“He was just shouting at soldiers but then one soldier decided to attack him, so they beat the hell out of him – riffle butt to the head”. – Israeli soldier, identified only as “A.”, on the beating of a mentally-handicapped Palestinian man by Israeli forces. “We were sent to look for firearms, but didn’t [...]

“I am proud because I was not prosecuted for corruption, or for spying, but for saying a word of truth.” – Khalid Mahadin on being cleared of charges of slandering the Lower House of Parliament. While it’s good to hear that Mahadin is cleared of these idiotic charges levied against him by an even more [...]

“If Bush and Blair can spin the truth about WMDs to justify bombing innocent people, then why can’t I spin Dalia’s story to save women from being murdered on a daily basis?” – Norma Khouri on fabricating her novel “Forbidden Love” about honor crimes in Jordan. This quote comes by way of a review of [...]

“There is no greater hypocrisy than a country that just 39 years ago, on Black September in 1970, murdered 10,000 of its Palestinian residents, dealing with international crimes today…Jordan will not be the one to teach Israel what combat morals are.” – Israel’s Internal Security Minister, Avi Dichter, expressing outrage at reports that Jordan planned [...]

“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy.” – US President Barack Obama during an interview with Al-Arabiya. Monday, January 26th. [source] I agree that, generally, Americans are not the enemy of the Muslim world. However, I’m just not sure how to classify those Americans who have [...]

“Flattery is still the best way to keep one’s job and freedom.” – Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008. Al Arab Al Yawm Editor in Chief Taher Adwan stated that “sometimes it is the administrations of media outlets or their owners who prefer to flatter the authorities in pursuit of their own interests”. [...]

“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the [Republican] Party say… such things as ‘Well, you know that Mr Obama is a Muslim’. Well the correct answer is, ‘He’s not a Muslim, he’s a Christian, he’s always been a Christian’. But the really right answer is, “What if he [...]

“Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president that he’ll take on, and I quote, ‘the old boys network in Washington.’ Now I’m not making this up. This is somebody who’s been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he [...]