One of the laments of the recent UN Arab Human Development Report was the paucity of books translated into Arabic. Well, I'm pleased to report that the Zayed Centre for Co-ordination and Follow-Up has been working overtime to address this deficit. They have translated into Arabic Thierry Meyssan's aluminum-foil-helmet conspiracy theory classic "The Appalling Fraud"
On launching the publication, Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up says that real significance of the crucial events of September 11 does not lie in the magnitude of the massive destruction that ensued but in bringing about an unprecedented change in human history.um, yeah.As a consequence, not surprisingly, the human system in all its forms, set ups and traditions would reconsider all its past and known principles and hence the “Black Tuesday” would have a great impact on determining the features of the next stage of human history as a whole.
Believing in a tolerant human dialogue, without corresponding to the various views expressed, by the writer, the Zayed Centre took this unprecedented step in the Arab world by translating this work with the aim of keeping the Arab readers abreast of this quality opinion.Yes, we understand the urgency of keeping Arab readers abreast of the quality opinion that the September 11 attacks were orchestrated by the U.S. government, and that no airplanes were destroyed in the process.
But I hope this isn't what the UN Development Report had in mind when they called for more translations into Arabic
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 22, 2002 04:16 PMPerhaps it was what some at the UN had in mind after all. It wouldn't be the first time they acted stupidly in the Middle East. This is the same UN that set up schools in Jenin, paid Palestinians to run them, and then left them to their own devices - said devices turning out to be bombs, books with no mention of the existence of Israel, and anti-semitic propaganda.
Posted by: Dee Bates on July 22, 2002 05:29 PMPerhaps it was what some at the UN had in mind after all. It wouldn't be the first time they acted stupidly in the Middle East. This is the same UN that set up schools in Jenin, paid Palestinians to run them, and then left them to their own devices - said devices turning out to be bombs, books with no mention of the existence of Israel, and anti-semitic propaganda.
Posted by: Dee Bates on July 22, 2002 05:29 PM