Tweet American Sniper… … glorifying the Killing of Arabs is a smash Hollywood box office hit by Ahmed Tharwat A day before the 4th anniversary of the #Jan25 revolution, a 32- year -old mother, activist and poet Shaimaa El Sabbagh carried a wreath of flowers and went to Tahrir square to commemorate the victims who lost their lives over the last 4 years. Egypt Rose didn’t know this would be her last walk to liberty Square. An Egyptian sniper gunned down Ms El Sabbagh and left her to bleed to death in the street. The tragic image of her friend holding her fragile body, while blood covered her beautiful face was…
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Je Suis Ahmed….
Tweet The Funny issue of Charia Hebdo (pronounced like Sharia law, or Islamic law) “guest edited” by the prophet himself. The cover promised “100 lashes if you don’t die of laughter!” It seems every time a Muslim or a group of Muslims behave badly, the rest of us Muslim Americans get asked to respond to the situation, to try to explain their motives and to react to their horrible acts as if we were experts on terrorism or have special insight on Muslim rage. We are interrogated and experience something akin to EIT, “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” and “Forced Condemnation Reaction” of violence and extremism. Don Lemon of CNN, asked…
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Prof. Ahmed Samatar, Arab Spring Three Years Later
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