{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Zouhair Najjar","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ZouhairNajjar","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1819497","username":"ZouhairNajjar","bio":"\"The love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defence of free expression\".C.H\n\nThe quotation by Hitchens represent everything I hold dear and detest everything that goes against it.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":2,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/37/1819497.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"82755964","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/flotisserie\">@flotisserie</a> I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for the added insight!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ZouhairNajjar/82755964","date_published":"2026-01-24T11:11:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 11:11","date_timestamp":1769253079,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82721249","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/flotisserie\">@flotisserie</a> While I whole heartidly agree with the statement, I can’t help shake the thought that is sad to read in order to escape their current reality. I love reading, but I also used to read in order to escape reality which made me more sad to realize this paradox. Curious about your thoughts.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ZouhairNajjar/82721249","date_published":"2026-01-23T21:18:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 21:18","date_timestamp":1769203121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76018036","content_html":"<p>The denial of Death: reflections: <a href=\"https://contrarianzu.com/2025/10/17/the-denial-of-death-reflections.html\">contrarianzu.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://contrarianzu.com/2025/10/17/the-denial-of-death-reflections.html","date_published":"2025-10-17T18:13:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-17 18:13","date_timestamp":1760724828,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73702775","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/camelion@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@camelion</a></span> I agree completely. It’s horrible to think that the society (especially the modern western world)we live in is a perverted symbiosis between 1984 and Brave New World. At least in 1984, you know you are being oppressed and you’re terrified to be found out.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ZouhairNajjar/73702775","date_published":"2025-09-16T19:46:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-16 19:46","date_timestamp":1758051997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73702664","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaredwsmith\">@jaredwsmith</a> how is that working out for now?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ZouhairNajjar/73702664","date_published":"2025-09-16T19:45:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-16 19:45","date_timestamp":1758051907,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73621644","content_html":"<p>I’ve deleted social media (most of it): oh Brave New World! <a href=\"https://contrarianzu.com/2025/09/15/ive-deleted-social-media-most.html\">contrarianzu.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://contrarianzu.com/2025/09/15/ive-deleted-social-media-most.html","date_published":"2025-09-15T21:14:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-15 21:14","date_timestamp":1757970847,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73621490","content_html":"<p>I’ve decided the take the plunge on multiple fronts. First, I would delete social media. I never had Tiktok, but was an avid user (or should I say complicit doomscroler) of Instagram. Second, I decided to have my own website where I could share my thoughts on myriad of things. It would be my very...</p>","summary":"","url":"https://contrarianzu.com/2025/09/15/ive-decided-the-take-the.html","date_published":"2025-09-15T21:11:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Zouhair Najjar","url":"http://www.contrarianzu.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F1819497.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ZouhairNajjar"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-15 21:11","date_timestamp":1757970687,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}