Today is the fourth day of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan. During the Month of Ramadan, for the uniniated amongst you, Muslims are supposed to Fast (refrain from eating/drinking) from dawn until sunset. Having being raised a Muslim, I have always been told that Ramadan is not only about Fasting from food and drink [...]
I had hoped that all my previous posts were enough for those that do not know me to realize that I am quite secular in my social and political views. Having said that, let me make it clear that having a secular view point does not mean you don’t care about religion or, at least, [...]
And that’s the way I see it.
Not the best of places for people who aren’t well off. “When my daughter tried to buy some clothes some time back, she came back home with a shocked expression” , exclaimed the cab driver in a low, but angry, tone of voice. “I asked her about what was wrong. She said she couldn’t afford [...]
This is something of an announcement. Hossam (with an O and not a U, in contradiction with all the written and unwritten rules of Arabic Grammer, society, social norms and mores… but in keeping with his wishes) El-Hamalawy (of The Arabist fame – on the Internet, of course) has started his very own Weblog; 3arabawy. [...]
DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction… well, not really. Depending on how busy my workday is, I always manage to spend a bit of time everyday readings news and opinion articles, checking out blogs, watching some of those YouTube videos, using Google Talk (strongly recommended by me!) etc. In short, well-developed and researched time-wasting [...]
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