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Poem / Poetry

February 09, 2016

Reads: 115

Comments: 4

Shelves: 2

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We were in a rush to leave our coastal city, but when the time came, we didn't want to say goodbye Read More

Tags: east, growing-up, graduation, college, coast

Article / Other

September 06, 2015

Reads: 169

Shelves: 1

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Criticizing the situation in Lebanon. Read More

Tags: world, politics, east, speech, analysis, arab, crisis, lebanon

Short Story / Non-Fiction

June 01, 2015

Reads: 315

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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A foreign mother is being forced by her Kuwaiti son to go propose to his secret girlfriends mother. Confused and desperate, the mother hasn't a clue about the Arabic cultural norms when it comes to marriage... Read More

Tags: love, marriage, children, islam, society, world, relationship, people, drama, son, mother, mothers, desperate, middle, east

We All Have a Voice” is an inspiring testament to the power of speaking the truth, of bringing meaning to suffering, and of discovering what truly matters in this life. Amina, Maha’s mother, grew up in a Middle Eastern home where, from the time she was seven, she was responsible… Read More

Tags: abuse, family, relationship, greed, middle, east, woman, nonfiction, biography

"Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but knew." Nobel Qu'an (9:41) Read More

Tags: iraq, islam, palestine, rebel, middle, east, oppression, revolution, saudi, arabia, egypt, rebellion, jihad, revolt, bahrain

Poem / Romance

August 05, 2014

Reads: 67

Shelves: 1

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She is a flower from the East. Read More

Tags: east, flower

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

February 11, 2014

Reads: 234

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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The prelude to my new book "Born Under the Brixton Sun". A story about the lives of four young adults living in South London. Some want to improve their lives, others want to destroy them but everyone wants a different life to the one they've been given. Read More

Tags: drugs, drama, crime, rock, kids, east, danger, london, escape, england, south, street, gangs, punk, brixton

Poem / Memoir

February 03, 2014

Reads: 125

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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This piece is about my traumatic experience when I went for a visit to my country in the middle east. Nothing's really been the same since then. A lot of people hate on Arabs because they generalize that we are all terrorists. We are NOT. I honestly don't care if… Read More

Tags: war, story, bomb, pride, middle, east, drop, true, arab, stereotypes

The purpose of this research paper is to demonstrate analysis of the modernization processes of Afghanistan under the ruling of Amanullah Khan and that of France under the ruling of King Louis XIV; applying theories to compare and understand the accomplishments and failures resulting from the attempts of reformations to… Read More

Tags: war, society, politics, theory, crime, modern, history, political, civil, middle, east, power, making, york, london

Angelina, the author's alter ego, embarks a creative journey through men, art, books, Zen, Tantra, Psyche, and Goddess medicine, Executive by day, lover by night, Angelina hunts for men and business in hope of finding love and success. Convinced that she is more than a daughter, a lover or a… Read More

Tags: love, music, artist, writing, relationship, sexuality, path, journey, sensuality, spirit, east, feminism, art, woman, men

A short poem on the everyday massacre in Gaza Strip Palestine Read More

Tags: death, poetry, war, palestine, poem, sad, hate, middle, east, spring, racism, arab, arabian, israeli

A mysterious foreigner shows up in the village of Akrabat, Turkmenistan. I apologise for people who find this politically incorrect about Akrabat, Russia and Turkmenistan overall. I didn't find very much about Turkmenistan, only the internet was my reference, so I had to make the scenery up > Read More

Tags: soldiers, war, russia, teacher, middle, east, english, union, soviet, bulgaria, turkmenistan

Summery?... im about to post a story here... Read More

Tags: family, magic, knight, blue, sword, east, loyalty, red, black, kingdom, gold, united, crossing, curse, west

After heavy clashes, an activist chats to a taxi driver Read More

Tags: death, middle, east, revolution, egypt, martyr, driver, taxi

Juggernaut's friend Belal got into a jam by dating a woman from department store 'Kirpalani's' in Trinidad. Read More

Tags: east, woman, black, indian, british, trinidad, kirpalanis, woolworth, caroni

Germany 1947. A war lost, a country divided while shadows of the past linger over cities in rubble. Hunger is paired with self-pity. When an additional twelve million Germans from Pomerania and East Prussia arrive in the Rhineland and Bavaria, among them the Marlow family, the burden gets unbearable. Displaced… Read More

