The Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 $18 billion in Boeing 777s at the Dubai Air Show last Sunday, despite growing fears of stalling global growth. This deal adds to the evolution of the UAE as the outpost of American influence in the middle east. A role oddly parallel to the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arabs World’
November 4th, 2011 - 8:57 am § in Politics, Saudi Arabia
BREAKING NEWS: Who is Ataturk in Egypt?
Why aren’t the media reporting on this in the USA? Ataturk, the founder of Turkish democracy, used the Turkish Army to enforce a secular democracy on an Islamic polity. Egypt, so far, does not have an Ataturk. The revolution was not led by the army, but by democratic actgivists &#[...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 11:59 am § in Saudi Arabia
BREAKING NEWS:Tunisia votes in historic free election
Election in Tunisia (click here for Video) [...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Politics
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Anniversary of Libyan Independence
Libya’s new leaders declared liberation on Sunday Oct. 23, 2011[...]
Palestine: Like statistics, all maps lie.
Representing the West Bank: A note on maps Aaron Bady, English Department Ph.D. student in African literature | 9/20/11 | Some modest thoughts on maps. There are basically two ways to represent the West Bank. First — on the right — it can be shown to be an organic part of a particular vision of [...]
October 7th, 2011 - 7:51 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Peace Prize to African Women
I think saying these are “women” is misleading. By what these poplke have done, however, they are pionering democracy in Africa, a place where woman’s equality is achieved by the success of these three. As for my inlcusing Yemen in Africa, I sugegst that the idea that Africa is n[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Hugo Chavez seeks recognition as being insane.
Hugo Chavez sends solidarity to Gaddafi, Syria CARACAS, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday he was praying for Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and also sent a message of solidarity to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against “YankeeR[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Arrest of leader of Afghanistan Haqqani network.
NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they’ve captured Haji Mali Khan, the brains behind the Haqqani network. The Haqqani network has been blamed for the recent assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. “They are a violent and brutal group,” said General Carsten Jacobson f[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Restoring Dar Bishi Synagogue.
UPDATE: Berber rebels embrace “Udai ugrauli” the Jewish Libyan revolutionary The Hebrew inscription above it “Hear, O Israel” is barely perceptible from wear, and empty paint cans are strewn across the floor. The site of the Mikve baths, used once for ritual cleansing, is now a trash[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Al-Awlaki killed in Yemen
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen al-Awlaki booked for soliciting prostitution, 1997 9/11 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi, for whom al-Awlaki was reportedly a spiritual adviser 9/11 hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar, for whom al-Awlaki was reportedly a spiritual adviser Writing[...]