September 2009
44 posts
Angry Arab: Faruq Husni Mubarak →
“By the way, Faruq Husni Mubarak is an artist: he paints. And no one has commented on this side of him. So I will. I have seen the paintings of Faruq Husni Mubrak and they suck big time.”
Canada forces Facebook to change privacy policy →
Go Canada!
Glenn Beck boils cute little frog to death — or... →
Gaddafi interpreter 'collapsed during UN speech' →
دعوة للتضامن مع رجائي محمد منير سلطان | النديم →
cop on trial on charges he badly beat alexandria man
KAUST | Media Room | Press Releases →
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi King invests $10bn in new university →
Blog Rx to Farouk Hosny's failure to get UNESCO... →
by Sarah Carr
AP: Fraud allegations at UNESCO race →
What? Rumors of bribery?
Egyptians torn over culture minister's... →
From Japanese TV, it's Mr. Hair Hat →
FCC Chairman Proposes 'Net Neutrality' Rules →
YouTube - George Carlin - Rights →
Amen
The making of Glenn Beck →
First of three-part series
Ziegfeld Girls →
beautiful medium- and large-format pinup photos
Disappearing Iraq : CJR →
Fashion, Qaddafi-Style | vanityfair.com →
School Orchestra Plays 2001 Space Oddessy Theme →
Free University's distance MA in IR →
Reuters Handbook of Journalism →
L'Orient-Le Jour - Jus de Nombril →
Pour bien frimer en société, il est aujourd’hui de bon ton de dire que la crise ministérielle n’est que l’appendice dérisoire d’un conflit régional plus profond.
Ramadan brings out Egypt's split personality →
nice feature from Sarah al-Deeb
YouTube - هالة مصطفى: أنا آخر المطبعين →
al-ahram journo hala mustafa, under fire for meeting israeli ambassador, takes cover behind mubaraks
Montasser al-Zayat: My friends in Egypt's prisons →
New US vein execution bid halted →
Murderer and rapist Romell Broom had his execution rescheduled to Tuesday after Ohio state officials failed to find a vein in the first attempt.
Abdallah Zouari Arrested, Threatened →
Dear President Bush, - The Atlantic (October 2009) →
Erstwhile Bush-supporter Andrew Sullivan tells Bush to say he was wrong on torture
At Baghdad's Checkpoints, a Scrawled Counterpoint... →
Anthony Shadid rocks
Reuters corrects story about “German Lego giraffe... →
Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist's full speech on... →
Rights Group Assailed for Analyst’s Nazi... →
Case-study in selective use of information to create a smear.
Geneva Initiative - Yes to an agreement - Annexes →
Israelis and Palestinians spent years figuring out what a 2-state agreement could look like, and this is what they came up with, in (400 pages of) detail…
US envoy to Kuwait makes dog remark →
Dogs As Smart As 2-Year-Olds - What do YOU think? →
Cleric forbids Iraqis to take US citizenship →
Attributed to al-Qaradawi
F.B.I. Raids Homes in Queens - City Room Blog -... →
Huh. Sounds like Egypt
YouTube - Senator Al Franken draws map of USA →
all 50 states, from memory
Human Rights Watch investigator accused of... →
he does collect all kinds of WWII memorabilia. but that’s not the headline. watch for the NYT piece Monday.
Marc Garlasco: Responding to Accusations →
Furore as 155 arrested for not fasting →
Vacationing girl's message in bottle follows her... →
Netanyahu's secret trip to Moscow →
AP digest has interesting stuff at bottom
Deaths as Yemen rejects talks →
Save The Words →
great, nicely designed website dedicated to saving great English words in danger of falling out of use
August 2009
36 posts
Untold Stories: Afghanistan: Vetting the Embeds →
OCHA Document » Yemen: Sa’ada Emergency Situation... →
YouTube - Rap Khamenei - رپ خامنه ای برای احمدی... →
A Tents Standoff Pits a Town Against Gadhafi and a... →
Where will Qadhafi sleep when he addresses the UN in NYC?
Vimalakirti Sutra →
This is indeed the entrance into the nonduality of the bodhisattvas. Here there is no use for syllables, sounds, and ideas.
Sam Bahour: Israel Still Strangles the Palestinian... →