rantings bordering on unwitting genius.

Emiratis will never have a normal society without honest, manual labour

I was once friends with a lesser-known Jujitsu master, who lived in East London. He was famous in the local community, not because of his fighting, but because he made his students engage in seemingly pointless exercises that were a waste of time and energy.

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A Night Out In Gaza

Dusk falls in Gaza City and I'm walking the streets looking for some food. It's getting dark and I know soon the whole city will shut down.

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Obama should have more to offer Africa than the Middle East

For the first time in eight years, the world as a whole is happy with American civil society. They have taken the brave and laudable step in putting Obama into the White House.

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Palestinians must commit to a non-violent civil rights movement

Jerusalem to me is no holy land; It's a city fraught with complexes and contradictions, its inhabitants on both sides of the divide suffering unwittingly from deep-rooted psychological issues. Everyone is battling for ancestral rights that time has rendered outmoded. But I'm a fi …

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Gamal will inherit an Egypt on the brink of social revolution

As Egyptian society careens towards complete stagnation, I've started to think about what kind of Egypt Gamal Mubarak is going to inherit when he is elected to power in 2011. Yes - I'm finding it difficult not to count myself among those who believe he will soon become Egypt's le …

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Jerusalem - city of beauty and bigotry.

I've just come back from Jerusalem – I wasn't a pilgrim of any kind, just a tourist who wanted to see one of the most highly charged cities on earth.

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Egypt: Stop FGM by taking away the importance of virginity.

A new Child Law recently passed by the Egyptian legislature has once again brought up the thorny issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt.

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Sexual harassment - Egypt's "cancer" of society

I've been following recent reports on sexual harassment against women back home in Cairo, and becoming increasingly upset about the state of affairs there.

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Satwa – popular Dubai neighbourhood to be erased from existence.

Hurried development and construction – something that has defined Dubai ever since the mid-1970s.

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Angry sand monkey. Grrrr. Nonsensical at times. Willfully inappropriate. Many issues - too little time. a77a.

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