Archive for March 1, 2011
Aljazeera Arabic
I will appear (via phone) on Aljazeera Arabic two hours from now to discuss US role in Libya.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Lifting the ban on songs in Egypt
Egyptian Arab nationalist daily, Ash-Shuruq (which shone during the Egyptian uprising and was considered a voice of the uprising) reports that a ban on songs has been lifted. One of the banned songs was “Palestine” by Muhammad `Abdul-Wahab because it h…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Mubarak in Saudi Arabia
Al-Misri Al-Yawm reports that Mubarak is now in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Mubarak’s propagandist, `Abdul-Mun`im Sa`id
He used to speak in the name of Mubarak regime. Read him now speaks in the name of “the masses.” I kid you not.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt
Egyptian state TV had a report, I am told, about Sulayman Khatir.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Media and Arab uprisings
Saudi media are covering Arab uprisings, I swear. I mean, the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law (run by his son, `Azzuz), Al-Arabiyyah is now reporting extensively on “huge protests” all over…Iran. I kid you not.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Comrade Hossam
“Some DC pundits have been repeatedly on satellite TV stations claiming the Egyptian revolution had nothing to do with Israel or the US. Some even go as far as claiming this was “purely an internal affair.” Those self described “ME experts
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Nawwarah Najm
Without a doubt, this woman is one of the leading brave protesters of the Egyptian uprising. Her voice has been ubiquitous on Aljazeerah. Yet, she is nowhere to be seen in the Western media: 1) perhaps because she wears a hijab; 2) and perh…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Look who is posing as a reformer now?
Al-Quds Al-`Arabi is reporting that former Crown Prince Hasan of Jordan is now posing as a radical reformer and that he is now rearing his ugly head to join the ranks of opposition critics of the regime. His credentials as an opposition figure in…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
We serve our masters, he said
“Spokesman for the Palestinian Authority security militias in the West Bank Adnan Adhameri reiterated his claims that the security cooperation with the Israeli occupation is in the Palestinian people’s best interest and to facilitate their daily l…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
The Omani tyrant is widely admired?
“Oman’s widely admired leader responded to protester demands by shuffling Cabinet ministers, offering unemployment benefits and agreeing to study whether to give an elected advisory body more power. Those concessions haven’t been enough to calm the …
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Another Zionist is freaking out
“”Prediction is always risky or plain silly, but my guess is that when the dust settles, which it will, in a month or two or three’s time, one will see that Western—and Israeli—interests in the Middle East will have been substantially undermined…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Slogans in Bahrain
B.B. in Bahrain sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”Asa’d,The major slogans of Bahrain’s protest movements are:We’re all Brothers- Sunnis and Shias, This Country is not for Sale- (اخوان سنة و شيعة… هذا الوطن…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
US officials on Arab TV stations
So they bring US officials on Arab TV stations and they ask them about developments in the Arab world. Invariably, they start to talk extensively about Iran and how the Iranian government is hypocritical for supporting Egyptian protesters. …
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Violent protests: the official US view
I am rather amused and intrigued that the US government has now officially endorsed the armed protests of the Libyan opposition. Of course, those protests are justified against the loony tyrant, but all along and for years, the US has been preach…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
To all my friends who voted for Obama
It is high time that I ask all my dear leftist friends who had voted for Obama: how could you? I mean, really.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
May Have been
“Zimbabwe Activists May Have Been Tortured”. This is an actual headline of the New York Times today. It added that Cuba may have nuclear weapons.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Hillary: she does not know who is behind Lockerbie
Hillary Clinton has just called for another investigation of Lockerbie bombing to see if Qadhdhafi was involved. Someone needs to tell her that he indeed admitted responsibility and that his son, Sayf Al-Islam, arranged for the cash payment. &nbs…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
waving shoes in…German culture
“German aristocratic defence minister Guttenberg has lifted passages of his law dissertation without correctly attributing them in footnotes questionable origin. More than 100 pages of his 475-pages doctoral thesis were copied from other works. &…
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad
Meet the new Egypt: even from the lousy Ahmad Abu Al-Ghayt
“Egypt’s foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said his country would not endorse any foreign military intervention.”
Posted on March 1, 2011 by As'ad