The 4th of July fireworks at the National Mall were an amazing display indeed, enough to satiate the personal egos of a thousand Chinese emperors, though there was nothing really egoistical about it. The patriotic songs that we heard in the background, all celebrated the beauty of the homeland or, as is the case with the national anthem, a certain captured moment of inspiration in the midst of a decisive battle. Continue reading “The Fire & The Works!”
Category: Heretical Musings
The Ruling Ethos!
Why did you choose, so I was recently asked, to join the National Salvation Front, while some of your best friends back home seem to have joined the regime and are trying to help polish its image as diplomats and advisors?
My Answer: Continue reading “The Ruling Ethos!”
PEN World Voices 2006!
Ah yes, I have just found these two links below to the audio recording of the panel discussions that I participated in as part of involvement in the New York Festival of International Literature in April. For those of you interested in listening to them, just click on the links below, and do bear in mind that each panel lasted for around an hour (the files are in mp3 format):
Exiles in America and Just the Facts (Internet & Censorship). Also, below is the transcrip of the “Just the Facts” panel as posted on OpenDemocracy. Continue reading “PEN World Voices 2006!”
Hungry Lion / Lounging Heretic!
While the arrestscontinue apace in Syria, in an attempt to satisfy the insatiable the appetite of certain hungry lions, a heretic is lounging with his wife around a pool in their apartment community in Silver Spring, Maryland. At the end of the day, we all end pissing on holy grounds, I guess (But not in the pool, I assure you). The sacrosanct nature of human rights and individual liberties will continue to be violated while certain heretics will remain torn apart between the longing to be involved and the need to take some time out lest they lose their grip on sanity and become completely useless. So, the heretic took sometimes to relax today despite of it all, and he is not going to feel guilty about it, damn it! Continue reading “Hungry Lion / Lounging Heretic!”
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 