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Category Archives: Middle East
Movies I’m Watching: Three Monkeys
In case you didnt know it, this film is Turkey’s official entry for the 2009 Oscars. I’m just finished watching it, so I havent quite got around to digesting it fully. For the most part, the plot is quite simple, … Continue reading
Of Venetian and Gazan ghettos
I was just reading chapter from Richard Sennett’s book Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization, a chapter entitled “Fear of Touching”, which was about the creation of the Jewish ghetto (and whence the term originates) … Continue reading
Olympic Iraqi sprinter using busted second-hand spikes for competition
伊拉克女队员穿二手跑鞋参加奥运(图)_网易奥运 via kwout Pictures of the old shoes and T-shirts that the Iraqi team are using have been circulating around the internet. Here are some supposed pictures of the pair of shoes that Dana Hussein is going to use. Chinese … Continue reading
Mr. Obama goes to Europe (my thoughts)
I like the title of the IHT article: Obama get’s Europe’s ear, pleasing crowds without specifics. Because, this is exactly what happens with Obama. I know that politicians have to do this whole song and dance–they have to talk about … Continue reading
Vanity Fair’s awesome article on US attempts to create civil war in the Gaza Strip
The Gaza Bombshell: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com via kwout Vanity Fair has obtained confidential documents, since corroborated by sources in the U.S. and Palestine, which lay bare a covert initiative, approved by Bush and implemented by Secretary of State Condoleezza … Continue reading
Tariq Ali on the life and death of Benazir Bhutto
I didn’t know this, but Tariq Ali actually knew her. This is piece from the Guardian, reprinted in Truthout: A Tragedy Born of Military Despotism and Anarchy By Tariq Ali The Guardian UK Friday 28 December 2007 The assassination of … Continue reading
Protesters scuffle with supporters of Rabin’s assassin outside jail
Leftwing and rightwing activists scuffled Sunday outside the Rimonim Prison, where the killer of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin held his son’s circumcision on the 12th anniversary of the assassination. Members of the left-of-center Meretz party gathered outside the Rimonim … Continue reading
The ‘Good Germans’ Among Us: Frank Rich, NY Times
this the excerpt what do you think about it. Continue reading
US troops who criticised Iraq war strategy killed in Baghdad
Get your conspiracy theories ready… From the UK Guardian: US troops who criticised Iraq war strategy killed in Baghdad · Article claimed Bush’s policy was total failure · Deaths reported on eve of presidential address Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington Thursday … Continue reading
NY Times: A Way Out of Debt by Way of Iraq
Nick Sloan was $68,021.35 in debt earlier this year when he decided he needed a change. Mr. Sloan, 26, is a captain in the Air Force, and was stationed in Colorado Springs. Looking at his financial life, he saw only … Continue reading