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Helena Cobban Reports Back from Middle East Trip
Yesterday Helena Cobban, long-time Christian Science Monitor and the Nation writer gave an insightful talk on “Shifting Dimensions of the Palestinian Question.” Her presentation at the Palestine Center in Washington DC followed a reporting trip to the region. You may know her from the blog, ‘Just World News’. Her month-long reporting trip to the Middle [...]
Romance revealed between Carlos Slim and Queen of Jordan
According to Mexican daily El Universal, Queen Noor and Carlos Slim, currently the second richest man alive, are having an affair. KABOBfest translation below. The Spanish social magazine Semana, unveiled in its latest edition an alleged romance between the richest man in Mexico, Carlos Slim Helú, and Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan (whose birth name [...]
Arab Film Festival in Los Angeles Kick-off!!!
The festival has been going strong in San Francisco for 12 years, and only making its 2nd time around in Los Angeles!!! If you live in Los Angeles, I encourage you to come to at least one of the screenings happening this weekend. From the Jordanian official Academy Award submission, Amin Mutalqa’s Captain Abu Raid, to [...]
Arabs and Muslims making lists!
For their July/August 2008 online issue, the good people at Foreign Policy published the results of a readers poll ranking the Top Public Intellectuals in the World. 500,000 readers made their choices based off of a list of 100 names. And guess what? The top 10 public intellectuals on the list are all-gasp-MUSLIM! You know [...]
Jordan Authorities May Imprison 41% Of Population
Here is the sequence of events in this hypothetical scenario: 43% of Jordanians are estimated to be smokers. The Jordanian parliament just banned smoking in public places, imposing a $22-$35 fine and a jail term exceeding a week on violators. 95% of those smokers will ignore the ban, as is the habit in the Middle [...]
After Egypt, Jordan…
…bans any event commemorating the Nakba. For the sake of “public security”, I presume? Tarboush tip: Angry Arab
HKJ Needs Better Publicity Staff
The above is a recreation of the framed image at the Sheikh Hussein/Jordan River Valley Crossing. Jordan has a silly rule that you are not allowed to take pictures of any police anything, even their little huts. So you’ll have to do with my approximation. It was a faded image of police in RIOT GEAR [...]
9 Hours Later: Youtube 0, Jordan Times 1
The video Saudi women made of themselves driving that they posted on Youtube 13+9 hours ago has been REMOVED. Regarding the French (and Palestinian dual nationality- you left that out, BBC!) national convicted of verbally insulting King Abdullah of Jordan, a new story as of this morning has appeared in the Jordan Times covering the [...]
Strategic Media Usage: Saudi Women 1, Jordan Times 0
Some women in Saudi Arabia made a video of themselves driving on a main highway in the Kingdom. They then posted it on Youtube- 13 hours ago. CNN and BBC are mad Youtube savvy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_N_aC3ySk] Across the desert (uh, literally, unless you rented a boat at the red sea and drifted north), a French national [...]
IT WAS THE GAYS
When I found myself grabbing my desk last week while the earth shuddered and the building shook, I had no idea what caused it. Thanks to Israeli Member of Knesset Shlomo Benizri, I’ve since been enlightened. It was the gays. Clearly there is an orgy of monumental proportions going on that I’m missing out on, [...]
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