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CLANILISM & CO.
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM
08.13.2005

 

Many people like to write about controversial subjects. Some do it just for the sake of controversy. So with the risk of appearing to be one of those people, I decided to sit and write about a subject that has occupied my thinking for many years and has mostly been a taboo-to-talk-about in our culture; I shall call the subject clanilism (clan-ilism).

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SIXTEEN WEEKS OF HELL:
HARDCORE CUTTING FOR THE HARDCORE  BODYBUILDER
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS
04.17.2005

There’s no better time to talk about cutting up than right now. Summer’s right around the corner, just the right time to bring out that six-pack. Hopefully, you gained a couple of pounds of muscle (not to mention fat) from your previous bulking up phase. Now it’s time to shape, define, and striate those muscles. We’ll be dealing with 4 stages within this cutting phase in a bit of detail. Also, I’m going to include “the ultimate in stupidity” part for your own amusement.

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AT A FAMILIAR PLACE
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM
01.01.2005

I find myself today at a familiar place yet at a different time. I am back in Boston, a city where I lived what I now believe to have been among the best years of my life. While many things have changed since I left Boston in the summer of 2003, most things are still the same; the streets, the restaurants, the cafes, the river and the parks. Every corner holds a memory. Every street and sidewalk is reminiscent of days past. It is fascinating how many memories one can recall just by visiting a place.

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OLDER PIECES

WATER, FOOD, THE FDA, AND MORE STUPID PEOPLE
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS | 01.01.2005

BULKING UP 101: THE OFF SEASON
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS | 01.01.2005

WHY SAUDIZATION WILL FAIL
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM | 07.01.2004

SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS, AND "THE VACUUM"
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS
 | 07.01.2004

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
BY THE EDITORS | 07.01.2004

PROTEINS, CARBS, FATS, AND VERY STUPID PEOPLE
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS | 04.01.2004

WRITING FOR READERS
BY JAWAD AL-NAJJAR | 04.01.2004

SOME TIME AGO IN BROOKLYN
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM | 04.01.2004

EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, EVEN MODERATION
BY BFG | 04.01.2004

 

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TRIED TO GET RID OF ALL THAT FAT BUT FAILED MISERABLY!
BY HAMAD AL-MOHAWIS | 01.01.2004

 

ISLAM THE RELIGION OF TERROR
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM | 01.01.2004

 

BEAN OBSESSION
AN ESSAY BY BFG | 01.01.2004

أمة جبانة
بقلم أحمد بسام أبوخمسين | 01.01.2004

A NATION OF COWARDS
BY AHMED ABU-KHAMSIN  | 01.01.2004

DIGITAL EYE
BY BFG  | 01.01.2004

HAPPINESS AT A PRICE
BY FBALHASAN | 10.01.2003

تساؤلات
بقلم أحمد بسام أبوخمسين
| 10.01.2003

QUESTIONS
BY AHMED ABU-KHAMSIN  | 10.01.2003

THE BEARD AND THE PEN
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM  | 10.01.2003

MOTHER EARTH
BY MONA SHAHAB  | 10.01.2003

GETTING OLDER, GETTING WISER?
BY MASHAEL A   | 07.01.2003

WHEN DID WE START LIVING THIS UNREALITY?
BY RAVEN   | 07.01.2003

WE THINK WE KNOW OUR FRIENDS
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM   | 07.01.2003

AN INTERESTING THOUGHT
RE: ABDULAZIZ AL-NAIM'S WE THINK WE KNOW OUR FRIENDS

BY MAJED AL-SAIF   | 07.01.2003

DAWLAT AL-ISLAM: THE ISLAMIC STATE
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM   | 07.01.2003

THEY MAKE ME LAUGH!
BY NOAF   | 07.01.2003

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM  | 04.01.2003

هل تعلم
 بقلم عبدالعزيز النعيم | 04.01.2003

WOMEN IN ISLAM
BY MONA SHAHAB   | 04.01.2003

HOW DID I BECOME THIS BORING PERSON
OR WAS I BORING ALL ALONG

BY ABDULAZIZ ALNAIM   | 04.01.2003

VERY OLD EDITIONS

 


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