It’s official. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum cancels all New Year celebrations in Dubai in solidarity with the Palestinian people. You can read more here Update: hotels holding meetings to cancel the events Update: more Arab countries cancel New Year events

It’s a shame to be human beings. I, for one, am ashamed of being human on so many levels. Heck, even animals are much better and more compassionate than we are.  Tomorrow people across the world will be partying and celebrating New Year, watching fireworks and competing against other countries/cities[...]

Hi all! AnibusGraph from deviantART has created the following banner for everyone to use freely as they wish. You may download it, print it, crop it, do anything you like… support Gaza! :thumb107622848: You may also browse for other art here.  

An international relief agency executive called on the international community to help children in Gaza, whom he said are literally facing extinction as a result of almost two years of an Israeli blockade against the strip. – Gulfnews I couldn’t have said it better myself. A few minutes ago on[...]

I want to dedicate this post to Noura. At first I did not want to write “yet another Eid post”, but we all love and support Noura and let’s face it, long distance sucks! So below is a long and detailed account of everything I ate during my stay in[...]