Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for May 2010

Arabia Deserta

Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for May 2010

Are Iranians Ditching al-Maliki? What about the Arabs?...............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/23/2010 10:07 AM | Add Comment

In Iran: Karroubi’s Complaint…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 5:19 PM | Add Comment

Will Iran Join the Shanghai Bloc?..............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 4:56 PM | Add Comment

Casablanca on the Persian Gulf?............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 4:31 PM | Add Comment

A Tiny Minority View on Jerusalem………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 3:56 PM | Add Comment

Exposed? Curious Case of the Bahrain Policeman…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 9:32 AM | Add Comment

Fun City: Hajj Pilgrims Overstaying their Visas…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 8:43 AM | Add Comment

Got Salafi Milk? Top Saudi Shaikh Okays Women Breastfeeding Male Colleagues, WTF………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 8:33 AM | Add Comment

The Israeli Moth and the Lebanese Fire, a Never-ending Story?…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/22/2010 7:51 AM | Add Comment

Death to Facebook? Death to Twitter? Taliban Making Money from Old Glory………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 2:01 PM | Add Comment

Russian Defense Missiles: Teasing Iran, Teasing the West………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 1:22 PM | Add Comment

Flurry of Iranian-French-American Prisoner Exchanges……………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 12:57 PM | Add Comment

Last of the Israeli Légion étrangère: Lebanese Beau Gestes (not)…..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 12:13 PM | Add Comment

The Lula Theory of Macho: American Politics Need Foreign Enemies…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 11:50 AM | Add Comment

Iraqi Political Double Speak of Al and Allawi, my Firewall Fatwa………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 11:21 AM | Add Comment

Israel Opines 0n Effective Iran Sanctions………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 9:37 AM | Add Comment

An Independent Royal Non-Government Foundation of Oligarchies, Same Lame Camel for Sale…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 9:20 AM | Add Comment

The Coming Battle of the Nile Waters…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 8:48 AM | Add Comment

Saudi Bonnie Shoots at Pigs While Clyde Escapes…..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 8:21 AM | Add Comment

Dubai Police to Name the Whole World as Suspects in the Mossad Killing of Hamas Operative…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Feltman in Iraq, Allawi Whining Less, Fatwa Stands (for now)…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/21/2010 7:37 AM | Add Comment

A Summer of Bombs or Wine? Shifting Alliances and Allegiances, Osama at Bibi’s Bar Mitzvah, Salafi Kosher………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 12:28 PM | Add Comment

Bahrain Royals Want more Respect from al-Jazeera……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 11:41 AM | Add Comment

Emerging Power: Illegal in India for doctor to tell parents the gender of unborn child……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 9:12 AM | Add Comment

Saying the “H” Word in DC: Courting Hezbollah sans Iran, the Toughest Nut of them All…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 8:27 AM | Add Comment

Iran’s Central Bank, Israeli Interests only Congress, a New North Korea…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 8:10 AM | Add Comment

Devious Iranians, Belligerent Americans…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 7:56 AM | Add Comment

Pakistan Blocks You Tube after Facebook, Wet T-shirts of Waziristan…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/20/2010 7:50 AM | Add Comment

Home of the Brave: are Right Wingers and Anti-Semites Really Scared of a Pair of Arab-American Tits?.............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 5:07 PM | Add Comment

A Glimmer of Hope for American Students in Iran, Maybe………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 11:19 AM | Add Comment

Evin Prison: Jafar Panahi on Hunger Strike……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 11:15 AM | Add Comment

Safe Exile for Taliban, Safe Exile for Karzai: Who will be the Pashtun Kerensky?............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 8:10 AM | Add Comment

The American Far Right and the Pretty “Hezbollah” Queen………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 8:00 AM | Add Comment

World Cup Plot aimed at Dutch Tulips and Danish Pastry……..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 7:27 AM | Add Comment

Unlocking Human Potential, Physically Speaking………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 7:10 AM | Add Comment

Elbaradei Praises Iran-Turkey-Brazil Deal, as a First Step……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 7:04 AM | Add Comment

World Cup FIFA Punishes Egypt for being Nasty Lousy Hosts………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 6:58 AM | Add Comment

They came First for the Communists, then for the Jews: then they Came for Saddam, or was it Ahmadinejad, or Glenn Beck, or……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 6:40 AM | Add Comment

Hezbollah Cruises: Competing with Israel for Tourists……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 6:31 AM | Add Comment

Egypt Court Mulls Expelling Spouses of Israeli Women……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 6:25 AM | Add Comment

Leadership Crisis of al-Qaeda in Iraq: Abu XXX el-Baghdadi, Pancho Villa el-Baghdadi, Robin Hood el-Baghdadi……..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 5:49 AM | Add Comment

The Lone Palestinian Woman and the Ugly Settlers…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/19/2010 5:36 AM | Add Comment

Cruel Islamic Joke: Pipes and Giuliani for Miss USA……..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 1:20 PM | Add Comment

Middle East Ménage à Trois: Iran, Israel, USA, and Gulf Public Opinion……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 11:53 AM | Add Comment

Religious Cop Interrupts Couple, Man Faints, Woman Fights, Cop Downed………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 9:11 AM | Add Comment

Occupied Aden Wants its Freedom Back…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 8:24 AM | Add Comment

Their Own Political Law of the Jungle………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 7:53 AM | Add Comment

Iraq Claims Saudi and Algerian al-Qaeda Terrorists Caught………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 7:46 AM | Add Comment

French Teacher in Iran was a Spy After All……..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 7:37 AM | Add Comment

Prince Chuck, Persian Gulf Potentates, and the Lawsuit……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 7:10 AM | Add Comment

City of Gold: Where Riding in a Car with a Man Means Wanting Sex……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 7:01 AM | Add Comment

Iran Nuclear Deal: West Skeptical, Israel Pissed, Third World Cheering, Arabs Confused…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 6:47 AM | Add Comment

Lieberman (not Joe) to Kim Dim-Wit: Imbecile and Proud of it………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 6:38 AM | Add Comment

A Disabled Friendly City of the Middle East………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/18/2010 6:30 AM | Add Comment

The French-Iranian Reiss-Vakili Rad Exchange, What about the Americans?..........

