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Sami Moubayed: Abu Mazen’s Mission Impossible

Sami Moubayed Uri Avnery, an Israeli peace activist and Arafat friend, once wrote: "If you are a Palestinian in Jenin [in the West Bank] with a rifle, and you hear their names [Abbas and his team...

Posted Sep 01 2010, 04:19 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Euro-Mediterranean School 2010 Open For Entrepreneurs’ Applications

The Euro-Mediterranean School (EMS), which is an initiative that aims to offer young entrepreneurs from the Euromed countries an opportunity to follow a learning program in the field of business management...

Posted Aug 31 2010, 10:37 AM by StartUpArabia

Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Events, Training, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Euro-Mediterranean School, Milan Chamber of Commerce, Lombardy Region, Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà, EMS 2010

Euro-Mediterranean School 2010 Open For Entrepreneurs’ Applications

The Euro-Mediterranean School (EMS), which is an initiative that aims to offer young entrepreneurs from the Euromed countries an opportunity to follow a learning program in the field of business management...

Posted Aug 31 2010, 10:37 AM by StartUpArabia

Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Events, Training, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Euro-Mediterranean School, Milan Chamber of Commerce, Lombardy Region, Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà, EMS 2010

City of blinding lights

// Inspired by the latest irrational electricity cuts invading Lebanon… I present you, the September wallpapers! Download sizes: 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080...

Posted Aug 30 2010, 08:44 AM by Maya's Amalgam

Filed under: Lebanon, wallpaper, Giveaways, September, rationing, ma fi kahraba, electricity cuts

!بدعة لبنان: عدم التضامن الوزاري

خالد برّاج لا زال السياسيون المنتمون إلى هذا الفريق أو ذاك إضافةً إلى الصحافيين و المحلِلين السياسيين (و ما أكثرهم) يُتحِفونا كل يوم بإستعمال تعابير و مفردات هي على الأقل هرطقة من الناحية القانونية و الدستورية...

Posted Aug 30 2010, 08:03 AM by Arabdemocracy

Filed under: politics, Lebanon, Arabic, Khaled Barraj

Nasr Allam : Our First Minister on Twitter

Nasr Allam , our current minister of irrigation and waters sources has joined twitter and has become the first Egyptian minister in office. He has joined the twitter world since last August 23rd and he...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 10:12 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Democracy, mideast, Lebanon, National, water, Energy, Geek, twitter, Nile, Electricty, Gerbran Bassil, Nasr Allam

So Beck , Palin And Gingrich Are You Happy Now !!??

The Time Cover this week was more than perfect after all it is not a matter of 9/11 ground zero two blocks away Islamic Cultural center anymore as one must ask : what brings Florida and Tennessee to ground...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 02:12 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Islam, history, politics, Video, Lebanon, America, Muslims, mosque, GOP, New york, Glenn Beck, Cordoba, Ground Zero, Jon Stewart. Keith Olbermann

Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: Financial Warfare Global Campaign

Bishop Donald R. Corder Direct negotiations have no place for an Arab win in the annals of Zionist literature. Where Netanyahu’s recent declaration, that there is to be no Palestinian State in the foreseeable...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 09:40 AM by Intifada Palestine

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The Aggression is Ongoing: Their Maps and our Destinies

The story of mass-destruction weapons was fabricated; and here are the facts today which show that terrorism did not exist in Iraq before the war. It was the invaders who opened the doors wide open for...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 08:03 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Moronic responses to moronic behaviour: Burj Abu Haidar 2010

By now, everything that needs to be said about the 'spontaneous' 'non-sectarian''non-political' 'isolated' clashes that took place in Beirut on the night of Wednesday 25th...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 11:45 AM by Arabdemocracy

Filed under: politics, Lebanon, Joseph El-Khoury

A Christian journalist walks into a bar during Ramadan...

A hot summer evening in Beirut, the traffic is dwindling as people head home for the Iftar. The sun is about to set behind the beautiful Mediterranean horizon, the crimson glow gently caresses the rooftops...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 06:10 AM by Karl reMarks

Filed under: Lebanon, Lebanese politics, Lebanese Society

Why is Israel Afraid of our Cemeteries?

