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Are We To Believe and Agree with Voltaire?
“An elderly woman and a baby were reported among those killed by coalition strikes in Libya’s western mountains.” Does this ring a bell? How many innocent women, children, and bystanders have been killed in Baghdad, or Afghanistan as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged Air strikes, Amazon, Baghdad, Bahrain, Beirut, bombing, Canada, chichikir, children, citizens, civil war, civilians, country, Dubai, Egypt, Eman Al-Obeidy, Europe, friendly fire, gunmen, human, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, madness, Middle East, Nato, politicians, protestor, safety, scene, Syria, The Lost I, Tunisia, uprising, Voltaire, women, yemen
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“I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”
In the comfort and quiet of my sitting room I watch the uprisings in the Middle East on different news channels. Although the coverage is different from one channel to the next, the scene they show is that of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged airport, Amazon, Bahrain, Beirut, bombing, book, border, Canada, chichikir, citizens, civil war, civilians, comfort, country, Dubai, Egypt, Europe, human, Jordan, kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, madness, Middle East, Montreal, optimism, politicians, protestor, recycling, safe, safety, scene, Syria, Tunisia, uprising, Voltaire, yemen
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Fear Doesn’t Listen To Reason
“Mummy! Mummy!” Dalia heard a scream. Her clothes torn and covered with dust, a little girl stood in the middle of some kind of road, debris all around her. The little girl was screaming at the top of her voice. … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged AlJazeerah, Amazon, author, Bahrain, BBC, Beirut, bombing, book, cell phone, chichikir, child, civil war, CNN, coffee, debris, dream, Dubai, Egypt, experience, explosion, fear, friendship, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, mobile, mother, pain, phone, reason, self published, survival, Syria, The Lost I, UAE, war, yemen
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Not in the Middle East…
How many times can people flee their country for safety? 24 Feb 2011, as I watch the news in my Montreal home, and I see civilians from Libya crossing on foot, carrying whatever possible of their belongings in their hands, … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged airport, Amazon, army, Beirut, book, border, Canada, chichikir, civil war, civilians, cross, cross on foot, Damascus, Dubai, East, Egypt, farewell, flee, gunfire, Israel, Jordan, Jounieh, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, militia, Montreal, mountains, Museum Crossing, safety, strife, Syria, The Lost I, war, West
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