Archive for December 9, 2011
Ambitions of Qatar
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”The Ambitions of Qatar: Limitations of place”.
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Letting down the working class in Lebanon
My mom (a Sunni Beiruti who staunchly supports Hasan Nasrallah) was furious was Hizbullah for their stance on economic reform in the Lebanese cabinet. She was furious that they let down the great Marxist minister, Sharbil Nahhas. I told her but t…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
In the name of Freedom: (from Jadaliyya)
“The deaths of approximately 3500 Syrians, and the incarceration of up to 50,000 more, are not just statistics to the people whose lives have been damaged irreparably by the disappearance of relatives, friends, and colleagues. Dreadful too are the effe…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
`Ashurah celebrations
Of course, Shi`ites should have the right to observe the commemoration of `Ashurah. It is part of the religious practice, although the chains and swords are cultural as is the spilling of blood, which should be banned, and senior Shi`ite clerics …
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
buying academic prestige
“More than 60 top-ranked researchers from different scientific disciplines—all on the Institute for Scientific Information’s (ISI’s) highly cited list—have recently signed part-time employment arrangements with King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, …
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Sa`di Yusuf on Burhan Ghalyun
Iraqi poet, Sa`di Yusuf, wrote a scathing poem against Burhan Ghalyun (published in Al-Akhbar). It is really not a good poem and the attacks are just too direct for a good poem.
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Everything they learned about arms’ smuggling they learned from Gene Sharp
“On a recent day in Gorentas, a rugged Turkish mountain village near the Syrian border, a group of smugglers was seen packing guns into empty flour sacks before speeding away on motorbikes. Asked where they were going, they replied, “Syria, Syria.””
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Tunisian Jews to Israel
“Some members of Tunisia’s small Jewish community have responded after Israeli Vice-Prime Minister Silvan Shalom made another call on the Tunisian Jewish community to immigrate to Israel, this time in a Jerusalem ceremony in honor of Tunisian victims…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Anti-Jewish?
I have liked and respected Syrian dissident writer, Subhi Hadidi, for years. Yet, he has disappointed me twice as of late. The first time when he engaged in sophomoric insult against comrade Joseph Massad because he disagreed with him on Sy…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Anti-Jewish?
I have liked and respected Syrian dissident writer, Subhi Hadidi, for years. Yet, he has disappointed me twice as of late. The first time when he engaged in sophomoric insult against comrade Joseph Massad because he disagreed with him on Sy…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Denials
“The Muslim Brotherhood’s political party wing denies talks have been held with the US administration on the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. The Freedom and Justice Party has denied claims published in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that t…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Denials
“The Muslim Brotherhood’s political party wing denies talks have been held with the US administration on the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. The Freedom and Justice Party has denied claims published in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that t…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Secret Prison
“The CIA operated a secret prison in the Romanian capital Bucharest where terrorism suspects were interrogated, an investigation by the Associated Press and German media has found.”
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Secret Prison
“The CIA operated a secret prison in the Romanian capital Bucharest where terrorism suspects were interrogated, an investigation by the Associated Press and German media has found.”
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Zionism is also religious bigotry
“A bill proposing to restrict the noise made by mosques will be up for discussion at the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs on Sunday. The proposal aims to prohibit mosques from sounding the nighttime and early morning calls of the Muez…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Zionism is also religious bigotry
“A bill proposing to restrict the noise made by mosques will be up for discussion at the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs on Sunday. The proposal aims to prohibit mosques from sounding the nighttime and early morning calls of the Muez…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
The unelected government of Morocco
“Not to mention that Mr. Al Himma, founder of the PAM and closest friend of the king, was recently appointed by the king as his advisor in the Royal Cabinet. The growing list of royal advisors suggests that the entourage of the king is the new form of …
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
The unelected government of Morocco
“Not to mention that Mr. Al Himma, founder of the PAM and closest friend of the king, was recently appointed by the king as his advisor in the Royal Cabinet. The growing list of royal advisors suggests that the entourage of the king is the new form of …
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Muslim Brotherhood already sold out Palestine
“The Brotherhood echoes this parochialism: its party’s 80-page manifesto mentions neither Israel nor Palestine. The two groups have more in common. The Brothers profess to share the Salafists’ end goal; namely, to regain the pre-eminent role for Is…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad
Muslim Brotherhood already sold out Palestine
“The Brotherhood echoes this parochialism: its party’s 80-page manifesto mentions neither Israel nor Palestine. The two groups have more in common. The Brothers profess to share the Salafists’ end goal; namely, to regain the pre-eminent role for Is…
Posted on December 9, 2011 by As'ad