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban These efforts to break the will of the Palestinians while assaulting the remains of their dead suggests a moral bankruptcy haunting Israelis today, through which they are trying to...

Posted Aug 20 2010, 08:21 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Americans Won’t Back Attack on Iran

Tim King If the United States backs an attack on Iran, a large percentage of Americans will have nothing to do with it. Protests and riots will begin and never stop. The US military will splinter and fall...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 08:09 AM by Intifada Palestine

Lebanon Scatters a Little Chicken feed and Labels it ‘Manna from Heaven’

Franklin Lamb The members of Parliament decided to do essentially nothing to meet Lebanon’s legal, moral, religious, social and political obligations to her unwanted refugees. Parliaments gesture will...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 07:17 AM by Intifada Palestine

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A trip to the Cedars – II

This is a sequel to this 1st part… . . It’s cool to relive the ‘tourist’ experience in Lebanon every once in a while. Makes you fall in love with the country all over again! I wish...

Posted Aug 18 2010, 08:39 AM by Maya's Amalgam

Filed under: Lebanon, Tourism, summer, ice cream, 2010, tapes, touring Lebanon, cd, pears, north, cassettes, bsharreh, ka3k, bouzet salem, apples, kaak, spice girls, cedars

Muslims have More Reasons to Hate the US than the Other way Around

Khalid Amayreh So, you hate us because of the 9/11 events. Well, 99% of Muslims condemned in the strongest terms these terrorist acts. And we are sorry for the umpteenth time for the death of dozens of...

Posted Aug 18 2010, 05:47 AM by Intifada Palestine

Israel’s Hidden Hands in Lebanon: Who Killed Hariri?

By ESAM AL-AMIN It took four years for the tribunal to admit that much of “the evidence” used against Syria was fabricated by false witnesses, some of them even tied to Israeli intelligence. The whole...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 07:40 AM by Intifada Palestine

Welcome to Lebanon: Graveyard of the Arrogant

PATRICK COCKBURN Why has Lebanon ended up as the graveyard of so many invaders? Israelis used to say in the 1960s that one of their military bands would be enough to conquer the country.Within a few years...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 07:13 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Dr. Lawrence Davidson: All Is Not Quiet on the Lebanese Front

Dr. Lawrence Davidson Rep. Howard Berman announced that he had exercised his "legislative prerogative to place a suspension" on $100 million of aide to the Lebanese army. Berman said he suspected...

Posted Aug 14 2010, 01:47 PM by Intifada Palestine

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Donate To The Lebanese Army

Because the Lebanese army is doing its job and is defending its territories against another country which officially the Lebanese state considers an enemy not to mention that country occupies Lebanese...

Posted Aug 14 2010, 07:14 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, Lebanon, America, Economy, war, National Security, Nabih Berri, Elias Murr

The Christians are in despair? Yes, but that's only half the story

Michael Young caused some controversy today when he claimed, in an opinion column entitled Downward, Christian soldiers , that Lebanon's Christians are being increasingly marginalised and becoming...

Posted Aug 13 2010, 09:05 AM by Karl reMarks

Filed under: Lebanon, Lebanese politics, Lebanese Society

Lebanon PM: UN Must Probe Claims of Israeli Complicity in Hariri Murder

Haaretz.com Nasrallah held a press conference during which he attempted to shift the blame to Israel, citing an audio recording of an alleged Israeli agent and intercepted Israeli aerial drone footage...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 11:04 PM by Intifada Palestine

Israel Shamir: Fear Not

Israel Shamir With the destruction of Iran, the countdown for the takeover of Saudi Arabia would begin. In words of a neocon: “Everyone wants to take out Tehran. But real mensch wants to take out ar-Riyadh...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 10:09 PM by Intifada Palestine

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the violence of eating

Something to chew on... Do you know how I got the idea of writing about the man who didn't die though his stomach had been removed? The idea came to me when I realized that man would not be saved unless...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 06:34 AM by bint battuta in bahrain

