The World’s Richest Arabs

Here they are. Look who’s number 3 and 7.
1. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud (Saudi Arabia): US$ 29.5 Billion
2. The Al Rajhi Family (Saudi Arabia): US$ 24 Billion
3. The Hariri Family (Lebanon): US$ 17.8 Billion
4. Nasser Al Kharafi (Kuwait): US$ 12 Billion
5. Maan Al Sanea (Saudi Arabia): US$ 10 Billion
6. Mohammad Al Amoudi […]

Bin Laden’s Son Wants To Be a Peace Activist

What the…
Omar — one of bin Laden’s 19 children — raised a tabloid storm last year when he married a 52-year-old British woman, Jane Felix-Browne, who took the name Zaina Alsabah.
… Omar lived with the al-Qaida leader in Sudan, then moved with him to Afghanistan in 1996.
There, Omar says he trained at an al-Qaida camp […]

Egyptian Alaa Youakeem: The Coolest American Idol Participant EVER!

He likes to sing, he loves American girls from their hair to their “nebble” and he’s absolutely HILARIOUS! It’s a MUST-watch video!

(hat-tip: diptychal)

An Open Letter To Arun Ghandi

Many of you by now must have read Arun Ghandi’s distasteful article in the Washington Post. I found it very shortsighted. Mideast Youth wrote a hilarious and genius response to it. Enjoy…

Fouad Farhan: Why We Blog

Whops, I just realized I’m supposed to be silent today in order to express solidarity for Fouad Farhan, a fellow blogger who got jailed by the Saudi authorities.
Better late than never.
I never knew Fouad before the news of his arrest made it all over the media. Today for the first time I checked out some […]

There MUST Be Violence Against Women

… so believes this idiot with a brain the size of a rat’s testicle. How cute of him to practice this patriarchal garbage and justify it by glossing it conveniently with his genius “Islam”.
The early Islam which came more than a thousand years ago liberated women. The “Islam” of today however has put them in […]

The HoboHookah: Party With Style This New Year’s Eve!

I know, I know, the title of this post sounds like an advertisement. Well, it is! Erm, kind of. Hell, you can consider this an endorsement. Why? Because I’m a huge fan of the “modification” I’m going to tell you about.
Mike is a friend of mine. He’s from Wisconsin. Met him a few months ago […]

The Required Generations

A few days ago while reading Mona Eltahawy’s opinion on the sick sentence passed by a Saudi court to punish a victim of gang rape with lashes, I came across this hard-knocking comment left by Mahmood.
Mona, gender apartheid is only one of many heinous discriminatory practices in the magic kingdom: religious, tribal, sectarian, racial and […]

The Annapolis Conference: An Exercise In Wishful Thinking?

Maybe. Maybe not. Either way I’m loving it. Why? Simple. Because it’s pissing off Hamas and the Iranian regime.

I watched the speeches a while ago. Both Abbas and Olmert delivered theirs eloquently. It’s highly evident that the speeches were very carefully crafted since delivering them is like walking in a minefield. One wrong […]

Egypt: Hanan al-Turk’s “No Christians Allowed” Hangout Spot

Sandmonkey has the story. Thank you Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian society is more cohesive thanks to your wonderful holy efforts and will continue to be.
Equality between women and men? Equality between Muslims and non-Muslims? Raaaight!
The place is owned by Hanan al-Turk. Big Pharaoh blogged an amusing post in the past showing her “holy transformation”. I’m guessing […]

More Idiotic Fatwas

Grrrr!
CAIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Egypt’s highest authority on Islamic law said on Thursday that drivers cannot be blamed for killing people who stand in front of their vehicles, just days after a police van ran over a woman who tried to stop it.
Dar al-Iftaa, the government agency which issues around 1,000 fatwas a day, […]

Sudanese Refugees Missing Since Deported By Israel

What the…
Haaretz reporter Ben Lynfield says:
48 African refugees missing since deported by IDF
Concern is growing about the well-being of the 48 African refugees, most of them Sudanese, who have been unaccounted for since they were detained by Egyptian security forces more than two months ago after being deported by the IDF to Sinai.
WHAT? Did he […]

Livni behind closed doors: Iran nukes pose little threat to Israel

Heh?!

Dubai Inc.

The miracle that is known as Dubai. Its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum is one hell of a man.
Watch this 10 minutes video or read the long article to find out more. Overall, Dubai is a success story like no other in the Middle East. And no, Dubai’s economy doesn’t rely on oil. In fact […]

Criticize Hosni Mubarak All You Want, No Problemo

Yeth yeth, of courth. The Egyptian government hath alwayth thupported free thpeech. Praith be to Hothni Mubarak, the greatetht prethident ever.
There were some tensions over U.S. criticism of human rights in Egypt. Rice told their press conference that in her talks with Mubarak and Aboul Gheit she brought up the issue of the detentions of […]

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