(Signed) Nadya Rasheed

Egyptian blogger and singer, Nadya Shanab, wrote here how the speech and the Army's announcement that followed toyed with people's emotions.

The credit freeze is partly the work of bankers and hedge fund managers who acted just like Nadya Suleman, leveraging the present for an unrealizable future.

That is the American Dream that Nadya Suleman bought into, and, in their obsession with her, Americans are coming to grips with how seriously they went astray.

In the mall, or at home on the Internet, Americans acted like Nadya Suleman, too seduced by the bag, the shoes, the beauty treatments, the vacations, and the life that the stars they admire take for granted.

So, what are Americans obsessed with at this critical moment? Octamom the saga of Nadya Suleman, a young single mother in Los Angeles who, having already given birth to seven children, underwent fertility treatments and is now bringing home octuplets.

That is the American Dream that Nadya Suleman bought into, and, in their obsession with her, Americans are coming to grips with how seriously they went astray. Indeed, a strange sense of relief is now creeping into Americans consciousness as the consumer economy grinds to a halt.

1 p.m. Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine (on the subject of promoting the Palestinian cause through dance and cultural events) Speakers Ms. Nadya Rasheed, First Secretary, Permament Observer Mission of Palestine Mr. Omar Barghouti and Mr. Khalid Katamesh, members of the Board of the Palestinian Dancing Groups