Monthly Archives: February 2005

I saw the pic­ture of Sabawi (the half broth… Con­tinue read­ing →

Al-MADA news­pa­per in Iraq reported that a s… Con­tinue read­ing →

Al-Iraqiya tele­vi­sion has aired lengthy inter­views with at least six men who said they were involved in gangs that kid­napped and killed dozens of peo­ple in the north­ern city of Mosul. Each man spoke in turn to an unseen inter­viewer, while … Con­tinue read­ing →

“One of the ironies of the new Iraq is that the man who once con­trolled the media can’t watch the tele­vi­sion which his fel­low coun­try­men — assum­ing that they have elec­tric­ity — now enjoy.”. Sad­dam Hus­sein, who exempted him­self and his … Con­tinue read­ing →

One of the myths been told about Iraq is Shi­ites were not allowed to per­form the reli­gious cel­e­bra­tions, as Cecile quotes from “Friends of Democ­racy” Under the for­mer regime, the Shi­ites were not allowed to per­form these cel­e­bra­tions, since the … Con­tinue read­ing →

For more than thou­sand year ago and Shia keep­ing this bar­baric rit­u­als, tor­tur­ing their bod­ies, wound­ing them­selves and forc­ing their chil­dren to par­tic­i­pate. What is the role of their reli­gion lead­ers?, Al-Sistani, Al-Hakim and the oth­ers if not for­bid­ding this? … Con­tinue read­ing →

Ter­ror­ist on TV: Fam­i­lies of the hostages can con­tact us on our address “Al-Jazeera”. —-cour­tesy “Arab­times” Digi­tal TV is just started 6 months ago here in the Nether­lands, I went to the cable com­pany to ask for more infor­ma­tion about … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Kurds announced lately their rejec­tion the idea of an Islamic repub­lic in Iraq, this what they said: Kurds will oppose set­ting up an Islamic repub­lic if this ques­tion is asked by other polit­i­cal forces in Iraq.…Of course we are a … Con­tinue read­ing →

Sol­diers and Marines serv­ing in Iraq will soon have a new tool intended to help keep them safe, and per­haps make their jobs eas­ier– a com­puter game designed to teach them how to speak Iraqi-style Ara­bic. For exam­ple, if the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Due to the very inter­st­ing reac­tions, I gave this post a push. Amer­i­can sol­diers in Iraq receive Cul­tural Smart Cards which, among other things, pro­vide a series of “Do This” and “Don’t Do This” behav­iors designed to avoid cul­tural mis­un­der­stand­ings. Some … Con­tinue read­ing →