Valentine’s Day is taking the world by storm as a commercial celebration of romantic love. In its origins, it is a Christian religious celebration of a saint known as Valentinus. However, we live in the day and age of Capitalism as the dominant ideology. Many people around the world seem to have embraced it as their new religion. Consequently, Valentine’s...
Cilantro, also known as coriander. In Arabic, it’s called kuzbara. I love this stuff. However, two of my children can’t stand the taste of it, while they are not difficult eaters. In fact, none of our three kids are. Scientific research has revealed that liking or disliking kuzbara has a genetic component, which makes it taste like ‘soap’ to about...
The city of Santiago de Compostela, in the autonomous region of Galicia in Northern Spain, has sealed a significant BDS victory. BDS stands for ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’, and is a worldwide movement that favors a boycott of ‘Israel’. In November 2015, the city council of Santiago adopted a non-binding motion in support of boycotting ‘Israel’. According to recent reports,...
There has always been a consistently high demand for information on the shibbabeh, judging from web traffic coming to my website. Also, I frequently get questions about the instrument, and my tutorials. I really apologize for not answering all of them. It’s just too much work, and frankly, in most cases, I think people are able to figure out the...
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