Filed under: books, Religion, Lebanon

Plus ça change: The Chronicles of a Juvenile Nation

There's a central preoccupation in Milan Kundera's work that revolves around the theme of the small nation experiencing the uncertainties of such a precarious condition. His superb intermingling...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 04:31 AM by Karl reMarks

Filed under: politics, Lebanon, Hariri Tribunal

Intifada Palestine Wish you a Blessed Ramadan

The Intifada Palestine Team Both God's blessing and his generosity are best exemplified this month, as giving alms to the poor, suppressing greed and lust, along with feeling for suffering of the other...

Posted Aug 11 2010, 04:08 AM by Intifada Palestine

Are US-Israel Intelligence Agencies Blocking Palestinian Civil Rights to Weaken Hezbollah?

Dr. Franklin Lamb US Intelligence Community Israel have been working longer hours than most members of Lebanon’s Parliament, carefully analyzing the language of the main draft proposals concerning elementary...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 10:07 PM by Intifada Palestine

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ISRAEL’S PILLARS OF SAMSON: NOT QUITE ARMAGEDDON, BUT….

Dr. Alan Sabrosky We know about Israel’s control of the Congress and the media, and I think people on our side generally understand about their control of political appointments that absolutely keep opponents...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 09:31 AM by Intifada Palestine

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إكتشفت إنّو

فيه ناس كانت متوقعة تشوف تصوير فيديو لواحد إسرائيلي عم يعترف لمرته بعد ليلة حميمة… إنه مكلّف بمهمة إغتيال الحريري بال2005!! Read More...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 09:29 AM by lebanese nightS

Filed under: Lebanon, إكتشاف

Hassan Nasrallah And His Evidence : It Depends on Where You Stand

Hassan Nasrallah spoke yesterday in that press conference , he revealed what he considered as a circumstantial evidence on Israel's involvement in Al Hariri's murder or to be accurate not only...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 02:30 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Video, mideast, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Spy, Arabic X-Files, Hassan Nasrallah, Spies, Rafik El-Hariri, tribunal, Al Hariri

Israel to Drag U.S. into War Against Iran [VIDEO]

Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern The following important warning from former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern. The United States could be drawn into yet another unwinnable war if Israel attacks Iran Read More....

Posted Aug 09 2010, 09:08 PM by Intifada Palestine

The Forensic Alternative to the Truth: Thoughts on the Nasrallah Speech and the Difficulty of Writing History in Lebanon

The artist Walid Raad (The Atlas Project) observed a curious aspect of the Lebanese Civil War: confronted by their own powerlessness in the face of car bombs, the police turned to recording meticulously...

Posted Aug 09 2010, 04:47 PM by Karl reMarks

Filed under: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Nasrallah, Hariri Tribunal

Weekly roundup

Well what is there to say about this week? The week of calamities more like. It seems like everytime I turn to the news there is another story of flooding, death and destruction. And I haven't even...

Posted Aug 08 2010, 03:16 AM by Maysaloon - ميسلون

Filed under: Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan

Arabs support Iran’s alleged Nuclear weapon

Brookings latest poll of 2010 Arab Public Opinion , conducted during the period of June 29 – July 20 , 2010 , Results were the Following : 77% of the Arabs support the right of Iran to possess Nuclear...

Posted Aug 07 2010, 06:45 AM by Israa El-sakka

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Intelligence Officers Warning: The U.S Could be Drawn into yet Another Unwinnable war if Israel Attacks Iran!

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Retired U.S. Intelligence Officers warning that Israel may plan to attack Israel as early as this month Read More...

Posted Aug 05 2010, 07:48 AM by Intifada Palestine

Our Site And Their Site

During the last couple of day I became a daily visitor for the LAF official website enjoying its features from a nice design to easy browsing ; this led me to compare it with our Egyptian army official...

