Archive for November 26, 2009
Preparing
Bassam Haddad of George Mason University, Tartus took this picture of me while preparing for my talk this week.
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Mut`ah Marriage in the southern suburbs in Beirut
A Lebanese academic who does not want to be identified sent me this about that ridiculous story about temporary marriage in the southern suburbs in Beirut: “Ridiculous. I mean I lived in Dahia all my life (Hayy al-sellum and later haret hriek)and neve…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
‘Real Americans’ Pissed at Best Buy for Extending Holiday Wishes to Muslims
“Best Buy has struck a nerve deep in the heart of Americaland for including a “Happy Eid Al-Adha†note to Muslims in a holiday circular.” (thanks Maria)
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Female happiness in the US
“By most objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to male happiness….
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
NowHariri in Foreign Policy
Look at this lousy ill-informed article that mostly is based on rumors and prejudices of Saudi-financed media who only see Shi`ites through the prism of Taqiyyah and Mut`ah marriage. What Foreign Policy does not tell you is that this writer works for …
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
An Army that does not defend Lebanon but bullies the refugees
“Access to Nahr al-Bared’s outskirts as well as to the construction site is still controlled by the Lebanese army. Amr Saededine, a journalist closely following developments in Nahr al-Bared points to the army as a big obstacle to the reconstructio…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Mr. and Mrs. God
“In another revelation not usually found in Sunday School classes, Mr. Wright cites Biblical evidence that God (both El and Yahweh) had a sex life, rather like the Greek gods, and notes archaeological discoveries indicating that Yahweh may have had a w…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Make peace with Israel and your country will suddenly become pleasant and pretty, according to the New York Times
Do you notice that the Israeli-centric standards of the New York Times even influence its non-political sections? Look at this case for Jordan: “But treat Amman as a mere way station between destinations and you miss discovering what is perhaps the mo…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
The Dahlan advocates are embarrassed
“One would think an organization based primarily on high-level access to power would be happy to have a board member at President Barack Obama’s first state dinner. The American Task Force for Palestine (ATFP), however, has removed from its websi…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese Air Force
Zee planes. Zeee planes. (thanks Yassine)
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
The Lebanese Quack
Laure sent me this about Zayn Al-Athat (the Lebanese quack that I wrote about yesterday): “I have to comment of this Zayn Al-Athat. Once a woman calls on his show and asks him “Do you have a cream to enlarge cheeks. My face is too skinny. I lost weig…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Horrors that the West likes
“The New York-based group Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to overturn a death sentence given to a man convicted of practising witchcraft.”
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Not with Israelis or with Algerians: for Jamal Mubarak only
This Egyptian soccer player does not want to play with either Israelis or Algerians. (thanks Khalid)
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
The Israeli people heart Ethnic cleansing
“Transfer of Arabs from the Palestinian Authority to actual Arab countries was the most popular solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, according to a poll this week by Israel National News. Of the more than 6,400 people surveyed, 53.2 said ‘Transfer…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Ray Hanania: neither funny nor smart
“2. I oppose violence of any kind from and by anyone. I reject Hamas’ participation in any Palestinian government without first agreeing to surrender all arms and to accept two-states as a “final” peace agreement. But I also reject allowing Israeli …
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Ignorance mixed with bigotry=Caldwell
“The most egregious examples of Caldwell’s aliens are Muslims, because, as he sees it, they are less susceptible to European cultural influences than other immigrant groups such as Slavs, Sikhs, Hindus, non-Muslim Africans, and African-Caribbeans……
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Most influential?
“He is followed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan.” How accurate or credible is this list which puts the King of Jordan in the “most influential” category. Jus…
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad
Help
I have a video recording file of my talk at Harvard Law School from this week. But it only plays in Quicktime. Can somebody email me to help in putting it on youtube so that I can link to it here? You may email me if you know how.
Posted on November 26, 2009 by As'ad