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My Attempt to Make Sense of TLC’s All American Muslim Reality Show

by on 14. Nov, 2011 in Islam, Television

TLC’s All American Muslim is a show about Muslims in America. Make that, Muslims based in Dearborn, Michigan. Make that Lebanese-Arab Muslim families based in Dearborn, Michigan. Make that, camera friendly, little whacky, but normal on a good day, Lebanese-Arab Muslim families based in Dearborn, Michigan. America has somewhere around 3.5 million Muslims, a conservative [...]

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People of Egypt Did It

by on 11. Feb, 2011 in Islam, Politics, World

Personally I never thought this would happen. First Tunisia and now Egypt; FREE at last. Mubarak has stepped down and handed power to the military. It’s a new beginning for Egypt… Egypt proved in 3 weeks that the power of YOUTH and Social Media in the 21st century is simply irresistible. Revolutions are rare in [...]

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In The Land of Mosques and Bars

by on 25. Oct, 2008 in Dubai, Islam, Middle East, U.S

Mosques and Bars in the same sentence can make anyone crazy but this notion is very much evident in Dubai, the place were I was raised for 19 years before moving to California. I read an article by Mona El-Naggar in NYTimes few days back but didn’t get a chance to reflect on it. The [...]

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