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 …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Censorship, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Media, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Taboos | Tagged blasphemy, hamza, prophet, Saudi, Twitter | 8 CommentsReligion is a powerful force in the Middle East, one that can and should be harnessed to promulgate the rights of non-citizens. Religion need not be abused as a tool of social engineering, but can rather be resourced for its …
Posted in Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Religion, Society | Tagged migrant rights | Leave a commentThose who were known dead, Are still alive, Those who are known alive, Were gone dead, But who knows, Our brains molded in such a way, As someone smoke and butt in ash tray, We have got diseases sow in …
Posted in Culture and Society, Issues and Causes, News and Politics, Poetry, Religion | Tagged hidden faces, lies, path to hell, slave, Zionism | Leave a commentI 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 …
Posted in Islam, Sex, Society, Taboos | Tagged Arab, Egpyt, Islam, Lebanon, Middle East, Religion, Saudi, Sex, Syria | 4 CommentsIn the occasion of Bayram (Eid al-Adha) Thank you, God Just approximately a year and a half ago, there were soft, vital and green fingers, were doing their best for 6 months to build the foundations of a successful marriage …
Posted in Islam, Religion | Tagged eid, Islam | 12 CommentsWell….now comes the hardest part, building a nation. For the sake of simplicity I will use the example of Libya. With all the diverse demographics how will the Libyans come together to build the ideal democracy? Arabs, by no fault …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Awareness, Education, Islam, Middle East, Philosophy | Tagged Islam, secular, secularism | 1 CommentDeadly clashes flare in Down Town Cairo, in addition to various provinces in Egypt, as the sectarian strife breaks out afresh, in the worst wave for decades. The whole story started when Copts, who make at least 10% of Egypt’s …
Posted in Copts, Egypt, Human Rights, Minorities, Religion | Tagged Cairo sectarian violence, Copts, SCAF, Sectarian strife | 2 CommentsIran aside, all Middle Eastern countries might freely choose Islamic states. The choice is due to an identity pride in their people’s collective conscience. It is formed by emotion, tradition and history, not rationality. Rationality is a new paradigm shift …
Posted in Iran, Islam, Middle East | Tagged Iran, Islam | 2 CommentsPsychology, 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 …
Posted in Atheism, Civil Rights, Egypt, Ethics, Gender, Homosexuality, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos | Tagged Egypt, field study, Maikel Nabil, Political Prisoners, prison | Leave a commentI 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 …
Posted in Atheism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Taboos | Tagged Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial | 2 Comments