Archive for the 'terrorism' Category
when answering the “why?” is not enough
1 Comment Published by hasan November 28th, 2008 in terrorism.I’ve been very saddened by the news of the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Mumbai. I cannot imagine any reason that would justify carrying out such a terrible and mindless act.
My heart goes out to those affected both directly and indirectly by this tragedy.
hurray for racial profiling..
15 Comments Published by hasan October 26th, 2007 in Cultural Insensitivity, Japan, Travel, daily life, terrorism.One of the most difficult phases of my life was being a Middle Eastern student in a post-9/11 United States. I felt terrible for the victims of the terrorist attacks of that sad day, but I also felt terrible about the reactions faced by others of Middle Eastern descent in the United States. I considered [...]
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 [...]
A Horrible Wake-up Call, $25 and a Copy of a Holy Book
0 Comments Published by hasan October 2nd, 2005 in Cultural Insensitivity, terrorism.You know, just as I was about to go about writing my usual blog on how I spent 12 hours today with people from my sword club, and how there were a few things that blew my mind away, something LITERALLY just “blew up”; another bombing in one of the last beautiful places in the [...]