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لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله في كل لمحة ونفس عدد ما وسعه علم الله

Riyadat an-Nafs

The War on Lebanon, and How the Arab World is Changing

August 5th, 2006 by nuruddinzangi

pretty good report by the Guardian. Here’s some quotes.

The anger in Egypt ranges across the spectrum from the Muslim Brotherhood - which has offered to “send immediately 10,000 mujahideen to fight the Zionists alongside Hizbullah” - to business associations. Chambers of commerce and trade unions have organised gala dinners to raise money for war victims and the two mobile operators, MobiNil and Vodafone, have set up a premium-rate hotline whose profits are sent to Lebanon.

The Shia organisation and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, have become symbols of resistance even in such unlikely places as the Gulf countries where Sunnis and Shias have been spotted waving the yellow-and-green flag. Christians are joining in as well. In Damascus yesterday, a Catholic church held a special mass. “Pray for the resistance, pray for Hassan Nasrallah. He is defending justice,” Father Elias Zahlawi urged his congregation.

Khaled Almaeena, editor-in-chief of Arab News, a liberal daily based in Jeddah, has been expressing his anger in a series of columns since hostilities broke out. “There is a surging tide of bitterness and alienation,” he said. “It is not simply because of Lebanon, but Lebanon may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

In Baghdad yesterday hundreds of thousands of Shia youths waved Hizbullah flags, proclaiming their willingness to die for Lebanon.

Other Arab governments including Egypt and Saudi Arabia - have [, besides Jordan,] also toughened their stance but this cuts little ice with many of the demonstrators.”Egypt! Jordan! Saudi Arabia! Nasrallah has bested you all,” they chanted in the Cairo square on Thursday. Hizbullah’s defiance was contrasted favourably with the somnolence of Arab regimes. “The Arab world has changed,” Mr Almaeena said. “It has a new breed of young people … They will not put up with the same old status quo. The political scene in the Arab world is changing too. In a few years there will be those who will resist even more. “

you should read the whole thing though.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1837874,00.html

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