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As salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

May the peace, blessings and Mercy of the Lord be upon you all who read this.

This is my first post here in this blog, and will not be my last. I bid you all greetings and wish you all well.

I am a MidEastern, living like you in an age of hypocrisy and tyranny... an age of death and darkness. We are living in an age where Islamophobia is rising, and the Western powers are increasing their hold on the Middle East, and where Western culture is invading and taking over the Islamic and Arab worlds. The effect is both positive and negative, and what results is a misconception on the Middle East as a whole on part of those who live outside of it. People think of us in many ways: from people under oppression to people seeking to oppress... from people who want to live like anyone else to people who would rather die than live in what they consider a living hell... from normal humans to bloodthirsty savages.

I am here to offer what I think of the issues that surround us humans living on earth, especially in the MidEast. In this fast-developing world, I will try my best to offer you what I think of a certain situation and what should be done to counter any problematic scenarios that might show up.

Until then, I bid you all a good day or good night, wherever you are.

Saracen

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