Archive for March 22, 2010
AIPAC, J Street, what is the difference anway
“Even the competition with the new Israel lobby group on the left, J Street, did not succeed in shaking the standing of AIPAC, at least in terms of the numbers of participants, with 7,500 people signing up, a record high for the group.” The lousy J St…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
New York Times foreign coverage rules
It is best to cover Iran from Toronto. It is best to cover Lebanon from Dublin. It is best to cover Egypt from Memphis. It is best to cover Israel, from Israel.
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Adonis (Part II)
Can Adonis ever have anything to say about another poet or writer? Ever? Here, he accuses Muhammad Al-Maghut of beating his wife.
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Israel: as a “secular democracy”
“Alionel Ltd., owner of the McDonald’s franchise in Israel, was fined NIS 30,000 (about $8,000) for illegally having a youth work during Shabbat, the Tel Aviv Labor Court announced Thursday. This would not be the first time that the franchise has com…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Iyad `Allawi: and Shi`ite sectarianism in the Middle East
The reason why the sectarian conflict in the Middle East grew and expanded is that no one was qualified to combat the Saudi Wahhabi plan. I mean, Hizbullah is the logical rival of Saudi Arabia but Hizbullah itself is burned by its sectarian agenda and…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Moussavi groupies for Israel
“The fiancé of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was killed during protests in Teheran following the Iranian elections last year, visited Israel as guest of Channel 2, the station reported Friday evening.” (thanks Shaheen)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Holy sex segregation
“A hardline Saudi cleric called for demolishing the Holy Mosque in Mecca and rebuilding it in a way that would insure Sex segregation.” I like it when they say “hardline Saudi cleric” as if the government allows for the appointment of any cleric who i…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Fascists for Israel
Look at the fifth picture below. (thanks Asa)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
harsh treatment
“UK’s military intelligence ran a secret torture unit in Iraq which “reported directly to London” and authorised harsh treatment of detainees, a media report said on Sunday.”
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
It is all for you, Jamal Mubarak
“”I had very good relations with the director of Israeli military intelligence.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Sterilizing poor Egyptian women
The Egyptian government now wants to sterilize poor Egyptian women. (thanks Basma)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Nicole Kidman in Iraq
“Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed was ecstatic. Friends who visited “were surprised with the change in my face,” she said. “They compared my nose to Nicole Kidman’s!”"
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Prostraters before he House of Saud
Al-Janadiriyyah conferences basically is a gathering to all those Arab writers/intellectuals who wish to prostrate themselves before the princes of the House of Saud. (thanks Hikmat)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
The lousy Muslim Brotherhood
“The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie said he is praying for Mubarak’s health and wishing him a safe return after his surgery in Germany.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat calls me “crazy”
I mean, what better honor, really. So Walid Jumblat in an interview with Rami Al-Amin calls me “majnun.” (crazy) To be called Majnun by Walid jumblat is like being called unprincipled by…. Walid Jumblat. My enemies don’t know this: I relish being…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by As'ad