eid al-fitr - The Chronikler

For drinkers, Ramadan brings a special kind of thirst

Ramadan is the time of year when hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world abstain from food or drink. But one group of fasters suffers a special variety of thirst this time of year: Muslims who drink alcohol.

Spiritual oasis or consumer paradise?

Despite having acquired some 21st-century trappings, Eid al-Fitr’s mix of religion and revelry is centuries old.

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Those who burn their tongues on the soup, blow into the yoghurt. This has to count as one of my favourite (Egyptian) Arabic expressions.

10:59 · June 2, 2023

Hassan I. Hassan

@hxhassan

So nice to read this about one of the finest essays @newlinesmag has run. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-gi… twitter.com/diabolicalidea… pic.twitter.com/vEQ8rO85Zl

21:01 · May 31, 2023 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

"It’s not lost on me that I learned about Hedwig Klein from an Arab writer.... and through his courage I received the gift of Hedwig’s story" My essay about the persecuted Arabist Hedwig Klein and resonated with a Jewish woman unaware of the the Nazi roots of her trusty Hans Wehr twitter.com/tabletmag/stat…

19:52 · May 31, 2023

jai krishna

@greensparker

I guess so, in the colour conscious India,most of the villains in movies are dark and unfair. twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

15:36 · May 27, 2023 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

If having pale features makes you fair, does being dark mean you are unfair?

10:25 · May 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The family of Sanda Dia, the black student who died in a cruel initiation ritual, only received partial justice. The fraternity students who forced Dia to perform degrading and dangerous rituals were only sentenced to 300 hours community service #SandaDia theguardian.com/world/2023/ma…

08:11 · May 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The idea that European Council President Charles Michel can offset his frequent private jet use is a flight of fancy. If @CharlesMichel is serious about reducing his carbon footprint, he can: * Stop using private jets * Fly economy class * Fly less carbonmarketwatch.org/flights… twitter.com/pgreenfielduk/…

09:19 · May 26, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The English so enjoy standing in line that they line up a string of unnecessary letters to spell out the monosyllabic word 'queue', when they could so easily just write 'q'.

15:38 · May 25, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

That the parent who demanded the banning of 'The hill we climb' couldn't tell Amanda Gorman and Oprah Winfrey apart speaks volumes about ignorance and racism. That the school banned the poem speaks volumes about ignorance and racism. This is the hill that freedom dies on. twitter.com/TheAmandaGorma…

13:44 · May 25, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

At another level, Henry Kissinger was a ruthless and unscrupulous political manipulator who committed war crimes that led to widespread death and destruction and helped prop up some of the vilest regimes of the time. thenation.com/article/world/…

21:53 · May 24, 2023

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