Archive for February 21, 2011
My talk this evening
My talk at U Michigan at Ann Arbor is at one. My talk this evening is at 7:00PM at 6220 Miller Rd, Dearborn (Bint Jebail Hall).
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Religious loonies from Israel: why they are ignored in the WEst
“IDF deputy chief: Israel’s army needs faith in God more than tanks: Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh said the events currently shaking the Arab world ‘were ordained from above’ by a guiding hand.”
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Farewell speech
Befitting tyrants, every Arab tyrants precedes his ouster with a disgusting and pathetic speech. Yesterday, Sayf Al-Islam Al-Qadhdhafi delivered the one for that regime.PS CNN yesterday an “expert” on the Middle East (she was a counter-…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Help is on the way: from one tyrant to another
“Saudi Arabia on Sunday said it stands ready “with all its capabilities” to shore up Bahrain’s ruling royal family if a standoff with the Shiite-led opposition is not resolved soon, underscoring the kingdom’s deep concern about its neighbor’s ongo…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Reform in the Arab world
Out-of-touch US officials, especially Obama and Hillary, keep invoking the need for “reforms” in the Arab world. They don’t know that people are revolting against the very reforms that they are promoting.
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
From Jadaliyyah: Egyptian women
First hand account by Noha Radwan.
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
You can’t say that the US is not doing its share of spreading democracy around the world
“ More than 60 civilians, including women and children, were killed in four days of operations by NATO-led troops and Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said on Sunday.”
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
The role of women
Women in the forefront of strikes in Bahrain. (thanks anonymous)
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
A response to Jihad Al-Akhazin from a Jordanian tribe member
A response to his defense of King and Queen of Jordan. (thanks Dana)
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
The Raymond Davis fiasco
A. from Pakistan sent me this: ”Here’s the latest on the Raymond Davis fiasco, reported a few hours ago by the Guardian, confirming what is already a widely held belief by Pakistanis (Despite her government’s best efforts to convince themselves t…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Sectarian take of Saudi media
A headline in Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat (mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons) declares that the “voice of Sunnis is unheard” in Bahrain. This is the Saudi analysis of Bahrain. It also said that there is “relative calm there”.
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
The New Arab World
How can you tell that there is a new Arab world and that it won’t be pleasant for US and Israel? Notice that the Palestinian questions has suddenly become more important for Arab tyrants and their lackeys. Sa`d Hariri–Hariri for potato’s sake–i…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Are Muslims Inferior?
I am reading the new book by Steven Fish of UC Berkeley’s Political Science Department titled “Are Muslims Distinctive”? I will write about the book later but don’t let the avalanche of statistics and date fool you. The project is anal…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Middle East studies: from now on
Comrade Amer wrote this on Facebook: “After the dust settles, and the current revolutions sweep all the culturalist stereotypes that were used to explain the Middle East for the last 20 years; students of the region in the West will have decades’ worth…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
It is war: even within the same camp in the Arab world
Don’t underestimate the severity of impact of Arab political developments. There are new features and developments at every level and corner. I can’t keep up myself, especially that I am on the road in Michigan. But propagandists/jour…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
And then came Bahrain
Worse than Aljazeera Arabic which has for all intents and purposes did a lousy job in covering (or not covering) developments in Bahrain, Saudi media ignored the Bahrain story altogether save rosy pronouncements by regime propagandists and accusations …
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Arabiyyah TV
Al-Arabiyyah TV ignored all Arab developments all day Saturday and it kept leading the news with this: that Iran will repress “massive demonstrations by the opposition” the next day. Al-Arabiyyah (the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) k…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi
I told you the Libya chapter will be bloody: (it has been bloody–lest we forget in Tunisia and Egypt–where Bin Ali and Mubarak massacred people to stay in power). The masses of Libya (the jamahir as that loony leader calls them) hate the leader…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad
To Arab Leaders
New TV’s reporter, Ibrahim Dsouki, wrote this on Facebook:”علي عبد الله صالح يقول: اليمن ليست مصر وتونس.. القذافي يقول: ليبيا ليست مصر وتونس.. مبارك: مصر ليست تونس.. يا أ…
Posted on February 21, 2011 by As'ad