A comedian showing underwear on stage is considered a crime in the corrupt so-called country Lebanon. When half naked so-called singers: Haifa, Nanci, and the like appear on stage or local TV channels, horny and seductive, its fine, all good because its considered part of promoting tourism(tourism: for the Gulf men:lebanon offers women and alcohol). Again, when Mohamad Iskander makes a whole sexist album, singing, … Continue reading Lebanon: Breeding Hypocrisy
The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives, and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they’re … Continue reading Noam Chomsky: Media Control
Two concluding observations. One: The Arab world is on the verge of another major change, the onset of an era of peace agreements with Israel. All of these (including the Palestinian) either have been or will be negotiated by leaders all of whom will be seen as doing so from a position of weakness and, in some cases, great unpopularity. Having for years been bombarded … Continue reading Edward Said: The Other Arab Muslims
Moe Ali Nayel The Electronic Intifada Beirut 2 April 2012 Beaufort Castle is a Crusader fortress on a high promontory with a commanding view of southern Lebanon and northern Palestine. It was the assembly point for demonstrators marking Palestinian Land Day last week. Land Day (30 March) commemorates the Israeli military’s killing of six Palestinian citizens of Israel who were protesting the theft of their land in 1976. The Global March to Jerusalem … Continue reading “We are only guests in Lebanon” – Palestinians look homewards on Land Day
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