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سفينة دولوس - أكبر مكتبة عائمة في أبوظبي

2006-01-20T17:21:00.000+04:00

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عُقد في المجمع الثقافي صباح يوم الأربعاء الموافق 18 يناير 2006 مؤتمر صحفي بحضور الأستاذ محمد الشحي نائب مدير مؤسسة الثقافة والفنون لشؤون الثقافة في المجمع الثقافي وعدد من الصحفيين والإعلاميين حول " مهرجان دولس الثقافي الدولي" المزمع إقامته في 23 يناير إلى 3 فبراير 2006 في المجمع الثقافي، عن السفينة (أم في دولوس) والتي تصنف ضمن أضخم معرض كتاب عائم في العالم على ظهر ها.

عودة

تعود (أم في دولوس) وهي أقدم سفينة نقل للركاب عبر المحيطات والتي كانت على مدى أكثر من 28 عاماً مضت تمخر عباب المحيطات وتبني جسور الترابط بين الأمم إلى مدينة أبوظبي للمرة الثالثة في تاريخها للترويج للثقافة حول العالم لجميع الناس في العالم.

وتقدم دولوس من خلال طاقم من المتطوعين والموظفين يبلغ عددهم 320 شخصاً من أكثر من 40 دولة فرصة فريدة لتخطي الحواجز الثقافية وزيادة الوعي والتفاهم مع الأمم الأخرى وتعزيز الصداقات. وسيحظى الجمهور بفرص الالتقاء بطاقم السفينة والاطلاع على مختلف الثقافات على متن السفينة وتعلم المزيد حول هذه السفينة التاريخية.

تاريخها

ومن الجدير بالذكر أن تاريخ بناء السفينة يعود إلى عام 1914 أي بعد عامين على صناعة سفينة التيتانك ويقوم على تشغيل السفينة جوتي بوتشر فيور أيلاي وهي منظمة خيرية خاصة غير ربحية تسمى بمنظمة ("كتب جيدة للجميع") مقرها الرئيسي في ألمانيا .

وتشتهر سفينة دولوس اليوم بكونها أقدم سفينة نقل ركاب عاملة عبر المحيطات. وخلال الثمانية والعشرين السنة الماضية طافت أكثر من 500 ميناء في 100 دولة وقام أكثر من 18 مليون شخص بزيارتها والصعود إلى متنها.

وتضم السفينة التي يبلغ طولها 130 متراً أضخم معرض عائم للكتاب في العالم حيث يحتوي أكثر من 6000 عنوان كتاب للبيع. وسيتم افتتاح معرض الكتاب للجمهور في ميناء زايد من 23 يناير وحتى 3 فبراير 2006. وستكون فرصة الصعود للسفينة متاحة للجمهور يومياً من الساعة 13:00 وحتى 23:00 وبشكل خاص للسيدات والأطفال (تحت 12 سنة) صباح يومي الأثنين والأربعاء من الساعة 10:00 وحتى 13:00. وسيكون الدخول إلى دولوس مجاني وتمنع إدارتها من اصطحاب من هو دون سن السادسة عشرة إلا من قبل ذويهم.

فعاليات

أهم فعاليات سفينة دولوس في زيارتها لابوظبي:

"مهرجان دولوس الثقافي الدولي" والذي سيكون مقره في المجمع الثقافي، أبوظبي،يبدأ من يوم الأثنين 30 يناير في الساعة 20:00. تحت عنوان "العالم يأتي إليك!" والذي ستتيح للجمهور التمتع برحلة استكشاف الموسيقى، والدراما، والرقصات الشعبية، والتقليدية من مختلف دول العالم والذي سيقوم بتأديته طاقم دولوس الدولي.

كما أنه سيتم وللمرة الأولى افتتاح معرض الصور "حول العالم مع دولوس في 8 سنوات" والذي أيضاً سيكون مقره في المجمع الثقافي وسيكون متاحاً للجمهور من 23 يناير وحتى 1 فبراير 2006. والذي سيحتوي على صوراً رائعة من بعض الدول والثقافات التي قامت دولوس يزيارتها في السنوات الثمانية الماضية.

المصدر: الموقع الالكتروني للمجمع الثقافي - أبوظبي

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أعلم تمام العلم أن المهتمين بالثقافة، و الكتب نادرون جداً. و أعتقد أن أحداً لن يهتم بقدوم "العزيزة دولوس" إلى أبوظبي كثر اهتمامي بها. و أعلم تماماً أن أمي ستكرهها كثيراً لأن قدومها لا يعني سوى المزيدمن الكتب في المنزل.

ولكني أقولها و بكل سعادة : أهلاً بالعزيزة دولوس إلى أرض الامارات للمرة الثالثة.

وفاة مكتوم بن راشد نائب رئيس دولة الإمارات

2006-01-04T14:54:00.000+04:00

أعلن في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وفاة نائب رئيس الدولة ورئيس مجلس الوزراء مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم.

ونعى رئيس الدولة الشيخ خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان نائبه في بيان بثته الوكالة الرسمية.
وقال ديوان حاكم دبي في بيان أن الشيخ مكتوم (63 عاما) "لاقى وجه ربه فجر اليوم في أستراليا".
وأشار بيان لوزارة شؤون الرئاسة أنه تقرر إعلان الحداد الرسمي في الدولة وتنكيس الإعلام 40 يوما وتعطيل الوزارات والدوائر والمؤسسات الحكومية لمدة 7 أيام اعتبارا من اليوم.

ويشغل الشيخ مكتوم كذلك منصب حاكم دبي وهي ثاني الإمارات السبع المشكلة لدول الإمارات، وهو عضو في المجلس الأعلى الذي يمثلها.

"لا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله، إن لله و إنا إليه راجعون. غفر الله لنا وله و أسكنه فسيح جناته"

2006

2006-01-02T07:58:00.000+04:00

So Long 2005 and Salut 2006

Who is the Man?!

2005-12-07T00:46:00.000+04:00

God created the Man. And the word Man here is referred to our Father (Prophet Adam PBUH) and later on it was reffered to the Human Kind. And then God created Eve, and Eve is reffered to (our mother Eve PBUH). Eve also means (The Women). But, the question is : Since the Woman is a Human, and the Human is the Man, does that mean the Woman is a Man ??!!!!

Ok, will you tell me: What is the definition of the "Manhood" according to you?
Kindly let's forget about the dicionaries' meanings and tell me your own understanding:-

What is the Manhood? in Arabic (Alrujoolah), does it mean:-

a) the Physical Features of the Male, or

b) to be a Human

c) the Morals and good qualities of the PERSON (Focus on this word, I said Person and not man again) , or

d) it doesn't have a clear explanation to you

Coz, honestly, I remember very well that when I first learnd the word "Man=Rajul" I was in the 1st grade, the teacher showed us a pic of two persons (a Man and a Woman) and she pointed to the Male as a Man, and the only difference between them was the Look (The Physical Features). I understood at that time that the Man means to look like a Man.

And then when I grew up little, another teached talked about the Human Kind and every now and then she was repeating the word "Man". So I understood that she is talking a specific species on the earth.

Then, some years later, the teacher in the Poetry & Literature Lesson said that the Poet was highly praising someone by calling him a "Man" not for his look but for his qualities and Morals.

But, as a Teenger, I thought about it deeply and I said to myself, what if the Woman has good qualities and morals just like the Man (in the Poetry part), does that mean she is a Man, too. And why everytime they speak about the Manhood (as good qualities) they ONLY refer to the Males without the females?!!!

And what if a Male is lacking the morals and ethics, how come he is still called a "Man" and not a Male??!!!!

Currently, after all these years of thinking, I don't bother myself with the meanings. But, one thing Iam sure about it. If you say Manhood means the Good qualities and morals; I will tell you :-

"In this world, there are billions of Males and very few good MEN"

Driving me crazy!!!!!

2005-11-29T01:56:00.000+04:00

Driving is amazing, but drivers are not always amazing.

As far as I can remember driving was one of my best wishes. I was so ready to register with the Traffic Depart as soon as I graduated from the school. But, unluckily, I only got the license after some years.

Anyway, people...... Driving is Amazing. Its wonderful.... Its an incredible ART. And when Ms. Philosopher a.k.a Moi ya3ni Aaaaneh be9a3eeedi tgolkom its an Art that means its an Art... (My own philosophy has nothing to do with Sartre or Simone. I have my own unique feeelooooosoooofyyyy).

Driving is not a thing u do it in an ordinary way. It's not only a matter of grapping the keyz, starting the car and Yallah drive........ If you think that the Road is granted to you by God, and that its your own field,,, Sorry to tell ya you are WRONG.
If you think that the road is for Racing by driving crazily to reach your destination without respecting others & the Traffic Rules; then I got to dissapoint you and call you are "Loser in Driving".

Driving is an Art. Just like any other thing we do in our lives. Eating is an art, wearing clothes is an art, talking, discussing and negotiating is an art, socializing with others is an art, marriage is an art, working is an art, living is an art.

Guyz, even fighting is an art. And every Art has its RULES.

Anyway back to our topic "Driving". So what really tick me off is what some morons who call themselves 'Drivers' are doing on the road. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, specially the Taxi Drivers. They drive in a crazy and silly way. The following driving mistakes are only a drop in an ocean that I always face :-

1 - Sometimes I wish to go the to Traffic Department and ask them to withdraw all the Drivers' Licenses. Put them in Driving Tests again, and only choose the qualified drivers for the road. Coz I think that some drivers got their driving experiences from Cars Games and the Playstation not from the Traffic Department. No signals are given, jumping from one lane to another, no proper distance are considered, using wrong lines bla bla bla

2- I wonder why do some drivers increase the Radio volume?!! Hello,,, we know that you have Radio (Mabrook), but, so do the others. You are just spoiling the atmosphere with this noise. Just quit that and decrease the sound volume. Respect the others, you are a Driver not Deejay.

3- I really hate the drivers who don't stop for pedestrians who are trying to cross the road? For god sake, they are Humans and they have the right to be respected and protected by you. Some drivers don't even care to look what's happening infront of them. They only stop the car when they reach wherever they're heading to. I don't know why is that??? Is it that easy to kill a Human? Is it that nice to go to the Jail? and is it so interesting to pay Blood Money (7aagah '3areebah!!)

4- Why using vulgar words??!!!! One simple situation may cause a big fight with horrible and harsh words. Its so terrible when you see an old adult shouting, yelling with so low-level words infront of the people. (3eeb wallah 3eeb)

5- Besides, who said that the person's nationality, religion and race show his driving ignorance or knowledge??!!!! what a racism and narrow-mindedness!!!!

Bottom line: Its not your age, the year you got the license, or the car you drive that make you an expert driver. Its your morals, knowledge, patience and the way you handle the situations that makes you a great driver.

مهزلة اسمها محاكمة صدام

2005-11-29T00:51:00.000+04:00

اليوم: الأثنين

التاريخ: 28/11/2005

المكان: الصالة أمام التلفاز

الجمهور: أفراد العائلة ما عدا الوالد وأختاي

الحدث: مشاهدة مسرحية هزلية تسمى "محاكمة صدام"

تعليق الجمهور:

أخي الأكبر : يشاهد بكل اهتمام، و هو ككثير من البشر اللذين يعتقدون أن صدام لا يستحق الرحمة و الشفقة و المحاكمة، و كل ما يجب فعله هو قتله بنفس الطريقة التي قتل فيها ضحاياه بدون اسداء أسئلة واستجواب.

أخي الذي يليني بعامين: لا يهمه ما يحدث في العالم و ليس يعنيه أبداً ما يدور في القناة، شكله يدل على حنقه و غضبه علينا لأننا غيرنا القناة التي كان يشاهدها (دبي الرياضية) و يريد استعجالنا ليشاهد باقي برنامجه المفضل.

أخي الأصغر: هذا الصغير ذو السبعة عشر أعواماً يطرح أسئلة كثيرة منذ بدء المحاكمة،

لما يحاكمون صدام، فالبلد ما زالت تحت الاحتلال؟

حتى و إن حاكموه... لما لا يحاكموه بطريقة موضوعية و عادلة؟ هناك الكثير من الديكتاتوريين في العالم و لم يتم محاكمتهم بهذه المهانة و المذلة؟

إذا كانت أمريكا مهتمة جداً لجلب الديمقراطية إلى عالمنا العربي و العدل و المساواة لما لا تبدأ هي بنفسها أولاً و يتم محاكمتها على ما فعلته من جرائم حرب بالعراقيين في بغداد والفلوجة و البصرة و الرمادي و بقية العراق ؟، و ما فعلته و تفعله بأفغانستان؟ وبمساعدتها لأسرائيل لسنين عدة في تدمير و تشتيت و ذبح و قتل في فلسطين ؟ أو محاكمتها لأسرها واهانتها للعرب و المسلمين المحتجزين لديها في معسكر جوانتنامو؟ لما لم يتم محاكمة اللذين عذبوا العراقيين في سجن أبو غريب؟ لماذا لماذا كل هذا؟ من سيحاكمها عن فييتنام؟ من سيحاكمها لأجل هيروشيما و نجازاكي؟ من؟ من؟ من؟

أمي الحبيبة: دموعها لا تجف يومياً، لا لصدام، و لكن لما يلاقيه الشعب العراقي من معاناة و آلالام و تنكيل. و ما يلاقيه الشعب الفلسطيني من تعذيب و تهميش و تدمير ، و ما تواجهه سوريا و ايران من تهديد و ترعيب، و ما يحصل في بلاد العرب و الاسلام من ارهاب و تفجير وتخويف. أمي لا تثق بأحد سوى بالحي القيوم، و ترى أنها لا تستطيع فعل شيء سوى الدعاء لرب العالمين بأن يرفع الظلم والجورمن بلاد المسلمين.

