Monthly Archive for November, 2008

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Good riddance, Palin

Referring to her critics Sarah Palin says: “It’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.” Even now, it’s frightening that this airhead could have had her well manicured fingers on the nuclear button…

Security or vanity?

The nouveux riches in Iran are engaged in a depressing competition to build the grandest and the most unusual residences with little regards, I feel, for practicalities. More »

Black man, White house

During the last few years travelling to the US has become increasingly unattractive. Let us hope this now changes, and let’s hope Barack can do something about the things that have made the whole world angry with the US. I am now looking forward to resuming my frequent US trips.

Right to wear a headscarf

Six years ago an Egyptian news reader, Ghada El-Tawil, decided to wear a headscarf (or hejab) in public, including on television. For this she was banned from continuing her job. It has taken a six-year legal battle to resume her post. More »


kaveh1000: RT @wisealic: Chronicle article by Josh Fischman 'As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices' + interesting comments http://t.co/iEYKTXMf
2 days ago
kaveh1000: RT @clauseggers: Tourists deported from U.S. for Twitter jokes http://t.co/MX3c0RI7
5 days ago
kaveh1000: RT @pkedrosky: WSJ: Accel's post-IPO 700x return on a $13m investment in Facebook would be largest in venture industry history.
7 days ago
KhaledGhetas: RT @kaveh1000: For those who think Jobs was a good guy: Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China: http://t.co/veBqLBxU
1 week ago

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