Sunday, January 20, 2008

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"The Israeli military said yesterday it had no knowledge of civilian deaths". Israel never notices civilian deaths of Palestinia...

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Danish cartoons and Dutch movies seem to be the object of obsession for Muslim masses. Nothing else.

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"In recent weeks, the leaders of the Marxist student movement have been arrested, suggesting that the government is worrying about the ...

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"Saudi prince: If Israel quits Arab land, it could join Arab world"

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" Rice retreated from her intention to reach a decision that would markedly alter the status quo in the region, and instead pursued a d...

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This is a brief account of the talk that Samir Amin gave on the economies of Dubai and Israel. But I want the entire text of the talk by A...

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"UN: ""Israel must have known" about the wedding party in the Gaza Strip near to the interior ministry when it launched...

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""If they stop the rockets today, everything would go back to normal."" NORMAL? (thanks Yasmine)

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In the mind of the white man, the natives have no privacy. The white man can easily invade the bedrooms and bathrooms of the natives. Jus...

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When I read this article, I almost cried. It is so sad. You see those Iranian boats, are harassing the aircraft carriers, destroyers, sh...

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" You didn’t mention the Koran in that list, although Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world. I should have ment...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

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Rafiq Hariri honors Rustum Ghazalah in 2003. (thanks Zita)

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Egyptian actress, Hind Rustum is planning to write her memoirs. I can't wait.

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"Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israe...
Friday, January 18, 2008

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From the New York Times, February 18, 1996: Rafiq Hariri "added, "I think six TV stations are enough to express the views of all ...

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From New York Times, December 18, 1995: "Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri defended the Syrian presence. "There is a huge difference ...

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They have a promotional video for Sheikh Mo of Dubai on...Dubai TV under the title "May God Preserve You." His car convoy in th...

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I have the same aversion to priests and clerics as Robespierre but if I were to select my least bothersome clerics of the Middle East, I wou...

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" Jabotinsky most popular street name in Israel". (He is the guy who believed, among many other fascist things, that a nation i...

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" “Israel had always viewed the Druze as some type of domesticated beast, but now this previously docile animal is fighting back,” said...

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I forgot to mention how impressed I was with German audiences. They are willing to pay for tickets to attend panels and lectures on Friday,...

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This is actually funny. The Mufti of Biqa` in Lebanon, Khalil Al-Mays, is a fanatic fundamentalist who supported Al-Qa`idah and (reportedly...

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Not in the US press: " Israeli troops detain another Lebanese shepherd." (The correct word should be "kidnapped").

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Foreign Maids in the Freedom Republic. Human Rights Watch has not noticed. In one day in Lebanon, a Sri Lankan maid "fell" from...

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Who is scaring whom? (From the West Bank). (AFP)

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Jumblat MP, Akram Shuhayyib, asked Fayruz to not sing in Damascus. He offered to sing and dance in Riyadh intead.

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His child was injured by an Israeli missile in Gaza. (AFP)

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Human Rights Watch has not noticed: a Palestinian doctor in Lebanon was beaten at a Lebanese Army checkpoint.

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"Saudi women's tales horrify UN" (and amuse Bush) (thanks John)

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Another Lebanese who is about to "invent" a cure for cancer. I don't understand why the Nobel committee does not award a col...

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I have noticed this: Ron Paul is very big among my students at California State University, Stanislaus. And Hillary is very big among my m...

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Now the Guardian provides justification for Israeli killing of Palestinians: "At least 30 Palestinians have been killed since the viol...

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Tom Cruise wants to know: "Are you on board"?

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" Diary"

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" The UN relief agency providing for Palestinian refugees in Gaza said it was unable to deliver humanitarian aid as a result of the [I...

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First notice the headline of the story, and then feel sympathy for Israeli dogs: "Even the dog hasn’t had a proper walk in a while....

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My article in Al-Akhbar: "Femininity and Feminism...and Culture Industry in Lebanon." PS: Saja offered to translate to English. I ...

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Oppression of Technology or Technology of Oppression.
Thursday, January 17, 2008

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"Saudi Arabia beheads foreign maid"

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An Egyptian professor, `Abdul-Wahab Al-Masiri, was arrested yesterday during a demonstration. You will not read about that in the US or in ...

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Bush " said the Egyptian leader had moved his nation toward "economic openness ... and democratic reform.""

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" My trip had many highlights: ...spending the night on His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia's farm.." Prince Salman's mo...

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Sanyurah Democracy. " Four Lebanese university students have been jailed for a week for making crude remarks on the Facebook social ...

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"The U.S.-led coalition dropped 1,447 bombs on Iraq last year, an average of nearly four a day, compared with 229 bombs, or about four ...

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Sometimes it is true: leftists are often humorless. "Kucinich, who is trying to defend his seat against Cimperman and three other Demo...