Links from my del.icio.us account for November 19th through November 20th:
- Le Figaro – International : En Égypte, dans l’enferdes enfants des rues – On Cairo's streetchildren.
- Saudi Arabia and America | Larger-than-life diplomacy | The Economist – Review of a biography of Saudi Prince Bandar and US-Saudi relationship.
- Israel launches Arabic YouTube channel to bypass Arab media – It's funny how Israelis – even supposed 'doves' – think Arabs don't like them because of the bias in Arab media.
- Protesting Shimon Peres at Oxford – Shame on Balliol College for honoring Peres – here's a testimony about the protest against his visit there, including the protests of prominent South Africa anti-apartheid activist.
- ei: Ramallah Palestinian Authority blocks website reporting on corruption – "For several days, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been unable to view the website Donia al-Watan (http://www.alwatanvoice.com) as access has been blocked through the PA-controlled telecom company. "
- In the shadow of a long past, patiently awaiting the future – International Herald Tribune – Et tu, Slackman? NYT writes an IBM (inch'allah, boukra, maalesh) article.
Didn’t Slackman already write this article? Or do I just think that because all of his articles sound the same. What a hack.
Shallow cultural commentary is Slackman’s stock-in-trade. See this awesome takedown of a bad Slackman article on the Iranian concept of “tarof”:
http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_08_06.html#005291