Daily Archives: June 22, 2010

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The Backlash Against Israeli Demonization of Lebanese Flotilla Women

Sharmine Narwani explains the methods pro-Israel pundits are using to imply that the Lebanese flotilla women are terrorists:

[they are using] every trick in the substandard-journalism book to connect individuals and groups by mashing together tidbits of information to suggest a coherent linkage. Have an Arab-sounding name? Palestinian is better. Have a beard? Headscarf? Good. I can make you into a terrorist in 24 hours or less.

She then describes the actual women:

Lovely ladies they were. In the hubbub, I had the chance to meet and chat with a few. Firstly, they are all calling themselves Mariam, “Mary” in Arabic. They are lawyers, architects, doctors, journalists, graphic designers, students, professors, human rights activists and school teachers. Some are full-time moms too.

Read the whole thing. But wait a second! Sharmine Narwani also has an Arab-sounding name. So embrace yourself for another wave of character assassination.

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A Photo Exhibition Is Part Of A Series Of Activities To Combat Domestic Violence in Lebanon

Good Idea:

The project Behind the Doors is part of the 16 Days Campaign of Activism against Gender Violence, which includes initiatives such as launching a petition to support passing the draft law [to protect domestic workers] and holding an exhibition outside the Parliament building to commemorate women who died from domestic abuse.

Witness the shock value of the exhibition 

The pictures displayed at the exhibition underlined the tools used by abusers, such as an axe or a leather belt. One photograph showed a shower and the writing text next to it read, “I married him … He surprised us by asking our opinion on which tool of torture he should use; you can pick the hose, the stick, the axe, the rope, the cross, the knife etc. After which he would make up his mind.”