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30.01.02, 20:45
W Egipcie wychodzi gazeta Al-Ahram, z anglojezycznym tygodnikiem Al-Ahram
Weekly. Ma bardzo wysoki poziom intelektualny i swietne analizy politologiczne
robione z punktu widzenia nacjonalizmu arabskiego. Czyta ja caly Persian Gulf.
Sa oczywiscie antyizraelscy, antyamerykanscy i pro-palestynscy. Pamietam, ze w
przeddzien wybuchu wojny w Afganistanie napisali w editorialu, ze "clash of
civilisations" juz sie zaczal. Tak jak amerykanskie dzienniki maja sekcje 'war
on terror', tak oni maja 'special report on intifada'. Niemniej ich glowny
komentator Hani Shukrallah napisal artykul 'Reflections. Ultimate sacrifice' a
w nim taki fragment:
Last week, about a thousand political and intellectual figures gathered in a
Cairo five-star hotel under the dubious banner of the "independent" weekly
newspaper, Al-Osbou', famous for its (partially successful) campaign to have
democracy activist Saadeddin Ibrahim hanged in a public square (instead, a
responsive state security apparatus sentenced him to a mere seven years in
jail). The attendants valiantly braved hail and snow (well, a spell of
inordinately cold weather and a little rain) to make it to the downtown hotel
where they proclaimed their determination to fight to the death against US
hegemony and Israeli occupation. I did not attend this particular function,
but