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 12:25 PM | Add Comment

A Saudi His Masters’ Voice is Fired on His Wedding Day, Right of the Okhrana……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 11:50 AM | Add Comment

Arizona in the Holy Land, Illegals in Israel…………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 9:01 AM | Add Comment

Sorbonne Sur le Golf (Persique): Best Mediocre Education that Oil can Buy?............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 8:54 AM | Add Comment

US Congress about to Tighten Screws on Iranian “People”, an “Ethnic” Election-Year Bill? ………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 8:42 AM | Add Comment

No Sex for the City of Abu Dhabi………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Labor Camps of the Persian Gulf: Ghettos hit by Hard Times……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Iranian Protesters into Exiles in Limbo, the Sarkozys…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 6:54 AM | Add Comment

Was There a French-Iranian Deal for Clotilde Reiss?............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 6:47 AM | Add Comment

‘New’ New Middle East: Strategic Shifts, a New Triangle, my Doubts……....

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/17/2010 6:39 AM | Add Comment

Noam Chomsky Denied Right of Return?…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 4:06 PM | Add Comment

Baghdad Manual Vote Recount Changes Three Seats in Parliament………...

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 3:35 PM | Add Comment

Has Iran Reached Nuclear deal with Brazil and Turkey?.............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 3:26 PM | Add Comment

Royal Confusion and Books and Awards, and some Bins………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 9:53 AM | Add Comment

Why Allawi often Needs to STFU………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 9:45 AM | Add Comment

Persian Gulf Health Care and Recuperation: Offshore for Potentates Only……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 9:14 AM | Add Comment

Upscale Condos, Down to Earth Practices, Scareltt Doggie Doo………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 9:04 AM | Add Comment

Only in Deutschland: Forcing WiFi Security, End of my Piggybacking………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 8:56 AM | Add Comment

On the Persian Gulf: the Turban, the Carioca, and the Neo-Totalitarians?.............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 8:14 AM | Add Comment

Saudis Want the US to Impose an Amenable Government on Iraqis………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/16/2010 8:02 AM | Add Comment

China’s Mysterious Electronic Murders…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 6:01 PM | Add Comment

Sectarian Potentates of the Middle East……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 11:51 AM | Add Comment

Qadhadi in the Slammer, Crimes against Good Taste……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 11:44 AM | Add Comment

Royal Inhuman Rights on the Persian Gulf……………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 9:30 AM | Add Comment

On Torture, a Young Queen, and a London Mouthpiece (and the Humor)…….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 9:23 AM | Add Comment

The Other Mujahedeen (of Iran)……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 9:15 AM | Add Comment

Joke of the Month: Saudi Prince Turkey Wants to Save Democracy in Iraq……………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 9:00 AM | Add Comment

"Anonymous” Western Diplomats Claim more Iran Nuclear Trouble…………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 8:52 AM | Add Comment

Iranian Fools and Their Voices: A Crazy Cleric Could Raise Regional Tensions…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 8:40 AM | Add Comment

A Sneaky Latter Day Oklahoma in Jerusalem……………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 8:33 AM | Add Comment

Who the Hell is Hassan Geagea (J’aj’a)? Hybrid Lebanese Crossing Samir and Nasrallah.............

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/15/2010 8:18 AM | Add Comment

Hezbollah, May 15, and the Game of Holocaust Denial…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 8:37 PM | Add Comment

Evolution and English: Alabama’s, the Queen’s, and Mine………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 10:54 AM | Add Comment

“Al-Qaeda in Iran”: by the Weekly that Brought you al-Qaeda in Iraq (and Sarah Barracuda)……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 10:40 AM | Add Comment

Al-Qaeda in Iran: Déjà vu All Over Again?..........

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 10:29 AM | Add Comment

Real Complex Issues of the Middle East: Ours, Their, and Yours…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 9:30 AM | Add Comment

Lonely Hearts and Repressed Joggers of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 9:21 AM | Add Comment

The Other Alan Dershowitz, the Offshore Likudnik ……

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 9:14 AM | Add Comment

Persian Gulf Cinema: Potentates in the Mist, Sonia Braga in Burq’a…………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 9:02 AM | Add Comment

Lula and Erdogan Magical Nuclear Mystery Tour, the Swordsman Cometh………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 8:12 AM | Add Comment

Saving the Waters of Arabia, Drying the Palaces……………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 8:04 AM | Add Comment

Cannes 2010, Evin 2010: the Case of the Missing Iranian Judge…………….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 7:57 AM | Add Comment

Iran Resigned to New Sanctions………..

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 7:46 AM | Add Comment

Iran and America: the Best Form of Flattery, but no Flowers for Cheney.....................

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/14/2010 7:35 AM | Add Comment

Elie Wiesel and Jerusalem Friends, Premature Politicization………

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/13/2010 1:16 PM | Add Comment

Kim Jong-Fusion, Untouchable Land of Miracles……….

Posted by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD at 5/13/2010 11:18 AM | Add Comment

Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.

Blog Software