http://alkhateeb.blog.com Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en             A couple of weeks ago, as I was struggling to sleep I turned on my TV hoping for some thing that would either entertain or sedate me. Apparently 2:30am is prime time for televangelists. I always thought there was something sinister about televangelists (regardless of religion). They are way ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/15/its-all-in-gods-hands/ This piece is lengthy … but it is powerful. (Courtesy of WAWA blog) Prophets on Apartheid: Part 1 http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=631&Itemid=176 Prophets on Apartheid: Part 2 http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=632&Itemid=176 http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/11/prophets-on-apartheid/ I will need to find the time to write about the tragedy of Hebron someday … Here is a piece that I came across today … http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2008/07/a_south_african_in_hebron.html “To me, what I saw in Hebron defiles the memory of the Holocaust and the name of Judaism” In a way this statement describes everything I ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/11/the-tragedy-of-hebron/ I picked up this story from the Angry Arab blog (angryarab.blogspot.com) … However, it passed without much discussion. Yesterday (July 10th), the Al-Arabiya* main page had a sidebar showing the most popular stories on the site … this is the translation …  Most Read: British woman on trial after having sex on ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/11/why-would-you-want-sand-in-your-ass-anyway/ Earlier today, I came across this video … http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/10/newton.yemen.child.bride.cnn I was surprised that CNN did not follow the trend of blaming this on Islam (like all other western news outlets that covered this story). The culture is to blame here for letting something like this happen. Yemen’s tribal population (mainly males) is ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/11/legal-rape/ Today is the 13th anniversary for the Srebrenica genocide – one of the most gruesome atrocities in modern history. On July 11th 1995, Serbian troops occupied the town of Srebrenica (inhabitants mainly Moslem Bosniaks ), and systematically killed men and boys. This morning, the burial of hundreds of victims was done ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/11/srebrenica/ This is going to be hilarious … The movie is still untitled … It should be out by the summer of 2009. http://www.forward.com/article/13679/ http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/08/bruno/             There were two main engagements on day 2. The first one was titled “Polished Sabers Dazzling in the Sun”. It was the third biggest cavalry battle of the civil war. General Stuart of the confederacy facing General Gregg of the union. The reenactment was great. They had a bout ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/06/gettysburg-part-2/ Listening to Faithful By Pearl Jam Present Tense By Pearl Jam When the World Ends By DMB Black By Pearl Jam Light Years By Pearl Jam I returned from Gettysburg late last night. I watched the reenactments of the second day’s engagements. I also visited the actual battlefield, which was much bigger than what I imagined. About ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/06/gettysburg-part-1/ “Smart People Do Smart Experiments” This statement might sound intuitive, but it is not. When Dr. Keil (a really smart yeast geneticist) mentioned these words on my first day as a graduate student, I got inspired. I did not know why. These words implied something that I found very soothing. Earlier today, ... http://alkhateeb.blog.com/2008/07/03/on-science-and-art/