Archive for June 7, 2010
Queen Youtube invokes cliches
“The effect is a people trapped between a rock and a hard line policy.” (thanks Ramiz)
Posted on June 7, 2010 by As'ad
The French and the rest
A cab driver yesterday in Beirut insisted to me that the French are the worst people on earth. I tried to protest but he insisted: that the French are dirty and smelly and stingy. He said a French man or woman would only order a salad in a restaurant…
Posted on June 7, 2010 by As'ad
Helen Thomas and American Zionists
Regarding her comments: I have lived in the US since 1983, and I regularly hear American Zionists calling for the expulsion of Palestinians and their distribution around Arab countries far from Israel. It is a standard Zionist line. What is the diffe…
Posted on June 7, 2010 by As'ad
My new book
I went to the friends at Dar Al-Adab yesterday and signed the contract of my new book, Al-Bawh Al-Ghadib (البوؠالغاضب Angry Revelation). It contains a selection from my articles from Al-Akhbar and will appear in two volumes. It will appea…
Posted on June 7, 2010 by As'ad