Category: Taboos

Saudi Tweep Escapes

Posted on by Aalia (Saudi Arabia)

Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist has caused a wide anger among Saudis when tweeting on the Mawlid (the Holy Prophet’s birthday). His tweets included his opinions about the prophet, how he’s equal to him and how he hated some of …

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Series of “No To Compulsory Recruitment” articles – Part 2: Why are we Against Conscription?

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

1- Because it’s a continuation of slavery system, because it forces the citizens against their will, to do works they didn’t choose, also unpaid… The state doesn’t have the right to force the individuals to do any works without their …

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Series of “No To Compulsory Recruitment” articles – Part 1: Conscription System and it’s Legal Framework

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

The military service in Egypt is regulated by the law of the military and national service, (law number 172, year 1980) with its amendments. The law simply includes: – A compulsory military service for Egyptian males (without females) – Females …

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Sexphobia and Islam

Posted on by M. Mohamed (Iraq/Palestine)

I recently found myself interested in the roles of women in Islamic (Arab) societies. There is no doubt that women are extremely oppressed with everything that makes them human being shunned away and buried by overuling men. I even found …

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Yes to Peace for Egypt

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

Yes to Peace for Egypt Before it is for Israel When Ismail Sidqi pasha refused that Egypt would get-in the war of 1948, he wasn’t a traitor to Egypt or loving Israel. All about it is that Ismail Sidqi was …

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Dying of Hunger for Freedom

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

Of the books which I started reading in prison, was “Natures of Tyranny and Slavery Wrestler” for sheikh “Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi”… I liked the book very much and I was surprised that there exists an Islamic cleric with this enlightenment, …

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Psychology, Field Study – Psychology of Criminals in Jail

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

Psychology, Field Study Psychology of Criminals in Jail May 2011 I think I started reading psychology in the year 2000 when I was about 15 years old. Psychology helped me a lot in understanding motives and ways of thinking of …

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Message from Maikel, 13 September, El-Marg Prison

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

I tell Mark, happy birthday. I’m on a hunger strike since 23 August, also on a medicine strike and on a strike against taking a solution transfusion since 31 August and yesterday on Monday 12 September, on a thirst strike …

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Why don’t we also be peaceful with Israel?

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

In the seventies and eighties of last century, militant Islamist opposition appeared, which was the strongest of the opposition movements, which was able to challenge the July militarist regime… This opposition reached its peak on October, 1981, when it assassinated …

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An Important Letter from “Maikel Nabil” to Lieutenant General “Sami Anan”

Posted on by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)

      Lieutenant General/Sami Anan      Chief of Staff of the armed forces             Greetings,       In a press interview with me to a European newspaper, the following day of Mubarak’s …

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