I’ve been reading my Twitter and Facebook newsfeeds and increasingly see police action against Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. Not only in New York, but all over the US. Tonight there’s talk of police raids in San Francisco and Oakland. Is the US not a democracy and every citizen guaranteed the right to assemble peacefully? Aren’t we afforded the right to speak…
Category: Middle East
The Bin-Laden Dilemma
I believe that Osama Bin Laden has been dead for a number of years, and was not indeed killed on May 2nd, 2011, as our government would have you believe. I have absolutely no proof to support my claims so no one has to agree with me – it’s just my own convoluted mind jumping…
Totally random – why hijabs and niqabs rock!
Since there’s been debate recently about niqabs, I’ll address it first. Niqabs, I believe, contrary to popular thought, are quite liberating! A woman who chooses to wear a niqab is a woman who is unafraid, a non-conformist, independent-minded, and true to herself. I think I would be too conscious of having all eyes on me…
Libya – No Fly Zone
Ever since the passing of the resolution yesterday by the UN Security Council for military intervention and adoption of a “no-fly zone” in Libya, I have inundated myself with scores of opinions on the subject. Many of my friends seem to be of the belief that this will turn into another Iraq or Afghanistan, is…
Morocco’s big day
All through the Middle East we’re seeing a strange phenomena. People are rising up and demanding more from their countries’ and their governments. These aren’t people who live in wealth, but are your average middle class and poor. What has this world become that these governments who have ruled for decades should turn on their…
Roxy G's A Minute Please 