وأن ينصف المظلوم من الظالم وأن يعم الخير والسلام كل العالم

والعادل الوحيد هو الله

و المحكمة الحقيقية أمامه

أنا: لا أعير أي انتباه لمحاكمة صدام، لأني أعرف سلفاً ما مضمونها و أعرف كل المعرفة ما سيحدث في تلك المحاكمة دون مشاهدتها، لأني أصبحت خبيرة في معرفة أحداث كل الأفلام و المسرحيات في التلفاز قبل نهاية عرضها

و محاكمة صدام ليست سوى مسرحية أخرى من صنع هوليوود

أبجديات ضايعة في ها الدنيا

2005-11-24T11:42:00.000+04:00

ألف يحب باء

وباء عاشقة ل تاء

تاء يرغب في ثاء

و ثاء ثملة بحب جيم

جيم يركض خلف حاء

و حاء لا تعير اهتماماً سوى ل خاء

خاء لا يدري بحاء لأن دال ملكت شغاف قلبه

و دنيا دال هو ذال

ذال ذاب بنظرة من راء

وراء تعمل جاهدة للحوز على زاء

زاء لا يستطيع كتمان افتتانه ب سين

ولكن سين عاجزة عن الاحساس سوى بشين

عينا شين وقلبه مرتبطان ب صاد

وصاد اصطيدت على يد ضاد

ضاد له أمنية واحدة هي طاء

وطاء حلمها الوحيد هو ظاء

ظاء ظامئ لعيني عين

وعين علقت في شباك غين

غين لا يستغني عن قاف

و قلب قاف متمسك بكاف

كاف تهوى لام

ولام لاه في دنيا ميم

ميم مريضة بحب نون

ونون فداء هاء

هاء هائمة في واو

و واو واقع في حب ياء

و ياء يعشق ألف

و بدأت القصة مجدداً بألف ، يا ترى لو اعطى القدر فرصة لأبجدياتنا الضائعة بأن يختار كل حبيبه و يمضي معه بقية عمره، هل كانوا سيحظون بالسعادة التي يعتقدون أنهم يركضون خلفها؟

أم أنهم سيستمرون في الركض في نفس الحلقة المفرغة؟

اللي يبينا ما نباه

واللي نباه عيت الروح تلقاه

من حيلاقي المليونين

2005-11-16T00:50:00.000+04:00

أعادت قناة ال أم بي سي بث حلقات برنامج "من سيربح المليون" بحلته الجديدة اعتباراً من الليلة الثلاثاء ،الصراحة هذا هو البرنامج الوحيد العربي المأخوذ من قناة أجنبية يحظى بمباركتي لعدة أسباب

أولها، لأنه برنامج ثقافي مفيد

ثانيها، أن طريقة عرض البرنامج بعيدة تمام البعد عن أساليب السخف و التصنع و الابتذال المعروفة في برامج المسابقات في القنوات العربية الأخرى

ثالثها، أن مقدم البرنامج "مسيو جورج" انسان لبق و ظريف و له حضور قوي، إلى جانب أن طريقة تقديمه للبرنامج راقية وحلوة

يعني بالعربي الفصيح علشان تفهموا "برنامج طعمو حلو، سهل الهضم و خفيف عل المعدة"

حكمة زماني

2005-11-14T01:55:00.000+04:00

رب يوم بكيت منه فلما صرت في غيره بكيت عليه

كم أشتاق للماضي الجميل، أيام الطفولة الشقية، والمراهقة الحالمة؟

يا سلالالالالالام كانت أيام

على قولة إخوانا الفلسطينين "كديش الحياة كانت بتوخذ العكل" ياما الواحد تمنى إنه يتحرر من قيود العائلة ويسير طرباً في طريق الاستقلالية و إثبات الذات

يدرس و يخلص دراسته الجامعية ويشتغل ويكون له راتبه الخاص من عرق جبينه و يتمتع بسياقة سيارته الخاصة ويحقق أحلامه وآماله كلها

ويكون له دور فعال ببناء مجتمع متماسك و قوي

ولكن للأسف الشديد يوم حصلنا على كل شئ، نبي الطفولة ترد مرة ثانية ببراءتها وحلاوتها و أيامها البديعة

أيام ما كان الواحد يهتم لا لسياسة بوش و من يحكم العالم و من كتب بروتوكولات

حكماء صهيون

أيام محد كان يهتم كم سعر البنزين والناس كانت تعيش عل البركة و لا تفرق بين أوبك و أوابك

أيام الناس كانت تسمع لأم كلثوم وفيروز و محمد عبده و طلال مداح و تحس الطرب

أيام كان الدرهم الواحد له قيمة و البرياني له طعم والعيد له حلا

أيام القيم الرفيعة ذات المعنى في حياتنا : القرابة و الصداقة والزواج و احترام المجتمع و الدين

أيام كان كاباماروا فتى أحلامي (على بالي) كل اليابانيين أشكالهم نفس أشكال أبطال الكابتن ماجد، العيون الوسيعة والشعر الأسود الناعم و الأجساد الممشوقة يتحدثون بالعربية

أيام كان عدنان و لينا أصدقاء كل الأطفال في الوطن العربي و ما كنا نعرف من الشامي و من المغربي و من الخليجي و من المصري و من السوداني و من العراقي، أيام ما كنا نهتم من السني و من الشيعي و من المسيحي ومن اليهودي و من الدرزي و من أهله صوفيين، المهم إنا الواحد يتكلم عربي و بس

أيام الحماس الشديد والقوة بأن فلسطين لنا و بأن ما أخذ بالقوة لا يسترد إلا بالقوة

ووطني حبيبي وطني الأكبر يوم ورا يوم أمجاده بتكبر

أيام كانت "مجلة ماجد" و "لمناهل" و "افتح يا سمسم" هي ثقافتنا و فرحتنا

أيام كانت الدنيا لونها بمبي

يا ليت الماضي يعود

يا ليت بس يا ليت

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حياة ال س م س و البلوتوث والديجيتال كاميرا

حياة منو سبت الثانية: هيفاء وهبي ولا مروة

وأي من ضيوف فيصل القاسم يقول الحقيقة؟

حياة الميتين كيلومتر في الساعة

حياة جنون البقر، و انفلونزا الطيور و تسونامي و ريتا وكاترينا

حياة كل اللي تعلمتوه في كتب التاريخ كان غلط في غلط في غلط

حياة إذا كنت مسلم فأنت إرهابي و إذا كنت مسلم عربي فأنت دبل ارهابي

حياة الأقوى هو الأبقى

ألا ليت الطفولة تعود يوما فأخبرها بما فعل الشباب بنا

وغرقت في بحر من الأحلام و الأحلام والأحلام المستمرة بدون انقطاع

وفجأة سمعت منادياً يناديني و يوقظني من أحلامي التافهة و يقول لي

يكفي يا فتاة كل هذا البكاء على أطلال ماض لن يجدي نفعاً البكاء عليه

لقد استعجلت بالاعتزال مبكراً ، لربما أمكن أن نصلح من شأن أنفسنا

لربما تمكنا من النهوض و إزالة كل هذه الآلام و الجراح و الإهمال

لربما استطعنا أن نغير من أوضاعنا المزرية

لربما أشرقت شمس المحبة و الصفاء و انجلت كل هذه الكراهية في قلوبنا

لربما تمكنا من قمع شهواتنا و تنظيف أفكارنا و ردع عدونا و الحاق الهزيمة به

لربما وقفنا برهة مع ذواتنا و تصالحنا جميعاً وتوقفنا من تمثيل هذه المسرحية الكئيبة

سياداتي سادتي

و بالفعل اسدل ستار هذه المسرحية في يومه و ساعته و لحظته

و تأكدنا جميعنا أن الماضي لا يعود أبداً و لا يجدي نفعاً إضاعة المزيد من الوقت على ما لا يعود و بأنه

لن يغير الله ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم

نصيحة أخوية: ابدأ بتغيير نفسك اليوم و لا تضيع الوقت

لربما استطعت أن تفعل مالم يستطع الآخرون القيام بفعله

WYSIWYG, Right

2005-11-14T01:10:00.000+04:00

First Girl: Hey, hey, hey, the weather is great, let's go out and have fun.

Second Girl: No, its not, its too hazy , I don't want to go out, I prefer staying home

First Girl: R u kidding me!! all the ppl r enjoying the weather, let's go to the Corniche and then take a round in Emirates Palace and Marina Mall, common..... I feel like eating in Havana Cafe

Second Girl: Nooooo, the weather is horrible, I don't wanna go, let's stay home

First Girl: No way .... Iam not gonna waste this wonderful day. U stay at home if u wanna, I will go out and enjoy my day and enjoy the life.

Period.

mmmm

Dear Reader,

The fact is.... the weather on that day in Abu Dhabi wasn't that great and it wasn't that bad too. It was very normal. But, what made two girls see it in two different ways?!! What makes the first see it as a beautiful day with amazing weather,where the birds are chirping and everyone is laughing . While the second one see it as gloomy, miserable and untasty day.

Everyone has a different vision for this life, I know I know,,, u may tell me that life is full of ups & downs, Today u are Happy... tomorrow u could be Down. That's true, but that's not the issue.

The Issue is that there are those who always have the bless to feel OPTIMISTIC nearly about everything in life and those who enjoy the black corners of life (People of Pessimism) who only look at the empty part of the glass and neglect the full part of it.

Believe me What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)

Try to see the beautiful sides of life and you'll get the best of life

Teach yourself how to look at the Full side of the Glass instead the empty side

Never let the People of Pessimism to drag you to the BlackLand, stay in the LightLand and enjoy the Life.

QD

السامبا عندنا

2005-11-12T20:12:00.000+04:00

ماحب كرة القدم و لا أداني شي اسمه رياضة ما عدا الأيروبيك، الجمباز والشطرنج (صدقتوا ولا ما صدقتوا، يعتبر الشطرنج رياضة عقلية راقية من الدرجة الأولى ، وكيفكم عاد، لأني تعبت و أنا أقنع الناس إنها رياضة)

المهم، يا جماعة الخير يقولون إن السامبا عندنا يا مرحبا يا مرحبا ، و أبوظبي شاعلة و العة وكل محبي كرة القدم في الإمارات معيدين مرة ثانية

وإخواني الشباب فرحانين، والوالد فرحان، و خلصت منهم التذاكر و مايقدرون يطالعون المباراة في مدينة زايد الرياضية والحمدالله إني طالعت المسلسل مالي و افتكيت قبل لا يحتكرون التلفاز والحمدالله إنهم تعشوا قبل لا تستوي أي مشاحنات و حروب أهلية بسبة ها المباراة

أياً كان مقول غير "للناس فيما يعشقون مذاهب" ترا محد يسمعني يوم أتكلم عن

غوستاف فلوبير

فيكتور هوجو

عباس محمود العقاد

يوسف إدريس

ليو تولستوي

المتنبي

زهير بن أبي سلمى

دانتي

رامبرانت

طاغور

عمرو بن أبي ربيعة

إيليا أبي ماضي

الأخطل الصغير

ناجي ابرهيم

ميخائيل نعيمة

جبران خليل جبران

سميحة خريس

مانع سعيد العتيبة

عبدالرحمن منيف

الطاهر بن جلون

واسيني الأعرج

محمد عبده

فيروز

سعاد الصباح

مطلع الشمس

خالد الفيصل

بدر بن عبد المحسن

عبدالرحمن بن مساعد

أسير الشوق

الخ الخ الخ الخ

فعلا للناس فيما يعشقون مذاهب

This time for the SAMBA, next time for the TANGO

ملاحزة: أهم حاجة اللعب النتيف دو مهمن كان تيوفنا الإعزاء جدن جدن

Queen DAALLO

Lord save all the yummy Chicken

2005-11-06T15:28:00.000+04:00

First, "Cows Madness"

then , "Dirty Poisoned Fishes"

and now "Chicken Flu"

what's next later : "Running away Meats"

People, I don't eat beef and I don't like it's taste, and that's ok with me ...

And I can go ahead with my life without eating meat.

But, I can't live without chicken and eggs. I love them soooooooooooooooooo much.

A life without chicken and eggs what could it be?! Nothing 4 sure.

What I suppose to do? Dad prohibited eating chicken in the house, although, we are living in UAE and we are not facing any problems with the chicken yet. He even refused eating the local chicken and eggs.

Which means :

No more chicken burger,
no more chicken balls,
no more fried chicken,
nore more chicken with pasta,
no more chicken shawerma ,
no more sweets, coz all the cookies, arabic sweets, biscuits are made of EGGS

What SHALL I do??? Iam dreaming all the time to eat chicken.

I hope my little prayer is answered:

"God, please, let all the chicken be cured, Amiin"

So that I can enjoy eating them LOL

عيدكم مبارك

2005-11-06T14:58:00.000+04:00

كل عام و كل المسملين في مشارق الأرض و مغاربها بخير، عسى أن يعيد الله علينا هذا العيد باليمن و الخير و البركات

وإن شاء الله تتحقق كل أمانيكم و آمالكم و أحلامكم

و إن شاء الله ينصر الله المسلمين و يوحد كلمتهم و يرفع رايتهم و ينصرهم و يجمعهم على الخير و البر و التقوى

Queen DAALLO

حاير طاير

2005-11-01T09:01:00.000+04:00

الصراحة مسلسل "حاير طاير" من أروع المسلسلات العربية الخليجية و أفضلها هذا العام .

لا مبالغة و لا سخافة و لا مهدرة للوقت، عالج معظم القضايا الاجتماعية المهمة في دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة و يسعدني إني أقول و بكل صراحة لكل أبطال المسلسل و كل الكادر الفني

"وفيتوا وكفيتوا"

طول رمضان و أنا أسأل عمري "وين الرقابة عنكم" و أتمنى إنا ما تصير مشاكل. ياليت فعلأ تنتهج مسلسلاتنا العربية نفس منهاجكم.

Queen DAALLO

Another simple Wish :)

2005-10-24T13:33:00.000+04:00

A week ago I ordered two books from Neelwafurat.com in Lebanon (The biggest Arabic Online Bookstore in the Arab World where I always buy the unavailable arabic books in UAE). It's a well-trusted commercial website that I really like to use frequently; just like Barnes and Nobels and Amazon.com

Now the books are

Lafetat Ahmed Matar لافتات أحمد مطر
(A poetry book for Ahmed Matar, an Iraqi poet who was expelled by Saddam to London)
This is his website if you wish to read for him :-
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/ahmedmatar

The 2nd book is for :
Banat Al Riyadh بنات الرياض لـ رجاء عبد الله الصانع
(And Riyadh Girls) by Rajaa Al San'e, a Saudi female Author whom I totally don't know. It seems she's a fresh author. What made me order her book is that Dr.Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi is recommending it.

