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introduction I'll be alternating between design posts, religious insights/critiques/opinions, lebanese politics (only occasionally and mostly rants), and whatever else I feel like randomly rambling...
View ArticleThe Tailor and the Giant
medium scratchboardrequired depiction of a scene in an adaptation of the parable The Brave Little Tailor.mentored by Daniel Drennan
View ArticleDomestic Violence under the umbrella of Islam
Yeah, no. More like: Domestic violence victims* under the umbrella of Islam.But do uninformed/misinformed people believe this? No. Why? Because Islamic clergy and authorities decide to issue an...
View Articleالعنف الأسري تحت مظلّة الإسلام
طبعاًهذالايمتّإلىالحقيقةبصلة. بالأحرى: ضحاياالعنفالأسريتحتمظلّةالإسلام.ولكنهل الأكثريّة يصدّقونذلك؟لا.لماذا؟لأنّالمحاكمالإسلاميّةوالشيوخقرّروارفضقانونحمايةالمرأةرفضاًقاطعاً.لنشرحالوضع...
View ArticleDaisability
Daisability is a fictional institution which provides career services for the handicapped in Lebanon. The name of the institution is directed at helping the disabled reach higher places, give them...
View Articleوشاهدٍ ومشهود
Al-Burooj (85:3)by Nouman Ali Khanوشاهدٍ ومشهودIfwejustappreciatethepowerandthebeautyandthecomplexity and the depth of these two words. I'll start with a basic english translation. Both words come from...
View ArticlePuppet.
This was a basic design project. We were required to design a puppet a third our size depicting a trait of ours. So my puppet was my puppeteer, rendering me the puppet - showing the dominance of my...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Politicians *only in Lebanon (Part I)
Part I | Part II | Part IIII've been quiet about this for quite some time now (quiet on the blog, not so quiet on facebook pages and in meetings and such), waiting until I have enough information from...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Politicians *only in Lebanon (part II)
Part I | Part II | Part IIIIn my previous post, I attempted to break down the attitude in the dialogue of those opposing the proposed bill aiming at the protection of women from domestic violence. Now...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Politicians *only in Lebanon (Part III)
Part I | Part II | Part IIIPreviously I'd started discussing the reasons that the people pose to oppose the law.Briefly, so far, the reasons covered are:1) It's a conspiracy.2) Raping your wife is...
View ArticleBetween Oppression and Revolution
It's been quite a tremendous year.Rewinding and sifting through events that made impressions, left imprints, sparked changes, scarred hearts, and lifted hope.Events that may have very well formed...
View ArticleHamza Yusuf Strikes Again!
"If you read the statistics about domestic violence, it's deeply depressing. Now most of you in here, and I'm assuming the ladies also, probably have very nice marital relationships. That's the way my...
View ArticleInheritance: Disputing Myths
Reposting from Nahida, the fatal feminist.So I’ve already written about inheritance, but this evening, prompted by an article on AltMuslimah on the topic, Zeina and I decided to torture ourselves by...
View ArticleMetel Ma Shelta
The most recent campaign that has gone absolutely VIRAL online is the anti-littering Metel Ma Shelta (Just like you picked this up) campaign.The amazing responses that this campaign has gotten in the...
View ArticleYusuf Estes at AUB: Part I
Part I: The Design | Part IIYusuf Estes, Christian preacher who embraced Islam in 1991 (i.e when I was born). Ever since he has dedicated his life to spreading the message to the best of his ability....
View ArticleYusuf Estes at AUB: Part II
Part I | Part II: The ReviewIt's quite the challenge for me to wear dressy formal outfits. Climbing trees, racing and having water fights become a lot harder without any pants on. But, here I was,...
View ArticleI love my family.
Uncle: Is there anything worse than a man beating his wife?Grandma: He's an animal.Uncle: He's the one who should be beaten. Grandma: An animal that does not understand or think. Grandpa: Stop saying...
View ArticleSo I've been shortlisted!
CelebrateMercy.com, a brilliant initiative that aims at learning from and about the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him, has issued a competition. The competition is about making a video...
View Article1 . dead butterflies . zeina shaaban
It's the chase,I keep telling myself,why would anyonewant to hurt me?I mutter obscenities, the blade has sputtered blood all over my nighttime pajamas. What will mother say?It digs deeper and I yell, I...
View ArticlePolarized Realities: Living a Theo-secular Purgatory in the Workplace
This post was originally featured on The Fatal Feminist here.There is a certain drive to modernity in Lebanon that is heavily associated with secularism. Or should I say, anti-theism. This is manifest...
View Article2 . the shiny deathtrap . anthony watkins
The shiny deathtrapthat is tomorrowrattles by and wakes me from the gentle sleepthat is nowGo on glowing machineof the coming daytake the future with youI will sit here and listen to lullabies and...
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