2016-03-19 18:53
It was a sunny day, but you wouldn't be able to tell from
the shade created by the ever rising apartment blocks surrounding the street. I
was walking swiftly back home back from an… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
When I start writing lines and boundaries disappear, and while I never viewed this as a bad thing, I don't want my writing to cause harm for anyone. For now, I'll let a much more eloquent ma… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Soon after taking the U-ban into East Berlin, we found ourselves walking on Weichsel Strasse heading towards our hostel. We went through the usual motions of checking in, finding a bed, unp… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
There is a lot that I hate about winter. The freezing temperatures, driving issues, lack of sunshine.. I can go on forever. But in the midst of darkness of winter a hidden positive comes t… Read More
2011-01-16 00:07
Last night I slept a happy man. The news of the day left me and millions of other Arabs reflecting on events we thought we would never see. The brave Tunisians’ protests finally crac… Read More
2010-11-24 06:33
The hummus revolution is taking Canada by storm. For one, Microsoft Word recognized the word, and did not draw that ugly, red, squiggly line underneath the word. Marketed as “healthy… Read More
2010-05-02 01:21
Somewhere between the realm of meaningful education and “money grab land” lies the mass hysteria that seems to be engulfing every professional field. Everyone is in a race to ad… Read More
2010-03-29 03:55
The emergence of the internet has definitely influenced the type and variety of music people listen to. The interaction of people on Twitter and Facebook, and the readily available music vi… Read More
2010-03-14 04:11
As winter takes its last few breaths, and as the snow melts revealing the yellow grass underneath it, Canadians are taking to the streets and to the hardware stores, anxious to start the sum… Read More
2009-12-25 08:26
There seems to be an international competition on which country can cause Palestinians the most suffering. Israel has always been a front runner, and a favourite to win the competition in a… Read More
2009-11-16 14:31
We’re all faced with those awkward moments in social settings where we are forced to make “small talk” with someone. These situations are abundant when one starts a new jo… Read More
2009-11-12 04:35
As I listened to the radio this morning to a 90 year old veteran of WWII, I had nothing but respect for the bravery he must have had as a 25 year old fighting on the front lines in Normandy… Read More
2009-11-03 06:42
If Hillary Clinton’s current visit to the region proved anything, it’s that Obama’s message of change was nothing but a load of crap. “Yes we can” continue our… Read More
2009-10-10 02:00
Let’s recap. The Supreme Council of Al Azhar in Egypt approved a ban on wearing the niqab in their schools. A few days later, the Muslim Canadian Congress made a call to the federal… Read More
2009-09-28 03:47
I have been eager to get back into blogging again after the trip, but I just didn’t know where to start or what to say. Maybe because I don’t think my writing can do justice to… Read More
2009-08-31 05:10
I’m counting down the seconds. The plan was conceived as an idea thrown around while sitting around at a cafe. “What if we visited Europe at the end of summer?” I asked h… Read More
2009-08-25 16:02
So here I am jumping on the Ramadan post bandwagon, like any good blogger would do. In the few years I have been blogging I don’t think I ever posted something longer than a Happy Ram… Read More
2009-08-10 03:15
I woke up this morning to the sound of thunder in the sky. I am not the type who is scared by thunder, but today was a little different. I was certain the lightning bolts were arcing withi… Read More
2009-08-07 04:42
The scene: a busy classroom, students scattered everywhere, some busy putting the final touches on their projects, others nervously waiting their turn for testing. A carton of eggs is place… Read More
2009-07-31 05:37
Is it just me are we all surrounded by the diet hysteria? A quick search on Google shows that “6.8 million Canadian adults ages 20 to 64 were overweight, and an additional 4.5 million… Read More
2009-07-21 03:44
I came across his book while searching for a work on poverty for my grade 12 class. At the time I didn't know that I was to embark on reading a book that would have such an impact on me for… Read More
2009-07-16 04:09
Her arrogance is growing day by day, perhaps it's in reaction to the slow but noticeable change of opinion towards her, or maybe it's just stemming from growing levels of ignorance. One doe… Read More
2009-06-30 03:31
Queen of Andalusia - Part 1As we were talking to the cop, a shopkeeper came up to us and pointed up to the woman on the balcony. About a minute a later middle-aged, blond woman came down an… Read More
2009-06-03 21:13
The story of Granada is a long one, one that will engraved in my memory forever. Never had a city cast its spell on me as quickly as Granada did. Out of all the stops on my Eurot… Read More
2009-05-06 22:47
What was Bin Ladin’s biggest blunder? Are you ready for this? He didn’t say the magic word. That’s right, had Bin Ladin said “sorry” after the attacks on… Read More
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