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Khaled Diab

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Moncef Marzouki asks if Arab history was "invented". Was Jahaliya a dark age & were Arab conquests regular invasions? goo.gl/8v64Z

22:25 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@Nael_Shama Yes, I'm on a roll today!

14:44 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

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Speaking of schisms, was the Cold War just a cunningly disguised battle in the perennial war between Orthodox & Western Christianity? :-)

14:30 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

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@sramt Thanks, Ram.

13:37 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

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Claiming that Mid East is in the grips of Sunni-Shi'a conflict is like saying Nelson & Napoleon were at war cuz they Protestant & Catholic.

12:57 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

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@PaoloSalom True. I'm a born city dweller. But with modern agriculture, there's very little real "nature" left, even in the countryside.

11:02 · June 18, 2013

Khaled Diab

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Pollen is a dirty biological bomb, a weapon of mass distress for us hay fever sufferers. Why does nature apparently hate us so much?

09:18 · June 18, 2013

Rola Mahmoud

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@DiabolicalIdea the big lesson is learnt but 30/6 onwards is the most long difficult practical test. Those rats won't easily give up n leave

21:20 · June 17, 2013 · Retweeted by Khaled Diab

Khaled Diab

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@rolarola I truly hope that they draw the right lessons.

21:13 · June 17, 2013

Rola Mahmoud

@rolarola

@DiabolicalIdea ppl learn. This was a v v hard price they paid n will still pay to learn.

21:12 · June 17, 2013 · Retweeted by Khaled Diab

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