“Prince Harry Goes Streaking!”

“Prince Harry Goes Streaking!

By now, the whole world has seen the freckled derrière of Harry the heir and the majority are saying, “Who the hairy cares??!!” For the sake of finding a piece of journalist gold in a story that’s already been pilfered of its crown jewels, let’s take one more look at ‘Royal Nudism Gone Awry’.

In some ways, seeing the prince’s inches is shocking.  Firstly at the situation itself—in what seems like a scene straight out of  American Pie, this British remake is rife for fame.  Take a knicker-less prince, 20 pints of Guinness and a  billiard cue and what remains but, “Lights! Camera! Action!”

The bigger question is why didn’t Dirty Harry have someone watching his back to ensure the world cannot!  Where’s your Watson, Sherlock? All he needed was one mate on “cell phone duty” and those errant snaps of Vegas’s Bare-naked Billiard Ball would have never gone public.

In all honesty, the scandal of seeing Harry’s pale birthday suit pales in comparison to other princely fiascos.  And the winner of Princes Gone Wild is none other than an Arab – a Saudi prince on a tour of England.  Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud is the grandson of the King of Saudi Arabia and apparently is into some really kinky stuff.  His night of partying put him in jail… for life… for 1^st degree  murder!  He had his Watson, and he beat him to death.

Every little girl dreams about what a prince and lover ought to beand it is nothing like these two. The brave knight is supposed to kiss the sleeping beauty, not teach her parlor tricks in the buff!  How can she be rescued from her tower when his Royal Why-ness is doing life for deadly sex games?

Maybe the Grimm Brothers got their fairy tale mixed up. Maybe the prince turns into a frog when kissed. Sigh.

Maidens of the world, your Prince Charming is out there. Just check these two off your list.

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“Highlights of 2012 (so far) I have been writing or Al Bawaba since Feb 1 so today marks half a year…”

“Highlights of 2012 (so far)

I have been wiritng for Al Bawaba since Feb 1 so today marks half a year of musings and bruisings. I’ve linked my top 16 favorites articles and then put a link to all my articles at the bottom:

1. The Beauty of Ramadan to a Non Muslim
2. Tourism and Kidnapping in Egypt 
3. They Grow Em’ Big in Qatar!
4. A Funny Look at the Saudis and Lady Clinton
5. Hero Pilot in Syria Goes Rogue
6. Leader of Yemen in a US Waiting Room
7. Infected by the Arab Bug
8. The Amazing Arab Mama
9. Starving for Attention
10. Sex in the Arab Cities
11. Arab in All of Us
12. Caught Off Guard by an Arab Stripper in Waiting
13. The Women in Egypt Have Had Enough!
14. The Demon Hunter Finds Emos Slain in Iraq
15. Life and Death after Pope Shenouda: What Shakespere says
16. How to Spot a Terrorist for Dummies

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The Beauty of Ramadan to a Non Muslim

The unfortunate plans for most of my expatriate friends during the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan is to find the first ticket out.  They schedule their summer vacations around a holiday they don’t even celebrate in order to get away from it.

And there are things a non-fasting foreigner could gripe about: closed restaurants, stores shutting down early, a guy banging a drum at 3 in the blessed am,  grumpy taxi drivers and worst of all, Starbucks doesn’t open until after Iftar.

I used to be in this company of complainers.  Being here now for a 4^th Ramadan, my attitude has changed and I am now seeing the forest for the trees. After all this time, I realize now that this holy holiday is an amazing, massive demonstration of human willpower.  And like anything Arabs do, from conversations to meals, Ramadan is  no different: intense and extensive with passion as a prerequisite.

One could compare the grandeur of Ramadan to a wonder of the world—the beauty of millions of people from doctors to trash men all choosing to fast. During the evening, the streets of vast cities are almost completely barren because everyone is home for the Iftar meal.

If one truly wants to experience this phenomenon, when entire countries are committed to abstaining from food and water…. all day……for 30 days, they need to get close. Take Niagara Falls for example. If you really want to see how astonishing the Falls are, you need to draw near. Not suprisingly, you are going to get a little wet! And for better of for worse, to truly experience Ramadan, you will be affected by it.

“There’s nowhere to eat during the day. Everything is closed. I want my White Mocha Frappe!”  Get over it—order the food to go. Meanwhile, do you see what is going on around us? An entire city is collectively setting aside their basic right to consume anything during the day in order to honor God, country and their family! Breathtaking.

See, Ramadan is the highlight of the year for Muslims. Most schedule their vacations so they can fly home and not eat with their families.  We think starving the whole day is torture—- to them it is like Christmas and New Year’s wrapped into one! Unbelievable.

Occasionally I may catch people cheating and taking a sip of water. Yea, a few gripe on Facebook about how they want a coffee and a cigarette.  But so what! We gripe at Christmas about petty things like long lines and no more Tickle Me Elmos.   We are not famished… by choice… for a solid month.  Over a billion Muslims are committed to this holiday of sacrifice. And I would say most are truly and sincerely performing the fast.

“Yea, but what about the traffic, and closed offices, and them forcing us to ‘respect’ their religion?”  Listen, when you see Niagara Falls up close, you will get water on your pants. Quit whining about the rules and take in the Ramadan Phenomenon.

For one night, go to an Iftar.  Or even during the day, strike up a conversation with a willing Muslim and talk about spiritual things.  Discover the depth of their sacrifice and see that it goes well beyond abstaining from sustenance.  Even fast for a day yourself.  Who knows, you may hear from the Almighty yourself.

This Ramadan I went to an Iftar at a fancy horse club. They had a DJ, a dancing horse (on the dance floor) and the fanfare of a wedding—men doing the dabkeh, women performing their Arab salsas and all done with passion and modesty.  That’s right, I said a dancing horse.

At the horse club, my expat friend turned to me and said, “It doesn’t even feel like Ramadan here!” My thought was, “ Man, you don’t know Arabs that well, do you?”  I’m watching a thing of beauty this Islamic Holy Month. In fact, you could say I’m soaking in it.  ‘If you really want to see the Falls, you’re going to get wet.’

By Brett Weer

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