Archive for February, 2006
Nuff Said
â??A cartoon targetting the prophet, Bushâ?
Lately there has been pressure by Israeli groups to change the name of country of origin from “Palestine” to “Palestinian Authority” for the movie “Paradise Now” at next month’s Oscars, based on the arguement that there is no such thing as Palestine. Even an online petition was started to revoke the nomination all together. It [...]
Did you know more roses are sold in Jordan on Valentine’s Day than on any other day of the year, including Mother’s Day? Am I the only one who is anti-Valentines? No seriously, this isn’t about love or lack there of. It’s about culture. Since when did we start living in a society (to be [...]
(the following video is in arabic….kinda) jaguar? ya 3eini shoo cool Arabizi n. 1- A form of speech that mixes Arabic with English. It is widely used among Jordanâ??s Western-educated elites, drawing ire from language purists and exposing a widening social and economic gap in the small kingdom. Dubbed by some â??Arabiziâ?â??a slang term for [...]
Israel and U.S. Jewish groups have lobbied organizers of next month’s Academy Awards not to present a nominated film about Palestinian suicide bombers as coming from “Palestine,” an Israeli diplomat said on Sunday. With Israelis and Palestinians locked in conflict over national claims on the same land, the provenance of “Paradise Now” is as combustible [...]
Michael Moore’s Wet Dream
‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ Meets ‘Bowling for Columbine’ Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets. Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was “alert and doing fine” in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after [...]
Anti-Prophet graffiti has been daubed by Jewish settlers on the wall of a mosque in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military source and local residents said Sunday, February 12. The graffiti was first discovered by the mosque’s custodian Osman Zamari when he opened the building at daybreak, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). “I was opening [...]
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