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Why Arab Governments Fail to Contain?
The level of oppression and the extreme absence of freedom of expression in the Arab World should not be viewed as a sign of backwardness, but in fact as a sign of strong will and desire to be free.
If Arab Leaders Made Movies…
Apparently Kim Jong-il kidnapped a South Korean film maker and forced him to re-make Godzilla as socialist propaganda in the 1970s [added fun fact, Jong-il fed the poor director grass as punishment-- good times]. Although Arab leaders routinely show a total lack of imagination it begs the question– What films would Arab leaders try to have [...]
A Political and Economic Holdout
Mustafa was a Syrian co-worker I had in Wisconsin who was called for his naturalization interview in 99. He told us a story about an incident that took place during the meeting: During the civics test, the interviewer asked him who would become president if the president dies. Mustafa became flustered, when the question was [...]
Country On The Grill: Syria
Recognizing that there are upwards of thirty countries in the world, and that we would not be able to give them all fair coverage in the Laissez faire fashion we operate in, the KABOBteam has decided to a series of country focus segments. The segments will include contributions from the KABOBfest crew and occasional guests. They will [...]
The Illegitimate Child of International Justice
The arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court against the president of Sudan serves to delegitimize the legal body in the eyes of those who need it most. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir defiantly travels to neighboring countries, Arab leaders host him with pronounced contempt for the International Criminal Court and charges it brought against him, and [...]
Qaddafi Steals the Show with Poetic Tirade at Arab League
And with this hand, I shall smack youThe motto here at KABOBfest used to be “Grilling the Absurd… Arab-style.” As much as we tried to publicize the absurdity of politics, we have not even come close to matching the ability of the Libyan “King of Kings,” Muammar al Qaddafi to expose what a sham the [...]
Arab League Not Interested in Arresting Sudan’s Head
The Arab League respectfully declined the International Criminal Court’s request the pan-Arab organ arrest Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir. The ICC has charged the leader for war crimes — crimes against humanity and genocide — committed in Darfur, and issued an arrest warrant. The Arab League only has three members who are fully party to the [...]
Just so we do not forget Arab complicity
This is an oldie but goodie. Late last month, Israeli President and undeserved-Nobel-Peace-Prize-winner Shimon Peres ratted out Arab leaders who privately wanted Israel to eradicate Hamas. Although we should always hold suspect what any leader says on CNN as “strategic communication,” there is good reason to believe he’s telling the truth on this. The success [...]
Line In the Sand
A half-ass Arab summit was held in Doha on Friday. It was conceived with the most honorable of intentions, but ultimately, the bitter realities of divisions within the region proved insurmountable. The main saboteurs of this long overdue attempt to take a common stand were none other than Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Once again Arabs [...]
Morocco Knows Best
King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced today that he would not be attending any Arab summits on Israel’s offensive in Gaza because “they will not do much to help the Palestinian people.” A number of Arab states have been waffling over holding a summit in Qatar, demonstrating the deep rift amongst Arab states over how [...]
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