Hopefully, the Authorities do not censor Ahmed Matar's book since its all about Political Poetry which is a taboo in our Arab World.
Praying hard to get his book, I couldn't get his book from the local Bookshops coz its a black-listed book. Besides, Iam bored & tired from reading all his poems from his website; wish to touch the book with my fingers :)

Queen DAALLO

2005-10-23T10:00:00.000+04:00

فكر بغيرك

محمود درويش

وانت تعد فطورك ، فكر بغيرك

لا تنس قوت الحمام

وانت تخوض حروبك ، فكر بغيرك

لا تنس من يطلبون السلام

وانت تسدد فاتورة الماء ، فكر بغيرك

من يرضعون الغمام

وانت تعود الى البيت بيتك ، فكر بغيرك

لا تنس شعب الخيام

وانت تنام وتحصي الكواكب ، فكر بغيرك

ثمة من لم يجد حيزا للمنام

وانت تحرر نفسك بالاستعارات ، فكر بغيرك

من فقدوا حقهم في الكلام

وانت تفكر في الاخرين البعيدين، فكر بنفسك

قل.. ليتني شمعة في الظلام

Post A Secret

2005-10-23T09:20:00.000+04:00

Why someone would make a Blog for others' secrets?!

What's so important and funny about others' secrets?

Do you like hearing secrets about scandals, treasons, deceiptions, scarry things for some hidden personalities who enjoy publishing their secrets online?!!!

I guess If someone posted his secret he/she may feel relief, but, what the listener/reader would gain?

FUN,Excitement,,,,,,, whateva

Check this out :

http://postsecret.blogspot.com

Queen DAALOO

What shall I do?!

2005-10-15T10:56:00.000+04:00

As an avid reader who loves reading alot and adores books, I have a big affection for my books and that does sometimes create a problem to me.

I have a nice fast-growing collection of books, periodicals, magazines, encyclopedias and volumes. At the same time, I also love to lend any book from my collections to whoever is interested to read them.

So, if any one of my parents, siblings, relatives, friends or colleagues asked me to borrow any of my books. I don’t say “No… Iam sorry…. or I can’t”.

On the contrary, it pleases me to lend others.

Besides, I believe that ‘lending’ books to others has many important benefits:-

1- First of all, ‘lending something that you have to others; whether its books or anything else’ is another form of extending help to others. And that’s bridge the gaps between humans and strengthen the relationships with others.

2- My books may increase the borrowers’ knowledge & information and benefit them in many different aspects. Which will increase the individuals’ awareness and consequently will improve the society.

3- Personally, it has a significant importance for me, because many people lend me their books and others brought me books as gifts. And that’s something that really rocks my life.

So far everything is good and you perhaps ask yourself “Where is the problem here?!”.

The problem is that the borrowers don’t return books on time. They borrow books from me and keep them for long times. No matter how many times I remind them about the books, they don’t return any book.

Only after long tiring attempts from my side, they feel my deep eagerness to my books and I hear a long-waited sentence like “Hey!! I think that I have a book of yours”.

Would you believe that most of them don’t even read the books they borrowed. They just take them, put the books somewhere in their houses for long durations without at least opening the book.

Then, I said to myself “It seems that this way is not working with them at all. Why don’t I try another way to convince them?!”. I think there could be much better ways to get the books back. Maybe if I motivate them to read the books they will finish the readings fast and bring them back to me.

So, I tried to set time with them to discuss the books, exchange opinions and know more about the authors. That will benefit both of us and make me achieve my goal.

Well, dear readers, this idea worked with some of the borrowers and didn’t work with the majority; who are still keeping my books.

When I remind someone about my book, I still hear unexpected phrases like “Which book?!!" ... "When did I took a book from you?!” ...."Are you sure?!"

After all, it seems there are two types of people who never change:

- Those who don’t return things that don’t belong to them,

- And those (including Moi) who can't QUIT lending others their books, money or anything else.

Any solution please?!!

Queen DAALLO

رمضان كريم

2005-10-09T07:59:00.000+04:00

رمضان كريم لجميع المسلمين و المسلمات في العالم العربي و الاسلامي ، أعاد الله علينا بالخير و البركان إن شاء الله

رمضان شهر فضيل يهل علينا مرة واحدة في السنة، ضيف عزيز خفيف و لكنه أجره و مكانته عظيمة في قلوبنا.

رمضان شهر العبادة و العمل و التقرب إلى الله أكثر فأكثر و ليس شهراً للنوم و الكسل

So May Allah grant us all forgiveness, serenity, peace and the Heaven, inshallah,
Ameen

P.S: It seems I won't come regularly to this Blog during Ramdan. So hope to blog some other times

Queen DAALLO

باب الشمس - الرحيل و العودة

2005-09-30T07:53:00.000+04:00

أعتقد أن الافلام لا و لن تحل محل الكتب أبداً، و خاصة لقارئة نهمة مثلي تقدر قيمة الإحساس العظيم الذي يكتنفني عند لمس الكتب بأصابعي. و تدرك أيضاً مدى الهوة الشاسعة بين قراءة محتوى أي عمل أدبي في كتاب أو مشاهدته كفيلم أو مسرحية

لقد قارنت بين جميع الأعمال الفنية التي شاهدتها في السينما و المسرح والتي قرأتها مسبقاً في كتب. للأسف الشديد كان يتضح دائماً لي أن معظم الأعمال الفنية تحرق قيمة الكتب إذا ما ترجمت كأفلام أو مسرحيات..

باب الشمس رواية رائعة لكاتبها إلياس الخوري، استطاع فيها الكاتب أن يعرض فيها المأساة الفلسطينية بكل ما أنتجته من معاناة شديدة للأخوة الفسلطينين سواء داخل فلسطين الحبيبة على أيدي الاحتلال الاسرائيلي من عنف و تعذيب و قتل و تشتيت وتهجير أو خارجها على أيدي أبناء عمومتهم من العرب من مهانة و فقر و نذالة

فالفيلم الذي شاهدته على مسرح "المجمع الثقافي" في أبوظبي على مدى يومين. والذي تم فيه عرض الجزء الأول من الفيلم "الرحيل" و الذي قدم فيه المخرج يسري نصر الله فترة ما قبل نكبة 1948 ثم عرض في الجزء الثاني"العودة" أحداث ما بعد 1948 أي فترة نزوح الفلسطينين إلى لبنان و الأراضي العربية المجاورة

استغربت كثيراً من المشاهد الجنسية و المثيرة الفائضة والتي لا تضفي أي معنى أو قيمة لفيلم يفترض أنه يتحدث عن مأساة شعب مسلم عربي و حقبة تاريخية مهمة للأمة الأسلامية والعربية. ما كان من الضروري عرض هذه المشاهد أبداً. و تساءلت كثيراً لما يا ترى أقحم المخرج هذه المشاهد في الفيلم:

هل يا ترى لإن الفيلم تم تمويله من قبل المحطة الفرنسية "آرتيه" ، أي لربما كانت هناك ثمة تدخلات فرنسية لإضفاء بعد الإثارة في الفيلم بغض النظرعن فكرته الإساسية؟

أم كانت رغبة بحتة من المخرج لإغراء العرب لمشاهدة الفيلم، حيث أفترض أنهم لن يعيروا أي أهتمام للفيلم إذا لم يحتو

على مشاهد ساخنة؟

هل كان سيكتب للفيلم كل هذا النجاح و الجوائز السينمائية إذا كان خالياً من هذه المشاهد أم لا؟

خلاصة القول: أنا متأكدة تماماً أنه كان هناك أساليب و طرق عديدة لإضفاء الحب و الرومانسية بطريقة جميلة هادفة بعيداً عن كل هذه التقليد للإسلوب الغربي.

Queen DAALLO

First Impression is NOT the Last Impression

2005-09-28T14:42:00.000+04:00

"First Impression is Last Impression", Excuse me, but I don’t believe in that saying at all. I don’t feel it’s fair to let the first impression control my opinion about someone or something.

The First impressions for anything (whether positive or negative, specially the negative impressions) are mostly being created under short, vague, uncertain & incomprehensive circumstances.

You can’t have a full picture for someone’s character from the first impression. What if you saw a person in the mid of a fight and the first impression you got was “What an aggressive Person”. While the truth is this person is not aggressive at all. He is a calm person and rarely fight. Seeing him fighting doesn’t mean he is a trouble-maker or an aggressive person. And it’s also unfair to keep this image inside your brain every time you want to say something about this person.

Once, a lady came to our house along with her little girl, the girl was so naughty and making a lot of noise. Her mother tried her best to make her stay quite, but to no avail. Then, my sister entered the living room where we were sitting. Suddenly, the mother spanked her daughter on her shoulder which made the little girl burst into crying. My sister felt terribly sorry for the girl. After they left, my sister couldn’t stop herself saying “What a heartless mother, why she has to beat the little girl like that!!!”.

I’d explained to my sister that the mother was really tired with her daughter who was very annoying. And she couldn’t get any other way to make her stop troubling, so she raised her hand and spanked the girl. You don’t know what is the mother’s situation in this, how can you call her cruel?”

Many days later, the bell rang and I asked my sister about the comer. She answered me “It’s Madam Cruel”. And I couldn’t understand her point so I questioned her “Who’s Madam Cruel”. “Ah, the lady who spanked her daughter that day” she said.
And ever since that day, she didn’t stop calling her “Madam Cruel” which really irritated me a lot; because I know the lady very well and she’s is a noble person. And I asked my sister several times to stop calling her names, especially that I know she is a good person. Besides, it’s not wise to let the first impression control your opinion about others. What if the first impression was not true or fair, will you still embrace the impression?! Do you think it’s fair to make an opinion about any person or anything from one situation or trial only?!.

What if “Mr Aggressive” is not really aggressive?! What if “Madam Cruel” is not cruel at all?
What if "Mr. Arrogant" whom you met him only for once, isn’t arrogant at all?! Will you consider him arrogant forever?!!!

For me, First impression is certainly not the last impression nor the best impression. I don’t ever think that If one day someone rejected to pay a bill; that means he is a miser. Or, If someone was wearing a dirty clothes for the first time I see her it means she’s a poor or dirty person. Seeing a person laughing loudly in an occasion it doesn’t mean he is a cheerful person all the time. If it happened that you said a joke to someone and he didn’t laugh at it, it doesn’t mean he is an intense person or gloomy. It’s too bad that some impressions last for very long time. Some people have respect and love for others just because of the first impression, although they did many mistakes against them. While some hate and avoid others just because they did one mistake in their first time.

Would you like to be judged based on one situation only, of course “Not”. So, simply don’t do that with others, don’t build your opinions and judgments on one situation only.

Most of the misunderstandings & quarrels are caused by the “First Impression” attitude. If people would try to look at the matters from all the angles and points, Life will be easier and much better for all of us.

Queen DAALLO

Iam really impressed!!!

2005-09-21T14:05:00.000+04:00

What inspire you to study more, work more, contribute more, help more, learn more & to gain knowledge ??!!

And who Inspire YOU??!!! It could be your parents, friends, partners, scolars, or the Celebrity you like. A wise man once said "My enemies always inspire me". Whoever is the person who's inspiring you, don't you agree with me that "Mr.Kimani Ng'ang'a's strong ambition, motivation & love for "Education" must really inspire you to move forward and learn more & take advantage of all the possible means around you for "Knowledge and Education".

This 85 years old Kenyan Man who waited more than eight decades for his first day of school has now finished his elementry school. He wishes & works hard to let all the Children get their Education Chance. He always wanted to be a veterinary doctor, because he's love to the animals,

Personally, I believe nothing is impossible in this life if you believe on it and work hard to get it. Iam sure with this high spirit and motivation he will achieve his goal One Day.People, Let's all salute this man and everyone who is following the same path. Its really bad to see many ppl who are wasting the chances they have for study & education or even for the food, medication,,, etc while there are millions of creative and needy people out there who wish to get their chances for better life.

People, Let's all salute this man and everyone who is following the same path.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1124635&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Queen DAALLO

2005-09-16T13:39:00.000+04:00

Dear Mama...

What shall I say? You are not in the house and its really empty without you. Its like if everything here is artificial. Nothing is real and normal. I miss your voice, your warm smile and shiney eyes. I miss your funny & enlightining words. I miss your hugs, kisses and touch in our life. In a nutshell, I miss your existence.

The house is not as it was before. Dear Mama,,, you are the best to handle and manage everything with your wisdom, intelligence, mercy, patience & motherhood. No one ever can fill your place, not my dad, not my elder sister and not anyone else on this earth.

"I love you so much mom" and its not new thing to say. I know that I say this to you daily but this time its totally different. Sometimes, we forgot your significant role in our life and we take you for granted. But, the reality is "We are nothing without you"

I hope you are enjoying your vocation and May Allah bless you and keep you safe and satisfied.

Your loving daughter.

Queen DAALLO

Even you brutus?!

2005-09-04T14:32:00.000+04:00

Its too shocking when you receive a hurt or pain from the nearest friends or relatives in our lives. What would you do?! would you neglect them, fight them, or put them in the same situation they put you in. I feel terribly sorry for a friend of mine who experienced such situation. I couldn't know what to advise her except "May Allah be by yourside always and protect you from both : Your foes and friends"

God save us from our friends. Coz, atleast we can predict harm fom our enemies".

Queen DAALLO

90/10 Principle

2005-09-03T13:26:00.000+04:00

Have you read this before? By: Steven Covey

Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations).

What is this principle?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

What does this mean?

We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.
How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light. However, you can control your reaction. Do not let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let us use an example:

You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just have happened. What happens when the next will be determined by how you react.

You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.

She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work.

You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find out you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee caused it?
B) Did your daughter caused it?
C) Did the policeman caused it?
D) Did you caused it?

The answer is "D".

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened.
Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel, you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

Why? Because of how you REACTED.

You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone says something negative about you, do not be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You do not have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic?
Do you lose your temper?
Pound on the steering wheel? (A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall Off)
Do you curse?
Does your blood pressure skyrocket?
Do you try to bump them?

WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive.
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.

The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.
Why are stressed out? It will just make Things worse.
Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it.
The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.
The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache.
We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

It CAN change your life!

My "Passwords" Life

2005-09-02T00:53:00.000+04:00

Iam DONE??!!
I can't handle it anymore...
I've found out that Iam living a "Passwords" life. I really want the concerned people to add this term to the Dictionaries "Passwords Person" is someone who has many passwords in his/her life. And what kind of passwords??!! The longest and most complicated passwords with many different digits and letters.

Its really big headache!!!!!

