TweetI just visited Las Vegas for the first time. In all these years, the Sin City had never seduced me in spite of its flashy façade screaming its invitation and its attractive moral slogan promising to keep everything I do a secret. The reason for my visit came from a very unlikely source: my niece’s husband, who works for a multinational company, came from Egypt for an international sales conference for the Middle/ Far Eastern branches. This event brought lots of Muslims to the desert city for an unlikely pilgrimage, where you could witness them clustering and strolling in the casinos at ease. I thought the casino should have offered…
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The Beckham Mania
Tweet Last Sunday the highly-touted and long-awaited British footballer, David Beckham, finally showed up at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The media hype of the arrival of the new American superstar is a phenomenon that has nothing to do with the beautiful game of soccer and a lot to do with the beautiful footballer. The challenge facing soccer in the U.S. is much greater than can be influenced by a “hot” 33-year-old player who “looks better than 99% of his gender,” according to C.J., a columnist at the Star Tribune. Apparently, the LA Galaxy paid a whopping quarter of billon dollars for Mr. Beckham to cross the Atlantic to expand his…
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Top 10 sign that the terrorist won
Tweet10. If you stop going shopping 9. If you think things are not going well in Iraq 8. If you become kind to a Muslim 7. If you ask for attorney general resignation 6. If you ask for a national health care 5. If you vote for Barak Obama 4. If you don’t support Israel 3. If you think American torture is just torture 2. If you support feet-bath in public places And the number 1 sign that the terrorist one 1. If you wake up and smell the Humus