Posted on April 8, 2011, 11:00 pm, by Faisal.
This is a post by Just an Egyptian on the above. The post is in Arabic (mostly Egyptian colloquial) so apologies to all non-Arabic speakers/readers. I love what he has to say. To me, this is a post about the myth of accepting those of a different faith in Egypt and how the word moderate [...]
Posted on June 7, 2010, 2:07 am, by Faisal.
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 [...]
Posted on May 19, 2007, 4:03 pm, by Faisal.
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 [...]
Posted on September 19, 2006, 3:35 pm, by Faisal.
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, [...]
Posted on August 31, 2006, 7:40 pm, by Faisal.
My place of employment, of the past month, is definitely much more entertaining and interesting than my previous job experience. These days, seeing that my boss is on vacation, I’ve been burdened by quite a large volume of work. This usually translates into my having to stay extra hours (and sometimes weekends), to ensure that [...]