On the Last Day of Life as We Know it, Let's turn to the movie versions

Lest you forgot it were the Last Day of your life and everybody else's today, we invite you to dwell on the subject: check out some movies about this legendary date, What do you call the Arab Revolutions and why it matters, 1948 has not left us, loving Amman, "Don't Disrespect my President, BiBi Netanyahu!"

All other Judgement Day prophecies, such as 2012 have been flung out of the window as the time is upon us, today May 21st.

The Review AE [2]

The Top 10 End of the World movies of the past 20 years (From worst to best)

A strange choice of escapism from the horror of finality, to dwell on the subject, check out some movies about this legendary date: They say rather than destruction via nuclear meltdown or collision with another planet, the final annihilation will be incurred by an earthquake with much more clout than Japan's latest Tsunami... "In celebration of some misguided notion that today May 21st 2011 is the apoc alypse, comes this obligatory post about the end of the world. Whether be it alien invasion, zombie apocalypse, robot uprisings or natural disaster, here are the best and worst."

Huffington Post Blogs [3]

Christian Dates of Doom

We've got to apply some satire and light-hearted to relief on this otherwise heavy and doomed subject: What marks these doom-bearers from other Christians?

Jadaliyya [4]

Defining this Arab-born phenomenon- awakening, cataclysm, or just a series of events?

What do you chose to call the Arab revolutionary wave, and why should it matter: Some nomenclature alternatives or terms already being used and abused... "Perhaps the best starting point for understanding the current remarkable wave of protest spreading across the Arab world, would be to examine the nomenclature used to describe or frame it. To some observers it is seen as a ‘cataclysm.’ Others speak of the ‘contagion effect’. Still others might see it as simply a series of (fortunate or unfortunate) events not significantly related to each other. The terminology we use influences the conclusions we draw. "

Soap in a Box [5]

It is Still 1948

“The old will die, and the young will forget.” – David Ben Gurion. "A lot has happened in 63 years. Empires have come and gone, new states have come into being, while others have faded or dissolved into the annals of history. While the latter is what Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion had in mind for the generations of Palestinians born during and in the years following the 1947-48 Nakba (“catastrophe”) when the state of Israel was created and thousands of Palestinians were expelled from the land of Palestine; on the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba this is far from what has happened."

Le Blog de Foof [6]

Amman, I love you

A spot of Amman worship and admiration: An ode to Amman by picture....

Beirut Spring [7]

Did you just 'Diss' (disrespect) my President?

An American point of view on how Netanyahu might want to consider adjusting his tone or trying etiquette lessons to learn how to speak to the President of the USA or, for that matter, any President. "One American writer is pissed off by the way Netanyahu is treating President Obama.."