Dear Barack, We Arabs and Muslims in this country were so excited when you won in 2008. We all wanted to have you over for dinner. You like lamb, right? During your inauguration, when Chief Justice John Roberts said “Barack HUSSEIN Obama,” we loved it. We all started calling each other. “Did you hear him […]
Month: November 2011
The Republican Yellow Brick Road
Barack Obama must be wondering how, in the midst of a recession, high unemployment, and little hope, he got so damn lucky. The Republican party is parading out a band of brainless, heartless, and gutless candidates to be the next leader of the free world. Watching their debates reminds me of my childhood, when my […]
Former Presidents
What a crazy couple months. We Arabs just cannot get out of the news. Whether it’s Qaddafi, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, or Iran (OK, they’re not Arabs, but, seriously, how many FOX viewers know that?), we just can’t get a day off. Muammar Qaddafi is gone. He was killed in much the same way he […]