Archive for November 24, 2009
That Qaboos coup
“”History records that it was a family affair, but documents reveal London’s hidden hand. Offically, the architect of the coup was the Sultan’s son, but in papers seen by the programme, Britain is seen to be calling the shots. Worried that the country’…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
NowHariri: Now Racist
The picture in this article has been changed. The original article is displayed above. (Thanks Matthew)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Cheering
Soldiers of the House of Saud celebrate shooting at refugees. (thanks John)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Comrade Zeina
Comrade Zeina is profiled in Al-Akhbar.
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Obama’s Empire
“The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air bases in Colombia. The development – an…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Too many Arabs…in Arab lands
“Other complaints from Egyptian holidays include “Too many Arabs in Egyptâ€, “Too much sand on the beachesâ€, “loud moaning†from a local mosque.” (thanks Emily)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Photoshop journalism
This Bahraini government newspaper published what it said was a picture of Kofi Annan meeting with its correspondent in New York City. But the picture was doctored, or photoshopped from this picture of Annan. (thanks anonymous)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
“Masculine performance”
Husni Mubarak congratulated the Egyptian soccer team, which lost to Algeria, for their “masculine performance”.
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“The social, economic, health and educational gaps between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens are continuing to grow, mostly as a result of unfair government policies and prejudice from the Jewish population, a study published Wednesday has found. Now i…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Zionism is racism
“An Arab student who wanted to enroll in a university mentoring program told Ynet Monday that he had been rejected by the program’s sponsors because of his race.” (thanks Rashid)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Kingdom of Horrors
“Human Rights Watch conducted research missions to Saudi Arabia in November and December 2006, and again in May 2007. We found pervasive injustices in the Saudi criminal justice system and systematic and multiple violations of defendants’ rights. Indiv…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Disgrace unto the nations
“Some 79 percent of single women and 15 percent of married women suffer sexual harassment in the workplace, but only 3 percent of those women ever complain, according to a new study by Dr. Abigail Mor of Tel-Hai Academic College.” (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Obama Watch
“At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Peace? What Peace?
“Angry Arab take “The paradox is that despite Arab leaders’ willingness to make Israel a natural addition to the region, Israel itself continues to generate its unequivocal rejection through ongoing massacres, which renders all Arab overtures of n…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Poor US marines
I mean US marines go to a foreign country to occupy it, and in the course of occupation they face so many hardships and obstacles. Most unfair, really.
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
My talk last night
“As’ad AbuKhalil—a politics and public administration professor at California State University Stanislaus—offered a blistering critique of the Obama administration’s record thus far, focusing on combating beliefs that Obama’s foreign policy h…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
Israel would like to invite you to fight wars on its behalf
“With an American public increasingly tired of war, any war, the US president is unlikely to send in the air force, navy and special forces to smash the Iranian nuclear installations.” And who will smash Israel’s nuclear installations? (thanks Dina)
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad
`Abdur-Rahman Munif
“The positive reception of the novel encouraged Munif to leave his dreary job in the Oil Ministry in Damascus and move to Beirut, working as a journalist. He arrived with an unpublished second novel, Sharq al-Mutawassit (East of the Mediterranean), whi…
Posted on November 24, 2009 by As'ad