Archive for January 22, 2012
laughter in Iran
Comrade Laleh sent me this on my post about Iranian government banning laughter: ”They already did. Knomeini was notoriously against laughter and happiness and issued several speeches about this (not fatwas though). Asef Bayat ha…
Posted on January 22, 2012 by As'ad
Dumb Saudi media II
Read what I wrote yesterday about the dumb Saudi media with particular reference to the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyyah. Today, they have another story: it attributes to–you guessed it–a “source” in the Revolutionary Gu…
Posted on January 22, 2012 by As'ad
Trains
I am in the train to Glasgow. US trains are far inferior to UK trains but UK trains are not comfortable and chairs don’t recline. Personally, I still go for the traditional Arab method of travel: magic carpet. It sounds better in Arabic: we call it …
Posted on January 22, 2012 by As'ad