183 results for d'Nalgar

Feb 19 2011

Mahfouz’s prophesy

Note:  Raouf is a dear friend.  It is very likely our paths crossed in Lebanon, in the early 1960s.  We reconnected, after more than 30 years, on the eve of my son’s college education at the same institution where Dr.…  [more]

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Feb 16 2011

The rape of Lara Logan

Warning:  This post contains language that may be offensive  to some readers.  Not as offensive as the violation of women described herein, but nevertheless, consider yourselves warned… – Monsieur d’Nalgar …

Lara Logan assaulted in Egypt

By Jill, on…  [more]

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Feb 11 2011

The power of humiliation

I normally don’t – won’t – re-post anything by Mr. Friedman, but in this op-ed, in a single sentence, there is a powerful warning for every oppressor of those blighted spots on this planet where people yearn for their certain…  [more]

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Feb 06 2011

Village voices

The following is in response to a guest editorial by [name deleted], in today’s “In my opinion” section of the Sentinel Record.  The full text of his “Without doubt, a Christian nation” is included in the comments…  [more]

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Feb 05 2011

Pray for Egypt

John Sagherian, Regional Director for YFCI/MENA, sent an email from Beirut night before last. Attached was an earlier version of the report that follows, from his friend Nabeel Jabbour. Dr. Jabbour has just sent me an update, along with …  [more]

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Feb 02 2011

Matthew 23 woes

Huckabee: Israel can build in West Bank, Jerusalem    

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS     JERUSALEM — Potential 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says preventing Jewish settlers from building in east Jerusalem is as outrageous as discriminating against Americans because of their race,…  [more]

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Jan 17 2011

Good vibrations

Mona Eltahawy, in the Guardian:  Tunisia: the first Arab revolution http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/16/tunisia-first-arab-revolution-ben-ali Also in the Guardian:  Tunisia’s Jasmine revolution: A flower that could be crushed http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/17/tunisia-jasmine-revolution-editorial Lamis Andoni, in Al Jazeera:  To the tyrants of the Arab world http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/2011115135046129936.html Note that…  [more]

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