Archive for January 11, 2010
Lebanese Army versus Israeli warplanes
Lebanese Army issues a statement claiming that it fired at Israeli warplanes. This is like somebody bragging that he/she threw feathers at wild beasts, from 100,000 miles away. (thanks Marcy)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Burj of Dubai
Labor Conditions (thanks Nasser)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Sons of Nahyan acquits one of them
It is UAE justice. (thanks Zainab)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanese political BS
You see them shaking hands and kissing cheeks before TV cameras. I ask those same politicians in private if they trust one another, and the answer is always negative.
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Santa Wears a Kufiyyah
Palestinian Santa. (thanks Dina)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Robert Satloff’s Comedy Hour on Hurra TV
A keen observer of Middle East studies sent me this (I agree with her): “Judging from the speed at which he is “reading” and based on how horrible his Arabic is, I would guess that he is reading English transliteration of Arabic in his intro and clo…
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“The child Maisara Ibrahim Moussa, 3 years, passed away on Monday which rises the number of people who died as a result of the Israeli siege on Gaza to 368.”
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Fu`ad Sanyurah
I read that Walid Khalidi attended a dinner with Fu’ad Sanyurah. No supporter of the Palestinian cause should have any dealings with Sanyurah, in my opinion. He presided over the war on Nahr Al-Barid, not to mention his role during the Israeli war on…
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Sheikh Mo’s Justice
“A British woman who made a rape complaint in Dubai has been arrested for having illegal sex with her fiance, according to reports. The woman, a 23-year-old from London, said she was raped by a waiter in a luxury hotel after celebrating her engagement …
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
If this appeared in an Arab country, the UN Security Council would have convened
This is acceptable social repression, from the standpoint of Western governments and media. (thanks Molly)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Engineering installations
“During all the crises confronting the Egyptian state, we search for a means of managing national issues in the face of campaigns targeting political decisions, such as what happened two weeks ago in relation to the engineering installations on our eas…
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
My talk at AUB: Q & A
Some AUB students wrote to me protesting the lack of a Q and A session following my talk tomorrow. I agree with them. That would be unacceptable. I will change that, for sure. People should have the chance to disagree with me or respond or whatever.
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Violent Lebanese nationalism: they call it the Cedars Revolution
” Unidentified attackers threw stones at two buses with Syrian license plates near Majdal Aanjar, Sunday. The buses were carrying Lebanese tourists visiting Al-Sayyida Zainab shrine in Damascus. The vehicles were damaged but no injuries were reported, …
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Royal torture
“Allegations that a 62-year-old Iraqi grandmother was tortured and executed by British soldiers after her family home was raided three years ago are being investigated by the Royal Military Police.” (thanks Safia)
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
Ibrahim Salamah
This veteran journalist carries in his mind the history of contemporary Arab journalism. I wrote about his important memoirs before. I met him yesterday but I don’t have time to report to you. This is just a tease. This is not an actual blog item. …
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad
TV events
I am taping an interview with Rabi`ah Zayyat’s program on NBN TV. It will air two weeks from now. I am appearing on New TV’s AlHadath for 90 minutes tomorrow morning: it airs beginning 12:30AM Thursday morning in California (live). On Thursday, I am…
Posted on January 11, 2010 by As'ad