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I wrote this! Please read and enjoy! 

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Me! 

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Been a while since I’ve been here!

Going to be sharing my articles here! Be sure to read them! Thanks, everyone! 

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My thoughts on the Cowboys win against the Browns

A couple of my thoughts on Dallas' win against the Cleveland Browns: First of all, I said all of last week that even though Cleveland is a winless team, the Cowboys as great as they are, should take them very seriously. Always take your opponent very seriously. So anyway, a great win, but it's not exactly the win that was most exciting. To me, it was the records that were broken.

Here they are.....

1. Dak Prescott broke the record for most touchdowns thrown by a Cowboys Rookie QB. Troy Aikman previously held the record with nine touchdown passes in 1989. 2. Prescott also became the first rookie QB in NFL history to have six starts with a passer rating of 100+. 3. Prescott also became the first rookie QB in the Super Bowl Era to throw for 225 yards or more in eight straight games. 4. Last but not least, Prescott also became the first Cowboys Rookie QB to have multiple games throwing for three touchdowns. 5. Jason Witten scored his 62nd touchdown and he's now tied with NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe for fourth on the all-time list for touchdowns by a tight end. 6. Witten also broke the record of most starts as a Dallas Cowboy. The previous record was 154 starts held by Lee Roy Jordan. Witten now holds the record with 155.

Dak Prescott has taken the NFL by storm indeed!

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What to do with Derek Holland?

Should the Texas Rangers pick up the $11 million option on Derek Holland or should they part ways with him? Since signing a five-year deal in 2012, Derek has had many downs. He hasn’t been fully healthy since 2013, and the injury bug continues to hit him over and over again. Like all pitchers, he had some good games and some bad ones, but that’s not the point. The point is that the fact that he gets hurt a lot of is a big risk. And quite frankly, the Texas Rangers CANNOT afford to take any risks at the moment. Especially with their pitching situation, which is a mess at the moment. His injuries could be what caused him to lose his touch. Personally, I am huge fan of Derek and I will never forget that game he had in the 2011 World Series, but paying him $11 million with the big risk of him getting hurt and missing a lot of time is NOT worth the risk. Letting sign elsewhere may be the right thing to do. 

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Cowboys bye week

This week there will be NO Cowboys football. Obviously that’s no fun, but there is a bright side to the bye week being this week. Why? Well, it’s very simple. Several players are injured. Key players such as Dez Bryant, Orlando Scandrick, and Lance Dunbar, who have missed significant time can fully heal and be prepared for next week for when the Eagles will fly into town. Reports on Tony Romo are suggesting that he’s getting better every day, but he still hasn’t been cleared by doctors and there’s still no timetable set for his return. Dak Prescott has already been named the starter for next week. But the bottom line is that this bye week is an extra week for all injured players to heal and prepare. When Philadelphia is in town, everyone needs to be healthy. Especially Dez Bryant. 

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Blog 10

Have you ever been bullied because of your gender? Or how about your race? Or your looks? Or because of who you are. 

Personally, it sort of happened to me. Between kindergarten and third grade, I was bullied so badly with NOTHING being done by teachers to stop it, that I developed a very rebellious and selfish type of behavior. I mean, especially with the fact that one of my teachers who bullied me actually encouraged the kids to keep hurting me, and that’s when I snapped and began to display negative and violent behavior. 

I was bullied for my looks, and my learning disability in Elementary school. In my later years, it was my disability and because of my background. It’s funny that I was specifically targeted for my background as one bully would constantly yell racial slurs at me. Basically calling me terrorist, suicide bomber, etc. 

But thank God I turned out okay, and I didn’t let the pain drive me to the path of being a dangerous violent man. Thanks to counseling and friendship that helped me. Now even today, I am still traumatized because it’s very difficult to just let it all go. 

I really love it when the media even spreads the message to viewers to seek immediate help if they’re being bullied or if their kids are being bullied. Though I’ve always found it not right to reveal how a victim committed suicide because I see it as something that should not be public. 

In a news story where its about a kid that was bullied for being learning disabled, it media will show the stats of how often a learning disabled student is picked on, and they even explain why.

That’s what I think the Media cares about this bullying problem, and they want to end it all, too. 

It’s amazing that today there are a lot of anti-bullying groups. And most of them really do make a difference. 

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Blog 9

So every now and then I am asked why some Arabic fathers and husbands are very strict on how the way their wives and children dress. And it’s true not only because of the rules of Islam, but because they want to keep their loved ones protected. 

Usually, a father would forbid his daughter from dating, wearing makeup, wearing short skirts, having piercings. And for his son, he would not allow long hair, tattoos, piercings, and would always want to see his son neatly shaved. And as far as the wife goes, well he would want her entire body covered. 

Now keep in mind, it’s not only the father, but the mother, too. I remember when my friend Waleed had to convince his parents to let him wear those custom-made Texas Rangers ball caps because his mom was afraid that’d he’d looked at upon like a thug. Particularly, it was the way he wore it, as he wore backwards. 

Now since I am of Syrian descent, I’ve been asked if my Dad is strict. And the truth is.....not really. According to my mom, he’s never had a problem with the way she dressed, the amount of jewelry and make up she wore.  Now my Grandfather on my mom’s side was VERY strict, but that’s a different story. My mom doesn’t even wear the traditional hijab on her head. I sat down and spoke to my parents and asked them of their experiences as they grew up in Syria before fleeing to France. 

My Mom explained that her father was indeed a very loving father, but he had rules in his home. Basically my mom could never wear makeup, wear jewelry, earrings, and she had to keep her hair in a ponytail. As far as her brothers go, they couldn’t have long hair, excessive facial hair, no rings, no piercings, and they always had to be appropriately dressed. My mom was in all-girls school, and contact with boys was BIG no-no. 

My Dad explained that when he was growing up in a house of a Syrian soldier, it was a very disciplined place. He always had to be dressed appropriately, and he even had a curfew and he missed it, there were consequences. 

Now for me, my parents were somewhat like this, but nothing compared to most Arabic parents. I mean, I was never allowed to have long hair. I don’t know about piercings because I never asked them, but a tattoo was hard to convince. They finally accepted as long as it was in a place that could be easily covered, and something that had meaning to me. 

Another point that I’d like to make is that it’s not only Arabic parents that are strict. 

In general, it’s exactly the race. It’s parents being parents!