Via Qifa, this is the best video I’ve ever seen of Beirut:
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I was out of my wits trying to figure out their sectarian affiliations. The human, however, looks Christian or something given that he’s got a pretty Westernized look. His opponent should be either Shia or Sunni. In short, interesting times lie ahead.
By: NB on November 13, 2009
at 10:41 am
The obsession with sectarian divisions makes u read what you want to read. “pretty Westernized” ?! WHAT?
This is Al-Rajol Al7adidi an Arabic Cartoon that used to plat on Almost every Arab screen in the early 80s.
This is a tribute.
The Robot is Japanese btw.
By: The response on November 14, 2009
at 4:11 pm