tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117810127722722206.post904816694356341704..comments2012-05-17T05:07:02.200-07:00Comments on Views from The Nile: 2011 started in AlexandriaMai Abazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575174221596747189noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117810127722722206.post-64049000783069520142011-01-11T01:13:50.214-08:002011-01-11T01:13:50.214-08:00Nice to see everyone, indeed, Sara :) Missed this!...Nice to see everyone, indeed, Sara :) Missed this!<br /><br />I'd have to agree. Religious tension has always existed since, well, since religion ever existed. <br /><br />The tension itself is and probably always will be there.But we need to learn to live with our differences. And not hate each other for them. Whether or not this was indeed a 'hate crime', I don't know. But I'm hoping the consequent solidarity shown in Egypt was not just for show, and will continue.Mai Abazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575174221596747189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117810127722722206.post-59439087641942799742011-01-10T12:21:15.851-08:002011-01-10T12:21:15.851-08:00Hehe well put alex.
It really was appalling and s...Hehe well put alex.<br /><br />It really was appalling and so very sad. <br /><br />Oussama wouldn't it be true to say that there's been religious tension in the Middle East for ages? I'm thinking particularly of lebanon and the historical tension between Druze and Maronites dating back to even before it was a country.<br /><br />Nice to see everyone on here :)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957114239962750697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117810127722722206.post-73102459989348458672011-01-06T16:50:20.577-08:002011-01-06T16:50:20.577-08:00Well first all Mabrook for all the good things in ...Well first all Mabrook for all the good things in your life.<br /><br />What happened in Alexandria is appalling and hits at the social fabric of Egyptian society and in many ways affects societies that have indigenous Christian populations in the Levant. Christians and Muslims have lived for centuries in harmony and without religious prejudices in the area. These prejudices only surface when foreign powers intervene in the area.Oussama's Takehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804888569746656075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117810127722722206.post-78745896751639357482011-01-06T03:19:06.738-08:002011-01-06T03:19:06.738-08:00So the Conversation has become a Story and a View!...So the Conversation has become a Story and a View!Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.com