I fought against myself many times before to not blog about this particular though today, I can’t fight the urge.
There is a good reason why I don’t blog using my real identity. It’s not because I am afraid that certain people would know it’s me because I believe that if someone wants to know, they would know, whether I like it or not. If you know me in real life, you would know I am an open book and most of stuff I blog about is somehow an old news.
In the past few years, I chose (Note the CHOSE) to let few people know it’s actually me. Many people approached me asking if Shopa is me and I always admitted. Don’t you believe me? Ask Papi and Shurouq. I even passed around the url of this blog to some friends and family members. At the same time, I’ve known for a long time that many people knew who the real Shopa from a way or another, some of them are friends, family and people I work with. I appreciated the fact that they “Pretend” to not know. I, on the other hand pretend to not know their blog identities out of respect for their privacy.
We live in a small world where everyone knows everyone. It didn’t take me long to figure out who some bloggers are (from writing style, private life, etc) yet I have never approached other bloggers asking if they knew who that person is and when they decline I would spread the word.
For the people who do that, you know who you are. I dedicate this post to you; you will probably not stop doing it and again if you really know the real me, you’d know I don’t care. Hence, stop pretending to be a true blogger friend when you are not.
Thats why i use my real name
eliminate all that drama, it removes the excitement of trying to know who i am, unless, unless, i am not who i say i am……
ooo scadalous.. ;p
details, pronto!
there is only one BLaSha that anyone would eva known
Gotta hide from the paparazzi! RUN!
Do I know you from somewhere?
Hi.
i don’t mind if ppl know it’s me either.. i totally agree with u on this post :*
Are you emotionally attached to your blog? Why don’t you start a new blog, having the liberty to write whatever you want is a great privilege one should consider seriously. And I think if you wouldn’t care you wouldn’t have blogged about it in the first place.
Oooooops
i think hidden identities, although mine is not, are intriguing…there is a certain aura to them…nice to write to minds, no bodies, no previous baggage, only minds of others..
ignore and go on, you are doing the right thing
all the best
Yazeed,
I don’t think your real name is Yazeed!
Barouqe,
you will know soon
Blasha,
and that is you?
MiniR,
You look familiar? Hmmm
Swair,
Good ;*
error,
I don’t see the point behind deleting a blog and restarting a new because just as people knew about this one they would find out about the next one, and the next one. and yes I feel attached to this blog.
Alia,
Sheftay! ;*
white wings,
That’s what I’m doing
Hi, im a huge fan of ur blog. I even started my own blog because of u
check it out, ur opinion means alot to me 
LOL.. its hard to believe anyone would be called Yazeed..but i think Yazeed (yazeez) is actually a Yazeed….
we had to fight for it, and believe me he fought harder than i did
i know the true identity of some bloggers.. however, like u, i pretend not to know.. if they wanted me to know, they’d tell me.. so i figure i’d give them their space..
people ehom i want to know, i’ve informed of my blog… and that’s what people need to understand.. if someone wanted their identity to be known, they would’ve either pulled a Yazeed, or told them about it. If either case did not happen, let people be!
/me looks around… why? u know others
I agree with you on this post. I know the identity of alot of bloggers, but I do not reveal it because they don’t want to be known.
I actually feel privalged that they’d wish to share their identity to me, that level of trust.
For years, I never revealed my true identity, I did so only to a handful of people. Now with facebook, I’ve let a few bloggers into my ‘real identity’ and I’m fine with that, however, I’d still love some anonminity between the two!
MSB,
7ilwa “pulled a yazeed” 
wallah oo gam ismy yinga6 ib amthal ba3ad
اتفق معك بأن الكويت صغيرة و اللي صج يبي يعرف راح يعرف
انا من بدايتي ما كانت تفرق معاي و الحين صارت رسمية
عادي
I would feel so betrayed. It’s kind of like going to a masquerade ball; the etiquette is to pretend you don’t recognize anyone. We have reasons for our masks, transparent as they may be. I’m sorry that happened to you, Shopa.
do what u like to do.. and let others hesitate in doing what they should do