Archive for August 30, 2010
This is Zionism
“An Israeli army officer who fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl and then said he would have done the same even if she had been three years old was acquitted on all charges by a military court yesterd…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanon is number one. Watch. An-Nahar will now brag
“Here are ten places Uncle Sam urges Americans to avoid, ranked in order of the degree to which each country’s GDP depends upon tourism revenue.” (thanks Daniel)
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Read this article, now
By the way, read Laleh Khalili’s article “The Location of Palestine in Global Counterinsurgencies” in IJMES. I read it as manuscript and loved it.
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Censorship in Ramallah mini-republic-under-occupation
A reader who does not want to be identified sent me this–he/she fears retribution. “You might be interested to know that the Arabic translation of the recent book\interview with George Habash (Al-Thawriyyun la Yamutun Abadan, publis…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
The Returnee
If you want to read about transmigration of the souls (as a concept of course–not that i believe in souls) in literature, read Khalil Taqiyy Ad-Din’s Al-`a’id (The Returnee).
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Can you imagine the American uproar if this was a Muslim cleric speaking about Jews? I mean, the UN Security Council would have met, and US Congress would have issued a resolution
“”Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this earth,” Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual head of the religious Shas party in Israel’s government, said in a sermon late on Saturday, using Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s popular name….
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Hamas and Fatah agree–on torturing their prisoners
At least they found common grounds.
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Look how casual Israeli racism is in their media
“An American businessman who travels often to the Persian Gulf (where he removes his kippah) recently told me that leaders of the ruling families in the oil empires are setting their sights on Israel with great desire to cooperate with the Jewish Sta…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Worst show on TV
“His attitude is patently patronizing — he is distributing largess from the donor-supported Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, to the poor Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. [They are definitely poor — a bill was passed in the Lebanes…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Praising Zionist crimes in Israel
“The Education Ministry is rewriting the country’s main civics textbook, and the chairman of the ministry’s pedagogical secretariat will begin publishing updates on the ministry’s Web site as early as the upcoming school year. The main contenti…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Moroccan women
“Recently, however, two Gulf countries – Kuwait and Saudi Arabia – have provoked Morocco’s ire. The Kuwaiti channel, al-Watan, has apologised to Moroccans for the animated comedy series Bu Qatada and Bu Nabeel, which sparked outrage for its impr…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Sa`d Ad-Din Ibrahim now supports the candidacy of Jamal Bubarak
Since Nasser, this man supported every president who ruled Egypt (although he later changed his mind about them). I like what he said: he said that if Jamal is elected, it wont be “tawrith” (giving the post of president to the son as inheritance)…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
5195 books confiscated in Saudi Arabia
While Condoleezza Rice praised “reforms” in Saudi Arabia, the country confiscated 5195 books dealing with religion and politics. This is based on official Saudi sources.
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
protest in Saudi Arabia; let us hope that they dont get beheaded
“Some 200 unemployed Saudi university graduates staged a rare protest in the capital Riyadh demanding the Gulf Arab state give them jobs, Saudi media said on Sunday.”
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
arrest of a rape victim in Lebanon
A woman was raped in Lebanon, so the Lebanese police arrested her for entering the country illegally. I am not making this up.
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Syrian workers in Lebanon
A Syrian worker fell to his death in Lebanon, and others were attacked in their home. (thanks Farah)
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
The ideology of hostility against Islam in the US
“One of the most under-reported political stories is the increasingly vehement, nationwide movement — far from Ground Zero — to oppose new mosques and Islamic community centers. These ugly campaigns are found across the countr…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Humor of the day: Adam Ereli cares about human rights in Bahrain. oh yeah
“Opposition leaders have also accused the United States of turning a blind eye. “Bahrain is important to the United States for security issues,†the American ambassador, J. Adam Ereli, said in a telephone interview. “But that doesn’t mean …
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
NYT’s translation
The New York Times’ caption reads: ”Three women in head scarves and black abayas surged into the main atrium of the Seef Mall at 11 pm the other night, unfurling a banner outside the Next clothing boutique that read, “It is forbidden to arbitra…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad
Thus spoke comrade Bassam Haddad
““We are seeing changes,†said Bassam Haddad, director of the Middle East studies program at George Mason University. “The number of associations that are emerging is increasing. The number of concerns that are allowed to become public is also in…
Posted on August 30, 2010 by As'ad