Archive for 'Middle East'
If I was in charge…
Disclaimer: Proposed, sometimes detailed, solutions to Egypt’s problems coming your way.
“Were I President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, things would be very different.”
It makes me smile; the number of times I have heard the previous statement… both from myself and others. And so, in the spirit of wasting my time and working on something […]
Posted: August 14th, 2006 under General, Government, Egyptian Politics, Economics & Trade, Middle East, Analysis, International Relations, Personal, Developing Countries, Freedom, Debate, Leftists, Rightists.
Comments: none
Things that make you go… WTF?!
I logged on to my account at wordpress this morning with a plan to write something about Egyptian politics and what I’d do were I president or in some way in charge of this country.
Of course, I don’t start writing the moment I hit the PC, so I went over to Manal and Alaa’s to […]
Posted: August 9th, 2006 under Opinion, Blogs, Criticism, Middle East, Analysis, Debate.
Comments: none
If they like your idea… you’re definitely “enlightended”.
So while doing my thing, surfing the Internet today, I came across this title to a blog post that I had subscribed to: “Egyptian Blogger Asks the Real Questions“.
I thought to myself: cool.
Clicked on the title, was taken to the blog’s address, started reading the story and discovered that the Egyptian blogger in question was […]
Posted: August 3rd, 2006 under General, Opinion, Blogs, Criticism, Middle East, Analysis, International Relations, Conservatism, NeoCons.
Comments: none
It’s not exactly a problem of Dirty Laundry
I haven’t commented at all on the current situation in the Middle East; the Israeli “invasion” of Gaza or Southern Lebanon. It’s because I feel that I don’t have anything new or original to add to the discussion. That and the fact that I try not to use my blog as a medium where I […]
Posted: July 30th, 2006 under Opinion, Middle East, International Relations, Incredulous, Debate.
Comments: none
We screamed Denmark. What about Saudi Arabia?
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… […]
Posted: April 30th, 2006 under Islam, Middle East, Analysis, Incredulous.
Comments: none
I found this funny and heart-warming
What can I say? I've always told myself that I won't blog about jokes or personal things that have no effect on anyone but I. And yet, well…
And yet this post on My Lebanese Dream had me laughing, grinning and smiling for long minutes.
Yup. That's the way I see it.
Tags: Lebanese, humor, blog
Posted: April 30th, 2006 under Blogs, Middle East, Funny.
Comments: none