Archive for January 4, 2011
Abu Maher Al-Yamani
Something is wrong with Al-Akhbar website as I can’t provide the link. Go and read the cover story by comrade Samah about Abu Maher Al-Yamani.
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Only Islamic laws scare Americans
“Instead, Mr. Friedman, an Orthodox Jew, finds himself scrutinized in the Jewish press, condemned by important rabbis, and attacked in aYouTube video showing about 200 people protesting outside his Silver Spring, Md., apartment on Dec. 19. They we…
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Chirac and Saddam’s money
In his book on his experience with the Iraqi Ba`th, former Saddam’s ambassador to India, (the Lebanese) Jihad Karam describes how Iraqi intelligence funded the Congress Party in a key election in the late 1970s. I am waiting for a book to detail …
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Anything from Israel is trendy and popular in the US: even murder and terrorism
“Krav Maga is the Israel Defense Forces’ hand-to-hand fighting and self-defense system, taught to ordinary Joes and Janes who want to be able to handle themselves if attacked. This challenging, full-body workout will also get anyone in shape. …
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
The Arab Left
I just finished reading Nayif Hawatimah’s The Arab Left. Is that a joke? I need to write my weekly 2400 words article for Al-Akhbar on that book. Let us say that be brags about the North Korean model.
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Samir Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) explains his recent trip to Saudi Arabia
He said: “it started personally to attend the wedding of Prince `Abdul-`Aziz…they wanted me to come to the Kingdom for other reasons besides the wedding…”
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
My interview with New TV
“Anonymous crazy bear” uploaded my full interview with New TV on Al-Hadath program from last June.
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
I smell an Israeli signatory in this
“Qatar and the United States have signed a letter of intent to expand collaboration on bilateral initiatives to enhance security for American and Qatari citizens.” (thanks Junaid)
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Conspiracy theorist
“Pour les blogueurs et les militants en danger, vivant sous des régimes arabes soutenus par les USA, cette question est plus que légitime. Mais aux oreilles de la « foule du DC orientée ssur la politique», le simple fait que nous posions cette …
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Abu Maher Yamani dead
A giant of Palestinian/Arab struggle has died. Abu Maher Al-Yamani a veteran leader of the Movement of Arab Nationalists and of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has died in Beirut. This was a unique struggle: a giant in the…
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad
Khaled El-Rouayheb
You should read at least the introduction and the first chapter of Khaled El-Rouayheb’s Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 by the University of Chicago. His work (and that of dear comrade Joseph Massad) settles once an…
Posted on January 4, 2011 by As'ad