As the Gregorian year comes to a close I thought it would be beneficial to have look back at some of the most popular posts in 2009.
As well as running Islam And The West, I also run a “video vault” at Islaam TV. So without any further ado here are the top ten videos from Islaam TV in 2009:
For those who do not know I run two blogs, the first being this one, Islam and the West and the second is called Islam – West Videos. In the second blog I concentrate solely on material that is related to online media such as Youtube, Google and Liveleak videos.
Since its coming up to the end of the year pretty soon I thought it would be nice to go through a top 10 list of videos from that blog. So here is my list of top 1o videos from 2008:
(x) Cheney’s Law – PBS Frontline: This video is a 56 minute documentary on how American Vice President Dick Cheney and his office redefined executive power in an expansive way, granting President George W. Bush ever increasing powers without congressional approval or judicial review.
(viii) The Torah Versus Zionism: Is a 59 minute round table debate hosted by Harold Hudson Channer with a group of anti-Zionist Rabbis. They discuss Israel and the Torah. You can well imagine what they conclude.
(iv) Righteous Racism – Republican Style: Al-Jazeera goes out with Republican hopeful Sarah Palin on the American election trail only to find out that some Republicans are racist.
(iii) Terror And The King David Hotel: This video takes a look the attack on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem that killed 92 people on July 22, 1946.
(ii) Geert Wilders Takes On BBC’s Hardtalk: Prominent Islam-hating right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders takes on the BBC.
(i) Michael Reagan Wants Grenades In Muslim Babies Butts: Michael Reagan is the adopted son of former American President Ronald Regan. In this video clip taken from his radio show we hear the “shock jock” advocate putting grenades in Muslim babies butts.
This is a Live Leak video of American President George W. Bush. It certainly needs no commentary:
I have just realised there is a doctored clip in the video above. I think it is where the President is making his address to the nation in front Congress. I am sure he has never said that he has been trained by terrorists.
I personally do not subscribe to the stereo-typical view of all Americans being stupid and ill informed but I could not over look this Live Leak video of Miss South Carolina and her inability to answer a simple question.
By the way she does fit all the stereo types in that she is American, female, blonde and not the most articulate female in the world.
A far less chivalrous person than I might call her a “blonde bimbo” but I could never venture such nasty statement about anyone:
Hafiz Al-Mirazi is an Egyptian journalist who until recently was the Washington bureau chief of the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera.
Al-Mirazi has worked for the British BBC and American V.O.A. during his career and since leaving Al-Jazeera works in his native Egypt on the first independent Egyptian news channel:
“Hafez Al-Mirazi is the host of Al Jazeera Arabic television talk show “From Washington.” The weekly show highlights different issues related to US-Arab relations. US senior officials, including Secretaries Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld, in addition to many American lawmakers and newsmakers have been interviewed on Mr. Al-Mirazi’s show. During the last five years, he served as Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Jazeera.
Before joining Al-Jazeera in 2000, he was the Washington correspondent for the BBC Arabic/World Service. Previously, Mr. Al-Mirazi hosted, for five years, two weekly talk shows, on radio and television, for the Arab Network of America in Washington. He also held positions as writer, editor, and broadcaster for Voice of America. He covered most US presidential election campaigns and its national conventions from 1984 to 2004.
Mr. Al-Mirazi started his career as a radio journalist and broadcaster with Voice of the Arabs, Cairo Radio of Egypt, in 1980. He holds Masters in World Politics from the Catholic University of America and a Bachelor in Political Science from Cairo University. Mr. Al-Mirazi has lived in Washington, DC, since 1983.” (Source: Global Studies)
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