Posted Aug 05 2010, 03:50 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, mideast, Lebanon, Geek, Websites, Egyptian Army, In the wind's direction, LAF

In solidarity with Lebanon’s Future pipe workers

Moh’d Yousef (JawazSafar) Sent me this on twitter : PLEASE SHARE AND CIRCULATE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Akkar, North Lebanon: FuturePipe Workers, fighting for their right to work Open...

Posted Aug 05 2010, 02:33 AM by Israa El-sakka

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Crossing the Line

And so the tree turned to be in the Israeli territories according the UNIFIL , Israel is happy that it did not break the international laws as usual apparently. Of course it is too easy to blame the LAF...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 04:21 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Lebanon, UK, war, National Security, South Lebanon, IDF, UNIFIL, LAF

Nasrallah's Smoking Gun

Yesterday was a big day in Lebanon , tensions in the South in the morning and a big surprise at the southern suburb in Beirut at night . Many people were waiting for what Sheikh Nasrallah was going to...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 12:10 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, Lebanon, Follow Up, Hezbollah, National Security, Arabic X-Files, Hassan Nasrallah, Rafik El-Hariri

Arabs’ Ties with Israel Damages the Palestinian Cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar

by Kourosh Ziabari Israeli society has been continuously shifting to the right so that more and more extreme branches of Zionism are governing Israel, and therefore it's extremely difficult to imagine...

Posted Aug 03 2010, 07:29 AM by Intifada Palestine

War Drums in Lebanese Borders

Since the morning there are growing clashes between the Lebanese army and the Israeli army in what can do be considered the first clash between the two armies at Adaisseh We do not know who started for...

Posted Aug 03 2010, 02:53 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, Lebanon, war, Hezbollah, Lebanese army, Nasrallah

America’s “Dog in the Fight”

Dr. Franklin Lamb Despite sometimes mouthing support for the Right of Return, in a clumsy and transparent effort to avoid granting Palestinians civil rights in the interim, some US protégés in Lebanon...

Posted Aug 02 2010, 06:19 PM by Intifada Palestine

Israel Classifies its Past as Top Secret

By Lawrence Davidson In the interim things have only gotten worse for the Zionist defenders of the idealized Israel. Multiple invasions of Lebanon and the essentially defenseless Palestinian cities and...

Posted Jul 31 2010, 09:29 PM by Intifada Palestine

The Tribunal Conspiracy

Sami Moubayad deputy Israeli chief of staff, Gaby Ashkenazi said that an earthquake was in store for Lebanon later this year, when the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) names Hezbollah figures in connection...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 09:10 AM by Intifada Palestine

Lebanon Is At The heart of The Arab World And Egypt Is No Where near it

Have you been watching the news today !!?? Did you see the historical Arab summit held in Beirut currently that is forcing the wonderful people of Beirut to stay at their homes because of the security...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 01:09 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Syria, Lebanon, Mubarak, Beirut, National Security

Response to George

Would reducing or eliminating America's dependence on foreign oil undercut the economic basis of Islamophobia? It might to a degree, but not nearly to the extent that it might have if this was the...

Posted Jul 29 2010, 10:39 AM by Dunner's

Filed under: middle east, Israel, Lebanon, Arabs, Venezuela, Energy, Iran, Iraq, Canada, Muslims, Pakistan, Oil, Afghanistan, Mexico, Islamophobia, Angola, Xenophobia, Ecuador

Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach I asked the IPPNW member aboard the Mavi Marmora, how he, as a practicing psychiatrist, would evaluate the mental state of the Israeli leadership, he quipped that he was merely a...

Posted Jul 29 2010, 07:10 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Chas Freeman : “Israel; Asset or Liability?”

Chas Freeman In the words of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is credited with masterminding the 9/11 attacks, their purpose was to focus "the American people ... on the atrocities that America is committing...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 08:09 AM by Intifada Palestine

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The gods of traffic are angry

.. . . . . We love the tourists that visit our beloved Lebanon in the summer… but when they bring their own cars with them they become less tourists and more traffic causes––not to mention they don’t...

Posted Jul 25 2010, 03:15 PM by Maya's Amalgam

Filed under: Arab, Lebanon, Tourism, Traffic, Gulf, social stories, public transport

What If She Were An African Supermodel !!??