Tags: fiction, war, world, hunger, east, historical, shadows, agony, germany, occupation, germans, forces, allied, undressing, ursula

The Baikal seal lives in one of the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Baikal in East Russia. The Baikal seal is the only one to live in fresh water. Read More

Tags: russia, east, lake, seal, shark, freshwater, baikal

Poem / War and Military

March 11, 2013

Reads: 447

Shelves: 1

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My poem is based around a soldier in the midst of a crisis. His country used the excuse of "war" to invade, take over and deprive a 3rd world country. After hiding the truth for almost a century he finds out the real reason and realises his whole life had… Read More

Tags: death, depression, soldiers, military, iraq, war, murder, conflict, usa, guns, lies, government, suicide, history, injustice

Short Story / Travel

February 24, 2013

Reads: 217

Shelves: 1

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Juggernaut learned first hand that feeding wild birds could be troublesome if not hazardous. Read More

Tags: tv, caribbean, birds, east, animals, grace, bird, window, indian, india, wild, show, island, alfred, jim

A poem about the Mad Poet/Necromancer Abdul Alhazred, who wrote the Necronomicon. Read More

Tags: tears, mystery, evil, poet, song, legend, wish, dreams, history, universe, occult, insanity, east, writer, blood

A poem about the Mad Poet. Read More

Tags: tears, mystery, evil, poet, song, education, dreams, child, suspense, history, universe, occult, insanity, east, humanity

Short Story / Children Stories

September 30, 2012

Reads: 450

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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This is a short play about being centered and in harmony in the universe. It is easy to be charismatic when you are centered. And the mask that covers the foolishness of the fool has yet to be discovered. Read More

Tags: babies, middle, east, vera, kingdom, united, states, arabia, west, roses, arabs, aloe, centered, sabbaro, reserica

Book / Travel

September 29, 2012

Reads: 396

Shelves: 1

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In the summer of 1980, a maverick young doctor gave it all up, to hitchhike around the world. The first part of his odyssey took him through South America and up through Africa, accompanied by his mythical hunter companion, Orion. Between the Cartwheels is the sequel to that cartwheel, his… Read More

Tags: humor, romance, environment, ireland, world, erotica, adventure, travel, alone, spirituality, sites, memoir, russia, east, writer

Told in the first person, this is a short story about a gay American nurse and his Iranian boyfriend, Shapour. A workplace bully picks on Shapour because of his ancestry. Willing to stand up for justice, will he learn how to defend himself when the time comes? Read More

Tags: gay, medical, hospital, middle, east, arts, bullies, iran, center, bully, nursing, bullying, seattle, nurse, martial

Book / Fantasy

June 17, 2012

Reads: 417

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Inspired by "The Legend of Zelda," “Fable,” and “The Elder Scrolls,” this epic about a young man, the last of the Dragon Fighters, must discover his destiny and save his kingdom from total annihilation by a force of darkness. Read More

Tags: love, fantasy, dark, horror, death, depression, birth, friendship, family, dangerous, fall, humor, soldiers, honor, language

Definitions for emo-scene and kawaii-gyaru. Read More

Tags: american, fashion, east, definitions, west, emo, scene, asian, kawaii, gyaru

Characters of the novel. Read More

Tags: teen, american, east, west, emo, scene, characters, asian, teenages, kawaii, gyaru

Article / Other

February 25, 2012

Reads: 313

Comments: 8

Shelves: 1

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Sucide is not for popular girls, or anyone. Read More

Tags: love, dark, loss, death, school, band, online, romance, teachers, hope, life, world, music, american, father

Short Story / Fantasy

February 21, 2012

Reads: 141

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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For displeasing the king, a lord is given a white elephant, but it turns out to be more of a monster than a blessing. Read More

Tags: vampire, monster, east, elephant, fairy_tale, white_elephant

Another excerpt from the chapter on the Arab-Israeli conflict from my book "How Canada Could Rule the World" The whole chapter can be found at http://www.scribd.com/doc/76719875/Canarabia-Find-Peace Read More

Tags: conflict, middle, east, peace, arab-israeli

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