Archive for the 'Politics' Category
The Sound of Yemen
Sunday, February 10th, 2008Article published in the brand new magazine ‘The Arab‘ about my last experience before leaving Yemen during Eid 2007.
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The Norwegian Martyr And The Belief In Western Journalism
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Few Norwegians die in conflicts or attacks abroad, and when it happens the attention to the events rival those of the martyr tradition of more martial cultures elsewhere. In an attack on the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, the Norwegian journalist Carsten Thomassen was killed when exiting the elevator in the lobby […]
Somalia – counter-narrative
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Although they are sometimes as simple as the stereotypical views they seek to challenge, counter narratives are interesting in that they portray issues and events in a way that makes us think twice about representations we take for granted. This one about Somalia, for example, challenges the official view that Islamists in power should be […]
Gearing up for war III, this time WW3?
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Referring to president Bush’ statement that allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons might lead to world war 3, Dennis Kucinich, congressman from Ohio said: ‘the White House rodeo cowboy has gone dangerously too far and precipitously too close to igniting the war he claims to be trying to avoid.’
You might have noticed a small news […]
Gearing up for war II
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007From Syriacomment
“Policy Brief” by Alistair Crooke, circulated by the U.S./Middle East Project, of which Henry Siegman is the Director
TICKING CLOCKS AND ‘ACCIDENTAL’ WAR
BY ALASTAIR CROOKE *
9 October 2007
Editor: Robert Malley
In an article in Salon.com on 19 September, Steven Clemons describes a debate at a recent Washington dinner party attended by eighteen persons at which […]
Gearing up for war?
Saturday, September 15th, 2007I don’t know if this case has made much of an appearance in the Norwegian media, but the Israeli bombing of something in eastern Syria last week and the speculation of what actually happened later is not a good sign for the Middle East or peaceful resolutions of any of the numerous conflicts in the […]