I am following with huge admiration the current campaign in Lebanon against racism especially racism against domestic workers whether from Africa or Asia. It is not a new campaign but now it is getting...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 06:31 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, Video, Lebanon, africa, RACISM, Minorities, Domestic workers

"Nasrallah's big freak out" author's big freak out

So the author from Beirut to the Beltway felt like venting out after Nasrallah's speech the other day. Apparently this anonymous journalist believes nothing is permanent in Lebanon and that Nasrallah...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 01:59 AM by Maysaloon - ميسلون

Filed under: Lebanon

The Unchallenged Power of the Israel Lobby

By JAMES ABOUREZK One wonders what to make of the American politicians who are very much like an echo chamber for Israel's talking points concerning Iran. Do they realize that by being led around by...

Posted Jul 14 2010, 12:59 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, media, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iran, opinion, Palestinians, United States, Jews, Featured, Israeli occupation, 9/11, Gaza Strip, Israeli lobby, CIA, aipac, Neocons, Nuclear weapons, Al-Qaeda, Saddam Hussein, President Obama, U.S. foreign policy, Hizbollah, Iraqi War, George W. Bush, Richard Perle, Al-Qaida, Iran's Nuclear program, U.S.A, News/Politics, Pro- Israeli Lobbies, Lebanese civil war, George W. Bush neocon advisers-Perle, terrorist attacks, terrorists actions on 9/11, CIA diredtor George Tenet, Palestinian-Israeli dispute, Senator James Abourezk, American politicians, Muslim countries, Leb, James Abourezk, sraeli hegemony over the entire Middle East., Defense Policy Board, George Tenet, Israel's interests as a reason for invading Iraq, Neoconservative movement, The Unchallenged Power of the Israel Lobby, Israel;s hegemony, U.S. financing Israel's military, World Trade Towers, Israeli slaughter in the Gaza Strip

Diplomat Told The World Tribune that The Egyptian president 'is a walking corpse While the Presidency Denies

American World tribune has published this report with that shocking headline : Diplomat: Egyptian president 'is a walking corpse' . It is a powerful headline for sure for a rumor that has been...

Posted Jul 13 2010, 08:48 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, politics, Democracy, Lebanon, Follow Up, Mubarak, health, National Security, Germany

Mubarak Heads To Germany Again For Treatment

According to Lebanese As-Safir daily President Mubarak will head to Germany in the coming 48 hours to Munich for another treatment round. It is unconfirmed and it has not been announced yet officially...

Posted Jul 12 2010, 10:48 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, politics, Lebanon, National, Follow Up, health, National Security, Germany, Munich

U.S. Doesn’t have to Justify its Double Standards to Anyone: Joshua Frank

Joshua Frank The bigger question is, can the U.S. survive in its current state? Can the U.S. continue to exploit the resources and people of the Middle East for its own profit and greed? Can it abuse and...

Posted Jul 11 2010, 04:57 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Islam, Lebanon, interview, Gaza, opinion, Palestinians, Featured, middle east conflict, Israeli lobby, Jewish state, Nuclear weapons, President Obama, U.S. foreign policy, operation Cast Lead, Iran Nuclear Program, Israeli siege of gaza, Rupert Murdoch, Israel Government, Alexander Cockburn, Pro-Israeli Lobby, UN security council, U.S.A, News/Politics, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, flotilla attack, Glenn Greenwald, US Government, Mainstream media lies and propaganda, U.S. Doesn't have to Justify its Double Standards to Anyone: Joshua Frank, Zionist-conspiracy theorists, illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, Israeli nuclear technician Mordecai Vanunu, U.S. Doesn't have to Justify its Double Standards to Anyone, Kourosh Ziabari, western mainstream media, Joshua Frank, Israel's ambassador Michael Oren, Israel-U.S. relations

Octavia Nasr’s Firing and what The Liberal Media Allows

By Glenn Greenwald CNN yesterday ended the 20-year career of Octavia Nasr, its Atlanta-based Senior Middle East News Editor, because of a now-deleted tweet she wrote on Sunday upon learning of the death...

