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If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Some good news for a change: Indian authorities have denied that they have imposed any ban on Arabic-language television channels.
“This is not true. No specific instruction has been issued [...]
David Ben-Gurion: His famous quote regarding the Arabs, “If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti - Semitism, [...]
Source: Harpers Magazine. More brilliant cartoon here.
Meanwhile, this is a good article from the Christian Science Monitor.
Hizbullah’s attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon
By Anders Strindberg
Thursday, 08/03/06
Christan Science Monitor
NEW YORK – As pundits and policymakers scramble to explain events in Lebanon, their conclusions are virtually unanimous: Hizbullah created this crisis. Israel is defending itself. The [...]
Check out the ‘Jews of Lebanon’ website:
http://lubnan-alkawi.com/jewsoflebanon/index.php
that gives the account of an Israeli targeted air strike on a synagogue where Jewish and Muslim refugees had taken refuge, in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon back in 1982.
And this article, ‘middle eastern Jews condemn Israeli aggression’:
http://ww4report.com/node/2278
[ Hat tip: jenka]
Also from Je Blog, Jewish Moroccans have submitted Morocco’s [...]
Alright, so U.S. doesn’t want the war to stop. These guys have nothing to lose; it’s only Arab and Israeli who will pay the price for the American Empire. Well, maybe more that Arab and Israeli.
Nothing new here, but in fact today news reminded me of “Blood borders - How a better Middle East would [...]
Will you keep your words?
Here is a campaign that just started after Arab foreign ministers for the first time admitted to the failure of the Middle East Peace Process. They say thank you to the man who said it to the world and help push the issue forward. Join www.thankyouamrmoussa.com
What would be better is getting [...]
I remember very well a conversation with some of my ignorant neighbors and colleagues when I was telling them about how Starbucks is one of the arms that pays for the bullets and rockets that kill my people.
I also remember very well some of the conversation over blogs which showed that some Arab bloggers are [...]
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The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices…
The Blazing Middle East
Third day after the beginning of the never ending Middle East conflict; Israel/Lebanon war, the Arabic blogsphere speaks.
Ranging between anger, celebration, condemnation and support, on both sides of the conflict, the bloggers views vary [...]
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices…
Summer holidays, women rights, war in Iraq and war in Palestine. These are some of the permanent scene in the Arabic language blogsphere these days. Here is some of what few bloggers said:
The daily life of a [...]
The Israeli terrorist army sent in troops and tanks, and bombarded bridges and a power station. More to come!
And the new massacre began. Here is some of what Gazans are saying:
“What can they do, kill us? What is the value of our lives if we cannot feed our children?” asked Ali Abu Khaled, a 35-year-old [...]
A MUST READ!
Here is the summery of latest featured report by The Pew Global Attitudes Project. The report answers the question: “How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other.” [Hat tip: Robin]
You can download the full report from here (PDF)!
Introduction and Summary
After a year marked by riots over cartoon portrayals of Muhammad, a major terrorist attack [...]
It’s women again!
A report published by Khaleej Times said that a survey conducted by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Planning reveals a shocking number of “spinsters” across Saudi Arabia. To be precise, the exact number of the unmarried females has been recorded at 1,529,418. Now from the last census I could find, Saudi population has reached [...]
…Muharraq Girls’ School told their graduates that only female relatives could attend the end-of-year ceremony at the Education Hall. The decision was made to make the students and their families feel at ease, according to the school.
But columnists Sawsan Al Shair, Ali Saleh and Saeed Al Hamad quickly dismissed the unprecedented call as a consecration [...]
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices…
Arabic language and the Internet…
Marwan, from Subzero Blue blog, writes in his Arabic blog about the new Google News service in Arabic. He seems have found something we all have missed for long time. Marwan writes:
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So, here they come again. A new anti-Palestinian bill is in preparation on Capitol Hill… Act now to stop it!!!
The Palestinian American Federation
Please send to all on your list. To join the Federation click here
Act now to stop the lies in Congress regarding Palestinian Christians. They must not succeed in dividing our people.
Congressmen Michael [...]
Few days ago, AFP interviewed me by email. Today, I was happy to find that the interview was published in few places.
First, here is Aljazeera version:
Weblogs soar in Gulf states
Internet blogs are giving rise to a new breed of Arab activist as ordinary residents increasingly use them to press for political rights and civil liberties [...]
This is really stupid:
Saudi ISP have blocked SaudiEve’s blog, and it is said that
The question is why?
I think because it shows and explains why Israel exists and what it has to do to keep on existing. Does Arab need Israel, and vice versa? Does anyone need peace? The answer to all these questions and a lot more, are not what you expect to hear. It�s not the obvious [...]
Here is another toy from Google. It is still sitting at Googles Labs, and they call it Google Trends. Fark recently featured the discovery under “obvious” tag, so I went to check it out, and guess what, I came out… blushing
Here is why. Go here and search for the word “sex” (don’t worry, [...]
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