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- Angry Arab on the Situation in Iran
As’ad AbuKhalil, Lebanese politics professor at California State University, said Iranian opponents of Ahmadinejad — if they come out on top — would still likely promote a nationalist agenda that Riyadh sees as a threat to its interests. Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi was prime minister under the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. “The site [...]
- Letter To Angry Arab
It is frustrating that everyone I talk to from Pakistan to Egypt loves Ahmadinejad and is shocked to hear that many Iranians think he is ineffective and embarrassing. Meanwhile every Westerner seems to think that Mousavi is a great reformist or revolutionary, and some kind of saintly figure beloved by all. He’s an opportunist crook. [...]
- Western Primer on Elections in Developing Countries
Some Western principles in assessing elections in developing countries: 1. When the favored candidates win, the elections are free and fair. And when they lose, elections are certainly unfree and stolen. 2. Violent protests against elections that produce winners favored by the west, are to be strictly condemned and protesters are to be called terrorists, [...]
- Angry Arab on the Lebanese Elections
Tomorrow’s US media coverage will refer to the winning coalition as “pro-Western.” Tell them that Khalid Daher (a staunch pro-Bin Ladenite from Tripoli who was a major campaigner for recruits for Zarqawi in Iraq) won on Hariri list in North Lebanon. (more…)
- Angry Arab on Obama’s Speech
Obama is not a man of courage: if he was politically courageous, he would have said that Al-Azhar under the rule of Nasser was a force of progressive thought, enlightenment, state feminism support, and quasi-secularism. Under American puppets, Sadat and Mubarak, Al-Azhar became a force of obscurantism, fanaticism, misogyny, religious intolerance, and violence. Al-Azhar does [...]
- Dahlan’s Threats
Angry Arab reports that David Rose of Vanity Fair was personally threatened by Mohammed Dahlan after publishing his article “The Gaza Bombshell” last year, which exposed the failed U.S./Israeli-backed coup in the Gaza Strip.
- The Racism of Israeli Liberals: Amos Elon
When you encounter Israeli liberals in the US or in Europe, they present a different face. They never reveal what they actually had written in their books. This is very true of Amos Oz but also true of Amos Elon. You need to read the books of those Zionist liberals to realize that when it [...]
- Joseph Massad Receives Tenure
I have a message to all the Zionist hoodlums out there: for all of you who campaigned and harassed and intimidated and who treated academic life like an aspect of Zionist thuggery, Joseph Massad has received tenure. He called me yesterday from Cairo to break the great news to me and I could not wait [...]
- Abu-Khalil’s Debate
To further incite a strong, heated response from AbuKhalil, Tor pointed out that he never looked at him and said “I wish you would humanize me in some way, maybe by looking at me.” Looking straight ahead toward the crowded audience, AbuKhalil responded, “I will treat you like you treated Palestinians in Gaza.” (more…)
- Ethical Asymmetry
“You have more freedom to express support for Israeli war crimes than to speak about the Palestinian civilian victims in the war on Gaza,” As’ad Abu Khalil, professor of political science at California State University, told AlArabiya.net. “There is a general climate that is very sympathetic and solidly dogmatic in favor of Zionism then it [...]
- This is Obama’s Envoy to the Middle East
Back to the daily From Lebanon segment on LBC-TV, which features “rich and famous” Lebanese, even if they are not Lebanese. Today, it featured former Sen. George J. Mitchell from Maine. Here is a story about Sen. Mitchell (whose mother had immigrated from Lebanon). A former student of mine in Washington, DC was working part-time [...]
- Yes We Can—Stay the Same
“It took two longs days before Obama dispelled any notions of a change in U.S. Middle East policy,” said As’ad Abu Khalil, Lebanese-born and pro-Palestinian professor of political science at California State Univerity. “Obama’s speech was quite something. It was like sprinkling sulphuric acid on the wounds of the children in Gaza,” he added. (more…)
- Israeli Terrorism and Arab Reactions
People in the US don’t understand. Our TV screens are not like yours. Your TV screens are reporting the death of the Bush family cat, and our Arab TV screens are showing images of splattered body parts of children all over Gaza. And then Americans wonder why Arabs don’t condemn suicide bombings by some Palestinian [...]
- As’ad Abu-Khalil: Obama Bashing Begins Here
It was a noisy night in Washington, DC. Cars were parading the streets and honking their horns all night long. People around were very excited and people walked the streets and yelled and shouted in joy. AlJazeera offices: now that was a different story. The chaos there could not hide the festive atmosphere. People took [...]
- As’ad Abu-Khalil: The Anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War (The Wars That Never End)
When did the Lebanese civil war (the major one) start? Did it start in February of 1975 when Sidon-based leader, Ma`ruf Sa`d, was assassinated by a Lebanese Army intelligence sniper? Or was it the widely accepted “Sarajevo” (of the civil war) of 13th of April, 1975? I think that the civil war started in 1973, [...]
