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November 24th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
November 21st, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
In the Arab East, the classification of government has become quite insignificant. It doesn’t really matter if countries refer to themselves as monarchies, sultanates, sheikdoms, republics, or in the case of Libya’s Daffy Duck a jamahiriya or state of the masses. The names are different, but they are almost all the same and are all ruled by individuals or their heirs who stay in power for a very long time. There is no such thing as democracy, popular participation, shared governance, serious national economy or any real sense of civil society.
In these societies, the intellectual progression of national political leaderships does not appear to have advanced beyond the era of the divine rights of kings, which characterized the formation of the nation state in 1648. And, even after independence, when opportunity presented the possibility of adopting concepts such as popular sovereignty and political participation, none did, and leaders fought vigorously to prevent the infection of their societies by these dangerous concepts. The result has been years of effete political institutions, dictatorial rule and political, social, cultural, and economic regression not witnessed in the region since the Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258.
Economically, the regimes chug along aimlessly, surviving parasitically on opportunities afforded them by the international system and, with one or two exceptions, any scarce natural resources they might possess.
Unfortunately, this is happening at a time when many countries are shifting into fifth gear, racing toward fundament
September 11th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
هذا الاسبوع يشعر عقيد ليبيا معمر القذافى بأنه رجل سعيد. وكانت البداية مرور الذكرى السنويّه التاسعه والثلاثون على ثورته في الأوّل من سبتمبر. وقد استهلّ الإحتفالات بدعوة مجموعة من ملوك القبائل الأفريقيه لكي يمنحوه لقب ملك الملوك ويقدّموا إليه تاجا ذهبيّا مع الصولجان. أي أنه بلا خجل، نسى هذا الطاووس اللّيبي هُراءه الثوري، والأيديولوجيّة الغبيّة عن دولة الجماهير واللجان الثوريّة، فضلا عن أربعين عاما من الألام الليبيّة، وطفق يستعرض مثل مهرّج واضعا التاّج على رأسه. وبالتأكيد فالمظهر لا يناسبه، بل أكّد النكبة التي يشعر بها كلّ ليبي من أنه يرزح تحت ديكتاتوريّة إنسان متغطرس ومهرّج عابث، لا يتحرّج عن بيع ليبيا والليبيين إلى مقدّمي أدنى العروض
وبالفعل، فإنه بعد هذا الإستعراض للغرور والخُيلاء، وقّع إتفاقا بمليارات الدولارات مع رئيس وزراء ايطاليا سيلفيو بيرلوسكوني بموجبه مُنحت إيطاليا أفضليّه الدخول إلى السّوق الليبي، والنفط، ومشاريع البناء. في المقابل اعتذرت إيطاليا عن احتلال ليبيا في عام 1912 ووافقت على تعويض ليبيا عن أربع وثلاثين عاما من الإحتلال الإستعماري بخمسة مليارات دولار تكلفة طريق مزدوج ساحلي يربط مصر مع تونس، على أن تبنيه شركات إيطاليّه. ولكن ربما يكون دهن الكعكه بالمذاق الحلو هي الضمانة التي قدّمها بيرلسكوني بحماية نظام القذّافي ضدّ الخصوم المحلييّن والخارجيين
وبالنسبة لي
September 11th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
This week Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi of Libya is a happy man.
It began with the first of September, the thirty-ninth anniversary of his revolution. He kicked off the celebrations by inviting a host of African tribal kings to bestow upon him the title of “King of Kings” and present him with a golden crown and scepter. Shamelessly, the Libyan peacock forgot about his revolutionary drivel, he silly ideology with its State of the Masses and revolutionary committees, as well as forty years of Libyan pain and suffering and paraded like a clown wearing the crown on his head.
It certainly didn’t suit him and confirmed the calamity that everyone in Libya already knew that they were under the dictatorship of an arrogant and vain buffoon who has no qualms about selling Libya and Libyans to the lowest bidder.
Indeed, following that show of vanity he signed a multi-billion dollar agreement with the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi that gave Italy preferential access to the Libyan market, oil, and construction projects. In return Italy apologized for occupying Libya in 1912 and agreed to compensate Libya for the thirty four years of colonial occupation with a five billion dollar coastal highway that links Egypt with Tunisia to be built by Italian companies.
