“You can crush the flowers, but that will not delay the Spring.” – Protest graffiti in a Cairo mosque Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Filed under Religion, World · Tagged arab spring, Cairo, Hindustan Times, Hosni Mubarak, Ibn Rushd, Islam, Libya, Morocco, Muammar Gaddafi, news, Saudi Arabia, They call me Muslim, Tunisia, Zia Haq, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt’s second president and one of the most important political figures of the Arab world, would often proudly say: “Nah-nu Abna-ul Feroin.” That’s Arabic for “We are sons of the Pharaohs”. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, hamas, Hosni Mubarak, iran, Israel, Jordan, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestine, Pharaohs, Sayed Qutb, tahrir square, Tunisia, Tutankhamun, yemen
In a stirring speech in Cairo last year, President Obama had said: “America is not and will never be at war with Islam.” Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged anti-Semitism, Cairo, Fulbright scholar, Haq, Islam, M.J. Prabhu, Muslim world, Muslims, President Obama, US