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Tag Archives: Hassan Nasrallah
In the jaws of the crocodile
People are the product of history. The way nations see, dress, think and formulate reality are much based on the parameters that over time, form a wall of convention, the box to which the comfort zone of convenience installs and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron ben Moses, Bashar Al Assad, Cal Shenkel, Captain Beefheart, Charles Manson, Hassan Nasrallah, Ibn Sahl manuscript, Judith Butler, Maimonides, Margaret Atwood The Blind Assasin, Max Horkheimer, Mursi Egypt, Snell's law, The Aleppo Codex, Theodor Adorno
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calorie counter
What does being a bit of a plumper have to do with the fiery rhetoric and popular rabble-rousing appeal. Is the gist here that Nasrallah has become rotund and contented, succumbing to bourgeois opulence and a Martha Stewart lifestyle. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Callcott painter, David Schenker, Hassan Nasrallah, Henry Fuseli, John S. Clifton painter, John Sheepshanks, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martha Stewart, Mohamed Morsi, Morsi at Hooters, Shakespeare Falstaff
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bitching section: take a number
… and speak loud and clearly into the microphone. However, please be advised that the complaint department is now closed….There is no end to the innocence. Innocence until proven fealty… After all , what could be a bigger insult to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariel Sharon, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, charles krauthammer, Emad Shahin, Hassan Nasrallah, Innocence of Muslims film, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin S. Indyk, Maryanne Zehil, Mohamed Badie, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, Philemon Chante Habana, Queen of Versailles movie, Rafael Eitan, sabra and shatila, Sam Huntington, Wael Kandil Sharouq, Youssef Sidhom Watani
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hail to the chief
Theodor Adorno basic thesis was that repression and domination, were part and parcel, intrinsic to the functioning of liberal democratic societies as well as totalitarian fascist ones. The individual as mere exchange value, a commodity, or simple vending machine was … Continue reading
rule is based on awe?
That corner of the world where there is never a dull moment. Zionism as racism is a dodgy rabbi at best. Its okay to admit it: racist, excessive and violent. In a case that harkens back to segregation south of … Continue reading
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Tagged Avraham Burg, Chaim Levinson Haaretz, Damien Cave, Daniel Gordis, Daniel Pipes, David Landau, Eilat school year, Eilat schools Sudan migrants, Hariri Press Office, Hassan Nasrallah, Jamal Julani, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Orit Rabin ASSAF, Paul Salem, Phyllis Diller, Rabbi David Goldberg, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Rabbi Yona Metzger, Shyne rapper
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the prophet: sweet taste of success
Treat her like a lady… He ordered the idols in the Kaaba destroyed, but left the old forms of worship almost unchanged. The Black Stone remained the focal point of pilgrimages, and the ritual of walking around the shrine seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Simpson Chillisauce, Aisha and Mohammed, Arab Women Olympics, Asad Ziar Afghanistan Rugby Federation, bashar assad, Candice Cohen-Ahnine, Falnameh Persian book of prophesies, Free Syrian Army, Hafez al-Assad, Hassan Nasrallah, Jean-Claude Elfassi, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sarah Attar, Syria Crisis, Syrian Army Day, Syrian Crisis, The Black Stome Kaaba, The Black Stone Mecca
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all the way down to nothin’ mostly
the Prophet armed. The ambivalent relationship between the Sword and the Word… Mohammed began to send raiding parties against Meccan caravans. Booty was his first source of income and allowed him to build up a treasury. His first real battle, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayatollah Yousef Sanei, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Terror Theme Park Lebanon, Islam Origins, John Phillips photography, Khalil Gibran, Life of Mohammed, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammed against Mecca, Mohammed at Badr, Mohammed at Uhud, Mohammed captures Mecca, Mohammed defends Medina siege, Mohammed truce with Quraishites
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the hegira: where 622=1
Its always been complicated. The Mohammedan calendar is based on twelve lunar months, or 354 days, and in a Christian century there are about 103 Mohammedan years. And with the Children of Israel? Mohammed’s career shows that the animosity between … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Khamenei, ambassador James Jeffrey, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, David Crist The Twilight War, doug saunders globe and mail, Free Syrian Army, Gareth Porter, Hassan Nasrallah, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Medina Jews, Mohammad Khatami, Mohammed and Raihana, Mohammed and the Jews, Mohammed and the Meccans, Mohammed and the Old Testament, Mohammed in Medina, Mohammedan calendar, Nic Robertson CNN, Obama Drone Warfare Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Olympics Women, Syria Crisis Bashar Assad, The Hegira Islam, The Hegira Mohammed, year of the Hegira
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