Tweet The great Arab-Muslim-American puppy story.By Ahmed TharwatPosted Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at 12:44 PM ETHaving a dog in an Arab/Muslim household is an exhausting proposition. Who wants to wash or take a shower every time a dog touches or licks you, as I was brought up to do back home in Egypt? In Islamic…
Clash of Culture or clash of stupidity
Tweet The recent removal and questioning of six Moslem clerics from a Twin Cities’ flight became a front-page, headline news story with several clashing views. From a civil liberties point of view, those imams’ freedom of worship was taken away and they were singled out and publicly humiliated because of either their religious customs, the…
An Arab-American on the golf course
Tweet As an Arab-American growing up in Egypt I had never had a chance to play this illusive game of golf or even come close to being on a golf course. Golf is still an individualistic and very much a discipline game for someone who played and lived for a long time with the game…
The modern exodus…wrong direction
Tweet Tens of thousands Palestinians flooded across the breached border crossing from Gaza into Egypt parting the wall separating the besieged city from Egypt, thousands of years after the Jews fled oppression and persecution in Egypt crossing the sea to the wilderness, It is ironic to see the new exodus of the Palestinians crossing into…
Top ten traveling advisories for Arab/ Muslim Americans
Tweet Top ten traveling advisories for Arab/ Muslim Americans For a safe flight please 10. Have a clean shave 9. Don’t ask for a helal meal 8. Leave the Qur’an at home, there is another holy book in every hotel room, same stories. 7. Don’t listen to Arabic music on the flight 6. If they…