I have different passwords for :-

A- 4 (four) official emails in my office.
B- 3 (three) personal emails.
C- Passwords for Internet Forums & Online Shopping Websites

D- Passwords to access some places in the real lif

E- Passwords for Personal Bank Accounts (Savings & Current)

F- Passwords for some personal verifications.

passwords passwords passwords passwords and many more passwords. Its a big must to remember all these passwords, grrrr.

And guess what I choose the most complicated passwords; the people who stand besides me when Iam typing my passwords always ask me the same question: "What the hell was that all about?! You suppose to be typing a password not your life story !!!!!

Anyway, Iam sure its not only me who'se living a "Passwords" life. I guess since we're living in the same world then you too people are sharing me this Passwords life, arent you ?!!

Sure U R

Queen DAALLO

Deja Vu

2005-08-28T23:48:00.000+04:00

Lately, I have been experiencing alot of "Deja Vu" situations that I can't count. Iam feeling that the same situations which took place at the past are happening over and over. It became very normal in my daily life routine to repeate the following sentences :-

"My god ... this happened to me b4"
" I've seen this earlier"
"What's happening to me, this is ain't sixth sense issue"

The same situation at the same time with the same details and feeling. My sister thinks its a cool thing. Some people think it's lovely to see the situations as Dream first in the Fantasy world, then to experience them again in the Real life.

Its like the sixth sense, but the only difference is that in the Sixth Sense, you feel & predict things before they happen. You have a space of time to think about it. But, for the Deja Vu, there is no time at all. What you saw earlier will happen suddenly and at the same time ; only then you'll figure out that it happened earlier.

Whatever is the scientific or the non-scientific explanation for the Deja Vu, I don't think its cool, It's getting too scary and weird.

Esmella 3alay, I hope its not hallucination.

Queen DAALLO

Crazy Research : Gossip is good 4 U

2005-08-26T19:10:00.000+04:00

Psst ... you are never going to believe this - but gossiping is good for you

By Tom Anderson Aug 21, 2005, 09:37

Gossip is good for you, according to new research. Previously dismissed as harmful or trivial, gossip can stamp out bad behaviour, strengthen friendships and circulate important information not available anywhere else.

An 18-month study has found that we spend from a fifth to two-thirds of our daily conversation gossiping, with men indulging as much as women. The findings, published in the journal Human Nature next month, surprised the authors by indicating that gossip was central to human society.

The study by two anthropologists, Kevin Kniffin of the University of Wisconsin and David S Wilson of the State University of New York, discovered that the gossip grapevine branches out through every social group at work and at home. Informal chat, often behind people's backs, provided detailed information and an informal "handbook" on how to behave.

Men were found to gossip for just as long and on the same subjects as women, but men were more egocentric, talking for two-thirds of the time about themselves, while women did so for only a third, preferring to talk about other people. Male and female gossip also sounded different. Women were more animated in their storytelling, piling on detail and encouraging feedback from listeners.

The authors believe that when people huddle to share information about an absent person, it is a deep-seated instinct, the equivalent of "social grooming" among our monkey ancestors. Primates pick fleas from each other, even when clean, helping with relationship-building, group bonding, clarifying social status and reinforcing shared values.

Professor Kniffin noted that gossip increased as a defence mechanism when a badly behaved individual entered a group. Other members would joke about the sex life of the wrongdoer and make cruel jokes about their character. He said: "Gossip is about reputation, and that has been intensely important throughout human history, no matter how primitive or sophisticated a society is. People fear for their own reputations so if they misbehave they have real reason to fear gossip.

"Dr Wilson claims gossip can be intensely moral: "There has been a tendency to denigrate gossip as sloppy and unreliable. In fact, gossip is much more sophisticated than people think. We found that if somebody gossips in a self-serving fashion then their reputation plummets along with that of the subject of their gossip. But if somebody gossips in what we call a 'group-serving' fashion, for the good of the group, then their reputation is intact. It's interesting that if the gossiper mixes even a little bit of gratuitous falsehood into the mix, then their reputation will plummet again."

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My Opinion: Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see/read

The influence of the Words

2005-08-24T10:29:00.000+04:00

Talking is very easy but choosing the right words at the right time with the right person; that is NOT easy at all. What a difficult task to do!!!. Only prudent people know how to do it well. Because they knew how to control their “Tongues” and not the other way around.

Ever asked yourself this question:-

“What makes us Humans?”. Trust me, Its not the Look, not the names, not the social class, not the money or the race. Not even the “Talking” thing. What really makes us ‘Humans” is not only our ‘Brains’ as they taught us in the Schools. That the Human is a Talking Animal who knows how to think. Common, that’s not a sign of Humanity at all.

As I see it, besides my Thinking Brain, my ‘Soul’ is playing a very active role of my Humanity. My feelings and emotions towards those I live with in the same world makes me “Human”. Not only talking and doing thousands of thinking operations.

So what!! All the animals talk; they have their own way of talking & communications. They probably know also how to think. Its just that we don’t comprehend their way of communication and thinking; that’s why we thought they don’t know how to think. And that’s why we ‘The Humans’ crowned themselves as the Superiors and the Owners of the Earth.
I do really hope that they change the definition of the “Humans” from Talking Animals to Positively Talking Animals.

IF you still believe that ‘Talking’ is what makes you a “Human”; It’s better to re-consider that idea.

It’s very sad to notice the disastrous acts of some people who can’t control what coming out from their mouths. Those who cannot think before shooting ugly & cruel words. If they had the chance to experience the awful pain their words are causing others; they wouldn’t have said a word at all. The quality of their Talking as Humans should be better and more healthier.

They must realize that ONE GOOD Word:-

Can save a Human,
Give Hope to another,
Guide someone to the Good,
Make someone Creative,
Conciliate between two persons,
Stop Wars,
End sufferings,
Make Peace,
Build the Humanity,
Lead someone to the Heaven.

While ONE BAD Word:-

Can embarrass & insult someone,
Kill a Human,
Turn another to a Desperate,
Produce Hate,
Make two Enemies,
Destroys Families,
End Nations,
Collapse Civilizations,
Ruin the life,
And throw someone in the Hell

If it happened and you’ve upset someone, its possible that he/she may forgive you,

If it happened and you’ve ignored someone, its possible that he/she may excuse you,

If it happened and you’ve forgotten someone, its possible that he/she may simply blame you in a moderate way.

People can find excuses for you as long as you are not humiliating them. But, they won’t be able ever to forgive the harsh & offensive insults and verbal abuses from you.

Would you believe me if I tell you that the Psychological scars of the Verbal & Emotional Abuses last longer than the scars of the Physical abuses. Certainly, we are NOT angels and we face pressures and intolerable situations in our daily life routine that makes us sometimes lose our temper and go crazy. But, in the mid of these intolerable situations we should take into consideration to avoid the unkind, filthy, vulgar and improper words. Bad words are also dangerous and destroy; just like the Destruction Weapons.

My advice : Don’t hurt anybody and try not to leave any scars behind. Think wisely and check your words before saying them.

Let’s all do our best to eradicate the Words of Mass Destructions in this World.

Queen DAALLO

A word of Thank

2005-08-22T09:24:00.000+04:00

To all those concerned in the following Somali Cartoons websites:-

http://www.qarxis.com
http://www.dowlada.com
http://www.kartuun.com

You guyz are so amazing. I've really enjoyed your funny works (Flashes, Animiations,,,etc). It's difficult to laugh from the heart these days. But, u made it... me & my family laughed hilarously. . big time.

Keep up the great work.

B. Rgds,

Queen DAALOO

A bit about Me

2005-08-22T09:00:00.000+04:00

Its my Birthday today,So I said let me introduce Myself. I don't celebrate or do parties. Two Rakaa's and praising the Creator (SWT) for giving me the life will make me Happy and Content.

Character:

According to the people around me:-

- Iam very polite, patient, & generous
- Good Listener
- I have very sharp memory, I’ve never forgotten someone’s name & face since childhood. This memory makes others feel important and great while they are with me. And mostly all the previous situations are engraved in my mind.
- I respect my Word & Promises more than any thing.
- I Keep relations in great conditions, but if Iam hurted I forgive many times. If this hurt kept happening purposely; I drop the mistaken person from my life as he/she has never ever existed in this life before. (Not cruel nor heartless act, fair enough).
- Iam a very Sensitive & Hardworking
- It takes time to take a decision related to a certain area. (I must admit that, I fear failure a lot and while Iam trying to plan perfectly I lose the time).

Pastimes :-

- Reading
- Volunteering
- Writing & Discussing
- Graphics Designing
- Listening to Mohamad Abdo (Saudi Singer), Fairooz (Lebanese Singer). Yani & Zamfir. And Poetry and Audioable Books.
- Playing Chess, solving Cross-Words, Suduko & Riddles
- I love doing Baby-sitting.
- Swimming and walk
- Collecting Crystal balls & Pens.

Fond of:-

- Talking and playing with Children.
- Meditation
- Natural Scenes: The Sky, Sea & Beaches, Green Grasses, Fountains and MOUNTAINS.
- History, Psychology and Metaphysics
- Arts, Antics, Archaeology & all the types of Architecture; specially the Islamic Architecture & Islamic Calligraphy.
- Chess (Chess aint a game only, it’s full of thought & wisdom. It teaches you how to be patient, observant thoughtful & wise).
- Meeting new & different people from different cultural backgrounds, races & religions. I love to know more about their Cultures, traditions, folklores, languages & food.
- Poetry, all kinds of Poetry, Old & Current, English , Arabic and Somali. Translated Poetry from different countries.
- I don’t watch the TV much, that Magic Box will turn yourself to hell if you couldn’t control it. Nowadays nothing good is being shown. Anyway, I love the
* Islamic Shows
* Talk Shows & Discussing Programs
* All the Documentaries, specially about the History, Arts, Animal World and the Nature.
* And anything related to the Lil angels “Children”.
* Travel and Tourism
* For movies: I love the Classic Movies, Its too bad, most of the people are only attracted by the American products the “Hollywood movies” and don’t know anything about the Italian, Spanish, German, French and Iranian Movies. I know Its hard to get them but you’ll never regret watching them.

- Taking care of the Environment.
- Iranian, Indian, Turkish, Greek and Arabic Cuisines, particularly the Lebanese Cuisine.

Education & Career:-

I have always wished to be involved in one of these thee careers :
A Sociologist, a Graphic Designer or a Freelancer. Unluckily, the destiny took me far away from these fields. But, I learnt one thing. It not necessary to study them to learn them. Guess what, they all complete each others and can be handled at the same time.

I Hate:-

- Hypocrisy
- Discrimination & Prejudice, and as a Somali I never accept Tribalism ever.
- Those who hurt & scare the children (The Elders always can speak for themselves if they are hurted. But, Children can’t defend themselves).
- Caging the Animals for decoration and entertainment.
- Destroying the Archaeology, Antiques & Historic Symbols. I can’t stand such Barbarism.
- Unlimited & Irrational Freedom. I can’t stand when someone stupid destroy the World and tell me “Iam free”.
Smoking

I Fear:

- Death (All the time)
- Insects (And I don’t have the guts to kill them which makes my family go crazy).
- Narrow Places (Ok, Ok, its not a Phobia or anything, just little fear. Don’t act like a shrink now).
- Snakes & Reptiles.

10 Places I wish to go : -

1- Abha- Saudi Arabia
2- Salalah – Oman
3- Fez & Casablanca – Morocco
4- Kerallah in India, Tag Mahal and all the Historical and Natural Places in India. (And Kasmir)
5- The Countryside of England
6- Denmark
7- Alps Mountains in Switzerland
8- Japan

9- Maldives

10-Sychelle
11- Athena – Greek
12- Florence - Italy

Bottom line, I figured out that all the above mentioned places are either with Natural Beauty or Archaeology :) . Last but not Least, Mountain Daallo in Somalia is my best place.

I love the life but not to Death :)

Queen DAALLO

Maahmaah (Somali Proverb)

2005-08-17T12:45:00.000+04:00

"Rag waxa ugu xun saddex nin:

Nin maqan oon la tebin

Nin Jooga oon la tirin

iyo Nin tegaya oon la celin"

The English Translation for the above mentioned Somali Proverb

"Of all men, three types are the worst:

"He who is not remembered when absent,

he who is ignored when present,

and he who is not stopped when departing"

The Arabic Translation:

أسوأ الرجال ثلاثة ، غائب لا يذكر ، و موجود لا يعتبر ، و راحل لا يستبقى

The Only Truth

2005-08-14T19:39:00.000+04:00

And they ask :

Why are we so weak,underestimated and not respected?!

And they forget that all the answer are mentioned in the Holy Qura'an:-

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

"قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله، إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعاً، إنه هو الغفور الرحيم "

سورة الزمر- آية 53

In the Name of Allah, the most merciful, the most compassionate

Say Muhammad "O my slaves who have trangressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins). Despair not of the Mercy of Allah. Verily, Allah forgives all Sins. Truly He is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah Al-Zumar, Part 24- Verse:53

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" قل أن صلاتي ونسكي و محياي ومماتي لله رب العالمين "

سورة الأنعام- آية 162

Say "O Muhammed, verily, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the Mankind

Surah Al-An'am- Part 8: Verse 162

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" إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم "

سورة الرعد- آية 11

"Verily, Allah will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves.

Surah Ar-Rad- Part 13: Verse :11

Yummy Moussaka

2005-08-10T14:05:00.000+04:00

Moussaka is a very famous traditional dish from Greece. One of my favourite dishes, very tasty indeed.

Nows let's learn how to prepare the mouth-watering Moussaka. Just bear in mind one important thing, Moussaka depends on the Eggplant, you must prepare it well. If the Eggplant is not prepared well, the whole dish will be ruined.

