tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post1389516470785518626..comments2023-04-28T17:46:13.215+02:00Comments on المرآة: The Good Arab DepartmentHishamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303451078690636594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-86475978930285569112008-02-28T04:17:00.000+01:002008-02-28T04:17:00.000+01:00Hisham, am I really famous? I thought being famous...Hisham, am I really famous? I thought being famous meant being invited to the wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or at least getting a call from the Dalai Lama when he's in town. Of course, I'd rather be "famous" to a few people I care about, than have all that trouble. So thanks for the words of friendship and support.<BR/><BR/>Thanks too for giving me your impressions of Obama and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-39882018409114403442008-02-27T13:21:00.000+01:002008-02-27T13:21:00.000+01:00@Abdelilah:بارك الله فيك يا أخي العزيزHope next ti...@Abdelilah:<BR/><BR/>بارك الله فيك يا أخي العزيز<BR/><BR/>Hope next time I'm around in Marrakech we'll be able to meet in real life and have a discussion (That's an exciting prospect isn't it) on the so many centres of interest we share. Good to see your wise comments and analyses back on this humble blog.<BR/><BR/>@eatbees<BR/><BR/>I don't see any reason for you to feel guilty about anything. I Hishamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303451078690636594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-44239583500475843942008-02-27T08:06:00.000+01:002008-02-27T08:06:00.000+01:00Hisham, congratulations on your marriage! That was...Hisham, congratulations on your marriage! That was unexpected, to me anyway... since your blog is political not personal ;)<BR/><BR/>I stopped by today because I haven't seen you in a long time, and I was touched to notice that you called me your favorite blogger in an earlier post! It's true that I was resting — doing lots of offline reading, and working on a novel — but I've written some new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-1954120663463125942008-02-24T02:39:00.000+01:002008-02-24T02:39:00.000+01:00Congratulations on your marriage. با...Congratulations on your marriage. بالرفاه والبنين <BR/>Racism is like a virus against which a cure is hard to find, once it is entrenched in the body. Actually it's the racists that suffer most because they don't seek to know the good and the human side of the other that they see racially.Abdelilah Boukilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991126759703627862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-50731158155384405132008-02-23T13:17:00.000+01:002008-02-23T13:17:00.000+01:00@Naim & Reb:Thank you brothers for your kind words...@Naim & Reb:<BR/><BR/>Thank you brothers for your kind words. Racism is indeed well entrenched on the European soil. It must be constantly and systematically debunked otherwise it has a natural tendency of spreading and contaminating. One must be aware of the hidden form of it, branded often as "ordinary" racism. I kid you not, I heard this awful simplification many time since I've been in FranceHishamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303451078690636594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-7117042588365907132008-02-23T07:01:00.000+01:002008-02-23T07:01:00.000+01:00Oh, yeah- Congrats on your marriage! Definitely a ...Oh, yeah- Congrats on your marriage! Definitely a good excuse for not blogging lately. I wish you and your wife all the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-24886983442434419032008-02-23T06:57:00.000+01:002008-02-23T06:57:00.000+01:00The topic of racism came up in class the other wee...The topic of racism came up in class the other week and I argued that part of the reason that African remain economical underdeveloped was due to racism (it seems a litle suspicious that all the predominately white countries are developed). A classmate disagreed, claiming that Asian "yellow skinned" people (I guess she thought it was OK to use the phrase because she is Indian) had been attractingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229767971893785777.post-10202387421559961242008-02-23T00:33:00.000+01:002008-02-23T00:33:00.000+01:00First of all, congratulations and best wishes for ...First of all, congratulations and best wishes for this big step:-)<BR/>"A good arab" is usually an expression used to hide an unconscious (and even conscious) racist way of thinking..<BR/><BR/>Very nice blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com