Current Events

2026/Oct/25
in Current Events
3 min read

Attacks on my childhood home

The country I grew up in, Saudi Arabia, is being attacked by the Houthis in Yemen. I lived in the city of Al-Khobar mostly and literally down the street is the city of Dhahran, which now looks like this:

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This is what's happening in the capital city, Riyadh.

'Insert picture of Riyadh here²

So why is that instead of siding with the country that gave my family so much opportunity and provided inspiration for my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon" now available everywhere, am I siding with the people who are systematically dismantling it via explosions?

2026/Oct/7
in Palestine, Current Events
2 min read

Remembering Awni

Three years ago on October 7th 2023 the life of a young boy ended in Gaza. His name was Awni Eldous and the cause was a war-crime.

2026/Sep/21
in Current Events, Palestine
3 min read

The last line of defence

Ed Sheeran made a speech from the stage in Philadelphia on the 19th of September¹² on his beleaguered tour after getting criticized for dropping Macklemore as an opening act.

2026/Sep/17
in Current Events, Palestine
3 min read

A constant assault on reality

Pink, who is Jewish, on the 6th of September, amplified criticism of Macklemore for speaking out for Palestine on stage while opening for Ed Sheeran¹.

This went so badly for her that she had to...

2026/Jul/17
in Canada, Current Events
3 min read

Carney tripling down, context included

So here on the 17th of July 2026 as the terrible war foisted on Iran by the United States of America threatens to spiral out of control, let's talk about how Canadian Prime Minister Carney has tripled down on approving of the horror.

2026/Jul/5
in Current Events
3 min read

The world mourns what Canada approved

The world is mourning the death of the former Supreme Leader of Iran. Across multiple days and in multiple cities, tens of millions of people have been and will be gathering to celebrate the life of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and grieve not only his passing but the manner of it in a cowardly airstrike by the United States of America.¹

2026/May/20
in Current Events, Islam, Palestine
3 min read

San Diego

Three men died in the Islamic Center of San Diego on the 18th of May 2026. Their names were Nader Awad, Mansour Kaziha, and Amin Abdullah¹. All three were victims of Islamophobia.

2026/May/12
in Current Events, Palestine
2 min read

The ElHayek Family

As we focus on what is happening with Iran and Lebanon, it is important to remember the dire situation Palestinians are in, especially in Gaza.

So I'd like to introduce you to Mahdy Elhayek and his family in Gaza.

2026/Apr/14
in Current Events
3 min read

Lebanon

We have to talk about what's happening in Lebanon and how it relates to the Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.

2026/Mar/27
in Current Events
3 min read

The Reversal of Reality

So here at the end of March 2026 we are in a situation where ethnic cleansing and genocide continues in Palestine¹ ², a million people have been ethnically cleansed in Southern Lebanon... a literal Nakba level event³, and attacks on Iran rage on⁴, in a war started when Israel and the United States struck Iran while negotiations where supposedly ongoing⁵, killing everyone from Iranian schoolgirls⁶ to the leader of the country⁷.

And yet...