"The shaikh should have issued a similar response by urging his government to declare that no non-Muslim women be allowed to enter the Islamic lands without the Hijab or at least some form of modest dress. Perhaps, he was doing the opposite, rubber-stamping the act, so that it is business as usual for Hosni Mubarak with the French government. Could it be also be that, this is to legitimise the recent ban imposed by Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt, on the newscasters from wearing the Hijab?"

"Instead of giving practicable recommendations that could benefit Canada in the long run, the report looks forward to an impossible international standardization of immigration policy - a harmonization which has not been possible in any other policy issue, let alone the issue of "illegal immigration."

"I wonder if the Bush Administration is aware of the numbers of Arabs languishing in prisons for seeking out democratic reforms in their respective countries. To listen to the patronizing speeches of President George W. Bush, one would think that Arabs have never heard of the concept of democracy or do not wish it for themselves. Or that Arabs hate our freedoms and way of life."

"Our quest is not for a unit of time but rather for a universal perception of the sense of time-true time, pure time, perceptual time, tangible time, the texture of time, the lining of time and its essence. Time is a fluid medium for the culture of metaphors."

"A. Jay Cristol has acknowledged that the Israelis had properly identified the USS Liberty on the morning of the attack, June 8, 1967, but he alleges that “an error cycle” kicked in leading to its marking on the plotting table in Tel Aviv to be moved. What hogwash! Who moved it? Could it have been that one-eyed adulterer of an Israeli general, Moshe Dayan?"

"I’ve gone back and forth when researching Internews. One moment I read of some admirable new accomplishment that they’re celebrating and wonder if I’m being unfair. The next I uncover a new contradiction or dubious quotation that makes my jaw drop so far its become dislocated."

"Israelis do not believe in my rights as a Palestinian. That is not the reason why they signed any documents. They did it out of pure and cold bloodied calculation. They believe that by making peace they can preserve themselves. And if we, as a result, are getting a state or an empire, they could not care less."

"In "capturing" Nablus, Israeli forces, say Palestinians, have shown a total disregard for the suffering of ordinary citizens and for the historical and archeological nature of the city."