Browsing Archive: May, 2011
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Thursday, May 26, 2011,
It was extremely painful to listen to Netanyahu's speech to Congress on Tuesday and see how U.S. representatives and senators eagerly cheered the Israeli prime minister's defiance and political arrogance. His categorical refusal to deal with the Palestinians now that Fatah and Hamas have united is reckless at best. Yes, Hamas is a radical organization that uses violence to achieve its ends, but it does play a critical role in Palestinian society, at times providing better social and economic ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, May 23, 2011,
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Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Thursday, May 19, 2011,
I always find it better to read important speeches like the one President Obama gave today on democracy in the MIddle East and North Africa and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Here is the transcript:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please have a seat. Thank you, very much.
I want to begin by thanking Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark: 1 million frequent flyer miles.
I count on Hillary every single...
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Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Tuesday, May 17, 2011,
It was just a matter of days before Egyptian filmmakers turned the revolution in their country into a film. Tamantahsar Yom (18 Days) is a collection of 10 shorts chronicling the events leading up to the removal of Mubarak's regime. The film is being shown at the Cannes Film Festival where Egypt has been invited as a "country guest" to celebrate its landmark revolution. There is already some controversy surrounding two filmmakers in this project who are accused of working too closely with the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, May 9, 2011,
As I said in my last post, you will see no ambivalence on this blog about the death of bin Laden. The questions I still have are not about the legitimacy of this surgical strike, but about why it took so long to take him out and why thousands of American soldiers and scores of Iraqis and Afghans had to die for something that could have been achieved right after 9/11. Arab (not only Pakistani or Afghani) regimes should also share the blame in this vicious negligence. Bin Laden's evil rhetoric... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, May 2, 2011,
My first reaction to bin Laden's death is good riddance. He was after all responsible for the death of scores of people around the world, including many more in Muslim countries, and that's the end ruthless killers deserve. There should be no equivocating about what happened yesterday. This was a brutal, deranged man with apocalyptic plans and the world should be grateful for his demise. My second, more reflective, reaction to the news, though, is: why ten years after 9/11? The most shocking ... Continue reading ...
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
