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Roundup for November 2009

This is the monthly report #2 in the form of story line for posts written in November where I covered various issues.

Story Line

One of them was following-up the tragedian case of Marwa El-Sherbiny on Justice and Stereotype that focused on the aftermath of the trial for her killer in Dresden, Germany.

Another tragedy was Fort Hood shooting in United States where Tragedy and Stereotype joined forces to produce this horrible act. In complementary to my commentary, I tried to go Underneath the Shooting few days later, since media as usual has nothing to focus on except the religious background of the gunman. In parallel, I also discussed how Civilians Matters in any conflict and here I focused the non-stop tragedy of Palestinians and how they are being targeted by Israeli forces aside from any political chaos.

On a different field, although I am neither football fan nor following matches, I was surprised by the aftermath of Egypt and Algeria WorldCup 2010 qualifying matches, and hence I expressed this within an Arabic post entitled هيستيريا الساحرة المستديرة which can be translated into hysterical football. You know what? The way people deal in this world either in these examples or others made me wonder about how events sometimes run as if you are watching a Psycho Circus everywhere!

Well, the coin has two sides so aside from problematic events, weird news were circulating about the period of Egypt under Cambyses II and hence I wondered too. Furthermore, there was an announcement for the event of Kolena Laila 2009 that is calling Arab readers and bloggers to participate online and I wish many people can do so. On the other hand, Muslims worldwide were celebrating Hajj and Eid al-Adha which is an important part of their religion.

What else? November rains were falling and so do stereotypes on Muslims, so this month could not leave us without more of them as we saw the Swiss referendum to ban minarets of mosques. I tried to go beyond meaning of this over Flying with Black Wings away from the bigotry in our world.

Time-Out!

Last but not least, if you love music generally and Arabic ones particularly, you are mostly welcome to join me on Arabic Music Respite and free your mind from anything else.

“ It is December! The last month of 2009 which means the new year is knocking the doors. For my Arabic readers, I remind you with ‘Rouh ya November (Arabic: روح يا نوفمبر)’ theme. Check my tweet for it ”

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I thought about making some change to my blogging style on the 1^st day of a new month by summing up the posts I published in the previous one in the form of ‘story-line’ so here is my trial that hopefully (incha’allah) will continue.

Story Line

Once upon a time there was a blogger named “Hicham Maged” who acquired his domain-name in October 2006. He celebrated the 3^rd anniversary by Blue: A New Look and Blog Milestone: Comments. Furthermore, although he does not worry about this, it was nice to shed some lights on Alexa in BloggingLand and pointing out to Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Awards.

In fact, tech-posts are not the main focus, so despite being surprised by the 2009 noble prize nomination for peace, he discussed the High Hopes behind this step. In parallel, it was important to wonder and ponder about his local society in Common Grounds which is also valid for the global society on Earth.

As for individuals, he shed some lights on And Marriage is ..., harassment in Shayassa ya Fandem and going behind the niqab controversial in Modesty of the Mind which leaded to wonder about the Beauty of the Mind.

Finally, he has not forgotten what happened back in July, thus Marwa: A Call for Justice came out 2 weeks before the trial. Last but not least, he wondered about Egypt and Mustafa Mahmoud when the later died at the end of the month.

“It is November! Happy November and enjoy your blogging experience”

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