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Watch: Abdulkhaleq Abdulla’s Viral Interview with Rabab Al-Mahdy on the UAE, Saudi Rivalry, Egypt, and Sudan - This interview was likely one of the most-viewed videos in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates over the past week. The interview is in Arab...
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Livestream: Israeli military falters on all fronts - Trump is risking global catastrophe rather than admit defeat in Iran, says Ali Abunimah. Jon Elmer reports on Iran-led resistance, and Israel adopts deat...1 day ago
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Twitter et Facebook obéissent au doigt et à l'oeil aux autorités d'occupation - Tweet bloqués : Twiter « collabore avec Israël dans la censure des messages venus de l'extérieur ». Dans ce qui est la dernière étape de la collaboration ...9 years ago
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How Iran won the Iran War - Iran likely inflicted a billion dollars worth of damage on the 13 US military bases in the Middle East, most of which seem destroyed.7 hours ago
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بصمات أصابع - حبيبتي رُغم أننا في نفس القارب نهاياتُ القصصِ أخذتْ تختلف أسبقُكِ ربما أو نُواصلُ معا طرقٌ يتحسّسُ الجسدُ فيه المزيدَ من الجسد قصدتُ الأرميني العجوز في م...
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La main pense - Au Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, on a pu voir récemment « Le verre au-delà de la matière », une exposition qui restitue...2 weeks ago
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Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism - [image: Salah Sarsour (Islamic Society of Milwaukee)]Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing...18 hours ago
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Returning to Hafiz al-Assad’s Syria: Bashar Heads Back to the Future in 2020 - President Bashar al-Assad was the main catalyst for reform in Syria’s economy and to a lesser degree in its political institutions before the 2011 uprisi...6 years ago
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Will US global hegemony last for another century? - My weekly article for Al-Akhbar: "Will US global hegemony last for anther century"? (A critical review of Michael Beckley's new book from Cornell Universi...7 years ago
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Israel Destroys Iranian Synagogue - Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of their synagogue in Tehran after Israel bombed The post Israel Destroys Iranian Synagogue a...2 hours ago
About me
- Abu Pessoptimist
- This blogname was derived from a satiric Arabic novel by the Palestinian Israeli Emile Habiby. In the ''The Secret Life of Saeed The Pessoptimist'' he uses absurdism as a weapon against the (ir)realities of daily life in Palestine/Israel. I consider it to be an example for how events in Israel/Palestine best can be approached. The subtitle is from a book by Dutch author Renate Rubinstein. In a way that is also still my motto. My real name is Martin (Maarten Jan) Hijmans. I've been covering the ME since 1977 and have been a correspondent in Cairo. In 2018, I concluded the study 'Arabic language and culture' at the University of Amsterdam. I started 'Abu Pessoptimist' in January 2009 out of anger about the onslaught of that month in Gaza. The other blog, The Pessoptimist, is meant to be a sister version in English. (En voor de Nederlandstaligen: ik wilde in november 2009 een tweede blog in het Engels beginnen en ontdekte te laat dat als je één account hebt, een profiel dan meteen ook voor allebei de blogs geldt. Vandaar dat het nu ineens in het Engels is... So sorry.)
Emil habiby
Renate Rubinstein
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