Arab Culture

Recently the president of Iran mentioned there is no homosexuality in Iran . I am not sure about Persian , but in Arabic there is no word for homosexual . And the reason is that it is the norm. Sexual and gender relationships are beyond twisted in the Lands of Islam —and not in a cool way. Homosexuals are lashed and executed. While at the same time male sexual abuse is common, and in places like Afghanistan male homosexuality openly rampant. There is guilt, repression, misogyny and sexual activity for which there is shame, but no name. Last year I discussed this in the ... Read Full Story

Pakistan US Relations should be normal not transactional . The discussion about Pakistani nukes shows a vacuuity of ideas. About the inane discussion of taking out Pakistan’s Nuclear weapons.” Shireen Mazari is a lone hawk among many doves in Islamabad. She has been writing about the external and internal threats to Pakistan. She seems surprised by the support to Anti-Pakistan elements by many outside Pakistan. In this particular article she she mentions some but not all of the threats. She lists the Sindhi World Congress, but she does not mention others like the Baluchistan Liberation Army, and Goverment of Baluchistan which is now headquartered ... Read Full Story

This is possibly Ms. Mazari’s best article ever written. She correctly focuses on the five factors that been been repeatedly pointed out on Rupee News. 1) Appeasing India by forgetting Kashmir will not get India to withdraw from her forward positions in Siachin or Sir Creek. When the pressure is off Occupied Kashmir, she will continue to creep into Pakistani territory. 2) Kowtowing to the USA will not help in eliminating terror in Pakistan. It has had the exact opposite affect. The imposition of an anti-Pakistan government in Kabul and fighting the war on terror without Pakistan in Afghanistan is ridiculous. Pakistan as a ... Read Full Story

When you run across a fancy car in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, don't be quickly impressed by its shape or sleekness. Check the license plate number. This may tell you the real value. In Abu Dhabi, a car license plate number was sold for about $14.5 million, setting a new Guiness world record, according to a report in the Gulf News . It might seem like a regular car plate, but it actually held the coveted number "1.' For the loaded businessman who bought it, owning this plate made him feel like "the best in the world," as he told the crowds present at ... Read Full Story

Today we ... yes I say we because little Sara is no longer in the kinder..now she is with me every day..grrr she refuse to go so we take her out . man was a pain every morning , the screams and so on... so now i put her in swimming classes and probably in a gymnastics ... wile we were at the Arab store buying Turkish coffee ..she saw a box of hena .. and she ask me to buy it for her , seams that she miss wear Hena in her arms... like when we were in Bahrain so Ma ( me) ... Read Full Story