A nice joke says that hedgehogs always dream of somebody giving them a close hug. A similar joke says that zebras always dream of taking a colorful photo. In your opinion, what does Ahmadinejad usually dream of? You have one …
Posted in Iran, Satire | 3 CommentsIf you want to know the plot of this post, you will have to read every word of it. You know there are sometimes things that you hear or see and you just never forget. Things that immediately make it …
Posted in Arabs, Assholes, Culture, Culture and Society, Egypt, Satire, Taboos, Women | 2 CommentsThis story happened more than 70 or 80 years ago, in the Galilee Heights, during the British occupation “Mandate” to Palestine, a long time before we had the “honor” to host our “cousins’ the jews. There, in one of the …
Posted in Civil Rights, Comics, Creative Media, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Foreign Affairs, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Humor, Israel, Literature, News and Politics, Racism, Satire, Sex, Terrorism | 4 CommentsMost of the time, I leave the cinema hall feeling disappointed, offended and ripped-off. Here I am, after wasting nearly two hours of my precious life, feeling slightly older and bitter that my intellect wasn’t stimulated in any way.
The question we need to ask here is not why such pathetic attempts at film-making are still being made, it’s simply: why is the public still interested in such films?
A few months ago, we wrote about the Bitfilm Festival, whom we are a partner with, to give attention to some digital mash-ups that we have done in the past few years. This morning, they just started accepting votes. Four …
Posted in Announcements, Egypt, Iran, Media, Satire, Videos | 5 CommentsIn recent months, Iran has escalated its campaign of arrests against Baha’is. Dozens of Baha’is currently languish in prisons, with no hope of being accorded a fair trial. Those reportedly arrested weren’t criminals, thieves or murderers but were in fact …
Posted in Awareness, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Civil Rights, Iran, Satire | 1 CommentThis one-gloved thriller star is being sued by a local prince here for going against some “contract” and not recording songs about peace or something. Not that anyone cares what he does. But sometimes I do, because I grew up …
Posted in Ridiculous, Satire | 27 CommentsThe kingdom is advancing greatly in the integration of computers into the government, and also aims to better it’s e-governmental presence.. Aiming to improve the various services offered to the citizens of Saudi Arabia. However, it may seem like great …
Posted in Civil Rights, Culture, Gender, Satire, Saudi Arabia, Society, Youth | 17 CommentsIn 1925, Egypt became the first Muslim-majority country to recognize the Baha’i faith as an independent religion. However, almost 80 years later, Baha’is in Egypt continue to face heinous discrimination, due to their failure to obtain identity cards. Identity cards …
Posted in Arab Christians, Arab Jews, Awareness, Baha'is, Civil Rights, Current Events, Egypt, Media, Religion, Satire, Society | 46 CommentsA wise person once said “Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine”. And it is with that spirit that president Ahmadinejad announced his new reform policies, in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for …
Posted in Humor, Iran, Politics, Satire, Videos | 11 Comments