The Nomad and the Olive Branch

Sometimes, turning stereotypes into comedy serves to undermine the stereotype. Let's see how Jeff Dunham and his pal, Achmed the Terrorist, do that: Achmed The Terrorist - Watch more free videos It sure got a good laugh out of me. Hope you enjoy it! Salaam, from Saracen

The Zionist P.R. is abuzz with news of a Mickey Mouse moniker on Al Aqsa television, Hamas's equivalent of Hizbullah's Al-Manar, telling children to "annihilate the Jews" and that one day Muslims will rule the Earth. I actually fell for the P.R. that spewed it out, until my sister found the video on YouTube and was considerate enough to show me. After watching it, I concluded that the video was heavily butchered and the translation was waaay off.Why do I say that? First, the translator was MEMRI, the same organization that made a pitiful translation and coverage of the Wafa Sultan debate . MEMRI is known for snippetting MidEastern media output and horribly translating what is being said on Arab television. Second, even if MEMRI did turn out to be a "reliable" source, there were many translation mistakes evident, as well as quotes that were taken out of context. At 00:18 , "Farfur" (فرفور, a play on the Arabic word that means "mouse") gi...

Friends, peace be upon you all. I've been away for quite a while because I've been swamped with exams. I'll be posting more soon. One of my friends was wasting time on youtube but came up with an interesting video that caught my attention: The movie parodies on Apple's mega-capitalist/commercialist values and the Iraq war. But it's clever as it hints at the corporate manipulation of this farce of a war. Oh, well, at least it's good for laughs. Stay tuned. Salaam, from Saracen P.S. Finally, the new blogger accepted my old blogs. I must say, the features blogger.com added to their blogging service are spectacular. Expect this blog to be souped up accordingly during the summer.