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2011-10-07 Arabia

Yemeni first Arab woman to win Nobel Peace Prize

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Posted by ryuge 2011-10-07 09:36|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 unfortunately for Ms. Karman, the prize was diminished and tarnished by its' previous award to Baracky O'bama

Posted by Frank G 2011-10-07 09:55|| 2011-10-07 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 But, first, a word from our sponsor...

Posted by tu3031 2011-10-07 10:21|| 2011-10-07 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Gentlemen: Any woman who stands up for women's rights in hellholes like Yemen deserves recognition. Get your minds off Obama for five minutes and give credit where credit is due.

Posted by mom 2011-10-07 10:23|| 2011-10-07 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Some recent winners: Obama, Gore, El Baradi, Carter, Annan, Arafat.
Don't get on my case for turning the Nobel Peace Prize into a fucking joke, okay? Talk to the nominating committee who put themselves in the position.

Posted by tu3031 2011-10-07 10:41|| 2011-10-07 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Gentlemen: Any woman who stands up for women's rights in hellholes like Yemen deserves recognition.

One worthy example in a long, long string of politically-induced farces.

One diamond, perched on a high heap of dung.

Pheh.

Posted by Pappy 2011-10-07 11:22|| 2011-10-07 11:22|| Front Page Top

#6 A member of Yemen's opposition Islamic fundamentalist Islah Party, Karman, once wore the niqab.

Here's a clue. Peace isn't her goal.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-07 11:34|| 2011-10-07 11:34|| Front Page Top

#7 you're not my real mom

Posted by Frank G 2011-10-07 12:04|| 2011-10-07 12:04|| Front Page Top

#8 How'd you know it's a diamond and not more of the same, Pappy?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-10-07 12:11|| 2011-10-07 12:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Frank, you forgot your little winking emoticon, so that you wouldn't look like a brat.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-07 12:33|| 2011-10-07 12:33|| Front Page Top

#10 To paraphrase something that TW said some months back: In dealing with Islamists, some of the military Rantburgundians have looked down the throat of hell. They have good reason to be skeptical of any Muslim.

Meanwhile, creaky old people like me are tutoring individuals, including Muslims. I have known some Saudis who behave like princely brats. I have also seen decent Saudis wrestle with serious cognitive dissonance as they learn something new, and make a real effort to learn more things that challenge their assumptions. These people stand a chance of doing some real good in the world.

The Muslim woman I am tutoring presently has daughters growing up here. I see a real chance for them to make real contributions for good also.

Some people fight evil with guns. Some people fight evil by standing against it in a place hostile to independent thought. Some people do something simple to fight evil in their neighborhoods.

Are you on the front lines--militarily or personally--or just bitching from the sidelines?

Posted by mom 2011-10-07 12:57|| 2011-10-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#11

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-10-07 13:02|| 2011-10-07 13:02|| Front Page Top

#12 What Tawwakol Karman has been doing takes some real gonads. But there is just something, umm, inspirational about a Nobel Peace Prize thread here. LOL

Posted by ryuge 2011-10-07 13:53|| 2011-10-07 13:53|| Front Page Top

#13 How'd you know it's a diamond and not more of the same, Pappy?

I don't.

Posted by Pappy 2011-10-07 14:45|| 2011-10-07 14:45|| Front Page Top

#14 From Commentary:

but perhaps its time to ask Karman about Islah, the political party to which news reports say she belongs. Back in 2010, The New York Times Steve Erlanger did a feature on Al Eman University in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa:

This university, the size of a village, was founded in 1993 by Sheik Abdul Majid al-Zindani, a revered spiritual leader, theological adviser to Osama bin Laden and co-founder of the main Yemeni opposition party, Islah. In 2004, the United States Treasury put Mr. Zindani on a list of specially designated global terrorists for suspected fund-raising for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-10-07 15:48|| 2011-10-07 15:48|| Front Page Top

#15 Occasionally I get jumped and duck-taped to the wicker and forced to watch a channel which used to play music videos. Show was about youngster in the magic kingdom attempting to buck the system - one was a gal who wanted to use a color other than black, one was a guy who was attempting to open government up to women, and another was a group of kids who played death metal. I was agaped, shaking my head. I think there was only one episode, as 2 weeks later I read that they had all been arrested.

With the NPPs record, I think it is appropriate to be skeptical.

Hillarious cartoon.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-10-07 16:24|| 2011-10-07 16:24|| Front Page Top

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