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July 2013

July 25, 2013

The pros and cons of White House iftars in the Obama era

An interesting debate is going on in Muslim corners of the Blogosphere and social media...

December 2012

December 25, 2012

Yuletide musings on the Ramadan shutdown

A belated Merry Christmas to those playing with new toys today. Growing up a Muslim...

May 2011

May 19, 2011

Leave no arms merchant behind

Johann Hari has sharp piece on the OBL assassination and US foreign policy. Here's a...

April 2011

April 23, 2011

The Arab Street is owed an apology!

Most of the time I post stuff about Denmark, it tends to be bad news--of...

September 2010

September 26, 2010

An inspiring green initiative in Abu Dhabi, of all places

Here’s what I intended to share, before that Thailand thing sidetracked me. Regular readers of...

September 22, 2009

Local activism from abroad

This is quite random (not to mention old, as it's dated Nov 3, 2008), but...

July 2009

July 21, 2009

Report on the Arabic Blogosphere

Dustin over at His Peace Upon Us, a thoughtful and recommended new Christian blog dedicated...

April 2009

April 02, 2009

Past thoughts on nonviolence

Am still mulling over Gorenberg's piece, but while those wheels make their glacial turns in...

March 2009

March 30, 2009

Fair enough, but kindly direct me to all the non-Palestinian Gandhis out there today.

Needless to say, I don't often find myself tempted to link to The Weekly Standard...

July 2008

July 26, 2008

Israeli econ. blockade devastates 52% of Gazan households

Israel's curious pursuit of "peace" with Palestinians. Consider it a reverse Marshall Plan.MIDEAST: Poverty in...

May 2008

May 14, 2008

Johann Hari: The loathsome smearing of Israel’s critics

Examples like this is why I get such a kick out of the complaints about...

January 2008

January 23, 2008

Tikun Olam on Hamas & the “destruction of Israel” canard

Richard Silverstein over at Tikun Olam posted a gutsy debunking of the latest "evidence" being...

November 2007

November 19, 2007

The emperors will never realize they’re naked

so long as their tutors have a vested interest in them remaining so. Perhaps this...

October 2007

October 20, 2007

Khaleeji Consumption Disorder and other postcolonial malaises

There is something profoundly disturbing about the way a few of the more "modern" nationlets...

June 2007

June 02, 2007

The eerie familiarity of Ehud Olmert’s problems

Doesn't this report about embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have an eerily familiar ring...

April 2007

April 14, 2007

Israeli use of “human shields”

Only Arabs and Muslims are so cowardly and barbaric as to stoop to using civilians...

March 2007

March 01, 2007

The West Side Story…set in the West Bank!

Haven't seen it yet, but this looks promising. I was sold as soon as I...

February 2007

February 22, 2007

Carter: Americans agree with me, not the MSM

I posted on eteraz.org about Jimmy Carter's claim at an event today ("Carter says majority...

February 03, 2007

WoPo online discussion of Wahhabism

You can submit questions ahead of time, or during the discussion. Should be interesting. Too...

January 2007

January 31, 2007

L.A. Eight vindicated

I just posted over at Eteraz.org on the "L.A. Eight" case. Eteraz.org || LA Eight's...

January 24, 2007

Holocaust work to be translated for Muslims

Speaking of the Holocaust, I blogged elsewhere (Eteraz.org || Refutation of Holocaust denial theories to...

December 2006

December 28, 2006

“Banality and barefaced lies” indeed

The more you dig, the more bogus this whole controversy--rightly dubbed "banaltiy and barefaced lies"...

November 2006

November 20, 2006

Tariq Ramadan and this adminstration’s need to dehumanize Muslims

L'affaire Tariq Ramadan lives on. [HT: American Leftist]. Why I'm Banned in the USA -...

June 2006

June 30, 2006

Who recognizes Gaza’s “right to exist”? (repost)

[Sorry for yet another re-post. Was dissatisfied with the wording, as usual.] Haroon at avari-nameh...

June 30, 2006

Who recognizes Gaza’s “right to exist”?

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June 24, 2006

Norm Solomon on selective outrage over barbarism

The ever insightful Norm Soloman on the consequences of the American media's spineless and selective...

April 2006

April 25, 2006

Meen Irhabi? (“Who’s the terrorist?”) & hip-hop

Thanks to Zahir's link to a Palestinian rap site, I came across the the group...

March 2006

March 10, 2006

WP: Negative Perception Of Islam Increasing

Sadly, this development is inevitable, not because of what's happening in the world, but because...

February 2006

February 15, 2006

Who killed General Zia?

The fearless and always enlightening Eric Margolis on new suspicions that that perrenial favorite of...

February 09, 2006

Qaradawi on cartoon protests

From Islam Online: "The sabotage done by some Muslims in some [Arab] capitals in response...