Archive for December 1, 2009
Inside Iraq
For those who care, I will be appearing on the program Inside Iraq on Aljazeera English TV this Thursday. You may watch it live on the website of the network. It will be around 8:30AM Pacific Time Thursday. Wake up the children.
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
“Thank you, Servitor of the Two Holy Sites”
You may wonder why I always mock Saudi media. Well, here is a glimpse. It is from an editorial by the editor-in-chief of the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his kids. He said, among other things: “The decision by the king is fairness and justice, an…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
My mother on Switzerland
I asked my mother about her reactions to the ban on minarets in Switzerland. She was following it closely on the French channel, TV 5. She was upset but then added: but what about those crazy Muslim groups who are stigmatizing Muslims worldwide? What…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“A recent report from Israel’s National Insurance Institute showed that half of all Arab families in Israel are classified as poor compared with just 14 per cent of Jewish families.”
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
In Lebanon, they criminalize the selling of sex, but not the buying (it is the other way round in Sweden)
“According to Abu Chakra, police often arrest women for possession of condoms and they can face up to six months in prison for prostitution if convicted. This makes carrying condoms risky for sex workers.” (thanks Laure)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
General Khalid Bin Sultan bin Bribes
You have to listen to the comments of Gen./Prince Khalid Bin Sultan. Listen to minute 0:25. He does not know the name of the Yemeni president. Also, read the comments that people left on the site: they are funny. (thanks L)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Press freedoms in UAE
“I have remarked in the past on the fragile understanding of press freedom in the United Arab Emirates. Further proof came at the weekend with the banning of the Sunday Times after it ran a reports on Dubai’s debt dramas, The sinking of Dubai’s dream.”
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
won a Dubai prize but banned from Dubai
They were banned from entering Dubai to receive Dubai cultural prizes because they are Iraqis. (thanks Sinan)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
According to the NYRB, mosques are nuclear sites
Just look the illustration. (thanks James)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Sheikh Mo, the poet
Sheikh Mo responds to news coverage of the Dubai crisis with (lousy) poetry: “”وللموج لما يثابر صبر عجيب عجيب.. يا ذا البعيد القريب الليل لازال عابر”.(And for waves when they persist, amazing amazi…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Dubai: a miracle of failure and vulgar ostentation
“But Sajid and many of his colleagues from the north Indian city of Meerut would take issue with the comments of Vayalar Ravi, the minister of overseas Indian affairs. Having returned from Dubai to India for the Muslim holiday of Eid, dozens of them…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Land ownership? Are you kidding me?
“An Israeli family backed by a large Israeli police force moved Tuesday into a Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, eyewitnesses said. The takeover of the home came after the Israeli district court ruled that the home i…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
So what are Israeli occupation soldiers up to?
“The same week as a senior IDF officer is suspected of committing attempted rape, it was cleared for publication that an officer serving in an elite intelligence unit is suspected of molesting children. The police arrested him some 10 days ago follo…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Pathetically desperate
Look at the desperate propaganda of the Zionist usurping entity: “He said that from each group drafted to the Army Spokesman’s Office, between eight to 10 young people who are experts in Web 2.0 – YouTube, Facebook and Twitter – to be identified bef…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Inisde the British Israeli lobby
This is the video of the report. (thanks Shadi)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Ziyad Ar-Rahbani
Yes, Ziyad Rahbani, suffered from an anti-Jewish outburst.
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
The American ambassador in Baghdad
Read this item. The American ambassador in Baghdad gives his interpretation of the Iraqi (puppet) constitution. (thanks Hassan)
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
When the New York Times feigns outrage
The New York Times has a piece on the ban of minarets in Switzerland. I dislike the New York Times when it is its usual insensitive newspaper, but I dislike it more when it feigns sensitivity. It has an editorial which said: “Switzerland’s 400,000…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Ilili in New York City
So I heard an interview with the new Minister-designate of Tourism in Lebanon, Fadi `Abbud. He is the guy behind the giant Hummus dish and the giant Tabbulah dish. He also is launching his new prepared Hummus. Capitalists care more about the buck tha…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad
Hizbullah’s Political Document
So I read carefully the new Political Document of Hizbullah which was read yesterday by Hasan Nasrallah. This was highly anticipated because this is the first open letter by the party to the world since that awful Open Letter addressed by the party to…
Posted on December 1, 2009 by As'ad