Let's start:

INGREDIENTS

1 kg aubergines (Eggplant) (large or/and elongated variety)
160 ml vegetable oil (about 1 teacup)
1 large onion, finely sliced
450 gr. minced beef
350 gr. fresh tornatoes, 1400 gr. tomatoes, drained of some of their juice and chopped
teaspoon ground cinnamon
Teaspoon ground allspice
salt and black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
25 gr. grated parmesan cheese
some chopped parsley
For Bechamel Sauce :-
80 gr. butter
80 gr. flour
600 ml warm milk
salt and white pepper
30 gr. grated parmesan cheese
2 egg yolks Topping
4 tablespoons toasted breadcrumbs

METHOD

Moussaka should be baked in the oven. Use a roasting container, eitber square or oblong, approximately 25x25 cm or 39x28 cm. It is recommended that you spread the work involved over two days for your convinience; one can easily cook the meat the day before, witbout the Moussaka suffering at all. Do not do the same with the aubergines; they should be fried on the day. AuberginesTop and tail the aubergines, without peeling them. Rinse them, cut them lengthways in 75-mm thick slices and immerse them in salted water, for 30 minutes.Take them out, squeeze gently, rinse, then squeeze them again. Drain them in a colander and pat dry. Fry them in hot vegetable oil until they become pale golden on both sides; you can either deep-fry them, which is easier but they absorb a lot of oil, or shallow-fry them. In either case, drain them on absorbent paper on a flat platter before serving, so that most of their oil will dribble away. MeatSautee the sliced onion in 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, until it looks glistening. Add the meat and sautee together, stirring, until all the lumps are broken down and the meat starts to change colour. Add tomatoes, sliced finely, the spices, salt and pepper and the oregano. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time in case it sticks. Then mix in the grated cheese and parsley. Bechamel SauceMelt the butter and, away from the heat, gradually add the flour and stir to amalgamate. Return to the heat and gradually add the milk and seasoning, stirring continuously. Simmer for 9-10 minutes, stirring, until it has thickened considerably. Withdraw the pan from the heat, let it stand briefly, then add the cheese and the egg yolks. Stir to amalgamate them. Do not let the sauce boil after this. It should by now be a thick bechamel, to enable it to sit on top of the meat mixture and form a kind of crust. To assemble, cover the base of the roasting dish with half of the fried aubergines, then spread half of the meat mixture evenly on top of them and cover neatly with the remaining aubergines. Spread the remaining meat and sauce evenly over the top and cover neatly with the bechamel sauce. Sprinkle the grated cheese all over the top, and the breadcrumbs. Moussaka from Macedonia may contain a layer of thinly sliced roun potatoes which have been fried first. Bake in a pre-heated oven, gas no.4/ 350 grades F/ 180 grades C, for 1 hour, untit a golden crust is formed all over the top. Let it stand for 5 minutes before serving, in order to be able to cut it more easily. To serve, cut into square or oblong-shaped pieces, about 8 cm thick. It should be quite dry by then and the pieces should ideally stay intact.

By the way, we all know the Egyptian Moussaka "Elmasa2a3a".Egyptians have their own Moussaka and its slightly different from the Greek one.

Hanee2an Maree2an

Ma6ra7 ma yesry yemry

Enjoy your meal

Bon Appetit

Kale orexe!

Conspiracy Theory: Never Surrender

2005-08-10T13:54:00.000+04:00

Dear Readers,

Picture this with me for a while!

Imagine that you want to go somewhere by your car.

You get in the car and start driving normally. You start to drive faster and faster. Then you try to stop your car but strangely the "Breaks" are not working at all. You do your best to stop the car; you try and try and try but to no avail. And, the car keeps moving forward.

Your mind is working deeply; and you can't stop asking yourself "What could be wrong with the car? Why it's not moving? I checked it last night and it was functioning properly!!". You are so convinced that your car has no problems at all.

During this fast horrible occurrence, only one realistic idea comes to your mind: "Somebody played with my car and changed things!!

Then, you start asking yourself: "Who could it be? And "Why would he/she do that?" Certainly it's an enemy who wants to get rid of me! Someone wants to kill me and finish me. Aha, it’s a "A CONSPIRACY THEORY".

Suddenly, you remember that there is no time left for thinking. And that you must take an action immediately, other wise; your life will be ceased in any moment.

Period

Dear Readers, let's stop the time for a Minute and discuss this:

Up to that period, we all share the same way of re-action. To get annoyed, shocked & scared if we encountered with any life-threatening incident. But, we don't share the same decisions and solutions. We have different ways in handling problem & issues.

First of all, the term "Conspiracy Theory" was merely a politic word used by the Politicians and Military Men. But, nowadays, the word is widely-spread and used by the public in many situations & places. Isn't' funny when a 17 years teenager use the word to point to the bad plans of the bully boys in the neighborhood against him? Sure it's funny. Such a big word used by a very young teenager indicates something. Which is this word is no longer limited to the politics field. It's very common nowadays and it refers to the "Bad Plan or Evil work done in secrecy against someone".

The truth is such acts are not deniable. Each and every one of us has someone who wants to get rid of him, or cause him troubles or even wants to take what he has. Yeah yeah yeah, please don't deny it. Don't tell me you are an Angel who has no enemies. Ahh, or maybe you think that 'Enemy' is a big word and you can't stand it. Then, hear it from me, there are enemies everywhere. Known ones and Mysterious ones. Denying them won't solve anything.

But whatever this enemy is doing "Conspiracy Theory" "Bad Plan" or "Evil Act". At the end, the only available fact is "You must do something to avoid his harm.
In my view, people would be under three categories in their re-action towards the Bad Plan.

Let's free the time and go back to the "Car Example". Your Mission is "To stop the car, save yourself and the car, figure out later who did this bad thing to you and find a solution"

1st Category people will do this:-

The driver in this category will just keep screaming and thinking of who might be the doer. He won't think about a quick solution to save his life and others' lives. He will only keep thinking and damning the "Mysterious Enemy". Sadly, the end will be a horrific one, Death or a Disaster, because simply he didn't try think positively and wisely.

And by the way, unfortunately, most of the people fall under that category.

A Message to such people: "Try to concentrate more and not to waste the time on screaming without benefits. Life is so harsh and complicated; full of Conspiracy; you won't survive if you stay like this"

2nd Category people will do this:-

The driver in this category is smarter than the earlier driver. When he finds out that it's too difficult to stop the car. In order to minimize the damages; he will try to head the car to a safe place without civilians and properties. At the end, he will throw himself from the car and save his soul.

Good one, he didn't kill himself or any other soul. He didn’t destroy anything; He just sacrificed his car which can be replaced.

A Message to these people: "You are good, but you can do better. Concentrate more to gain more"

3rd Category people will do this:-

This is a driver I describe him "Smart & Wise person". His smartness & alertness will save everything. He finds the problem, understands it well & analyzed it. Maybe he couldn’t identify the 'Enemy' immediately. But, he put in his mind NOT to surrender for his enemy's evil. So, his target for the time being is to stop the car, save his soul without disasters. And due to his smartness he succeeds to stop the car properly. Then he does his best to expose the "Enemy".

A Message to these people: Great Job, long life and enjoy it. You are the smartest; you know life is full of Conspiracy Theories. But you put in your mind NOT TO SURRENDER to them. Let it comes from anywhere; you are ready for it.

Life is full of conspiracies made by people who want to harm you and your family, people, country. It's only up to you to decide either to surrender or to fight back.

Gracias for reading

QUEEN DAALLO

Quote of the Day

2005-08-07T22:49:00.000+04:00

Quote:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can;and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold niebuhr

Unquote:

I have a sister who always asks me when we lose the motivation to do something and can't find the determination "Tell me pls, where we can buy the "Will"? Is there a shop that sells the "Determination"?!

It seems now I will say "Where I can buy the Serenity? Is there any shop in this world that sells the Serenity? I know well that its too difficult to have Serenity all the time & its too horrible to lack it all the time. 'Serenity" is the most precious treasure in this World that each of us running after it.

Queen DAALLO

Volunteering means 2 b a Human

2005-08-07T21:44:00.000+04:00

Ever thought about Volunteering and supporting others?!. Helping them with the things they don't know or can't do alone.

We always think that charity means to pay money to the needy people. Unfortunately, most of the ppl forget that Charity is not always about money. You can give charity in many ways; in addition to the financial side, there are also the emotional, pyscological & physical sides of the charity.

And one of the most important part of charity is Volunteering (The Physical Charity) with Charity & Humanitarian organizations & societies. Joining such places will give you the chance to help the officers & staff to do certain things that may make life easy for many humans. By volunteering and helping others you will participate in building a strong and successful society. When you give some of your time, efforts, energy to someone who needs it ; that will strengthen the social bonds between the individuals in one community and consequently will lead us towards a loving & merciful world.

As an active member in :-

1- UAE Red Crescent, http://www.uaerc.ae/
2- Médecins Sans Frontières in uae, http://www.msfuae.ae
3- Make a Wish Foundation, http://www.makeawish.ae/

Work involves raising funds by selling Art & Craft works & Second-hand books Or by arranging swimming & running contests. Teaching people First-Aid & Fire Fighing Basics. Typing & desinging flyers,booklets. Teaching other Languages. Visiting the patients and oldies in hospitals and spending time with them. Visiting the Handicapped and orphans and play with them or read for them and teach them painting, singing, planting & cooking.

For Make A Aish Foundation, its kinda different. Actually MAWF cares about Children with a life-threatining diseases. Those who are sick with a disease that may cause them their lives. Children who are between 6-15 years old. The foundation make their wishes come true whether by buying them what they want, or arrange to meet someone they wish to meet or take them to places they would love to go. So, the volunteer's job is to find children from that category and coordinate with their parents to submit the required papers to the foundation.

Voluneeting is very important part of my life which keep me Human who knows very well that "Others" have rights upon me.

Dear Raders, try to taste the fantastic feeling of helping someone with your time & efforts. Its a great thing, trust me; you'll love it and won't ever regret it.

The Prophet Muhammed (SAAW) says that :-

"And your smiling in the face of your brother is charity, your removing of stones and thorns from people's paths is charity, and your guiding a man gone astray in the world is charity for you."

May Allah helps us all to be real Humans who help & love each others. Aamiin.

Queen DAALLO

Madagascar OR....... New York??!!!

2005-08-03T23:01:00.000+04:00

Madagascar Genre: Adventure and Animation

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Gwen Stefani, Jada Pinkett,

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/06/06/madagascar_2005_review.shtml

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Anyway for me; I didn't like the movie as I liked the other Animations movie like Shrek, Finding Nemo, Chicken Run, Mons Inc. To tell you the truth, this movie has a very mean story. The whole Idea the movie is delivering to the audience is that "FREEDOM" has no value as long as you are getting the materialistic things in life.

The story is about four animals (The Lion, giraffe, Zebra & Hippo) who were kept in New York Zoo. They all were enjoying the food, clean cages, children playing & people visiting them. But, when they run to Madagascar alongwith the Penguins who were planned well for the Run. They all find themselves in a very different & bad situation. So, they decide to come back to NY zoo to get back what they think is "Happines" in that zoo without "Freedom". Eating, sleeping, enjoying and living but without Freedom. You original home and the Freedom have no value at all.

What life would be without your own "Freedom"?

If you were in their place; would you remain in Madagascar your real home and teach yourself how to survive while having your own Freedom or you'll move to NY Zoo the moment you feel depressed, hungry & threatened but without Freedom?!

Will you remember with me "Chicken Run", and the way the Chicken tried to get rid of their Owner who wanted to turn them to Chicken Pies. They believed totally in their dream which was "Freedom". They worked hard, very hard to escape from the farm. And when they realised the bitter truth which is "They can't fly coz they are chicken, and chicken never fly"; they built an aeroplane and DID it. They all ran from the Farm. Great Movie.

The same for "Finding Nemo", Nimo was caught by the Crazy Dentist. And the Doc kept him with some other fishs that lost the hope and courage to run away. Running away from that place was mere madness. But, Nimo did his best to ran away. Although all the tough circumstances around him; he made it. In "Mons Inc", the two friends beated the bad one and left a Pinky nice picture for the lil girl. And "Shark Tale", the lil fish learns at last that fame ain't everything if its based on LIES. And that everyone should build his personality & character based on the Truth.

Very Funny yes; but I couldn't find any moral or lesson in "Madagascar" at all.

Queen DAALLO

People,Patience is a VIRTUE

2005-08-01T22:50:00.000+04:00

Dear Readers, (Mob chnna 3a6eetkom wayeh zeyaadah 3n el lozoom, Dear o Dear, o ma7ad yeey yegra el Blog elyateem maly, except few good persons)

Anyway,

Did I mentioned 2 u that life is getting mad lately??!! BIG TIME !!!

And personaly, Iam losing control on many things. Sometimes I wish to rise my voice and SHOUT as much as I can just to release the anger, frustration & the dissappointment that Iam facing in my daily routine life.

What Iam gonna mention on this page could be something simple to some of you, but to tell you that truth; sometimes even simple & tiny things if they get accumulated they may cause big impacts in your life. Negative impact !!

I mean check this out:-

1- Part of my personality is to keep things organised, clean, tidy and in ORDER. And I just hate it when someone comes from the no-where and mess things all together. eefffffffffff, how RUDE !!!!! HOw come some ppl prefer to live in mess and ugliness. For me, I can't stand seeing things not organized. Everything should be kept proberly in its right place, otherwise, SOMETHING BAD will happen. I will lose my temper and unleash my ANGER. Can't they return things to their places after use?!
Mother Earth is crying and suffering from these people. They think that its that simple to leave a piece of paper on the floor or an empty can somewhere and just leave. Dirtiness!!! Iam not a Cleanaholic, Iam a normal clean person, that's all.

2- SPAMS,,, SPAMS AND SPAMS. For God sake Iam sick of the Spam emails. HOw the hell these companies get our emails. Every now and then tens of silly and rubbish unrequired emails. ANd I keep deleting,,, and deleting and deleting. I spend half of my day deleting emails. Well I hope they add an extra button in the Keyboards for deleting the spams emails. Just in one click and every spam email is out.

And don't believe when the Software Expert recommend you to install Anti-Spam facility. It won't work, es2al mejarreb wala ts2l Bill Gates.

3- And they say "The Censorship Age is GONE forever with NO RETURN". Its too bad that they censor the good books for the sake of the Community in order to save them from the bad effects and when I go to the Malls & Bookshops I find the scandalous, shameful & Yellow magazines are occuping big spaces. WHY is that??!!! and who is doing this kind of censorship anyway??!!!

4- If you wanna measure the power & the progress of any nation. Check who's leading this nation. For the Arabs & the Islamic Umma, we have thousands of Singers, actors, entertainers, dancers, Zodiac and Fortune Readers,,,etc and ZERO number of Scientists and very few intellectuals and philosophers,,,,, Sho hal masaayeb??!!!! Umma kelha targe9 o t'3ani.

