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Original posted on the AlMaghrib forums:
I haven’t taken all of Dr Reda’s class on the life of Prophet Yusuf alyahisalaam, but I was wondering how does the presentation of the hero’s journey in Surah Yusuf compare to that of the 12 stages of the Hero’s journey in modern day cinema?
The [...]
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Question:
You’re saying that it’s good to have people flowing between the different social tools.
Why would we want to do that and not streamline it into one project?
For example, if I really want to discuss the Palestinian Occupation, should I make a Facebook Group and get the discussions going, or should [...]
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Arif asks,
Why must the social media be an extension of your ‘real’ life?
Can’t it not be argued that a person who spends his whole day blogging/vlogging and connecting with others online be more beneficial than someone who doesn’t spend as much time and perhaps be spending his time helping offline?
Sure [...]
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Arif asks,
Should the money be considered in the beginning? I’ve noticed that while talking to certain people about their newly begun projects, they mention, “Yeah, we hope a big company will one day buy it”. They do love the coding behind it and it does have a somewhat beneficial angle [...]
Arif asks, Why do you say on our blogs that we shouldn’t talk about, “I did this, I did that” and that should be left for celebrities? You yourself mentioned that you once wrote a blog post about how your Facebook account was once disabled and how you got dozens of comments from like-experienced people. Now, your case may be different from the average Abdullah as your videos have 70K+ viewers, but if it is all about connecting with others and finding some common ground per se, shouldn’t that be allowed or perhaps encouraged?