Posted Jul 10 2010, 11:33 PM by Intifada Palestine

The Israeli stranglehold on CNN

Khalid Amayreh The decision by the CNN administration to fire Octavia Nasr, a secular and thoroughly westernize woman, underscores the ethical bankruptcy of the leading American media, especially its harsh...

Posted Jul 08 2010, 07:04 PM by Intifada Palestine

One comment..

..about this Octavia Nasr’s whole issue: She shouldn’t have “apologized” or “explained” herself! I’m 100% against what happened to her(she’s fired because...

Posted Jul 08 2010, 12:25 AM by lebanese nightS

Filed under: Arab, Religion, Lebanon, RACISM

Dr. Franklin Lamb: Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah – (11/16/1935—7/4/2010)

Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah “Throughout my life, I have always supported the human being in his humanism and I have supported the oppressed. I think it is the person’s right to live his freedom...

Posted Jul 07 2010, 10:40 PM by Intifada Palestine

Octavia is The New Helen

Octavia Nasr was forced to leave CNN because she described late Sheikh Fadallah as one of the Hezbollah giants she respected a lot . The American Lebanese former CNN senior editor of Arabic affairs paid...

Posted Jul 07 2010, 09:17 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, media, Women, Israel, Islam, Arab, mideast, Lebanon, America, Geek, CNN, Octavia Nasr

A Gentleman’s Dialogue with Hamas

Sami Moubayed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya met a group of US doctors visiting the Gaza Strip and expressed a desire to engage with the Barack Obama administration provided it could deliver a sustainable...

Posted Jul 07 2010, 04:00 AM by Intifada Palestine

Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah (1935-2010)

Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was synonymous with many facets of Shiite political society, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iraq’s Dawa Party. If he must be lauded...

Posted Jul 04 2010, 09:12 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: middle east, Islam, politics, Religion, Lebanon, Iraq, Conflict Zones, Fadlallah

RIP Sheikh Fadallah

Sheikh Hussein Fadallah ,the famous Lebanese Shiite cleric and spiritual leader has died earlier today after a long struggle with illness. Fadallah was not only known for being a spiritual leader to Hezbollah...

Posted Jul 04 2010, 04:48 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: middle east, Islam, Arab, politics, Religion, mideast, Lebanon, Arabs, Hezbollah, Arabic faces, Hussein Fadallah

July Goodies [+ a b-day wish]

Nothing like an outdoor Lebanese village-summer. You can download the wallpaper in the following sizes: 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, iPhone, iPad...

Posted Jun 30 2010, 03:50 AM by Maya's Amalgam

Filed under: Lebanon, birthday, iPhone, wish, summer, wallpaper, desktop, Background, Giveaways, 2010, iPad, july

Lock’em Up!

يعمل صديق لي بشركة شاءت الصدف أن يكون بجوارها مكتب “لإستقدام الخادمات” (جمع مصطلح إستقدام وخادمات طبيعي جداً في هذا السياق بالنسبة لرئيس الشركة أو “المالك” ربما؟) بالمناسبة, المبنى...

Posted Jun 29 2010, 02:32 AM by lebanese nightS

Filed under: society, Women, Lebanon, campaign, وآكلة, female, immigrant-workers

Lock’em Up!

يعمل صديق لي بشركة شاءت الصدف أن يكون بجوارها مكتب “لإستقدام الخادمات” (جمع مصطلح إستقدام وخادمات طبيعي جداً في هذا السياق بالنسبة لرئيس الشركة أو “المالك” ربما؟) بالمناسبة, المبنى...

Posted Jun 29 2010, 02:32 AM by lebanese nightS

Filed under: society, Women, Lebanon, campaign, وآكلة, female, immigrant-workers

Thousands Protest Equal Rights for Palestinians in Lebanon

By Reuters 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. Most of Gaza's 1.5 million residents are either refugees or their descendants...

Posted Jun 28 2010, 11:43 AM by Intifada Palestine

Who is the Terrorist: Hamas or Israel?