5- Isnt really crazy, when u wanna discuss something related to your life and your listener tells you: Hey, don't talk about Politics for your own safety. Shshshshshsh, HUSH dear.

Common, how come we consider everything as Politics. Forbidden Taboo, damn it.

If I wanna ask why the Services/Commodoties prices are up; some1 will say "Shshhshsh thats Politics"
If I wanna say a comment about a new Law, another will shout "Shshshs, don't interfere Politics"
If I decided to put my feedback about something needs to be fixed or maintained, a demon will rise & give me a Red Eye and say "Forbidden Area, Back Off".

Ya Allah What a life!!! But, what do you expect me to do. A REVOLUTION. NO WAY... Iam a Peaceful Person, who lives with Peaceful People.They all SWALLOW their anger & dissappointment; and hide them inside the "Black Boxes" in their bodies. That's what they call it "Patience is a Virtue"

Lemme direct my anger towards another thing. Its TOO HOT, TOO TOO HOT, unbearable & no matter how many baths you take. I keep feeling hot & suffocating. Yeah, pls I know, the first thing which might come to your mind is "Where is the A/C? Ma'am? Don't you have A/C.
I would say "Yes, we have. But, you don't expect from me to carry an A/C to everywhere I go". Thanks Allah that mostly all the places are equipped with A/Cs, otherwise life would be horrible. Iam afraid that I would turn to an amphibian. The only thing we can always blame is the weather. Coz the weather won't reply us back.

P.S: If anything happened to me , Kindly check my "BLACK BOX" LOL

Queen DAALLO

وقبل أن يدركنا الصباح

2005-08-01T11:50:00.000+04:00

قالوا

ذكر عن علي رضي الله عنه

انه كان شديد الغيره..وذات مره دخل على فاطمه زوجته رضي الله عنها وهي تستاك بعود اراك..فقال لها مداعبا

احللت ياعود الاراك بثغرها...اما خفت يا عود الاراك اراكا

لوكنت من اهل القتال لقتلتكا...مافاز مني ياسواك سواكا

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وقالت رابعة العدوية

فليتك تحلو والحياة مريرة وليتك ترضى والأنام غضاب

وليت الذي بيني وبينك عامروبيني وبين العالمين خراب

إذا صح منك الود فالكل هين وكل الذي فوق التراب تراب

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وقال ابراهيم ناجي

أين من عيني حبيب ساحر

فيه عز وجلال وحياء

واثق الخطوة يمشي ملكاً

ظالم الحسن شهي الكبرياء

عبق السحر كأنفاس الربى

ساهم الطرف كأحلام المساء

أيها الساهر تغفو

تذكر العهد وتصحو

وإذا ما التأم جرح

جدّ بالتذكار جرح

فتعلّم كيف تنسى

وتعلّم كيف تمحو

يا حبيبي كل شيئٍ بقضاء

ما بأيدينا خلقنا تعساء

ربما تجمعنا أقدارنا ذات يوم

بعد ما عز اللقاء

فإذا أنكر خل خله

وتلاقينا لقاء الغرباء

ومضى كل إلى غايته

لا تقل شئنا فإن الحظَّ شاء

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وقلنا

بلغني أيها الملك الرشيد

ذو الرأي السديد

أن لصوص الحب

وأشباح الغرام

تحوم في مدينة السلام

تبحث عن ضحية جديدة

و فريسة أكيدة

فارحل

حيث لا عيون تراقب

ولا قلوب تعاقب

و لا ألسنة تسيء في الكلام

وقبل أن يدركنا الصباح

لماذا يا ترى أصبحت بعض الكلمات الجميلة ذات القيم الرفيعة كالحب والصداقة مشبوهة هذه الأيام

Queen DAALLO

صباح جميل مع مريد البرغوثي

2005-07-30T21:46:00.000+04:00

نعت

قالت الجهات:
المطر متواضع
و الدخان مغرور
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الروض العاطر

قالت لي السيدة المجربة:
مرات التين، قشرها
عناقيد العنب، المسها بشفتيك أولاً
القهوة، خذها ساخنة
الزوابع، دع وقارك جانباً و هي تلوب و تصيح
الزيارة، اجعلها مرحة
الشمس، اقترب منها بمقدار و ابتعد بمقدار
القصيدة، لا تنزعج من غموضها
اللوحة، لا تدقق كثيراً في تفاصيلها
المسرحية، لا تغادرها قبل النهاية
الكلمة، لا تحاول استعادتها إذا ذهبت
المرأة، اصنع معها ذلك كله
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الهدهد

قالت لزوجها الزائغ العينين:
لا تكن كالهدهد
التاج الوحيد اللذي يستطيع أن يراه
هو تاج الهدهد الآخر

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قالت الكاميرا

الحدود

تحت ضوء الثريا الذي يكاد ثقلها يقطع السلسلة
السيدة التي عاقبت خادمتها منذ قليل
تجلس في ركن الغرفة،
تغالب الضجر
الخادمة تجلس في الركن الآخر
تغالب الضجر
الصمت بينهما يمكن لمسه باليد
السيدة تهم بمنح المغفرة
الخادمة تهم بتكرار الاعتذار
لكنهما علي طرفي الليل
الممتد بينهما كسلك الحدود
تستسلمان، في وقت واحد
للنوم.
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"العشاء"

بنعومة و رفق،
مر بأصابعه على خدها
وقدم لها القرنفلة
الشمعة تبعث ضوءاً طازجاً
عازف البيانو
يعزف سوناتا لشوبان
الهواء له رعشة يخالطها سكون
قبلته على وجنتيه
احتضنت يديه بيديها
أحضر النادل العشاء
رفعت الشوكة باتجاه شفتيه
قالت بالحاح وديع:
عليك أن تذوق هذه اللقمة أولا
،،،،،،،
كانا في الثمانين!!
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رسالة الوحش

قال الأسد
في رسالته إلى زملائه في الغابة:
كيف أصف لكم سعادتي بوضعي الجديد؟
هنا
في الحديقة
لم أعد أجهد نفسي بتدبير شئوني،
فلدي من يحدد لي طعامي و نومي،
و لا يحظى بزيارتي إلا من يحمل بطاقة
وهكذا ارتقيت من منزلة الوحش
إلى منزلة البشر
فأنا كأهل البلاد تماماً
ولدي، مثلهم، كل شيء
قفص لا أملك مفتاحه....
و حارس لا ينام
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توق

قالت العتبة:
ليتني أدخل إلى الصالون
قال الصالون:
ليتني أخرج إلى الشرفة
قالت الشرفة:
ليتني أطير

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الفخر

قالت النملة لرفيقتها:
ما العمل؟ إنهم يسكبون علينا المبيدات،
إننا نتعرض لمجزرة......
وقفت النملة الأخرى بشموخ
و مدت ذراعها اليمنى
ولوحت بقبضتها في الهواء
وراحت تنشد معقلة "عمرو بن كلثم"!!
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الضفدعة

قالت الضفدعة لزميلاتها الضفادع:
بنقيق فيه سعادة و غرور:
منذ اختراع التلفزيون
ونظام الانتخابات
دخلت لغتنا الجميلة كل بيت

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جغرافيا

قال التلميذ:
في العالم العربي
أرواحنا و بيوتنا
لا تحتاج إلى الزلازل
كي تتشقق

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تفاهم

قالت البنت البالغ:
أحياناً أشعر في أسرتي
أنني لوحة تجريدية
أهديت لمختار القرية
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العقرب

قال العقرب في مؤتمره الصحفي:
عمرت طويلاً للأسباب التالية:
اشتريت ملابس باريسية
دخنت السيجار
قرات، على استعجال، بعض الكتب
لاستشهد بمقتطفات منها في مجالسي
دخلت بيوت الناس بدعوة منهم،
لألدغهم.
ولم أكترث لمأساة زملائي العقارب اللذين
يموتون صغاراً بضربة حجر
أو تحت النعال
فلم يمسسني أحد بسوء
منذ أن تعود ضحاياي
أن أشبههم

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المطبعة

قالت آلات الطباعة:
بعد كل هذه السنوات مع رفقة الكتب
كل التقدم الذي حدث لنا
أنه تراكم علينا الصدأ
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الأفعى

قالت الأفعى:
رغم أن البشر يلعنونني
أظل أفضل من بعضهم
وعندما ألدغ أحداً
فإنني، على الأقل
لا أدعي صداقته
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الحبل

قالت ربة البيت:
الغسالة الاوتوماتيكية الفخمة
لا تدخلها إلا الملابس المتسخة
وحبل الغسيل المشبوح بين مسمارين
لا يحمل إلا ما هو نظيف

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المداخن

قالت أسطح المنازل:
نماماً كالبشر
المداخن عالية ، وقذرة

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الكعب العالي

قالت القبعة:
وهي تصغي لطقطقة مشية السيدة،
مهما كان كعبه عالياً
يظل الحذاء حذاءاً

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المصدر : الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة لمريد البرغوثي - شاعر فلسطيني

يا له من صباح بهي و رائق،
أجد فيه للحياة طعماً جميلا لا يمكن وصفه،
أشياء بسيطة تكمن فيها قمة الرضا و السعادة:
شمس مشرقة،
قهوة تركية لذيذة ساخنة،
و مريد البرغوثي مبدع كالعادة بكلماته البارعة

Today's Reader is Tomorrow's Leader

2005-07-27T14:46:00.000+04:00

When you realize that "Libraries & Bookshops" are your best places in this world. And you enjoy every single second you spend there.

When you spend "Lots of Money" on Books, Encyclopedias, Periodicals, Magazines, Newspapers, References, Subscriptions,,, etc. And "Others" insist that you are wasting fortunes & efforts on "Reading", while you believe that you are doing the most useful & successful "Personal Investment" in your whole life which is to "Gain Knowledge in order to develop your Brain, Mind & Soul".

When you discover that the numbers of the Authors, Writers, Playwrights, Freelancers, Publishers, Distributors, Poets, Scholars, Scientists, Intellectual & Philosophers that you know are much more than the Singers, Actors, Entertainers, Politicians, Sportsmen, Businessmen & Celebrities,,,, etc

When you spend great times in "Reviewing & Criticizing Books" in Book Discussion Groups and Book Reading Groups, and you do your best to make your own Book Group a SUCCESS.

When you do tremendous efforts to find a book that you couldn't find in your local Libraries & Bookshops in your country. So, you try to purchase it desperately from well-known bookshops which are physically faraway from us but virtually so near like http://www.amazon.com, http://www.barnesandnoble.com http://www.magrudy.com, http://www.powells.com , http://www.neelwafurat.com ,,,etc.

When you make continuous contacts to many different officers just to get a rational explanation for censoring a book you need it so badly and you don't see any harm from possessing it.

When you take a book with you to every place you go; to the Hospital, clinic, work, beauty Saloon, Beach, Airport, Café,,,etc

When you see a book in someone's hands and you keep starring at that book, your curiosity keep pushing you to hopefully know what the book is all about.

When your family keep complaining about your books which are occupying many spaces at house.

When you prefer to watch in TV: either an interview with an author, a scholar, an intellectual or a poet. Or any show/program which is related to Books, Writing, Reading, Thinking and Knowledge. And you keep all the shows' schedule timings written in your note.

When your favorite gift is to receive a BOOK and your BEST gift is a book you were searching for a long time.

When your dream project is to have your own Bookshop.

Dear Reader, if you are just like me.... a CAR (Crazy Avid Reader), Bookworm or Books Geek, or whatever others call me. Then let me congratulate you and tell you :

Never leave the BOOKS. Keep reading, coz Knowledge is the best treasure & the most effective weapon on this Earth.

Books are my precious perfect friends who deserve all my love, care, money, time, efforts and they’ll remain my Best Friends forever.
They will take you to places you’ve never been and see people you’ve never seen in your entire life.

أنا من بدل بالكتب الصحابا *** لم أجد لي وافيا إلا الكتابا

صاحب إن عبته أو لم تعب *** ليس بالواجد للصاحب عابا

Queen DAALLO

من يعش رجبا -- يرى عجبا

2005-07-27T00:15:00.000+04:00

يا للسخافة

هايفة وهبي

سفيرة للثقافة

أي ثقافة يا ترى؟؟ ثقافة الجسد و المياعة و التفاهة؟؟

ثقافة أمة عربية بأكملها تترأسها هيفاء، قربت القيامة بلا شك

المسافر راح

2005-07-26T23:55:00.000+04:00

لا تلوح للمسافر

المسافر راح

ولا تنادي المسافر

المسافر راح

يا ضياع أصواتنا

في المدى والريح

القطار وفاتنا

والمسافر راح

يالله يا قلبي تعبنا

من الوقوف

ما بقى بالليل نجمة ولا طيوف

ذبلت أنوار الشوارع

وإنطفى ضيّ الحروف

يالله يا قلبي سرينا

ضاقت الدنيا علينا

القطار وفاتنا

والمسافر راح

مادري باكر هالمدينة

وشتكون

النهار والورد الأصفر والغصون

هذا وجهك يالمسافر

لما كانت لي عيون

وينها عيوني حبيبي

سافرت مثلك حبيبي

القطار وفاتنا

والمسافر راح

هل يا ترى لو أن أحبابنا بقوا لدينا ، كنا سنحس بمدى حبنا و تعلقنا بهم مثلما نحس في لحظات غيابهم عنا؟

كم شعرك جميل و معبر أيها الأمير بدر بن عبدالمحسن، لك جزيل الشكر فلقد عبرت كلماتك بمنتهى الصدق ما لم يتمكن منه لساني؟

Stupid Superstitionsssss

2005-07-26T23:33:00.000+04:00

Whats wrong with people??!! Why do we still have 'Superstitions" in our life? Such word should have been erased long time ago!!!!

I thought we are living in da 21st Century, Arent we??!!!

So why do some people are still keeping stupid & bizzare superstitions??!!!

1- To love/avoid specific numbers coz either they bring luck or disaster,
2- To love/avoid some animals,
3- To wear specific clothes thinking that it might bring luck or defeat evil around them,
4- To say/not to say specific words/phrases,
5- To do/not to do some actions for the same above mentioned reasons
etc,,,,,,

I don't understand exactly why those supersitions' lovers fear No.13 , or avoid the Black Cats, or not to walk under the ladders??!!

