Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for April 2011

May Day: Housemaids and Workers of the Arab World, Unite……

Wilayat el-Faqih Comes to Saudi Arabia, Music and Isotopes……..

Urban Legend: Susan Rice and Qaddafi and Viagra………

The Saudi-Israeli Alliance Comes Out of the Closet………….

Iraqis Seek Arab League Job, Kings Get Collective Infarct……

Saudis Tighten Speech Control: Reform? Never Heard of it?............

The Battle for Iran: the Arab Factor, La Marseillaise………….

The Great Saudi Success, of Pakistanis and Salafi History………….

Saudi Saint Patrick’s Day in Manama, Green Underwear and Death………

A Joke of the Season: Saudis to Reform Syria? Oh Neanderthals ............

Yes He can! Pogroms and Apartheid in the Shadow of the Fifth Fleet……

Planet Earth Left Defenseless, Calling Will Smith………

A Salafi Rabbi and His Country of Origin………..

History: the Irgun in Arab Jaffa………………

The Arab Spring Hits Europe: Sarkozy and Khalifa…………

On Satisfaction and Oil and Polygamy in the Middle East………

MENA: Unemployment and Revolution in Police States……….

The Emerging Iraqi-Saudi Rivalry, a Khyber Syndrome…….

Coming Out: Bahrain Shaikh is a Beatles Closet Revolutionary……….

Nuclear Mullahs: an Iranian Dance with the Stars………..

Shtetl Falafel and Casio Terrorists………..

The Nightmare of Bahrain: Will the Regime Behead Protesters............

Kangaroo Courts: UAE and Iran……….

What is Wahhabi-ese for Shi’a? a Prince, a Mufti, a Puppy..............

Mecca: Greed Trumps Allah and History and Justice……………

The Gulf: al-Nahayan are Blackmailing Egypt……….

Saudis to Bandar: Baby Come Back, Baggage and All………

Palace Intellectuals, Schmellectuals, Revolution, and Evolution………..

Saudis Facing a Vegetable Crusade………….

Shirin Ebadi on Obama and Bahrain……….

UAE: Al-Nahayan Cracking Down...........

The Economics of Saudi Housewives and Princes………

Revolutionary Housemaids of Arabia…………

A Pledge of Heil Hamad? A Dangerous Game on my Gulf…………..

On Suicide Among Arabs and Iranians………..

Gulf Cat that Got Clinton’s Tongue………….

Saudi Pussycat that Got Clinton’s Tongue………….

Is the New Arab Dawn an Illusion?.............

La Marseillaise: A Love Song for Shaikh Khalifa………..

Health in Occupied Bahrain: Obamacare and Saudicare ………….

Emirates Try Baby for Adultery, Shaikh Warns Girls about Fathers…….

About Those Arab Revolutions……….

Salafis for a Gulf Confederacy of Dunces.......

Iranian Schizophrenia: Fars News Headlines in One Day………..

American-Saudi Ties: Poisoning the Gulf, Trapping Washington………..

Gulf Baltagiya to Train in the U.S. ……

The Brave New Saudi-Israeli World of the West, Royal Red Eyes……..

A Gulf Proclamation: a List of Honor, a List of Shame………..

The Only Brave Man in Riyadh: I Protest, Therefore I Am………….

Rafdhi Prophets and Revolutionaries, State Department Wahhabis, Jesus and Lenin ………

Jeffrey Feltman of Manama and the West Bank and Beirut, Auld Lang Syne………

UAE: Smart Phones and Dumb Leaders………

Saudi Plans for a Democratic Future in Egypt………..

Pictorial Orwellian Bahrain: Watermelon King, Wahhabi Masters……….

Rumi: Iranian Cleric Mixes Bestiality with Politics……….

Wael Ghonim to IMF & World Bank: J’accuse…………

Saudi Shaikh Al Al-Shaikh and the Magi and the Egyptian Abdelwahab……….

The UAE Behind the Façade: the Naked Sons, Shakhboot and Detroit………

Hariri as Metternich: Shilling for the Saudis in Syria………

Kosher Breast-feeding in a Kingdom of Denial and Unholy Frustrations……….

Khamenei’s Unusual Birther Issue………..

Hariri as a Humorous Asterix and Nasrallah………..

Prince Nayef and his Serfs, Mr. Bramble and the Law, Hunain……..

A Pictorial Gulf Fatwa: Fifth Columns and Fears of Hegemony……

The African Queen and Freedom and Leeches in the UAE………..

The Joys of Media Lobotomy and Red Lines Around My Gulf…….

Iran: Ahamadinejad and Mashaei Lose One, Maybe………

On My Gulf: the Bridge from Hell, a Song by the Methadones………..

Waffen-SS in Manama, Grounds for Separation, a Satrapy………………

Iranian Mullahs Ban Food Channel, Wine and Buttermilk and Missiles………..

The King and the Likud and the Silent Taboo Word………….

Guess Who is Behind the Arab Revolutions: of Rutting Pigs, and a Scared Majority…………..

The Arab Counter-Revolution of a Watermelon Kingdom………

The Saudi Yemeni Dilemma, Kosher Wahhabis and Kibutzim………

The Discreet Charms of the Absolute Princes and Decrepit Worthies…………

One More Death is Announced in Bahrain………….

The Fires of Iran, Communists of My Gulf…….

UAE Arrests Reformists, Gary Cooper and Kissers of Abu Dhabi……….

Where is Khaled? a Most Confused Saudi, the Bravest Saudi………

II More on Saudi Bahrain Relations: 2005…………

Saudi Bahrain Relations: 2005………….

Lebanon , Elusive Secularism, Aging Beauty, no Salafis………

Pakistani Mercenaries for Saudi Arabia? Et Tu Abdullah? ………

Abu Dhabi and Emma Lazarus: Give me Your Asian Slaves, Yearning to be Free………

On My Gulf: a Day in the Life………..

Obama and the Persian-American Gulf: an Era of Ethnic Cleansing.............

The Thrill is Gone: Egyptians and the al-Saud………………

Saudi Commission for Promotion of Vice: High Tech, Geeky, Hip, no Place Vendôme …….

Ayat al-Qormezi, Shaikh Khalifa, Hillary Clinton, Prince Whatishisface……..

Egypt and the Gulf: Revolution and Evolution and Dinosaurs……….

Aiding and Arming the Arab Counterrevolution ……….

Middle East America: the Dog and the Tail and the Price.............

Middle East Armaments: New York, New York, NYSE………….

Arab Revolutions and Iranian Illusions………

The Silent Rape of Bahrain………………

The Iranian Rial: Extra Zeros, Harmful Sanctions, Bad Economics…………

Qatar: a Despot Who Praises Democracy and Repression………..

Kings of Humanity, Butchers of Hearts, an Island Wali, Loquor Ergo Sum…………

Kissing Hands and Other Middle East Parts………….

Jerusalem: A Native Son in Internal Exile………….

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