My Favourite Blogger Calls It Quits

Forced out by fear and the Egyptian State Security Agents lurking, the Sandmonkey has called it quits. I'm very sad because he has given me an insight into life and politics in the middle east from his perspective. I didn't always agree with him but in light of the fact that another blogger has been jailed in Egypt I can understand.

This is his last post, may he return some day when he feels safe. So to all of us who think that we are anonymous and safe, maybe we aren't?

Another blogger I read is Baghdad Burning. She hasn't posted for a while and I always worry about her safety. I don't know anything about her except she's a young female and her story is from the perspective of living in an occupied land. She and her family are now leaving Baghdad and I wish them every success. I cannot imagine leaving my country, home and life behind. I was just seven years old when my parents did the same, albeit not as refugees but as immigrants. They too left most of their old life, possessions, parents and friends behind to start a new life in Canada. It was not an easy beginning for them or me in 1956 and I hope that it will be easier for Baghdad Burning.