We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human rights. We are hated because our government denies these things in Third World countries whose resources are coveted by our multinational corporations. That hatred we have sown has come back to haunt us in the form of terrorism … Instead of sending our sons and daughters around the world to kill Arabs so we can have the oil under their sand, we should send them to rebuild their infrastructure, supply clean water, and feed starving children…
Robert Bowman, former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Posted 7 months ago on Monday, October 8, 2012, 2:03pm
Tags: [quotes]   [America]   [United States]   [terrorism]   [war]   [Robert Bowman]   [middle east]   [Iraq]   [Afghanistan]   [government]   

(Source: abretumente)

Posted 7 months ago on Sunday, September 30, 2012, 2:21pm 348 notes
Reblogged from mormonmissionarypositions Source: abretumente
Tags: [middle east]   [not my photography]   
travelingcolors:

Cairo Streets | Egypt (by Peter Gutiérrez)

Next adventure: the middle east. Some day.

travelingcolors:

Cairo Streets | Egypt (by Peter Gutiérrez)

Next adventure: the middle east. Some day.

Posted 11 months ago on Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:07pm 124 notes
Reblogged from mormonmissionarypositions Source: travelingcolors
Tags: [Cairo]   [Egypt]   [middle east]   [not my photography]   [travel]   
Posted 1 year ago on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:34pm 1,453 notes
Reblogged from mylifeaslynn Source: nostalgic-traveller
Tags: [not my photography]   [middle east]   

(Source: sahariii)

Posted 1 year ago on Sunday, December 4, 2011, 1:32pm 371 notes
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Tags: [Afghanistan]   [middle east]   [children]   

Afghanistan

Posted 1 year ago on Friday, December 2, 2011, 12:18am 2 notes
Tags: [cool videos]   [Afghanistan]   [middle east]   [culture]   [people]   
theworldwelivein:

Each time I (by Mohamed Tantawi)

theworldwelivein:

Each time I (by Mohamed Tantawi)

Posted 1 year ago on Friday, November 25, 2011, 1:35pm 487 notes
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Tags: [not my photography]   [Mohamed Tantawi]   [Al-Azhar Park]   [Ad-darb Al-ahmar]   [Al-Qahirah]   [Cairo]   [Egypt]   [middle east]   


Posted 1 year ago on Friday, November 18, 2011, 5:17pm 254 notes
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Tags: [Blue Mosque]   [Istanbul]   [Turkey]   [mosque]   [middle east]   [not my photography]   

realfakescientist:

charquaouia:

fattysaid:

Rafeef Ziadah - ‘We teach life, Sir’, London, 12.11.11

I wish I could just run barefoot in every refugee camp, and hold every child and cover their ears, so they wouldn’t have to hear the sound of bombing for the rest of their life the way I do

Simply Amazing  

Rafeef Ziadah is my hero. Absolutely brilliant. So much of her words just leave me speechless.

wow.

Posted 1 year ago on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 12:45am 88 notes
Reblogged from fuckyeahmiddleeast Source: fattysaid
Tags: [Palestine]   [Rafeef Ziadah]   [We teach life Sir]   [bombing]   [conflict]   [death]   [hate]   [middle east]   [poetry]   [spoken word]   [terrorists]   [war]   [cool videos]   
Posted 1 year ago on Thursday, September 15, 2011, 12:16am 170 notes
Reblogged from mylifeaslynn Source: culturegeeks
Tags: [arab]   [arabian]   [bedouin]   [beautiful]   [culture]   [middle east]   [eye]   [oriental]   [arabic]   [desert]   [land]   [country]   [egypt]   [morocco]   [libya]   [syria]   [palestine]   [irak]   [iraq]   [iran]   [afghanistan]   [burqa]   [niqab]