Sunday, January 30, 2011

We've waited for this revolution for years. Other despots should quail

Change is sweeping though the Middle East and it's the Facebook generation that has kickstarted it.
Read more-The Guardian
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  1. Abu ZuhairJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    I liked most of this article except for this: "<span>Meanwhile, the uprisings are curing the Arab world of an opiate, the obsession with Israel. For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to keep discontent at bay by distracting people with the Israeli-Arab conflict. Israel's bombardment of Gaza in 2009 increased global sympathy for Palestinians. Mubarak faced the issue of both guarding the border of Gaza, helping Israel enforce its siege, and continuing to use the conflict as a distraction. Enough with dictators hijacking sympathy for Palestinians and enough with putting our lives on hold for that conflict."</span>
    At least since Oslo, this is not true. 
    Still, I like Mona:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_BS9Iniw0Q&feature=player_embedded

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  2. thankgodimatheistJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:54 AM

    "Who does Mona Eltahawy think she’s fooling? <span>Posted on</span> <span>January 30, 2011</span> <span>by</span> <span>Ikhras</span>

    House Arabs change colors so quickly, it puts chameleons to shame.
    On one hand, Mona Eltahawy presents herself the American-based spokesperson for the Egyptian people. Kudos for supporting the Egyptian revolt, Mona. You get a cookie. <img></img>
    However, prominently brandished on her website, colonial feminist and Israel-normalizer Mona Eltahawy states the following:
    Ms. Eltahawy was the first Egyptian journalist to live and to work for a western news agency in Israel.
    Mona also writes for the right-wing Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post. It would’ve been bad enough if she wrote for the more liberal Haaretz. Behold these excerpts:
    when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict these days, the harder place to be is on that fence and – see above with self-hating – I never turn down the opportunity to take the harder option"

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  3. Abu ZuhairJanuary 31, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    So the paragraph was not the result of careless writing.
    I no longer like her

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