Posts Tagged ‘@alibomaye’

‘We Win, We Win’? From White House Death of Bin Laden Celebrations

In DC, History, Internet, News, pakistan, Politics, Twitter, War on 1 May 2011 tagged @alibomaye, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, DC, Instagram, Jeep, Journey, Osama Bin Laden, The Bachelor, Twitter, Vuvuzela, White House with no comments

Car horns honking, American flag draped college kids yelling “USA! USA!” and “FUCK FINALS!,” at least one Marine who will no doubt be getting very lucky tonight, mentions of the Bachelor and Journey all pointed to a distinctly American ‘celebration’(?) of the death of Osama Bin Laden: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/64912098475511808"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/64915525658095617"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/64926133602361344"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/64936809024598016"] [blackbirdpie [...]

Revolution Sounds Like A…Pop Song

In ali, Internet, Janet, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter on 21 February 2011 tagged #Jan25, @alibomaye, @Ghonim, @Janetjackson, @JohnLegend, @PigsandPlans, @Pmablog, Bob Dylan, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Everything, Heal the World, Hosni Mubarak, How I Got Over, Husni Mubarak, I Can, Janet Jackson, John Legend, Johnny Cash, K'Naan, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Miley Cyrus, MJ, Mubarak, Murs, Nas, Not Afraid, Pigeons and Planes, Pretty Much Amazing, Tahrir Square, The Climb, The Departed, The Fire, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, Twitter, Wael Ghonim, Wavin' Flag, You Are Not Alone with no comments

Last night Wael Ghonim took to his Twitter to profess his appreciation for the Miley Cyrus’ The Climb as a source of inspiration. Worried about his taste and understanding of American Pop music I quickly made a few suggestions of my own: Nas, Johnny Cash, Nelly Furtado, and even Kelly Clarkson (what’s more inspirational AND [...]

Sights and Sounds of DC Protest for Egypt

In ali, DC, History, News, Politics, Twitter on 30 January 2011 tagged #Jan25, @alibomaye, Arabic, Audio, Barack Hussein Obama, Cairo, DC, egypt, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mobarak, Hosni Mubarak, Instagram, iPhone, MP3, Twitter, Video, White House with no comments

Can anyone translate the Arabic? [audio:http://www.bravenewwave.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Egypt_WHAudio.mp3|titles=Protests for Egyptian, Washington DC] Chants and Pictures: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31792497361424384"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31792886655754242"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31794144066142210"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31794853046128641"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31795078729048064"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31796064902189057"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31796556801773568"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31797352901648384"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31797900489007104"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31798758043815936"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31800195289190401"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31800887311601664"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31801893135056896"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31802680393342976"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31803767280111618"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31805295474774016"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31806775749517312"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31807825860624384"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31808159697866752"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31809085015859200"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/alibomaye/status/31809481880895488"] [...]

Maybe There’s a Devil : Salman Rushdie Comes to DC

In DC, india, Islam, News, novel, Opinion, pakistan, Palestine, Politics, religion, War on 17 November 2010 tagged @alibomaye, A.W. Tozer, Barbara Meade, Bombay, DC, fatwa, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, Haround and the Sea of Stories, Kashmir, Mumbai, Politics and Prose, Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses, Sixth & I, The Satanic Verses, Twitter with no comments

“The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.” Walking into a packed house of excited and anxious people at the Historic Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, DC, I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy to know that all of this fervor and anticipation was for Salman [...]

BNW Calls Out Bossip’s Double Standards of Race?

In ali, fame, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter on 7 March 2010 tagged 2010 Academy Awards, 82nd Academy Awards, @alibomaye, Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, Bossip, Mo'Nique, Oscar, Oscars, Precious, Twitter with no comments

Earlier in the evening Bossip retweeted this: View cthagod’s tweet When Mo’nique won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bossip posted this: View Bossip’s tweet Noticing the double standard I posed this question to Bossip: View alibomaye’s tweet Bossip‘s Response: View Bossip’s tweet My response: View alibomaye’s tweet Bossip: View Bossip’s tweet Me: View [...]