Ridiculous

I was late to Twitter. It was the 23rd of December, 2008, when Mideast Youth first had its Twitter account. To be honest, I wasn’t excited to use this service, even though I realized its importance, and I knew it was absolutely vital for a growing network like ours to leverage its power. In many [...]

“Here you go, akhti Sarah,” she said, while carefully pouring the lukewarm water from the bronze kettle. I watched as it slowly dribbled over my outstretched hands, and splashed into the small plastic tub she carried in her other hand while waiting for the cue to hand me the hand towel draped over her shoulder. [...]

This is not the first time, and certainly not the last time I and several other Arabs here would be attacked and apparently “boycotted” because we chose to do what very few other Arabs in this region usually do, and that is tackle an injustice other than Palestine – a “sin” in the world of [...]

Today, Google launched its Farsi to English and vice versa translator option in Google Translate.
Farsi (Persian) language is very different of English in statement structure. The most obvious difference is the position of verb in statement. For example:
In English: Today is a good day to study.
This statement in Farsi: Today, day a good to study [...]

Iran’s leaders lose no opportunity to remind the world of their painful efforts to show “respect” and “tolerance” the Baha’i community. The latest proclamation came from Najafabadi, Iran’s Prosecutor General who stated that “the Iranian government has provided the Bahai sect in Iran with all the facilities offered to other Iranian citizens” and has “always [...]

This is probably the silliest thing I read this week. Joe the Plumer was one of the main characters in the McCain/Palin campign during the 2008 US elections. He appeared many times as the average Joe who will be hurt by losing his business if Obama gets elected and starts the Economic reform in America. [...]

This 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 obsessing with him. Then I wasn’t sure if he was white or black or if [...]

Today is the day that I declare my confusion about what’s going on in Saudi Arabia. In the last few months, a number of prominent religious clerics made some very interesting yet disturbing statements (fatwas) that I will share with you as you read along, and on the other hand; there is a clear notion [...]

In order to remedy his disturbing temptations, Saudi cleric Muhammad al-Habadan proposes a highly convenient solution for women: one-eyed veil.
A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye.
Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to [...]

Several days ago, “Egyptian Baha’i” brought the world’s attention to the distressing story of Noor and Hannah, two little girls who were denied their right to an education for no other reason than their being Baha’is. While reporting on the story, we were struck by not only the Egyptian government’s reluctance to abide by its [...]