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KABOBfest Homework: Listen & Discuss
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 22:50During his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama stated... If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due...
Free Gaza Movement Openly "Smuggles" Palestinians
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:51Gazans Welcome the SS Free Gaza and the SS Liberty Israel's Ynet News, the website for Israel's largest newspaper, claimed that the Free Gaza movement's boats that left Gaza today "smuggled"...
ROMPE! ROMPE! ROMPE! John McCain?
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:20Daddy Yankee officially endorsed John McCain on Monday, and he actually accepted. I shit you not: (warning: McCain looks hilariously awkward and uncomfortable in this video) Wow, that's really hip...
I Prefer Raghead
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:17Towelhead is a movie based on a novel by the same name; it will be released in some US theaters on September 12 (the film debuted at the 2007 Toronto film festival under a different name). Warner...
Games Over
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 03:25The Olympics are over, and while many look back fondly on the accomplishments of their countrymen/women, others aren't so happy. Perhaps the saltiest of all is the Egyptian head honcho - Hosni...
Israeli Kid-Killer Claims Palestinians Bought Granddaughter/Stepdaughter/Victim
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 00:40A shocking murder case in Israel captured Israeli headlines. The disappearance and and death of 4-year-old, French-Israeli Rose Ron,involved a grim web of deceit, strange familial relations, and...
Breaking: Chaim Sugarman's Campaign Revived
Tue, 08/26/2008 - 18:12Though he dropped out of the race in February for a lack of support -- even from his own family -- Chaim Sugarman's candidacy may be back from the dead. A local news station in an unnamed city is...
"I doubt more than 1 in 100 Muslim women wear hijab here. It's probably close to the opposite in their home countries...
Sun, 08/24/2008 - 19:57So if it is really all about choice, why do the same women make different choices, depending on where they live? -A frequent KABOBfest message board commentator commenting on a conversation sparked...
Free Gaza Boats to break Siege
Sat, 08/23/2008 - 18:22A couple of days ago, after weeks of preparations and delays, two small boats (the USS Liberty and Free Gaza) set sail from the port of Larnaca, Cyprus for the Gaza Strip. The initiative is an...
Nader Almassri is Swifter, Higher, Stronger
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 05:48The following is a guest posting by Sim Sim, a devoted KABOBfest reader and Palestinian marathon runner. Enjoy! Palestinian Nader Almassri, a resident of Beit Hanoun Gaza competed in the Olympic...
Payday for Denver's Homeless: the Soft Potemkin Village
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 16:47He supports McCain's tax plan. In anticipation of the upcoming Democratic Obama-lovefest, the city of Denver faces the dilemma of many big cities nearing the limelight of a major event: what to do...
Bahraini Beauty, Roqaya Al-Gassra...
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 15:53WINS HER HEAT in full Hijab!!!! I know it's just a meaningless preliminary victory, but not only will that moment have a strong effect on Bahraini, Arab, and Muslim men and women alike, but will and...
Hezbollah Broadens Salafist Split in Lebanon
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 00:21Beirut Spring analyzed the agreement between Hezbollah and Salafist factions in Lebanon. He considers it a strategic gain for the party, and calls on the pro-West March 14th movement to try...
The Presidential Butt-Slap
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:33The stars of the U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball team - Misty May-Treanor (um, behind front) and Kerri Walsh - are enjoying great success so far during the 2008 Olympic Games. Could it be, perhaps,...
Saudi Girls Deserve Sports Heroes, Too
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:32This has been talked about to death in some circles, I know - fortunately this isn't one of them. As the Beijing Olympics roll on and the Michael Phelpses and Nastia Liukins (or the Cheng Feis and...
I Can't Torture You... You Look Like Me
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:31Not quite like the old days. In this NPR story that was on All Things Considered today (good lord i'm turning into my dad!), elderly former interrogators talk about their now declassified work in a...
Brigitte Gabriel Makes Islamophobia Sexy
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:25Gabriel asks, "where's my honorarium?" A short New York Times interview with one of the anti-Arab native informants on the scene, Brigitte Gabriel, further demonstrates the potentially ludicrous...
Georgia On His Mind
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 22:53After his initial choice for campaign song, Abba’s Dancing Queen, was objected to by the republican-supporting group Americans United Against Swedes And Gays, John McCain seized on current affairs...
The Mish '3aarif Model: Bush and Arab Leaders Should Follow the Perv
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:45Pervez Musharraf, America's little buddy in Pakistan, stepped down after internal legal and political pressures closed in on him. The impending impeachment targeted him for some crimes that should...
For the Conspiracy Theorists...
Sun, 08/17/2008 - 10:39While the recent assassination of top Syrian intelligence officer Gen. Muhammad Suleiman is old news, I just read this article today and thought I should share. Take a look. If it seems at all...
