"I did not see anything bad from the army….I back its decisions….I think they are right and getting us where we want….The Brotherhood protesters are armed and attack people and places and that is why there were victims from the police in the clashes." He spends most of his time watching Egypt's political upheaval on television. He appeared on state TV in his trademark polo shirt and blue jeans.
A journalist advocating political assassination complains of…anti-Semitism.
Mohammed Assaf Winner of Arab Idol. Mahmoud Badr Winner of Arab Flake
Czech comrade and me (he also lived in Beirut)
FROM MD, A PALESTINIAN LIVING IN EGYPT
When I hear an angel sing, I still want to live!
Badr in the Sky with Diamonds
Did you know that when Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death!" and Nathan Hale said "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country," they were provoking the British, and bear "some responsibility" for the ensuing violence?
My country 'tis of thee,/Sweet land of liberty
Constitutional Law Professor Obama's Buddies Anguish over Rights of Minorities
Death of Secular Liberalism
Revolutionaries Tweet While Cairo Burns
Worthy Target for All the World's Nukes
New Egyptian Martyrs: In memoriam
Private Manning, Close up
FORBIDDEN ZONE: POWER OF THE POWERLESS
August 16, 2013
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FORBIDDEN ZONE: Soliloquies of a Young Muslim (IV)
August 16, 2013
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Wherever Free People Breathe, His Voice Will Live On!
"Egyptians are divided today between those who long for security and economic stability, and those who know that although the price is high, the country is at a crossroads of military dictatorship and the possibility of a civil society"
Monty Python Goes to Egypt:"we have to put the events of today in their context, which is the use of the military to smash up workers' strikes"
End of Egyptian Liberalism
"Ironically, within 30 months, the counterrevolutionaries have now become the face of the revolution"
"The army and the people, one hand" (Tamarod)
Obama's favorite mayor and police commissioner
Why Bloomberg Should Run for a Fourth Term
Is this an illness if you are older than 24?
Literacy Tests: From the Jim Crow South to Liberal Egypt
One person who is clear-headed about his State's interests
Surprisingly good New York Times editorial
It must be acknowledged that the best coverage of Egypt among English-language publications has been David D. Kirkpatrick in the N.Y. Times.
The secular left calls this the "revolutionary process"
Oh, Those Horrible, Savage Muslims!
He resigns, several hundred corpses too late
Tony Blair Warns UN General Assembly of Another Imminent Terrorist Attack
NYPD Officials to be Tested for Hearing Impairment
If you're Black, a cellphone is a lethal weapon
If Demosthenes was Black, he'd be stopped in Bloomberg's New York
Who is Obama's prospective new head of Homeland Security, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelley?
Who is Obama's golf buddy?
Interim president appoints Mahmoud Badr new Minister of Fecal Matter
Settlement blocs and East Jerusalem are a done deal: "Kerry said that while the United States had been appraised of the planned construction of 1,200 homes in the settlement blocs and East Jerusalem, the recent tender announcement for 900 apartments in Gilo and the advancement of plans to build hundreds of homes in isolated settlements had taken them by surprise"
Three critical dates mysteriously omitted: AUGUST 7, Saeb Erekat gets circumcised; AUGUST 8, Mahmoud Abbas gets brain transplant; AUGUST 9, Erekat and Abbas spotted exiting Washington branch of Credit Suisse
Norman Finkelstein: "What exactly is there to talk about?"
Tony Blair Warns of New Terrorist Attack
For Christ's sake, if the CIA wasn't spying on Chomsky, it really would be a waste of taxpayer money
Act I, Scene 3 of THE NEVER-ENDING FARCE
Egypt's New/Old Gaza Policy
"Love me, Love me, I'm a Liberal"
Why It's Better Not to Have a PhD in Politics
ACT ONE, SCENE TWO of THE "PEACE PROCESS" FARCE
“With Erekat’s help we will continue building all the land of Israel and Jerusalem the capital,” Ariel said.
Another brilliant victory
Arab Autumn, Palestinian Winter
Erekat and Abbas boast: "We got Israel to free another terrorist!"
IMAGINE! March against the Wall
Real Stakes in the EU Guidelines: "The dispute here is about Jerusalem and the dispute is over the question over whether the sovereign border that we laid down is in force or not"
SNCC Leader James Forman on "How Does Change Occur?"
Happy, happy birthday, Maxine!
Israel Anti-Terrorism Chief Boasts: "Once the Wall is complete, Israel will be IMPREGNABLE!"
Behind the peace talks–"Kerry argued that the regional strategic environment has become favorable for a peace agreement because opponents of peace have weakened over the past two years"
"I wished to protest the killing, forcible disappearance, and jailing of coup opponents — crimes that have been met with terrible silence from human rights activists and political elites"
In special session of Parliament, Tony Blair Gives Update on Latest Terrorist Threat
Israel never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to kill Arabs
Preparing for a Bloodbath: "If protesters are armed, Egypt's poorly trained police force may not be able to shut down the encampments without considerable use of force and possibly further bloodshed"
In major breakthrough, Kerry announces that Abbas and Erekat agree to share swimming pool
Let the Tweeters and Tamarudis Tremble at the Specter of a People's Resolve to Be Respected
On the Frontline of History
Forbidden Zone: On Race and Privilege
August 8, 2013
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Real significance of the EU Guidelines
A hidden camera captures target of Obama's next drone attack
"They think we're rats. We're not. We're human beings."
Egypt: What the People Want
The real opinions of Israelis
Trayvon Martin: What we can do
Secretary of State Kerry: "The Army restored democracy"
Just Back from Tel Aviv, Tony Blair Warns Brits of "IMMINENT TERRORIST ATTACK"
If Washington pundits knew as much as teddy bears
Let the putschists and "revolutionaries" tremble: their days are numbered. Long live the Muslim Brotherhood! Long live the REAL revolution: of Truth, Democracy, Courage and Conviction
The noose tightens around the…executioners
A Historic Moment in the Middle East: Norman Finkelstein on the new "peace process" (Arabic and Spanish)
NEW MIDDLE EAST ENVOY MARTIN INDYK’S SOLUTION TO THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
The Wit and Wisdom of Martin Indyk