دبي هي نيويورك … وهي دلهي هي باريس… وهي القاهرة هي الرياض وبيروت دبي هي أنا، وهي أنت دبي هي كما تريد أن تراها… كما تريد أن تراها من رواية “ليلة واحدة في دبي” لهاني نقشبندي في آخر أياّم إقامتي في مدينة دبي كنت في إحدى المكتبات أبحث عن بعض الكتب لأشتريها وإذا بعيني تلمح [...]

القصة القصيرة “تجاعيد زهرة” للكاتبة منية أبو خضرا، تفوز بالمركز الأوّل

وددت مشاركتم هذا المقال الذي كتبته منيا أبو خضرا قد يحترِف المجتمعُ إرهاقنا وسحقنا بمطارق من حديد إنْ نحن قلّدناه زمام أمورنا وطأطأنا رؤوسنا لما يطفو على سطحه من مفاهيم مزدوجة وتقاليد عقيمة حقّ لنا غمرها بالتراب واستئصالها من الجذور. فكم تغنّينا بالطبيعة وذلّلناها سُخرةً لنا مبتهجين بنعمها، مردّدين أننا أبناء الأرض التي من ترابها [...]

I’m just in love with HRH Queen Rania’s children book “The Sandwich Swap“. I’m in love with the idea, the message it’s trying to convey, the illustrations, and the fact that it actually spreads awareness among children about accepting and knowing ‘the other’, not being afraid of trying new things, and never judging anything or [...]

I was surfing the net and I came across this interesting quote by Roman philosopher Plautus: “A woman without paint is like food without salt”. Actually it is kind of true… offensively true. I am -without a doubt- against relating beauty to looks alone, and I’m also against referring to artificial interference as beauty. But I [...]

Being a full time employee and then switching into a housewife is really a big change in the life of any woman. That’s why many women, after having a baby, prefer sticking to their jobs and have someone help them out with their kids, or have any kind of arrangement they’d feel will give them [...]

This is a translation of a German article written by Musafira, the wife of Too Much Cookies, about Marwa’s story. It is to be mentioned that both bloggers have suffered from racism and Islamophobia themselves (the story in German with a summary in English). You’ll also find the latest updates on this horrible murder here. [...]

I really don’t know where to start, this horrible crime, this inhumane racist crime, has moved me in a way I really can’t describe. I’m talking about the tragic death of Marwa Al-Sherbini, 32-year old Pharmacist, the Muslim, the Arab, who was stabbed (18 times) to death by a 28-year German racist, in a courtroom [...]

It’s really cool to see talented people in the Arab world actually getting the chance to show their abilities and apply their ideas in real life. And what’s even cooler, is when these talents are being invested in transforming  old or abandoned sites, which are of no use whatsoever -and which are really ugly in [...]

While the religions and faiths of mankind are different in so many ways, they all share the core principle of compassion, and they all agree to “The Golden Rule“: Do not do to others what you would not have done to you. And from this belief came the idea of forming The Charter For Compassion, [...]