Ayoon wa Azan (My Opinion about Israel and Its Supporters is a Professional One) Mon, 26 September 2011 Jihad el-Khazen I can say, with no false modesty, that the middle finger of my right hand has entered history. How? Here’s how: I stood at the General Assembly of the United Nations and turn[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’
September 1st, 2011 - 10:09 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: The New Libya and a New Kind of Hero
From jihadist to Libyan war hero A lot of hand ringing controversy is going on about the outcome in inLibya. Will this be a much worse version of Pakistan? Afghanistan or .. Allah forbid .. IRAN? I believe something far more promising is going to happen. Like the American Revolution, thi[...]
July 2nd, 2011 - 6:45 am § in Uncategorized
“FREEDOM” Mubarak’s Yacht
As Hosni Mubarak clings to CEDES! power in Cairo and the US figures out what to do with its Middle East ally, critics all over the world are looking askance at America’s estimated $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt. ProPublica blogger and MJ alum Marian Wang recently laid out[...]
An attack on a central concept: is Zionism Democracy?
Israel’s resolute occupation of Palestinians in not just historic Palestine, but in the West Bank and Gaza Strip specifically, can be considered the oldest quasi-dictatorship in the Middle East, Bishara argues [GALLO/GETTY] from Al Jazeera As the conventional wisdom goes – especially in t[...]
Who is Morozov? Amazing ideas about education, freedom, and the internet!
This cartoon is awesome. I can not summarize what is in this cartoon … ritalin, the enlightenment, radical right classist efforts to restrict education, … get some coffee, tea or a glass of wine and WATCH! from a comment at YouTube: “It would be nice to see the President (us[...]
Passover Parodies
Passover Funny Business By Marc Tracy | Apr 15, 2011 4:00 PM Eli Valley/Forward • What really gets asked during the Four Questions. [The New Yorker] • Ten Jewish car writers on the ten automotive plagues. [VF] • Eli Valley on what the Four Sons ask today. [Forward] Paschal Lampoon [Table[...]
A Wish For Passover
Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
April 6th, 2011 - 10:59 am § in China
The Boss Comes to Beijing
Ed. Today’s edition of Xinhua News announces that Dylan is giving a concert in Beijing. Unfortunately, world famous artist, Ai Wai Wai, will not be able to attend as he is in prison for casting aspersions on the good intentions of the oligarchy. from Inquirer.Net, 3/12/2011: BEIJING &[...]
Is Saudi Arabia the next to fall?
from Spiegel By Bernhard Zand Translated from German by Christopher Sultan The Arab world to which Abdullah had returned was no longer the same one it had been a few weeks earlier, when he left for New York. When Abdullah arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh last Wednesday, it was no longer just [...]
March 10th, 2011 - 12:22 pm § in Politics
How Israel Can Learn Democracy From Its Neighbors
In a SPIEGEL interview, Israeli historian Tom Segev, 65, discusses the importance of the Arab revolutions for his country, how they could present a chance for Israel to improve its relations with its neighbors and why a revolution in Jordan might help to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. SPIEG[...]