Tag Archives: middle east

Reactions: Bin Laden’s death, compare and contrast

by jesse Posted on May 3, 2011

Okay, one other thought, via al Jazeera’s compilation of reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden. What struck me was Hamas vs. the PLA. Hamas: We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged al jazeera, killing osama, middle east, osama bin laden, politics | Comments

The debate about social media and popular movements in the Middle East is stupid

by jesse Posted on January 28, 2011

I’ll try to make this quick, since I feel like it’s painfully obvious. Arguing either that social media “caused” these events or had “nothing to do with them” are both stupid arguments. Clearly people are marching in the streets because … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc, politics, web | Tagged arab, communication, egypt, facebook, middle east, poland, social media, solidarity, tunisia, twitter | Comments

Why Obama has to denounce Mubarak

by jesse Posted on January 28, 2011

Obama needs to denounce Mubarak, and soon. As of this post Egypt has cutoff all communications except land phone lines (edit: looks like the ISP Noor is still up), deployed anti-terror units, and police are setting fires to cars and … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc, politics | Tagged arab, barack obama, cairo, democracy, dictators, egypt, hillary clinton, hosni mubarak, jan25, middle east, protests, suez, united states | Comments

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