Faisal's Tobril

Found an entry over here which discusses it. I’ll leave it to you to form your own opinion, but (since they have comment moderation enabled), I will share my very short comment on their post: “Maybe I’m not getting it… but I’d like to see pictures of Jesus and Moses done in a similar, quite [...]

There are times when people use the exact wrong words to express themselves. An example of this is this post by Egyptian-Australian blogger Neferteeti. So the Egyptian government, or administrative court according to an article she cited in her post, passed another decision which reflects the general religious intolerance of the government towards non-Muslims. Why [...]

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, [...]

So today in the morning, and while I was ironing a shirt, I heard something quite interesting on television. It was actually my grandmother (I’m staying with my grandparents these days – long story), who wakes up quite early, watching an Egyptian soap. Since she’s a bit hard-of-hearing, old age and such, the volume was [...]

The media, in all its forms, is (and has been for a long time) a very powerful force of change. It's television, newspapers, magazines and the internet that connect us to the outside world. It was because of the news media that the whole Prophet Mohammed-Denmark issue came to light (albeit 4 months late… Better [...]

The following are two Op-Ed articles, published in the Egyptian Daily Star, that I found interesting: The First is about political parties in Egypt. The writer takes to the street and asks Egyptians what they think. The Second is about the Hijab, or veil, in Egyptian Society. If you've managed to read this far, here [...]

Friday, to use the words of FDR, was a "day that shall live in infamy". Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt were attacked during mass. There were injuries and a single death. For more prescise information on what happened, you can access Al-Jazeera's coverage of the issue in Arabic and English. You can also check out [...]