Election fever in the Middle East
1 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Thursday, December 2 at Thursday, December 02, 2004.
The upcoming elections in both Palestine and Iraq are causing some painful but obvious questions to be asked in the more leading Arab nations. MEMRI, one of the most useful online resources regarding the Middle East, has the goods, translating editorials and opinions from Arab newspapers and TV. This one is particularly to the point:
"It is sad and pathetic that the eyes of the entire world are upon the Palestinian and Iraqi elections that will be held under the lances of foreign occupation, while the peoples of the 'independent, free, and sovereign' Arab countries have no way of expressing their will. It is sad and pathetic that certain countries today are treating the Iraqis with the cheapest kind of political hypocrisy, even though no one heard any particular Arab protest during the time of the regime of the mass graves [i.e. during Saddam's rule].
Read the whole article, plenty of really interesting stuff. Egypt has elections coming up in October 2005, which will be something to keep your eyes on.
I'll be kicking it in Sinai this weekend. Cant wait. Sun, huts on the beach, coral reefs and
"It is sad and pathetic that the eyes of the entire world are upon the Palestinian and Iraqi elections that will be held under the lances of foreign occupation, while the peoples of the 'independent, free, and sovereign' Arab countries have no way of expressing their will. It is sad and pathetic that certain countries today are treating the Iraqis with the cheapest kind of political hypocrisy, even though no one heard any particular Arab protest during the time of the regime of the mass graves [i.e. during Saddam's rule].
Read the whole article, plenty of really interesting stuff. Egypt has elections coming up in October 2005, which will be something to keep your eyes on.
I'll be kicking it in Sinai this weekend. Cant wait. Sun, huts on the beach, coral reefs and
not much else. Shady, my Egyptian friend we are going out there with, freaked us out a bit tonight warning us of freezing cold temperatures at night time. Well freezing cold by Egyptian standards at least - we checked online and saw the horrible truth - that the temperature out there is getting down to an unbearable 17 degrees at night time. The Egyptian winter really can get rough sometimes, but hey, I'll survive I think :)
Oh, and in case anyone cares, we are going here - and as you can see below, its going to be a tough weekend:
Oh, and in case anyone cares, we are going here - and as you can see below, its going to be a tough weekend:
Ah yes. It does seem like a chilly weekend for you in Sinai. Currently it is 19°F/-7°C here in St. Cloud, MN, USA. And this is just the beginning! Roudy had fun having a snowball thrown at him--okay i enjoyed throwing it! The flip flops have been set aside temporarily. Tough life Tom. Enjoy!