But perhaps the icing on the cake was Berlusconi’s guarantee to protect the Qadhafi regime against domestic and foreign adversaries.
I personally found the whole affair very offensive because Qadhafi bargained away the rights of 1.8 million victims for a coastal highway. He seems to have forgotten that he is still paying the final installment on the $3 billion compensation for murdering 300 souls aboard Pan Am 103 over Scotland in addition to the $500 million for his victims aboard UTA over Niger. Is Libyan life cheaper than American, British, French, or any other human life?
Italian colonialism was a catastrophe for Libyans. Long before they emerged in Northern Europe, the fascists erected three concentration camps and herded all the inhabitants of the eastern province of Cyrenaica in them. More than fifty percent of the population in the province perished within a five-year period. There are no exact figures because Italian Fascism wasn’t as precise a bookkeeper as its German counterpart, but a census after the war estimated the victims to be upward of 1.5 million people.
July 7th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
July 3rd, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
Robert Mugabe rigged the Zimbabwean elections to remain in power, successfully stomping out all opposition to his effete rule that is pushing this once rich and productive country to the edge of a political and economic abyss. The inflation rate runs in the millions, and local money has no value. Poverty, hunger, misery and conflict, if allowed to continue, will turn the country into a failed state.
In an uproar, the developed world is contemplating imposing sanctions on the already politically and economically exhausted country, as if tough actions will force Mugabe to give up power. And this issue is more important for the developing countries of the African Union that have just held a Summit at Sharma Al-Sheik in Egypt.
The issue was so contentious that it threatened to tear the organization apart. The African Union leaders refused to condemn Mugabe and hence, according to the London Times, “cemented his hold on power.” Their solution was a unity government between Mugabe and the opposition. Ironically, this wonderful resolution emerged from an or
June 20th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
June 19th, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
I enjoy supporting international organizations that promote equality and human rights.
And to that end, I support a slew of them beginning with the Women’s Initiative for Gender Justice, which promotes women in assuming greater leadership roles in international organizations such as the International Criminal Court or ICC, to the most important of human rights organizations, Amnesty International.
It is not easy belonging to these global organizations because one is constantly bombarded with information that simultaneously turns the stomach and tugs at the heart. Environmental issues and global poverty aside, human right abuses are rampant and rapidly increasing.
In the current state-dominated system where security, national interest and power acquisition prevail, human rights are very low on the totem pole. Indeed, the last six years have convinced me that the system is not capable of dealing with global human rights issues, particularly when the hegemony pays no more than lip service to human concerns.
Hegemonies are best equipped to enforce a moral standard on the international system and the absence of an effective hegemony to do that is one of the primary reasons for military, economic, political and social imbalances in the system. Morality is the intangible component of power, and the most successful hegemonies are ones which use the power to p
May 22nd, 2008 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2008, Articles about Libya,
Last week, Palestinians around the globe also marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel with solemn processions and lamentation. They marked their violent expulsion from their homes, lands, schools and farms to make way for the creation of the state of Israel.
Refugee camps in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan still serve as the only home for thousands of Palestinians in their diaspora.
Palestinians refer to the creation of the State of Israel as Al-Nakba, which roughly means “The Catastrophe,” and they are not about to give up on their home any time soon, no matter how powerful the invaders happen to be.
President Bush has returned from a trip to the Middle East after visiting Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. His first stop was perhaps the most memorable, for aside from reiterating his blind support, the only thing he did while in Israel was to verbally assault Arabs who disagree with him and refuse to recognize Israel. Additionally, in a s
December 20th, 2007 by Mansour Omar El-Kikhia Posted in , Articles 2007, Articles about Libya,
القصيدة
مازلـت ناء هو نــاء ** إرهابي قديم .. ما ليش أي دواء !
غير خيركم ؟؟؟
مازلت في موالي
ومازلت نا هو نا وهك أفعالي
ورا الأولي مازال هو الـــتالي
يجرح ويقتل .. مافيش عزاء !
مازلـت ناء هو نــاء ** إرهابي قديم .. ما ليش أي دواء !
غير خيركم ؟؟؟
مازلت هكي ديمه
غير أسألوا عني أصحاب حليمه
لا يوم طــبعـي نغـيره ولا نقيـمـه
وتصليح طبعي مافيش رجاء !










