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 …
Posted in Islam, Sex, Society, Taboos | Tagged Arab, Egpyt, Islam, Lebanon, Middle East, Religion, Saudi, Sex, Syria | 4 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 commentTunisian penal code 230 criminalizes homosexual activity with up to three years of imprisonment even if the actual implementation of this law is a very remote possibility. In a famous case in 1993, Tunisian appeal court did not grant a …
Posted in Civil Rights, General, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Sex, Tunisia, Youth | 7 CommentsOn 1st April 1979, Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic Republic, and to approve a new theocratic constitution, whereby Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country in December 1979. The great Persian civilization has suspended. Hundred thousands …
Posted in Gender, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds, Podcasts, Sex | Leave a commentIn light of the recent article posted by Esra’a, I’ve been motivated into writing a piece where we get to have an in-depth and detailed examination on how a rapist views rape. Most of the things I’m about to disclose …
Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Women | 4 CommentsIt’s been widely publicized that Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav was found guilty of rape. Someone on Facebook had revealed the photo of the rape victim in question. To my surprise, here are the sample of comments that followed. These …
Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos, Women | 5 CommentsAfter Islamic revolution in Iran, beside math, biology, physics, chemistry and etc., a new subject introduced to the middle and high school programs. That was and still is obligatory and all the children should learn it: The Arabic course!
Posted in History, Islam, Mideast Youth, Philosophy, Romance, Sex, Women | 5 CommentsWhats funny is that despite being into the 21st century for a decade now, some issues prevail which might confuse aliens from Mars to think residents of the Earth (aka us), still belong in the 15th Century or even earlier. …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Saudi Arabia, Sex, Sexism, Society, Women | Tagged Gender, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, women rights | 4 CommentsHere’s another piece for my art blog on Mideast Youth. It’s called ‘Blue, Badges, Burka’, oil and acrylic on board and 122 x 174 cm. See more here.
Posted in Art, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Gender, General, Humor, Interfaith, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Photography, Politics, Satire, Sex, Society, Taboos, Women, Youth | 2 CommentsIn a gathering, in one of our break, some of the teachers and I they started talking about the dads who harassed their daughters and expressed their shock that this actually happened in Bahrain, this small island. One of them …
Posted in Sex, Society, Taboos, Women | 3 Comments