May 25 2011

Alf leila w leila

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k Concert of “Maurizio Lazzaro Cairo Jazz Quartet” at Sawy Culturewheel, Cairo 3 Dicember 2010 [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc a Thelonious Monk composition. Concert at El Sawy Culturwheel, Cairo 6 January 2010. Maurizio Lazzaro (oud) [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig concert at Sawy CultureWheel…  [more]

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May 25 2011

29 standing ovations

Why the US applauds Israeli defiance

By Rupert Cornwell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 … Accounts vary on whether Benjamin Netanyahu received 28 or 29 standing ovations during his address to the US Congress on Tuesday. But the exact figure scarcely…  [more]

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May 25 2011

His predecessors wallowed

Shalom, Netanyahu

By Gideon Levy, 02:51 26.05.11 … The “speech of his life” must now quickly become the speech of Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political demise. The hour is pressing, there is no time and nothing is going to…  [more]

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May 25 2011

Sold to the highest bidder

Congress to Palestinians: Drop dead

By MJ Rosenberg, 25 May 2011 15:42 … If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can’t have them now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…  [more]

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May 23 2011

An iron wall high enough

Time for Netanyahu to ditch his do-nothing policy

By Richard Cohen, Monday, May 23, 6:39 PM … Every man has a father, and Binyamin Netanyahu’s is worth knowing. He is Benzion Netanyahu, born 101 years ago in what was…  [more]

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May 23 2011

Predictable confession

Is this President still worthy of the hope we pinned on him?

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Monday, 23 May 2011 … President Obama arrives for a state visit to Britain this week, and there is much excitement at my gym where…  [more]

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May 23 2011

Summer is on its way

Nakba day: we waited 63 years for this

By Karma Nabulsi, Thursday 19 May 2011 … It was the moment for which we had all been holding our breath for decades – for 63 years to be precise. Palestinians…  [more]

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