I guess it's not just anti-Zionism in Egypt after all: "Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Hussein Ya'qoub: The Jews Are the Enemies of Muslims Regardless of the Occupation of Palestine," from MEMRI TV, January 17 (just posted) Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Egyptian cleric Muhammad Hussein...

When Britain announced that they'd be engaging the child murdering pathological lunatics from Hezbollah, the idea was that they'd get Hezbollah to change their tone: On Wednesday, a British minister said the government was open to talks with Hezbollah's political wing. "We have reconsidered the posi...

Being the "ass"-essor that I am, I can confidently say that if you are Lebanese and you have ass, you are an exception to the rule.  Perhaps it's this "Phonecian" etno-ancestrial identification/blood that they so proudly tout over any claims to "Arab-ness" that is the cause of unfortunate a-posteri...

Lebanon enjoys a relative degree of sexual tolerance and freedom compared to the rest of the Middle East, but when two gay men were beaten up by police in broad daylight and nobody said or did anything to stop it, Beirut's gays and lesbians decided to stand up. Last week, more than 200 gay and ...

"One must take a stand. One simply must" "You have no idea what it's like to be me." -Christopher Hitchens Graphic courtesy of the Blacksmiths of Lebanon blog Apparently, about a week ago in Beirut, Christopher Hitchens could not help but be who he is, and stand on principle: Seeing a sign from the ...

More information is becoming available about the Christopher Hitchens brawl. It appears to have been a telling moment in Decency. The crucial detail is that Hitchens didn't just deface any old SSNP artefact - he scrawled on the monument to the first shots fired in resistance to the Israeli occupatio...

Here’s Michael Totten’s account of Christopher Hitchens and the Battle of Beirut. Christopher was encircled by four or five of them. They were geared up to smash him, and I reached for his hand to pull him away. One of the toughs clawed at my arm and left me with a bleeding scratch and a...

“Waltz With Bashir” has been racking up the prizes. In addition to a slew of international awards, it was awarded Best Picture by the National Society of Film Ciritics, Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes, and it seems to have the inside track on the same award at the Oscars this Sund...

As a professional provocateur and vocal supporter of the war in Iraq, Christopher Hitchens has been engaged in countless verbal punch-ups with his ideological opponents, most of them conducted from the safety of a TV studio. However, when the controversial author, journalist and broadcaster defaced ...

Christopher Hitchens is visiting Lebanon, and apparently was attacked and beaten by pro-Syrian neo-Nazis after he wrote some ... unflattering graffiti on an SSNP poster: Hot Air: Report: Hitchens beaten by Syrian thugs in Beirut? Some Hot Air commenters are applauding the SSNP thugs. UPDATE at 2/18/...