mahmood

An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.

Throwing the switch

[arabic]الأول : كيÙ?Ùƒ يا زلمة وكيÙ?Ùˆ ابوك ان شا لله تحسن صارلي سنين ما Ø´Ù?تك التاني : انا ماشي حالي الحمد لله بس الوالد عطاك عمرو الأول :العمر إلك بعرÙ? كان عندو القلب يالله الله يرحمو التاني : بس والله ما مات من القلب الأول : كيÙ? توÙ?Ù‰ التاني : الله يرحمو بآخر Ù?ترة ضعÙ? …

Boiling point reached?

The government is being so amateurish lately that it boggles the mind how they actually continue to believe that the only way to rule is by sweeping problems under carpets, rather than courageously coming out and facing them head on. Isn’t this attitude the very thing that started the “troubles” of the ’90s? We have …

We deserve the parliament we vote for

We shouldn’t really cry over Friday sermons delivered by a right honourable member of parliament, religious leader and imam Shaikh Jassim Al-Saidi when he ends his sermons with: اللهم إلعن اليهود Ùˆ النصارى Ùˆ الرافضه Ùˆ أرني فيهم يوماً أسود Oh Allah curse the Jews, Christians and the Shi’a and show me in them a …