Daily Archives: June 3, 2007

Alternatives to all that "bad news"

Posted on by Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA)

If you are as weary as I am of all the bad news, one escape is to just turn away and find something else to read. Here we are, forty years into the occupation and the false hope of peace, …

Posted in Arabs, Culture, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Israel, Lebanon, Literature, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, War | 2 Comments

Unsurprising

Posted on by Patrick (Egypt & USA)

I don’t think there is any question that the Israeli Secret Service, whether the Mossad or Shin Bet, are the dirtiest scoundrels of any intelligence services the world over. Their attempts to subvert opponents know no bounds, including Israeli lives. …

Posted in Current Events, Foreign Affairs, General, Israel | 14 Comments

Did you know in Iran … – Another Point of View

Posted on by Raha

You may have heard about what so-called “Police Brutality” in Iran, but let’s review it again: Police arrested a lot of people calimed to be “the Vile/Corrupt men”. Police was very proud of its job and people thought to them …

Posted in Iran, Middle East | 10 Comments

My anchor.

Posted on by Eliesheva (Israel/USA)

With all the news getting worse around here, I find my immediate reactions to reading the paper or hearing a headline getting louder and more exasperated. My sighs are heavier. My eyes roll further back into my head. Somehow, I’ve …

Posted in General, Humor, Israel | 6 Comments

Another Death in Religious Police Headquartes

Posted on by Rasha (Saudi Arabia)

I could not believe my eyes when I read that another Saudi man had died last Friday in the religious police (Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) headquarters in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. This is the …

Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Bad news, General, Saudi Arabia | 9 Comments