Entries (RSS)Archive for December, 2006
Jimmy Carter vs. Israel
Former president Jimmy Carter, still going strong at 82, has stirred up attacks here in the U.S. on his new book, which criticizes the Israeli occupation of Palestine and calls this an “obstacle” to peace in the Middle East. He is being criticized even for the book’s title….
Posted by Marcel Côté on 10 Dec 2006 at 18:33 under Politics.
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Don’t Litter (a short fable)
During my time in Morocco I noticed a campaign to fight litter, which included hiring people to sweep the streets, ads on TV about cleaning up the beaches, and installation of public wastebaskets on city streets. But that came later.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 09 Dec 2006 at 06:51 under Culture, Morocco.
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Summertime
I was in Ain Kensara, a village about 20 km outside of Fez, with my friend Youssef and his brother Mohamed….
Posted by Marcel Côté on 08 Dec 2006 at 17:50 under Culture, Morocco, Personal.
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In a Bad Mood
Watch out!!!
Posted by Marcel Côté on 07 Dec 2006 at 23:40 under Personal.
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Bush’s Spanking
Thanks to the gray old men (and one woman) of the Iraq Study Group, the magnitude of his unique, historic failure came crashing down on George W. Bush yesterday.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 07 Dec 2006 at 21:49 under Iraq, Politics.
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Evolution in Islam
On November 13, Kenza mentioned in her blog that she’d come across some videos on YouTube of Islamic “religious scholars” instructing men on the correct way to beat their wives according to the Qur’an. She kept viewing one after another as if in a trance, feeling a mix of morbid fascination and seething anger, unable to pull herself away.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 06 Dec 2006 at 13:44 under Culture, Religion.
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Oum Kalthoum!
One of the things I miss most about Morocco is hearing the music of Oum Kalthoum in public places—cafés, long-distance bus rides—so I’d like to share with you one of my favorites, “Esal Rouhak.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 02 Dec 2006 at 21:31 under Culture.
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We’re Bombing Iraq
This is me at age seven, on vacation in Colorado with my parents. We’re playing the part of the “perfect American family.” Never did I imagine that one day I’d be saying this, but…sorry, world, for the war crimes!
Posted by Marcel Côté on 02 Dec 2006 at 16:19 under Iraq, Personal, Politics.
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Someone Gets It
As foreign policy types, politicians and commentators in the U.S. are getting stirred up about the new report by the Iraq Study Group, there is one man who has noticed the futility of all this.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 02 Dec 2006 at 14:58 under Iraq, Politics.
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