of human rights
The mouthpiece of Prince Salman (Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) reports that the Saudi King has agreed to spread “the culture of human rights” in the kingdom. He said that it will begin to spread this next Friday, right after the public beheading ritual in the p…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
Rami Al-Amin
This is a Lebanese reporter for New TV. He writes in An-Nahar “cultural”–and An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, racist anti-Palestinian (people), anti-Syrian (people) is to culture is what Sa`d Hariri is to intellect- supplement and is a …
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad
The Eye of the State: Saudi media
You would think that I am making this stuff up, but I am not. This is a Saudi reporter writing in the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid Bin Sultan (Al-Hayat). He is praising the Saudi royal family and then reports that he was one of a press team that accom…
Posted on November 2, 2009 by As'ad