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Hisham Melhem is a columnist for the Lebanese daily Annahar and is a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

Joined April 2011

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  1. Young Baby Face Leroy singing a great cover; Rolling and Tumbling w/ Muddy Waters(guitar) & Little Walter (harmonica) . Muddy’s version w/ Walter. and R.L. Burnside’s rendition as Fireman Ring the Bell

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  2. Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down with Mississippi Fred McDowell and R.L. Burnside "take away my sins and give me grace..." Once I sat down few feet from R.L. Burnside and he took me to heaven. Haunted still. .

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    The fake indignation of & GOP over strong way young female members of congress are expressing their views is disgusting misogyny. Did these Republicans condemn ’s birtherism, bigotry, dehumanization of , & ?

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    All the talk by U.S officials about a collective Arab Force supported by & to stabilize & check is more US wishful thinking & Arab farce. & Gulf allies are mired in an unwinnable war in ,& does not control .

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    The shape of things to come in the new House of Representatives, not only vis-a-vis cutting military aid to because of gross violations of Human Rights, but also for the same reason plus possible war crimes in .

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    In next few days in , & will give promises about U.S long term commitments to stability,standing by allies fighting terror & deterring Iran. But will lower U.S military profile,betray ,&leave to & .

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  7. The shape of things to come in the new House of Representatives, not only vis-a-vis cutting military aid to because of gross violations of Human Rights, but also for the same reason plus possible war crimes in .

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  8. All the talk by U.S officials about a collective Arab Force supported by & to stabilize & check is more US wishful thinking & Arab farce. & Gulf allies are mired in an unwinnable war in ,& does not control .

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  9. In next few days in , & will give promises about U.S long term commitments to stability,standing by allies fighting terror & deterring Iran. But will lower U.S military profile,betray ,&leave to & .

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    14 hours ago

    تولي نانسي رئاسة الكونغرس يُنذِر بمزيد من المتاعب للرئيس . اقرأ تحليل الكاتب هشام ملحم لمعاني التغيرات التاريخية التي حصلت في الكونغرس هذا الأسبوع، بضمنها التنوع الفريد من نوعه في أعضاء الحرب الديمقراطي في مجلس النواب.

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  11. The fake indignation of & GOP over strong way young female members of congress are expressing their views is disgusting misogyny. Did these Republicans condemn ’s birtherism, bigotry, dehumanization of , & ?

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    Jan 3

    I love a woman who wears red, sports sunglasses, a happy warrior & a happier builder who knows how to slay fire breathing lumbering and stupid dragons, and take no prisoners.And this one is only 78 year old.Go ,go girl you are making history

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    Between a sure footed 78 year old , a true leader making history leading the country out of the political wilderness, & a politically astute 29 year old who could glide to the House like a modern day Ginger Rogers, what a poor GOP to do?

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    Jan 3

    In a interview w/ CBS' to be aired on Sunday, a sweating, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi denies that his regime is holding an estimated 60 thousand political prisoners.He was so pathetic his govt. asked the network not to air interview.

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  15. Between a sure footed 78 year old , a true leader making history leading the country out of the political wilderness, & a politically astute 29 year old who could glide to the House like a modern day Ginger Rogers, what a poor GOP to do?

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    Jan 3

    On the morning of June 5th 1967 's Air Force decimated most of 's Air Force on the ground.More than 50 years later,at the request of Egypt's Pres.el-Sisi Israel's Air Force is conducting air raids against terrorists in

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    Jan 3

    Today we looked at our collective mirror & saw 2 Americas. A diverse, younger,colorful,happier & more feminine one, & an older, grayer,paler,grumpier one,tending to its wounded masculinity.Where is to write about this dysfunctional family.

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    Jan 3

    Usually I am not high on hyphenated Americans, although I am considered one whether I liked or not. Today I suspended my reservations because of the incredible diversity of hyphenated Americans & the many representational "firsts" in the new .

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    Jan 3

    If you want to be entertained and experience hilarity read the musings of an unhinged making a fool of himself. . But if you are interested in a horror show tinged with real in time panic read the same text carefully and pity the nation.

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  20. Jan 3

    On the morning of June 5th 1967 's Air Force decimated most of 's Air Force on the ground.More than 50 years later,at the request of Egypt's Pres.el-Sisi Israel's Air Force is conducting air raids against terrorists in

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