Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Monthly Archives for May 2010

Saudi Daily Claims Gaza “Freedom Flotilla” an Iranian Tool………..

Ahmadinejad is at it Again: Predicts the End and the Demise of a “Regime", Hamas Speedos…………..

Gangs of Mecca, Amnesty not an Option……………

Money vs. the Environment: Iran and the USA…………

Middle East Sitzkrieg, Middle East Media Krieg, RIP Easy Rider………….

Egyptian Chutzpah! Mubarak Protests to his Partners in Siege of Gaza…….

Israeli Navy Attacked with Knives! Retaliates with Bombs! Arab Oligarchs Hide Daggers and Make Appropriate Noises………

Bahrain’s Newest Tourist Attraction for Neighboring Arabs, about Gulf "Nahasa"……………

Now it is the Persian-American-Israeli Gulf………….

Fundamentalists Ready to Ruin Summer for many Iranians…….

Emanuel, the Self-Hating Anti-Semite?……..

Feltman and al-Maliki Trade Charges………..

Iraqiya Bloc Requests Iraq be under Big Power Mandate……………

Sinking the Bismarck and the Graf Spee of Gaza…….?

Al-Maliki Complicates Iraqi Reconciliation……………..

Likud Kicks Obama in Teeth Again? a Jerusalem Property Pogrom?……………

Robbing a Bank the Iraqi Way: no Guns, no CDS, no TARP…………………

Rafsanjani Stirs the Pot…….

Afghan Genesis: Whose Taliban are They Anyway???.....................

Advice to a Middle East King on a Dialog of Cultures and Faiths………….

What Reigns Supreme In Egypt: Faith or Despair? The Beauty of Language.............

Trapped by NPT (and Iran?), Netanyahu calls it “Hypocritical”…….

Al-Yamama Dove Refuses to Die, BAE Arms Scandal Revived by Election Financing…………

Palin: Stalked and Stalker………

Amnesty on Egypt, Syria, and Israel………..

Amnesty Report on Migrant Workers in the Gulf………….

Amnesty on Women Abuse in the Middle East………………

Amnesty Report on Saudi Arabia…………

Amnesty Report on Iran………..

Israel and Egypt: Double Spy, Dead Spy, Murdered Spy………

Arab Carpetbaggers: from Optimism and Pride to Despair and Fundamentalism…….

Friedman’s Feel-Good Next War, Folly of Repeating History…………

Les Kaddafi de Tripoli, the Colonel and his Two Heirs………….

Bush on the Joy of Permanent War, Truman and Marshall the Dweebs……….

Qatar Forces Replacement of GCC Chief Bahraini Nominee……….

The Vengeful Asian Witch of Jeddah……….

Magical Money Multiplier of Oman, just what Uncle Sam Needs…………

White Collar Crimes: Medvedev Makes a Pitch for his Cronies………

Revolt on the Nile? the Ptolemies of Alexandria and stagnant Mubaraks of Sharm el-Shaikh…….

Tale of Two Gulf Networks, Saudi and Iranian Mouthpieces, the Clever and the Strident……….

Iran’s Green Artists and their Suspicious Mullahs…………..

One Gulf King Hails Another, Webcams and Chatting Royals and Miles Standish……….

Lahore Massacre: Pakistani Salafis Focus on Minority Ahmadiyas…………….

Arizona Safari Hunting Aliens? no Helicopters Allowed………………….

Persian Gulf Madness: Iran Phobia, Shi’a Phobia, Salafi Watermelon Phobia………..

Georgia on Iran’s Mind, Costs of Plugging the Russian and Chinese Holes………….

Saudi Hardball: the Right Dissident or the Wrong Nobody?...............

Watching One’s Bridges: Ahmadinejad Lashes at Russia………….

Bit of Iranian Prescience, Bit of Iranian Wishful Thinking………

Gaddafi Chosen Leader of the Year, Muammar and the NYC Rabbi..……..