Dr. Elias Akleh There are also many evidence implicating Israeli Mossad agents in the 911 bombing of the Trade Center. Hamas did not spy on the US, stole its nuclear fuel and nuclear technology. Israel...

Posted Jun 27 2010, 02:28 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Lebanon, Zionism, Terrorism, Gaza, West Bank, Hamas, Turkey, opinion, Palestinians, Hezbollah, Mossad, Jews, Featured, Israeli occupation, PLO, Gaza Strip, unrwa, Israeli war crimes, Palestinian, Zionist, Palestinian Refugees, israeli army, Christians, Jewish state, U.S. foreign policy, operation Cast Lead, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anti-semitism, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli government, Israeli Colonies, Kamal Nasser, Israeli Blockade of Gaza, Israeli Jews, Goldstone report, Israeli assassins, Jonathan Pollard, Deir Yassin Massacre, Mossad agents, Mossad assassins, Zionist Occupation, U.S.A, News/Politics, Dr. Elias Akleh, President John F. Kennedy, Jenin Massacre, Mossad is accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy, God’s Chosen People, Palestinian cemeteries, Pollard was responsible for the murder of 100 CIA agents, Who is the Terrorist: Hamas or Israel?, Al-Dawayima massacre, Religious extremist Jews, Israel’s spying on the US, fundamental Muslims, Religious extremist Jews are threatening to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque, ressistance, Israel’s theft of American nuclear technology, Israeli army had bombed Christian churches including the Nativity church in Bethlehem, genocidal economic siege against Gaza Strip, Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, extremist religious Jewish Israelis, Ein al-Zeitun massacre, Jewish colonizers (settlers), Harvestin body organs, Dubai’s assassins, Israel’s occupation of Lebanon, pro-Zionist media, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Zionists cry anti-Semitism, illegal colonies (settlements), Israeli/Arab conflict, ressorist, humanitarian aid Freedom Flotilla, Al-Tantura massacre, Kamal Adwan, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, 500 Palestinian towns the Israelis destroyed, Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, Israeli Mossad agents in the 911 bombing of the Trade Center, Solomon Temple, Israelis expelled almost 800, Hezbollah’s resistance defeated Israelis, Jordan’s King Hussein, Jewish cemetery, Khaled Mish’al, Lebanese civil war, Lebanese Phalangist militia, Al-Karameh Battle, America’s Loose Nukes in Israel”

Lives Lived and Lost in Time—Remembering shatila

William A. Cook We were breathing death, inhaling the very putrescence of the bloated corpses around us. Jenkins immediately realized that the Israeli defence minister would have to bear some responsibility...

Posted Jun 27 2010, 12:27 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Lebanon, Nakba, Gaza, opinion, Beirut, Palestinians, Featured, Israeli occupation, Gaza Strip, Robert Fisk, Israeli war crimes, Israeli Defense force, middle east conflict, Israeli Military, Palestinian Refugees, israeli army, Jewish state, U.S. foreign policy, Deir Yassin, Israeli Blockade of Gaza, Israeli siege of gaza, Nakba(Catasrophe), William A. Cook, U.S.A, News/Politics, Lebanon's Palestinian Refugee's, Palestinian right of return, Flotilla, Free Gaza flotilla, Palestine civil rights campaign, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Lebanese civil war, Palestinians slaughtered by Israeli “trained militaries’?, Lives Lived and Lost in Time—Remembering shatila, civil rights for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Shatila refugee camp, Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, Israeli oppression of the Palestinian People, The International Declaration of Human Rights., massacre at the Shatila refugee camp, Israeli’s continuing occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza

Masr's People

It is a small clip and it is not done by an Egyptian but you can see my people , the people of Masr. Masr from Javier Morgade on Vimeo . Watch it till the end I believe Morgade should not have used Hanin's...

Posted Jun 26 2010, 07:44 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, Music, society, middle east, media, Culture, Video, mideast, Lebanon, films, Egyptians, Arts, Clips, Culture of resistance, Hanin, Javier Morgade, Masr

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