Archive for November 15, 2009
Israel’s war on terrorist children
“Together with other children and youth from the village, he went to the demonstration. The children threw stones at the security forces that clashed with the demonstrators. Despite his young age, Muhana was arrested. “There were two soldiers there …
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
the lousy Syrian regime
“State Security, one of Syria’s multiple intelligence services, detained al-Hasani on July 28, 2009, and an investigating judge charged him two days later with “weakening national sentiment” and “spreading false or exaggerated information.” Informat…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Saudi defense budget
“Saudi Arabia will soon sign several contracts to purchase military hardware from Russia. It goes about a major deal to buy various modifications of combat helicopters, T-90C tanks, armored vehicles and anti-aircraft missile systems. The deal approx…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Defending Lebanese territory with Hummus
“Last year, a team of Israeli chefs concocted what they claimed was the world’s biggest-ever batch of hummus, rolling out a vat weighing 400kg (882lb) in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market. It took a year to muster an Arab counter-strike, but on O…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Colonial Feminism of Martin Amis
He knows nothing of what he is talking about: he is ignorant of both: Islam AND feminism. What is next? Bill Clinton and Christopher Hitchens posing as feminists? (thanks Mahmoud)
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Sexism in Israel: disgrace unto the nations
“Female teachers say they were told the main entrance is not safe, but they believe the real reason is pressures exerted by ultra-Orthodox elements.”
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Religious fanatics that you find cute and adorable
“Rabbi Ovadia Yosef came out on Saturday night against the feminist lineup at the Western Wall and called for the condemnation of its members. According to him, the movement is made up of “stupid” women who do not act “for Heaven’s sake,” but merely…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
In the service of Israeli occupation
“Egyptian security forces shut down a large smuggling operation on the border with the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday night, a security source told Ma’an.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Levi-Strauss
“C’était surtout l’Islam dont la présence me tourmentait (…). Déjàl’Islam me déconcertait par une attitude envers l’histoire contradictoire àla nôtre et contradictoire en elle-même: le souci de fonder une tradition s’accompagna…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
They gave you Al-Qa`idah and Taliban: and they receive US money
“The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s intelligence service since the Sept. 11 attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agency’s annual budget, current and former U.S. officials say. The Inter-Ser…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
The Hashemites of Jordan: tools of Israel
“A lively public debate was stirred last week in Jordan on whether to continue exporting olives to Israel, in light of official reports of a relatively high rate of sales to the Israeli market.According to the numbers, some 7,630 tons of olives were …
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Ask Queentube to tell you about this: deaths in Jordan
“A Jordanian citizen died after being beaten by police, the second time this week, a police spokesman said Sunday, casting a rare spotlight on the nation’s U.S.-trained security forces, that may also have worked as proxy jailers for the CIA. The de…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
China versus the US
A contest
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Bra-burning fabrications
“Bra-burning never happened. It was completely made up by the media. A couple of women protesting a Miss America pageant threw some bras into a garbage can, and somehow that became this longstanding idea of feminists as bra-burners.”
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Translations: and a side note about Mikha’il Nu`aymah
Translations of Arabic literature into Western languages is a big problem in my opinion. The reason why some works are translated and others are not is not due to some literary evaluations but often due to PR efforts by some Middle East writers suppor…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Faqih
As I listened to the interesting talk by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida yesterday on “Engaging Modernity: Pedagogy and Ubranization as viewed by two Libyan intellectuals during the 20th century” as part of a two-day conference at Berkeley on “Writing and Speaki…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad
Egyptian State Press
I was at the Berkeley library yesterday moving in the stack area. I passed by a section which had issues of Rose Al-Yusuf Magazine. So I thought: it would be fun to check the issues when Anward Sadat was assassinated. So I checked that issue: and it…
Posted on November 15, 2009 by As'ad