London Looting + Syrian Revolution =
This YouTube video, entitled “SYRIANAIRWAYS LONDON” brings together two current events quite vividly. Warning: slight profanity if you consider “cunt” profane, but it’s said with a charming accent....
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The Accidental (Revolution) Tourist
A voyage with benign and meager doctoral student ambitions “accidentally” transformed into a historic Forrest-Gump-like journey through revolting Arab and European countries during the summer of 2011....
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‘Good’ Versus ‘Bad’ Immigration in the UK
Contributed by Nabeelah Jaffer Two weeks ago, David Cameron encouraged the British public to report suspected illegal immigrants and “reclaim our borders”, in an attempt to lower levels of immigration...
View ArticleMocking the Prophet, Mocking his Followers?
Contributed by Nabeelah Jaffer The editor of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo spoke out immediately after the petrol-bombing of the offices of his offices on Wednesday to accuse those...
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Al Jazeera’s Muslims of France
“It’s quite simple: the Arabs hate the Blacks” says French scriptwriter Abdel Raouf Dafri in the middle of the second programme in Al Jazeera’s recent three-part series, ‘Muslims of France’. He is...
View ArticleDiary of a Bad Man
“Ummi, look, I know you want me to get married, but I made a poem , y’know, about my feelings and emotions.” The words open one of the most popular clips from ‘Diary of a Bad Man’, a series created by...
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Tabloid Islamophobia in the UK
No one told us about this. Muslims have an image problem – one not entirely their own fault. Granted terror attacks carried out by people supposedly speaking in the name of Islam don’t help, yet at the...
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Make Bradford British: Entertainment Not Exposition
“Have you ever tried a miniskirt?” a pub regular asks the hijab-clad server who has spent the day serving soft drinks behind the bar. When she protests that she doesn’t want to, he assures her she...
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Merah is a Product of France, Not Islam
Mohamed Merah was born in Toulouse. He died in Toulouse. In 2008, he attempted to join the French army, but was rejected. The motivations for his murders: the French military presence in Afghanistan,...
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On the destruction of Speaker’s Corner
After four years of living in London I have learned that I can be assured of two things in the summer: 1) Gulf Arabs 2) Christian missionaries (actually, add rain to the list). The two are linked; it...
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