Archive for August 2, 2010
Foreign maids flee abuse in Kuwait
“With nowhere else to go, dozens of Nepalese maids who fled from their employers now sleep on the floor in the lobby of their embassy here, next to the visitors’ chairs. In the Philippines Embassy, more than 200 women are packed in a sweltering room…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Prince Salman and his sons really heart Netanyahu
Just take a look at the headline of Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat (the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons).
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
August 2006
Comrade Khaled writes about August 2006.
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Efraim Karsh
I wrote about this guy before especially his really lousy book, Islamic Imperialism. But this piece is funny: for more than 50 years, Zionists have been saying that Arabs don’t care about the Palestinians. But if that is the case, why is the Palestin…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Ban on Blackberry in UAE and Saudi Arabia
“The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the United Arab Emirates’ decision to suspend BlackBerry services for e-mail, instant messaging, and browsing the Web. The communications authority in the UAE announced on Sunday that it would suspe…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Violent religious fanaticism that is ignored by the New York Times
“A rabbi from one of the most violent settlements in the West Bank was questioned on suspicion of incitement last week as Israeli police stepped up their investigation into a book in which he sanctions the killing of non-Jews, including children and ba…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
You can’t say that Obama is not making progress
“As many as 270 civilians were killed in July in different incidents across Afghanistan, an official said Sunday. ‘Two hundred and seventy civilians were killed in different security incidents in July across the country which shows a 29 percent increa…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Those Gaza tunnels
“So the Chevvy and the dozens of other new cars seen around town are still coming in via the smuggling tunnels under the Gaza/Egypt border. A video obtained by Sky News shows a bulldozer pulling a large car through a tunnel.Another published on the we…
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad
Fadlallah
“Lebanese author and academic Dr. As’ad Abu-Khalil has also argued that commentators have not properly placed Fadlallah in context, and pointed to the schools and orphanages he founded in Beirut and southern Lebanon. Amira Al Hussaini of Global Voices …
Posted on August 2, 2010 by As'ad