Links February 25th to February 26th

Links from my del.icio.us account for February 25th through February 26th:

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  1. not let him in? it’s nice to see that avigdor lieberman’s perspective on religious tolerance is shared by Arab intellectuals.

  2. Love the map of mutual incomprehension – but have any Arabic speakers ever heard someone say “that sounds like Hindi to me?”

  3. If they are going to use a sporting boycott to pressure the Israeli government, they (and in this case that would be the UAE) should just say so. They shouldn’t go with the lame “it would offend the spectators and they’d boycott.” Passing blame to these “spectators” (while also focusing more on this alleged right people have not to be offended) is just cowardly.

  4. Over the top, yes. Incomprehension – no way – masriyeen know from melodramatic films.

    Only thing I’ve read about is when someone mumbles or grunts (e.g. in moments of, err, passion) it can be called “barabarat al-hunud” – the animal-like sounds of the hunud.

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