Vanquisher of Mossad? Dubai Police Chief Tackles Financiers, Gulf Eliot Spitzer………

Palestinian Hard Rock: Homes Destroyed by Hamas (and Israel), Robbed by Fatah…………..

West Bank: the Enemy as Employer, the Leader as Tormentor……….

Israeli Army Worried: New West Bank Intifada Intensifies…………

Juliette Binoche and the Mullahs, Qom Haute Couture…….

More on Evin Hospitality and its Un-Islamic Scars…………

Admiral Hassan Nasrallah: is Hezbollah Eying the Israeli Fleet?.........

Northern Persian Gulf to Remain Unstable……………

Jordanian Suicide, Jordanian Humor: if Jon Stewart were Palestinian………..

A Russian Odyssey: from Missionary to Gulf Captive, Saga of SB and MB and LS and MA and AS et al……

Busy Week in Persian Gulf Trafficking: Housewives and Hookers, RA and NH and MO et al………

Slaves without Borders: From Nepal through the Persian Gulf…..

Slavery in Saudi Arabia: Abusers without Frontiers………

Bahrain Prince Creates a Storm with Rumored Shi’a CD (sans Jacko)……

Friedman’s Bonds with Ahmadinejad and the Arab Absolute Oligarchs…………

Twitter into Hot Gas: Saudi Minister Makes an Idiotic Demand…………..

CIA and Saddam’s Sex Life Plot: High School Kids Planned it?…………

Iraqi Stops all Flights to Britain and Sweden, Quoting Alice Cooper………

Qatar Releases Saudis Who Attempted Coup against its Emir………….

Obama the un-Bush: Ambushed, Bush-whacked, Turned into Bush-medium?………….

Haredim Intifada in Jaffa and Other Places…………

Egypt Uncovers New Mummies, Ruled by a Legend or a Relic?………

Facebook in Arabia, Tweeting Past the Potentates………

Iran’s Mottaki in Mexico, Arizona Bolsters Border Security, a Posse for Geronimo…………

Baghdad Struggling for Better Days, and Livelier Nights……….

GCC Gulfie Currency: New Second Thoughts, another Chance to bloc Hegemony………….

Iran Claims World Thirsty for its Message, Northwest Prefers its Microbrews…………

Curious and Yellow but not Mellow: Hairy Religious Police to Sweden, Taboos Broken…………………

Lieberman (not Joe) to be Indicted for Corruption…………….

Ahmadinejad Booed, Proves he is no Sarah Palin, More like Mariners…………

Love in Iranian Captivity: Seeds of a Hollywood Blockbuster?…………..

Iranian Uranium, no Cannes There……

Troubled Sisterly Waters of my Gulf, Toilets and Incense………..

Wild West On the Persian Gulf: Burning Asian Jealousy…….

Le Voile Intégral: European Politics of Fear?...........

Abu Dhabi: Unauthorized Pictures of the Wrong Crime Scene…..

The Lethal Sewers of Muscat……

Oh, Jerusalem………

A Polish Joke about a Muslim Takeover…………

Shaikh Al Obaikan “Clarifies” Adult Breastfeeding Fatwa, Herman’s Hermits on Milk……………

Israeli Bombs, African Apartheid Bombs………………

Netanyahu Opines on Radical Islam, of Uganda and the West and “Reactionary” Arabs….…..

A Jordanian Caligula Playing Zeus, Faces Death…………………

Ayatollah al-Sistani Comforts Allawi and Allies………………

Iran’s Stalinesque News Reports, Creative Artists under Watchful Eyes………….

Israeli Salafi Soldiers and the Murdered Enemy Camel……

Another Curious Case of a Bahrain Foreign Cop…..

GCC Illusions: Monetary Union Dead, Saudis Push for Political Hegemony…………

Texas Education Going “Islamist”, Post “Reconstruction” Salafi Founding Fathers……………

Missing Omar Khayyam of Naishapur……………

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