You know what you get when you fight fire with fire? An inexhaustible blaze.
But according to Nagla al-Imam, this isn’t true. She believes that fighting Israeli occupation with sexual harassment is actually the key to resisting it. She recently “invited Arab youth to sexually harass and rape Israeli women as a form of resistance”: Read More
In an exclusive interview with ArabComment, Ibrahim Ahli, Director of Marketing at Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ), explains why Dubai is the only place to set up operations in the region, how expansion plans look beyond the UAE, and why British companies are so valued.
ArabComment: How do you think that Dubai will perform during the global financial crisis, and how will your operations be affected?
Ahli: Actually our operations have not been affected at all by the financial crisis in the world because we still have companies establishing at the Dubai Airport Free Zone and asking for office spaces for the region. I’ll give you an example: we have now more companies from Japan, who would like to establish their offices in Dubai, and our location is an ideal location for them because they want to shift their operations of selling their products to the United States, and shifting it to other new markets, so Middle East, Russia, India are new markets for the Japanese companies.
ArabComment: Would you say that you’re offering a respite from the current financial crisis and that Dubai is a kind of a safe haven? Read More
Congratulations!
The road to the White House has been extremely long and highly entertaining.
Thank you Sarah Palin for showcasing Tina Fey’s comic genius. Thank you Barack Obama for showcasing American meritocracy at work.
You ran an impeccable campaign and I am proud to have a President who knows what the word impeccable means. But most of all thank you for inspiring us to get involved in politics. It has meant the world to me and to many Arab-American democrats.
Let me share with you what I saw:
I saw Arab-Americans young and old volunteer their time. They donated money like many other Americans who responded to your message of hope. They urged their friends and families to become registered voters. Many voted for the first time in their lives.
On election day I saw young kids with loud speakers cheer for Obama on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey. I honked my horn and was happy as a lark. It felt good to be on the winning side for a change. It feels good to be an American. I know this isn’t possible in Europe.
But don’t get me wrong. It hasn’t been all good: Read More
Picture courtesy of Lilia Araj.
Come on Jordan, this is it.
This is your chance, change the world for the better.
Contribute to society as society has done for you.
Change Jordan, Change Jordan, Change.
My questions are almost finished, so show me the answer. Read More
This is a review of Daniel Barenboim’s Everything is Connected: The Power of Music. Weidenfield & Nicolson. 2008.
A great number of tremendously gifted Jewish musicians occupy the highest places in the world of classical music. Lorin Maazel, Leronard Bernstein, James Levine and Daniel Barenboim are familiar names for any classical music fan.
Barenboim, however, stands out from the rest.
The former director of the Chicago Symphony and now the director of La Scala in Milan, Italy, Barenboim routinely condemns the excesses of the Israeli occupation and is interested in nurturing musical talents amongst Arabs as well as Jews. Read More
Hey Jordan.
Three things you should know
Life is nothing more than a series of random occurences picked out of an infinite list
Literature is nothing more than a series of ultimate values
An artist’s job is to show us what an eye and camera can’t.
What are you gonna do with your life? Read More
