I wish I could talk about all of you. I wish I knew your names by heart. I wish your stories never ended this soon, and you never had to go this way. I wish you never heard the sound of their missiles. I wish the smell of your mother’s blood-stained gowns wasn’t the last […]
Month: September 2014
Ten things you need to know about Arabs
Whoever coined the term “Ignorance is bliss” is an absolute idiot. Ignorance is not bliss. In fact, ignorance leads to misunderstanding. Misunderstanding leads to fear. Fear leads to bias and hate. So I am here to present to the American public the top 10 things that Arabs want non-Arabs to know about them. If you […]
The occupier has no clothes!
We all remember Hans Christian Andersen’s short tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” the story about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible on those who are “hopelessly stupid.” At the end of the story, the vain emperor parades before his subjects in his new (invisible) clothes. As the […]