The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Google Ads, you try my patience

First, I see an ad for Islamist candidate Muhammad Selim al-Awa (a blowhard with some rather nasty remarks about Christians in his past, even if he says he was misunderstood now) appear on the site:

And then, a reader in the US sends me a screenshot showing yet another ad for Israel:

Nohing I can do about it — I asked Google several times... I'd love to get off Google Ads and onto a private ad network, but unfortunately there isn't much out there for the Middle East.