Islamic Idol.
What a name!

This is Egypt's (religious) answer to American Idol. It's not an Arab Kelly Clarkson singing bad pop tunes. Much worse, it's Egypt's young men (because letting women sing is haraam!) singing about trying to keep up with the five daily prayers and other duties of Muslims ( Read more... )

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After school today [you know when I begin my stories with that phrase, it's gonna be something saucy], I walked across the footbridge and sat down on the bench at the bus-stop. Three other guys - casually dressed students - were sitting with me on the bench. The one immediately next to me was wearing a black dishdasha, but he wasn't an Arab ( Read more... )

Before we begin, I must deliver unto all of you, some political crap:
The Muslim World League Chief blamed Israel, among other things, for the weakness of the Muslims ( Read more... )