Tuesday 16/3/2010
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a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j6135gEuOCM/S53vljvCEkI/AAAAAAAABV0/eJdgXaX5j28/s1600-h/IMG00010-20100315-0826.jpg"img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448774552714875458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j6135gEuOCM/S53vljvCEkI/AAAAAAAABV0/eJdgXaX5j28/s400/IMG00010-20100315-0826.jpg" //abr /divA steaming cup of tea, Fairouz playing in the background, and a breakfast of Zeit w Za'atar, olives, labneh. With the sun shining and the birds singing in the garden I begin to get the distinct feeling that things just might be ok...Sabah al kheir!/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30984739-8585553281880836791?l=maysaloon.blogspot.com'
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emLive all you wish, for you will die/embr /emDo what you wish, you will only sow what you reap/embr /emand love who you wish for you will part with them/embr /br /em-Gabriel to Muhammad.../emdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30984739-7869229948868062297?l=maysaloon.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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I'm not sure I agree with a lot of Usama Hassan's article in the Guardian today, "a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/mar/13/islam-east-west-religion"East is not always best/a". But I do sympathise with it. What did strike me is the level of anti-Islamic vitriol that is becoming standard in the comments section of the Guardian. I mean with The Times that might be something that is expected, but in a supposedly progressive, left leaning newspaper? Very
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Such a strange feeling, to look into a window from the outside and see another man living your life. It is particularly cold in London tonight...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30984739-7154445989946000530?l=maysaloon.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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I've just heard that the Sheikh of al Azhar, Mohamad Sayid al Tantawi, has passed away. I think he was a frail old man in a difficult position, and that was what made him say some of the ridiculous things he did regarding Palestine, or shaking the hand of Peres. I think that whilst the sensationalism of these mistakes has gotten a lot of attention, he should also be remembered
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When I have time I will be writing a post about my experiences and perspectives as an Arab ex-patriate living in the West. There are many things which we culturally adapt to and notice about living in these lands that range from the comical to the outlandish to the absolutely horrifying. Perhaps my post, which I'm considering putting in Arabic as well, would help Arabs about to travel here or
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I must say, studying law in London with "Oxbridge" students has opened my eyes to the often stated fact that Britain is a society deeply divided upon class lines. Oxbridge is the term given to students who have graduated from Oxford or Cambridge and who usually come from a public school background. Public school in England is what people in other countries would call private schools, the most notable of
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It has been extremely difficult to stay abreast of political developments or some of the rubbish being written by Middle Eastern experts. Studying law in such an intense and short period is taking up a lot of my energies. I will try to keep things going regularly and I apologise for being a bit silent here, in the meantime enjoy the classical Arabic poetry that I've been discovering. I had
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A Syrian Arab (emphasis on Arab) awakening in a modern and bewildering world gone insane.