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The Alexander Sarcophagus, proudly owned by the Istambul archeological museum

Mustapha Hamoui · Oct 1, 2012

Satire and the Lebanese Self-Image

A few days ago, the Pan Arabia Enquirer, a satirical online newspaper which is the Arab world’s answer to The Onion, wrote one of its typical fake stories: A Lebanese man in Dubai paid $200,000 to guarantee that he’ll be first to get a hold on an iPhone 5 (link).

Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 15, 2012

On Insulting Muslims

This morning, in response to the news that people were killed because someone somewhere made a movie that supposedly insults our Prophet (PBUH), I wrote the following tweet:

Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 12, 2012

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