Archive for July 15, 2011
Bahiyyah Al-Hariri
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”Bahiyyah Al-Hariri: Rhetoric of Sedition”
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi and Qatari media
It is clear that Saudi and Qatari media are downplaying the protests in Egypt, not only because they are under orders to only cover Syria and then Libya, but because the GCC seems to have struck an alliance with Tantawi, cemented by $ billions in cash …
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Zionists really heart Arab uprisings: for them Mubarak speaks for Arab youths
I like when Zionists feign support for Arab uprisings.
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
French-Israeli honeymoon
“L’Armée Française est représentée en Israël par le Colonel G. Bailleux de Marisy. « Les relations entre l’Armée Israélienne et l’Armée française sont le reflet de la r elation politique qui existe entre les deux pays. Il s’…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Being sued by Lebanon’s former Minister of Information
So the Hariri Minister of Information (and a former Hariri Minister of Culture), Tariq Mitri (a former leftist turned lecturer in the Janadiriyyah festival in Saudi Arabia), is suing me for…criticizing him in an article in Al-Akhbar. Yesterday,…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Fu’ad Sanyurah of Libya
Why do Arab puppets always look undignified? 2) Being patted on the back is the ultimate honor for Arab puppets. 3) Look how he is beaming. 4) He reminds me of Fu’ad Sanyurah when he earned for himself a pat on the back by none other …
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Samir Amin on corruption in the Arab world
I was reading an article on Arab uprisings by Samir Amin in Al-Huriyyah (the mouthpiece of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine). He makes an important point about corruption: how some people call for an end to corruption, like it…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Anderson Cooper exposes
Here, former “terrorist” Walid Shoebat is exposed. (thanks Joe)
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Salam Fayyad loves to endorse Israelis: he endorsed Netanyahu to serve as Palestine’s first president
“Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad recently gave a ringing endorsement to Stanley Fischer for the job of International Monetary Fund chief. Fischer, who runs the Bank of Israel, is a former colleague of Fayyad’s at the IMF where the p…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Tunisian public opinion
“”But no poll suggests that Nahda would come close to getting an outright majority. A recent one gave it 14%; its main rival, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), in the secular centre, got 5%. More than two-thirds of Tunisians said they had not …
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Now I know what Obama’s surge was all about
“The Afghan war claimed 15% more civilian lives in the first half of this year than in the same period a year ago, the United Nations said in a report Thursday that painted a picture of deteriorating safety across the country. The grim figures…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Flash: US bombs in Pakistan will spare gays and lesbians
“Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Richard Hoagland and members of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFFA) hosted Embassy Islamabad’s first ever gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Pride Celebration on June 26. This gathering…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Orders have come: Saudi princes’ scribes to defend Mubarak at all cost
Here, Jihad Khazen (who wasted his talents and devoted a career to defend House of Saud), writes in defense of Mubarak. (thanks Omar)
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Arab liberals for House of Saud
`Abdul-Bari `Atwan of Al-Quds Al-`Arabi exposes the obvious hypocrisy of House of Saud’s liberals, who hectors Arabs about “reform”–but only outside of GCC countries and its puppet monarchies in Jordan and Morocco. (thanks Osama)
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Orators of Arab history
In the last century, the Arab world has produced two real orators. Jamal Abd-u-Nasser and this guy.
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime TV
It is a surreal show, indeed. They still insist on devoting hours to the discussion of hugely technical topics (like does Syria need to import more sweet potatoes or salty potatoes? And they bring experts to debate the issue). And in …
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad
Illiberal Tendencies in the Liberal Faction of the Syrian opposition: the Syrian version of March 14
This has to be said now: there are scary intolerant tendencies in the liberal faction of the Syrian opposition. This faction refers to those who are aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood, and who–to protect the Brotherhood–agrees to appear as the…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by As'ad