Who said that 'touching the wood' will protect you from Envy/Hot Eye (whatever they call it)?

who said that hanging a ' horse-shoe' on your door or putting a 'blue eyed necklace' around your neck will protect you ?

Who said that looking at yourself on a 'broken mirror' would harm you?

And many many more of these unbelievable stupid ideas

I know superstitions may vary from one country to another; but whatever they are; I consider them "Human Weakness". Such things shouldn't be counted after all these years of education & science.

So, why a person would believe on superstitions?!!

Lack of Faith
Weakness in his/her personality
Traditions
Mood

God knows

Queen DAALLO

Very True Indeed

2005-07-20T12:59:00.000+04:00

Quote : -

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

W.W. Ziege

UnQuote : -

VERY TRUE indeed

Addicted... Astonished ....Angry ...

2005-07-18T16:02:00.000+04:00

FEELINGS of the DAY

1st Feeling :

ADDICTED AGAIN,,, could it be happened??!!

So, I visited a website called http://www.kuwaitblogs.com/. well I guess the page's name is explaining everything :) (Btw.. I started to feel extremely bored from these old smilies,, Why don't Blogger.com provide better Smilies),,, Anyway back 2 da topic... In this very useful website you can find as much as blogs links you want. And u wanna da truth, mmm there are many links over there,, really. I need to take 2 days off from work to sit and read these wonderful TOUGHTS and IDeas published by Arab Guyz & Galz. Thumbs up People.. I would love to visit all your blogs, but you don't want me to be kept in the ICU for being exhausted,,, besides I quit Internet Addiction since 2000 and Iam done with my rehabilitation (That was horrific what they'd done 2 me ... They stopped all the technical supplies from me in the Rehabilitation Center, NO INTERNET, NO EMAILS, NO CHATING, NO MSN, NO eCARDS, NO PHONE , NO MOBILE ,,NO FAXES, NOTHING AT ALL...So it was terrible I had to scream all nights and dream all Daytimes. Anyway I am BACK now,, oK oK enough exaggerations but don't worry I will read all your BLOGS, NO matter what, bs shway shaway 7abba 7abba oo 3la a2ele mn mehli. D'accord ya 7elween

2nd Feeling :

Astonished

Dear Readers,

Some times it happens that you don’t understand some close people to you. You do your best to understand them. To understand their attitudes, behaviors, psychologies, personalities, problems, complexes, dreams, weakness & strength points,,,,, etc. But that’s never work. You think that maybe if you stay with them longer you will succeed & get to know them better. But, the longer the years pass by, the more mysterious they become.

Years after years after years and you keep saying to yourself “Its ok, maybe next time I will understand “Mr Mysterious” or “Ms Mysterious”. By the way, let me just emphasize again on the above mentioned words, these people are “Very Close to you" which means he/she could be your “Spouse”, “friend” or “Relative”. They are those who created your history, remained with you at the present and you may guarantee to me right now that you’ll never abandon them in the future.

Means , our the "VVIPs” in our personal lives.

Of course we are not demanding to understand them thoroughly and perfectly, but at least to feel that we understand them properly. But, unfortunately, Mysterious People never change, they remain Mysterious and they will leave us every time “ASTONISHED”

And we share the life and Life goes on…..

3rd Feeling :

ANGRRRRRRRRRRY,,, very ANGRY

Dear Readers,

I really really really really don’t respect those who don’t respect the Service Providers in our life. Some people underestimate and disvalue some jobs and their doers. Although, these Job-Doers are the most important people in my opinion. A lady was talking about the “Servant” in her house with big humiliation and disrespect. And I had to explain to her that those who help us are not our slaves and we shouldn’t look at them in a bad look. They make our life easy and better. I believe they are just like the Doctors, Engineers, Teachers, Businessmen, Presidents, VIPs, Celebrities,,,,,,etc. As we show concern, respect & admiration to those in Big positions, we have to do the same with those who are NOT in Big Positions like the :-

1- Cleaners & Janitors
2- Taxi Drivers
3- Deliverymen
4- Messengers
5- Tea-Boyz
6- Waiters
7- Washers
8- Maids & Servants
9- Planters
10- Butchers
And many more

What would you do if your servant quit the job, and she just walked out the door and you couldn’t get any other servant?! Coz some people disrespect this job!!!!

What would you do if the Newspaper Delivery Man quit the job and all the newspapers Agency couldn’t hire any other Newspaper Delivery Men, Who will deliver the Newspaper to you??!!!!! Coz you disrespect this job!!!

What if the cleaners rejected to clean the street, Hotels, Shopping malls, cafes?!! And We couldn’t get alternatives to fill these positions??? What would you Do?

What if The Butchers, planters, washers, waiters, maids, drivers,,, etc all made their BIG REVOLUTION to quit what you think its disrespected jobs??!!!

What will HAPPEN TO US…………. I Hope that some people change their narrow-minded opinions.

QUEEN DAALLO a.k.a AAA

The Prophet- Jibran Khalil Jibran

2005-07-16T13:49:00.000+04:00

On Children

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Jibran Khalil Jibran (Lebanese Poet,Philospher,writer)

Some deads are not like the other deads; the traces they left behind .. their contribution to this world keep shining and glowing day after day.

P.S: If just some parents listen to this Poem.

The Beautiful Past- Old Cartoons

2005-07-14T16:45:00.000+04:00

في قصص الشعوب
في قصص الشعوب
طرائف لا تنتهى
وعالم حلو بهي
يسكن في القلوب
في قصص الشعوب
فإذا زوناكم في الصورة
في أحلى دنيا مسحورة
كي نتسلى ؛ صرنا أهلا
فإن سررتم معنا
نأمل أن سنلتقي
في حلقة جديدة
وقصة مفيدة
يسودها الحب النقي

أحبائى القراء أوتذكرون هذا الكرتون "حكايات عالمية" كم كان جميلا وشيقا !!!
ياسلام ذكريات جميله جدا جدا .........
كم استمتعنا أناوابناء جيلي بهذه الرسوم المتحركة؛ كانت تحمل في طياتها كل يوم
قصة رائعة في الجمال مليئة بالقيم و الأخلاق.
"حكاية من التراث الدانماركي"... "حكاية من النمسا"... "حكاية من التراث الفرنسي"
ياإلهى ، عندما كنت صغيرة كم ضحكت مع القط في قصة "القط صاحب القبعة"
وكم حزنت لبطلة "لذات الحذاء الأحمر" وكم ذرفت الدموع لجان فالجان وكوزيت
في قصتهما البائسة "البؤساء" وقصة "بائعة الكبريت" و"السلحفاة والأرنب" و"فأرالمدينه
وفأرالقرية" و"رابنزول ذات الشعر الذهبي" "والخنازير الثلاثة" و"ليلى والذئب"
و"قتل سبعة بضربة" و"الأميرة والضفدع" و"عقلة الأصبع "،،،،،،إلخ من قصص ذاك الزمان الجميل.

ماذا حدث لبقية الرسوم المتحركة التى ملأت حياتنا بجو وردي مثل:-
"جورجى "، "عدنان ولينا"، "شارلك هولمز"، "الحوت الابيض"، "الليث الابيض"،
"السيدة ملعقة"، "قصص عالمية"، "سندباد"، "علاءالدين والمصباح السحري"، "غراندايزر" "نينجا" ، "أليس في بلاد العجائب" ، "لبيبة"، "الصقرالذهبي" "الكابتن ماجد"،،، الخ

هل تذكرون :
"أفتح يا سمسم أبوابك ... نحن الأطفال... افتح و استقبل أحبابك... نحن الأطفال"
و هل تذكرون برنامج " المناهل" ، لكم تعلمت الكثير من هذا البرنامج التعليمي والتثقيفي، كم كنت أحب جميع شخصياته:-
أبو الحروف – مطبخ فرحان – القارئة السريعة – زيد و عمرو- مسرح في الظلام-

ماذا حدث لبرامج التلفاز في الوقت الراهن، أصبحت جميعها بغيضة و غير مفيدة. لا الأطفال يستمتعون ببرائتهم ولا تحتوي البتة على مواد تعليمية و تثقيفية. كلها الرسوم تعلم القتال و فنون الحرب و القسوة و أسلحة الدمار الشامل. وحوش تنزل من الفضاء وتقضي على أهل الأرض، أو وجو غير آدمية تتحكم بمصائر البشر. أو هذه رسوم بالله عليكم!!!!!

"ألا ليت الطفولة تعود يوماً .. فنخبرها بما فعل الشباب بنا"

و عذراُ للمتنبي، فلو عاش معي في زماننا، لما غضب مني في تغيير بيت شعره حتى يتناسب بما أحسه من حزن و تأسف على المآسي التي

تعرض على فلذات أكبادنا.

QUEEN DAALO

Money Isn't Everything

2005-07-12T10:15:00.000+04:00

“If I get $1,000,000,000, I would have been the happiest man on earth”

“I just need Dhs.500,000 and trust me, Happiness will be my 2nd Name”

“Man, I wish to win that contest, believe me, all my problems will be solved”

We often hear these phrases from most of the people if not all. But, Does Money really solve ALL problems?! Can Money guarantee Happiness to Humans? Is Money everything?!

I don't believe so.

Money isn’t everything, coz simply:-

Money can buy you medicine ,,, but can’t buy you health
Money can buy you cosmetics,,, but can’t buy you beauty
Money can buy you contacts ,,, but can’t buy you talents
Money can buy you clothes,,, but can’t buy you chastity
Money can buy you food,,, but can’t buy you the appetite
Money can buy you leisure ,,, but can’t buy you serenity
Money can buy you books,,, but can’t buy you knowledge
Money can buy you words,,, but can’t buy you articulacy
Money can buy you titles ,,, but can’t buy you reputation
Money can buy you tourism ,,, but can’t buy you freedom
Money can buy everything ,,, but can’t buy you Happiness

Humans ought to understand well that Money is just like any other tool to approach Happiness but not the Happiness itself.

What if you worked hard to reach to the highest point of Wealth, and while focusing on that you neglected the other important approaches towards Happiness like Faith, Morals, Contentment, loving God’s creation, taking care of your health & family, being armed with knowledge.

Why don’t you be content with the little and simple things on Earth like Nature? When was the last time you enjoyed the simple marvelous beauty of the Nature? Simply things can create the ultimate pleasure :-
- Starring at the unlimited inspiring sky
- Listening to the wide blue Sea, touching the sea-shells and walking on the sandy beach.
- Smelling the flowers and saving the trees
- Pleasing your ears with the chirpy sounds of the Birds
- Loving & helping your brothers in Humanity
- Smiling
- Playing with a child
- Amusing an Old person
- Paying a Charity to a needy person or volunteering with those who need your help
And many many lovely and simple things

Believe it or not, sometimes Happiness is found in the simplest things. Iam not a Guru, philospher or something. The truth of my experience is that I had tasted the simple beautiful things in this life, and, I really enjoyed myself alot.

B-Happy with little things inorder to gain the big things.

Queen Daallo

Quote of the Day

2005-07-11T14:17:00.000+04:00

Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib (May Allah be pleased with him)

Beauty Mania

2005-07-11T14:07:00.000+04:00

How FAR…..

How far would you go to beautify yourself?!

For some ladies; it could be "Till DEATH"

It was Friday 8, and I was so thrilled reading one of my favorite magazine called “Friday Mag” which comes with the Gulf News Newspaper every Friday. All the topics were so interesting and informative. But, something related to “New trend in Plastic Surgery” turned my stomach terribly.

Now pay attention to this ghastly news :-

QUOTE:-

Upwardly Mobile !

Imagine willingly getting your bones broken, suffering months of excruciating pain, maybe ending up with permanent tissues or nerve damage, all just TO STAND TALLER. Some women in china are doing it !!!!!!!!!!!

By Ching -Ching Ni

UNQUOTE:-

Lord save our souls from these shallow and terrible complications of beautification. How come someone on Mother Earth is ready to undergo a dangerous and not guaranteed surgery, be fully anesthetized, and surrender to cut her flesh, break her bones & insert metal rods just to become taller. This is madness!!!!

I remembered a relative of mine who once told me his wonders about the power, dedication and interest women have to beautify themselves. “They would do any thing to be pretty; painful and unbelievable things. That’s a suicide”.

And I also remember well that I’d told him that “Women are so innocent and naïve when it comes to Being Beauty. And that’s all coz of their partners in life called “MEN”. Actually Men are to be blamed, coz they are the reason/motivation behind all this.

My relative said: Excuse me dear; don’t throw your blames on us. Women do that for themselves in first place. They do that to satisfy their desires to be beautiful all the times. They have some inner problems with themselves and the Mirrors.

We didn’t ask them to do all the:-

- Facials: Whitening, bleaching, peeling, Bronzing or Botox Injections.
- Hair implanting, extending, shortening, or even Shavings.
- Breast Augmentation
- Liposuction & rejuvenation surgeries
- Manicure & Pedicure
- Long-lasting Make-up & Tattoos for their eyes, eyebrows & lips.

And many more of these chemical ruining. Believe me I hate when you ladies start blaming men for being the reason behind “The Plastic Surgeries & the Weird things women do in their bodies”.

I guess he was right, but only in ONE thing. Men shouldn’t be blamed FULLY for all these cruel beautification. They are responsible somehow but not always. It’s the women’s choice to do/not to do these surgeries. Celebrities, models, actresses, singers,,, etc who are working in the Media field shouldn’t accept that from their producers/directors/businessmen/agents etc….
Women don’t have to listen to their husbands, male friends or relatives. They don’t have to follow all the crazy lines of Fashion and beauty. I believe that any man who ask a woman to beautify herself in these awful ways is a greedy and selfish person. Sending a woman to this dark and horrible road of pain & misery is not fair at all.

It’s a ridiculous way of keeping a lover, job, friends or following your desires by digging a grave for yourself.

So, I hope that the Chinese women or whoever is doing any kind of surgeries to re-consider what they are doing. And to reject if they are asked to do that. They better concentrate on what God offered them, before they lose what in their hands.

Common there is a wise saying that says “ All the Women are beautiful” which I believe is true.

IF you focus on beautifying you inner, soul & mind by feeding it with beautiful meanings and values. This will certainly reflect on your face, body, health and personality. And if you care of yourself naturally and without any chemical and surgical approaches, be sure that “Beauty is to be Natural and not Fake”.

For more info read this:-

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1049080715586_16/?hub=CTVNewsAt11

Salam

Queen Daallo

Special Places .. Special Memories

2005-07-07T21:21:00.000+04:00

What makes some places "Special"?

