Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for March 2011

April Breaking News IX: Hamas Admits Holocaust was Real………

April Breaking News VIII: King of Jordan to Play Star Trek……..

April Breaking News VII: Berlusconi and Mubarak’s Niece…….

April Breaking News V: UAE Plans Total Disarmament…….

April Breaking News VI: Hariri to be Made a Saint………

April Breaking News IV: Shaikh Khalifa Joins al-Haq………

April Breaking News III: Ahmadinejad to Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau………

April Breaking News II: Saudi King Abdicates………..

April Breaking News I: Colonel Qaddafi Defects to Motha………

The Saudi Counterrevolution: Buying the West, Buying Egypt…….

Prince Turki’s Nuclear Option in the Gulf, End of Days………

No Irony in Qatar, Hypocrisy in Qatar………

Gulf Policy: Change Obama Believes in, Faustian “Yelleh”…………..

Bahrain under the Gun: Pogrom in Manama...........

Obama the Conqueror? Obama Coeur de Lion?.....................

In Jeddah: a Fatwa for Fun, Fornication, and Filching………

New Slave Trade in Africa, a Half Price for Murder, the ‘Diya’ ………

A New Iranian Air Force One? Beam me Up, Mahmoud..............

Bahrain ‘Politics’: Welcome to Riyadh in Manama ………..

Shaikh Al AL-Shaikh Leading Saudi Reforms……..

The Princess and the Average Woman………….

Breaking News: Prince Bandar Found Alive…………..

Fifth Columns in the Gulf: Iranian Threat, Saudi Threat……….

A Sorority of Arab Leaders: Tea & Scones & Suppression………….

Iran Noruz Summit Includes Qatar and Oman, No Assad or Abdullah……….

Secretary Clinton and Middle East Women and Costco……….

United Arab Emirates: the Price of Silence…………

Is it Syria in Exchange for Bahrain? the Arba’een.............

An Internet Iron Curtain over the Persian-American Gulf………

A Suspicious Saudi Confederation on my Gulf…………

Goebbels of Arabia: A Feudal Lesson in Democracy………..

The Curious Council of Ministers of Bahrain……..

Arabian Peninsula: She Said Kings, When they Enter a Land…….

North Africa: Some of the Usual Suspects…….

Problems with al-Qaeda, Drugs, Iran: Jordan and Syria…...……

Time on a Reign of Terror in Bahrain…………..

Prince Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Goes Hollywood……..

The Gulf: Buying Arms and Media and the Internet…………….

What Arab Autocrats and Iranian Mullahs Want………

Ahmadinejad: for Chastity Belts and against Tyranny?..........

From Syria with Love: the Illusion of Saudi Exceptionalism…….

Sarahcuda and Israel: Palin Doing the Aliyah………..

My Disagreement with Ayatollah Khamenei………..

A Confederation of Fifth Columns in the Gulf States………….

Egypt’s Revolution and a Kingdom without Magic…………

The Odd Religious ‘Freedom’ of Malaysia………..

UAE: a Salary Hike, More Window-Dressing……….

Saudi King: ‘I’m Just an Average Joe’, Al-Shaikh & Fermi…….

The Egyptian Army and Female Virginity………

A Solution for Bahrain? Forget About It……..

Iranian Illusions of Power, Arab Advise………

Did the King of Bahrain Just Save the World?..............

After Lulu: Will Salmaniya Hospital be Destroyed?.............

More on Gulf “Tribal” Liberalism, al Comanche……

A Sorority of Highnesses & Excellencies on the Gulf, a Tea Party……..

BBC on the Gestapo in Bahrain…………….

A Wahhabi Salafi 'Crusade' to Muzzle Gulf Media………….

Gulf: Knowingly Distorting the Truth…….

From the Base at Manama to the Shores of Tripoli………

Pictures of Bahrain: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.......

Abdullah and Khamenei: Responses to Political and Economic Crises…….

Timothy Leary in Arabia: Revolting Leaders and Stoned People …….

Kingdom of Apartheid Hiring More Mercenaries……..

Myth of Gulf Tribal Liberals: Moving From Saddam to Wahhabi Bigotry……..

Clintonese Blessing of Saudi Invasion and Suppression…….

The Guardian on a Peninsula Shield of Autocracy............

Difference Between the Gulf and North Africa: All them Als……

A Picture Worth a Million Riyal: Brimming with Love in Riyadh…….

The West and Arab Revolts: Hall of Shame, Blood for Oil……….

A Strange Iranian Visit to NYC, Canceled…………

King Abdullah Leads a New Arab Revolution…………

Saudis, Go Home! Al Khalifa & Al Qaddafi.....

Qardhawi as a Saudi Hero of Egypt’s Revolution!.........

A Prince Opines on Lulu Square, the Warsaw Uprising, and Uncle Adolph……..

Destroying Pearl: a Gulf “Mission Accomplished” Moment under Apartheid……..

Can Saudi Money and Western Arms Kill the Arab Spring?…………

Satrapy of Bahrain: who Rules in Manama?...........

The Saudi King’s Clueless Offer: More Money, More State Security, Forget Politics………

The Saudi King's Speech: Shocking or Funny or Usual Blah?………….

Saudi Medical Breakthrough, Emulating Amsterdam.......

Heroes Fighting the Scourge of Corruption: My Nominees…..

Freed Bahrainis, Beached Saudis, Abu Dhabi Waterboys, Horny Mermaids ……

Real and Political Massacres in Manama: the Division of Bahrain………

A Saudi Cause Célèbre: a Policy of Apartheid, a Media Empire……..

Bahrain: the Economics of Corruption 101……….

Saudi Arabia to Give Up Corruption, Prince Bandar to Enter Rehab Center……..

My Gulf Wins a Prize: the Least Charismatic Leader(s) in the Whole World………..

What Bob Gates Did not Know, Crushing the Spirit of Bahrain……….

Qaddafi Tanks, Saudi Tanks, Ba’athist Tanks ………

Is the UAE Falling Behind in its Armaments Goal?.............

Zenga Zenga in Occupied Bahrain: Manama as Prague or Kuwait City?………….

Saudi Arabian Regime Does a Saddam! Invades Bahrain! ……..

Sarkozy Loses an Ally over Muslim Hearings: my Suggestion………

On my Gulf: of an Uprising, a Vanished Fear, a Threat of Invasion......

GCC Support Libya No-fly Zone: now about a Gulf Exclusion Zone for Bahrain……..

Saudi Daily Column Hints at Term Limits for Saudi Kings………………

Robert Gates for President of Bahrain, Feltman of Beirut………..

Lebanon: STL to Charge Muqtada al-Sadr?……….

On Foreign Influences in Bahrain: Hired Gulf Media Mudslingers………….

From Tehran to Doha to Riyadh to Abu Dhabi: Watching the World Go By, a Talent for Boring………….

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