???????? (The Clown) by Fouad Haddad

Fouad Haddad (born 1927) is the first Egyptian poet, addressing  his people in Colloquial Arabic. Among other poets he is known as the king of Colloquial poetry. “The Clown” is a striking example of his political poetry that is influenced by a life witnessing the political and social changes in Egypt through the decades. Written [...]

Marwa El-Sherbini: Involuntary Martyr in the War of Symbols

On 26th October 2009 began the trial against Marwas murderer, just some doors away from the crime scene in a court in Dresden, Germany were the Egyptian Marwa El-Sherbini was not only murdered but executed with 18 knife stabs on 1st July 2009. The young woman was pregnant in her third month. Reason of the [...]

Europe is splitting the Balkans

The news from Brussels was noticed with a shrug of Bosnians. Typical, Bosnians may think. 14 years after the massacre of Srebrenica, the West again is dropping a brick and is signalizing to Bosnian Muslims “You are not Europe!” Next year the European Union will ease the entry regulations for citizens with a Serbian, Macedonian, and [...]

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