And Scammers Get Smarter

Scammers have come a long way since Nigerian business lords or headless limbless orphans looking for that $1 donation by Microsoft. They’ve now hit the Facebook Marketplace! Here is the listing: As you can see it’s too good to be true. And indeed, it is. They’ve hit the consumer’s soft spot – those shiny, exorbitantly expensive Apple products – and offering them for a very good...

Getting Offered for…. Sex!

You read that right. And I am just as bewildered. [obvious note: 'adult' content follows. Kids interested in learning about sex should go here] It happened yesterday, as I was waiting for my friend to arrive. I decided to kill time before lunch by going to the beach (in Ajman) in the middle of the day to enjoy a true winter’s noon – chilly winds and a burning bright sun. My body was perplexed by that...

شو وضعها من الأعراب؟

يعني يخزي العين عليها وعلى هيك دعاية! أنا ما عندي أي فكرة عن البرنامج بس كونها بتحكي شامي متل إلي داحشه منشر غسيل بالعرض بحنكها، مالي مضطر. بعدين معلش سمحولي إلي بده هيك منظر، هيفاء وهبي أحلى وعلى الأقل “بتتفنن”، سو تو سبيك...

Oh, btw, Guess What?

There was a time when happy moments were shared by people, when friends share their happy moments (or sad if you wish) with each other, when people confided in each other, when people talked about dreams and ambitions and plans and how to find the G-spot (before the advent of the internet, that is). It’s either that this time passed (which I know didn’t) or people I surround myself with just rather like...

Friday Prayer Dramas

In the past four weeks, I skipped 3 Friday prayers. I haven’t missed any since I started ‘practicing’ back in college. Though I am a firm believer that practicing doesn’t only involve praying, or attending Friday, but rather involves a lifestyle. Of course, I am not saying non-believers follow a less morally-sound lifestyle. Not at all. I am equating myself with another believer, only who I...