Archive for the 'justice' Category
Someone I respect: Desiree Fairooz
14 Comments Published by hasan October 27th, 2007 in War, human rights, justice.Standing on the right-hand side of Condoleezza Rice is “freedom fighter” Desiree Fairooz. No comments needed for this little episode that happened on Oct 24th. Fairooz was yelling out, “You have the blood of millions of Iraqis on your hands!” into Rice’s face.
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The following profile of Desiree Fairooz is taken from the Fort Worth Weekly [...]
What Driving by Palm Trees Does to Someone Visiting Bahrain (a.k.a., bringing out the villager inside us)
0 Comments Published by hasan February 21st, 2007 in Bahrain, Middle East, human rights, justice, observations.Okay, and so the local internet cafe is making a killing off me. Not much I can do about it, though. Not that I’m a miser who has issues with things like paying an inflated price to use someone else’s computer while my own laptop is virus-dead and Batelco STILL haven’t figured out how to [...]
What, Me Worry?
0 Comments Published by hasan October 31st, 2006 in Insomnia, crazy landlady, justice.Lately, I’ve been (un)sure what to make of the following episodes. Can anyone out there give me some feedback?
My neighbours have all disappeared, and so did that abnoxious barking by the chihuahua in apartment number 203. However, my landlady, who lives on the first floor, did NOT disappear. She seemed to be in a particularly [...]
Can Somebody Please Explain this to Me?
0 Comments Published by hasan September 19th, 2006 in Bahrain, justice.Picture this: You wake up one Autumn morning, to find that the papers announce that you MAY be one of a large number of citizens whose right to vote has been removed for LEGAL reasons. What would you think to yourself? Are there any laws that permit a government to remove a citizen’s right to vote except for [...]
On Promises of Healing Wounds and The Strange Things Strange People Do
0 Comments Published by hasan September 11th, 2006 in crazy landlady, justice, perverts, terrorism.Today marks the 5th annivesary of the Sept 11th attacks in NYC. 5 years ago, while I was a student in Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, this day was a very strange day. I had class at 11am that day, a few hours after the attacks. I had been up the night before, preparing [...]