Archive for July 2, 2010
This is all I need to know about this ostensible champion of democracy and reason who is in bed with the Mubarak regime
“He has also helped define the library as a learning complex, with a planetarium, art exhibitions, a children’s learning center, a virtual reality chamber and a museum chronicling the life of President Anwar el-Sadat.”
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
who is scaring whom?
A Palestinian child confronts an Israeli terrorist soldier. (AP)
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
This is a conclusion of a fake American liberal
“Israel has a point when it argues that relinquishing the West Bank would raise real security concerns.” We should add that he is one of the most boring writers in the US. How boring? A reader of the Times won an award to go on a foreign trip with hi…
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
Islam and Beauty?
The Independent is shocked that Islam and beauty can co-exist. (thanks Arwa)
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
Are you Phoenician?
“Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians”. (thanks Ramzi)
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
Hariri economics
“Economists in the country believe that the gap between the rich and the poor in Lebanon has widened notably. ‘Seventy per cent per cent of the gross domestic product in Lebanon goes to only 30 per cent of the Lebanese,’ one economist, Louis Hobeika, …
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad
The Rahbani Phenomenon
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Rahbani Phenomenon: The Founding Myths of Lebanese Nationalism”
Posted on July 2, 2010 by As'ad