Nobody will call a place "Special" unless it has a special value in his heart & mind. This place could be a room, park, restaurant, lake, mountain, library, shop, cafe ,,, etc.

We cherish specific places either because it's where we met special people, or received unique opportunities, or where we felt wonderful feelings or maybe where we had important events & occasions.

But, I believe that its our memories that make a place special. When you love a place that's happen because it reminds you with what happened in that place. Something you couldn't forget which fells your heart with warm & beautiful feelings that comes to you every time you go to that specific place.

And the same happens with the places that we hate/avoid. There should be a bad memory for these places. We don’t hate a place just like that. Certainly, there is a reason for loving or hating places.

Question your memory and it will simply give you the answer.

Queen DAALLO

P.S: I'd conqured Mountain Daallo .... And Iam really Queen Daallo...yessss. I feel good,,,, I feel good,, so good, so good.. I feel good :)

2005-07-06T08:46:00.000+04:00

لن أبكي
فدوى طوقان

على أبواب يافا يا أحبائي

وفي فوضى حطام الدور .

بين الردمِ والشوكِ

وقفتُ وقلتُ للعينين :

قفا نبكِ

على أطلال من رحلوا وفاتوها

تنادي من بناها الدار

وتنعى من بناها الدار

وأنّ القلبُ منسحقاً

وقال القلب : ما فعلتْ ؟

بكِ الأيام يا دارُ ؟

وأين القاطنون هنا

وهل جاءتك بعد النأي ، هل

جاءتك أخبارُ ؟

هنا كانوا

هنا حلموا

هنا رسموا

مشاريع الغدِ الآتي

فأين الحلم والآتي وأين همو

وأين همو؟

ولم ينطق حطام الدار

ولم ينطق هناك سوى غيابهمو

وصمت الصَّمتِ ، والهجران

وكان هناك جمعُ البوم والأشباح

غريب الوجه واليد واللسان وكان

يحوّم في حواشيها

يمدُّ أصوله فيها

وكان الآمر الناهي

وكان.. وكان..

وغصّ القلب بالأحزان

أحبائي

مسحتُ عن الجفون ضبابة الدمعِ

الرماديهْ

لألقاكم وفي عينيَّ نور الحب والإيمان

بكم، بالأرض ، بالإنسان

فواخجلي لو أني جئت القاكم –

وجفني راعشٌ مبلول

وقلبي يائسٌ مخذول

وها أنا يا أحبائي هنا معكم

لأقبس منكمو جمره

لآخذ يا مصابيح الدجى من

زيتكم قطره

لمصباحي ؛

وها أنا أحبائي

إلى يدكم أمدُّ يدي

وعند رؤوسكم ألقي هنا رأسي

وأرفع جبهتي معكم إِلى الشمسِ

وها أنتم كصخر جبالنا قوَّه

كزهر بلادنا الحلوه

فكيف الجرح يسحقني ؟

وكيف اليأس يسحقني ؟

وكيف أمامكم أبكي ؟

يميناً ، بعد هذا اليوم لن أبكي !

أحبائي حصان الشعب جاوزَ –

كبوة الأمسِ

وهبَّ الشهمُ منتفضاً وراء النهرْ

أصيخوا ، ها حصان الشعبِ –

يصهلُ واثق النّهمه

ويفلت من حصار النحس والعتمه

ويعدو نحو مرفأه على الشمسِ

وتلك مواكب الفرسان ملتمَّه

تباركه وتفديه

ومن ذوب العقيق ومنْ

دم المرجان تسقيهِ

ومن أشلائها علفاً

وفير الفيض تعطيهِ

وتهتف بالحصان الحرّ : عدوا يا –

حصان الشعبْ

فأنت الرمز والبيرق

ونحن وراءك الفيلق

ولن يرتدَّ فينا المدُّ والغليانُ –

والغضبُ

ولن ينداح في الميدان

فوق جباهنا التعبُ

ولن نرتاح ، لن نرتاح

حتى نطرد الأشباح

والغربان والظلمه

أحبائي مصابيحَ الدجى ، يا اخوتي

في الجرحْ ...

ويا سرَّ الخميرة يا بذار القمحْ

يموت هنا ليعطينا

ويعطينا

على طُرقُاتكم أمضي

وأزرع مثلكم قدميَّ في وطني

وفي أرضي

وأزرع مثلكم عينيَّ

في درب السَّنى والشمسْ

بعض القصائد تكون جزءاً من هويتنا ولن تنفصل عنها أبدا، كم أذكر جيداً هذه القصيدة، و كم أذكر المدرسة الفاضلة التي أتاحت الفرصة لنا بأن نتذوق القصيدة حسياً و بطريقة راقية و جميلة لن أنساها ما حييت

Junk Life called Technology

2005-07-06T08:31:00.000+04:00

Damn on Computers (PCs, Laptops,,,etc) they get junk and useless in a very short time.
You buy a PC and you spend the rest of your life in maintenance and repairing centers.

First the PC doesnt function;
then the printer is angry.
Then the laptop lost the action,
and they all drive me crazy.
fffffffffffffffffffffffff everyday I say I'll quit dealing with the Technology. The better thing is to move and live in a Cave just like the Earlier Human, wear simple clothes, hunt my food from the trees, rivers and holes. Breath clean weather, swim in the rivers, lay under the trees and enjoy the beauty of the nature.

Then I remembered the bitter truth:-

Hey, I need to send an email to my sis,
ring my mom & send an SMS to my friend,
I have to transfer money from account to another; simply without going to the Bank Counter
and leave a message via the Answer machine for my cousin.
No need to take my father to the hospital but I can check his pressure by the Pressure reader Device in the House,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,etc

Aggggggggggggain the Technology.

I must admit, we need the technology alot. Its just that we need to control ourselves and learn how to manage this efficient tools.

OBJECTION.. Oprah

2005-07-03T13:17:00.000+04:00

I was totally shocked by the narrow-mindedness, prejudice & racism in Oprah’s show on 21 June 2005. The show’s title was “Around the World”, it was about the cultures of some countries shown by some ladies from these countries.

Every time a lady appear on the screen and talk enthusiastically about her culture; Oprah was showing great interest & concern to her culture. Aishwaraya Rai, the Indian actress & the Former Ms World spook well about her country “India” and Oprah asked her few questions about Indian’s traditions and culture. Surprisingly, regardless of the very conservative and traditional culture of the Hindus, Oprah showed admiration and interest to the Indian culture.

Everything was going fine, till Oprah reached to the Middle East. She showed the most un-expected example, a case of a beaten Saudi woman called “ Rania Al Baz ” . Not only that, when she referred to the Saudi Culture she mentioned only “Saudi Women are not allowed to drive & forced to wear the Abaya (The Black Dress).

This so-called famous, fortunate, fabulous and funny celebrity who runs her own show which is considered the Show # 1 in USA; neglected all the successful, educated, intellectual and shining women in the Middle east. And the only example she found it suitable was a beaten woman. The worse thing is that Oprah didn’t show the full picture of the Saudi Woman fairly, she didn’t talk about her previous life as a TV presenter in the Saudi TV.

She didn’t mention anything about her study, her career, or her personal life and that nobody forced her to marry her husband. That they got married after a long love relationship ( I guess Oprah doesn’t know also that in KSA women can love and marry the men they choose except some individual cases than women couldn’t marry the ones they wanted due to some circumstances and this can happen anywhere in the world).

Oprah only concentrated on the troubles which came after that and the beaten part, the bruises and wounds on her face.It seems that Oprah is delivering very ugly and unacceptable message about the Saudi Arabia to her audience:-The Saudi Culture is = 1- Saudi Women are beaten by their husbands.2- Saudi Women are not allowed to drive3- Saudi Women are forced to wear the black dress (The Abaya).People, is it logic to bring three negative examples only when you talk about a Country’s culture.

Is that fair, for god sake, that shouldn’t even happen with your most hated enemy. Now let me see what should I answer a person who wants to know about USA’s culture.
USA’s culture consist of:-

1- The statistics are showing that 4 women are being violated every minute in USA. I wonder where is the Freedom, democracy, Human Rights, Liberty & the Justice Institutions they are talking about. Or maybe I should consider these cases Individual Cases which don’t represent the USA.
2- The Highest crimes statistics
3- 14 millions or more homeless Americans
4- Racism & Discrimination in schools, firms, courts,,,, etc
5- Millions of Americans without Social-care.
6- Drugs Dealers & Alcoholics
7- Pregnant Teenagers
8- Illegal Children
9- Abused children
10- Bad Family ties
11- Kidnapping.
12- Dirty clergymen in the American Churches,,,, etc
13-A nation carrying licensed guns everywhere, why? Coz people in America are not protected well by their government. What shall I call that? Internal terrorism or what?!

Or maybe since she talked about “Rania Al Baz” I may use from the same category she picked her example. Celebrities. Some celebrities’ scandals and problems to represent the American Culture:-
Lemme see :-

1- Mr. President’s Daughter(Jenna) who’s always drunk and was pulled off several times from Bars by the White House Guardians.
2- Michael Jackson the Children Abuser
3- Pamela Anderson and Heather Luclair who were beaten several times by their husbands
4- 50 cents leading his gang to finish a competitor.
5- Celebrities dealing with drugs or Misconduct.
6- Martha Stewart doing some home decorations and calculations in the Jail.
7- Celebrities murdering their wives, husbands, children or friends,,,, etc
8- Celebrities spying on their countryand MOREI think enough examples for now; I wonder how Oprah couldn’t do any kind of research & studies regarding the Saudi Culture.
Oh, don’t tell me she counts on her co-workers & assistants who happened to be lacking information & feedback or maybe hate the Saudis.

Then, what if someone wanted to know more about Oprah herself, and someone told that person very limited answers:
The black & miserable side of Oprah’s life in Mississippi and neglected her bright & successful life right now. So tell me does Oprah represent the American Culture?!And what if she decided next time to bring the Somali's Culture, who for instance gonna represent us : Yasmin Warsame, Iman, Waris Dirii, Ayan Hirsi or some Somali criminial pyscos?!Oprah, try to be fair next time even with those you hate them; Coz I can't find any other explanation for this stup!d show, and its not acceptaple explanation for sure.

Very silly, those who used to be discriminated & hated in the past are practicing the same on others.

Fabulous VALUES vading away

2005-06-22T10:27:00.000+04:00

FABULOUS VALUES FADING AWAY

“Sorry”, this beautiful and meaningful word is disappearing slowly from our day-to-day dealings with others. It’s so awful that the life is getting so technical, so speedy, so materialistic and so crazy that we are not feeling what we are losing.
Unfortunately, the simple and lovely values that we used to cherish and respect in the past don’t have any importance these days. And I wonder why this is happening? Is this the tax we should pay for the modernization & progress?!.

Sadly, while the Humans were building very strong industrial, technological & militarized world. While they were so busy creating & coloring a new & different look for it; they didn’t pay attention to what they were exactly doing. That the Humans’ Hands that were building the new technical world had eliminated completely the old world & removed everything related to it including the good things like “The Values & the Ethics”.

People in the Old World used to deal with each others in a Human-to-Human way, but today we became Machines wearing outfits. The excessive using of PCs, Laptops, Internet, Cellulars, Cars, TVs, CDs, DVDs, Games, Guns,,, etc had turned us to Monsters & Machines with very high technology and pitiable Human Values.

Personally, I don’t believe ever that being civilized person means to be educated, employed, well-paid, well-dressed, sporty, and active from outside ONLY. The real civilized person should be civilized from inside as well as outside.. When we want to measure the value of a Human Being we don’t have to give a big care to his clothes, money, look, race, job,,,, etc. But, the way he deals with other humans in a proper, high-minded and considerate way. The real value for any person should be counted by his Humanity, not by his wealth, fame or look.

And one of the most important values which we’d lost is “The Humanitarian Relationships”. For instance, why would some people think it will bring down their dignity if they say “sorry” to whom deserve it? Can’t they realize the importance of this word for those they hurted them intentionally or unintentionally with their words & actions? This simple, nice & easy word can help the mistaken persons to build again the bridges of communication they destroyed between them and others in the moments of anger & frustration.

Is it shameful to say “Sorry”? Is it too much to say “Thank You”? Is it hard to say “Well Done”? Is it weird to use “Please” ,“Kindly” or “Welcome”?! We are Humans with souls, feelings, emotions and nerves. We survive with our souls before our bodies. How come we reached to this point of degradation?!. We know how to feed our bodies well, but we can’t learn how to feed our souls with morals and values. A part of these values is to know how to deal with each others as Humans in good manners and ethics.

It seems after all these years of progress and development, we need to learn again “The Etiquettes of dealing with each others”. And simple words can do the needful:-

- When someone help you in something its always good to say “Thank you”.
- When you hurt/annoy/bother/trouble someone its always good to say “Sorry”
- When someone you know get sick its always good to say “Get Well”
- When someone receive promotion/baby/new job its always good to say “Congratulations”
- When someone visit you in your house/office/country its always good to say “Welcome”
- When someone achieve/finish a required job/work in a perfect way its good to say “Well Done”

Iam pretty sure if we re-started to use these beautiful words in our lives; we’ll make the world a wonderful place to live in. At the end, we’ll help the Sociologists and Anthropologist to reduce the numbers of studies they are working on regarding the Reasons of the degradation in the Humanitarian Relationships.

Daallo

Dear Neighbors

2005-06-21T14:48:00.000+04:00

Dear Neighbors,

Iam very sorry… terribly sorry. I can’t imagine how S.T.U.P.I.D Iam!!!
Iam so ashamed of myself… Its too difficult on me to see my face on the mirrors.

In my room… in the Bathrooms.. in the living room… even inside my purse… all the mirrors are calling me :

“LIAR – LIAR – LIAR…… PUT THIS LIAR ON THE FIRE”

Yes… true.. very true.. Iam the World’s NO.1 in STUPIDTY & BREAKING PROMISES.

“Mirror.. Mirror on the WALL…. Who’s the STUPIDEST person of them all…”

My conscience is hurting me .. it keeps knocking strongly on my brain’s walls reminding me of what I’ve done.

How I can forget what I’ve done?! …..How can I forgive myself?!…

I’ve done a CRIME.. unforgivable… unbearable … unforgettable one..
NOTHING on earth can justify my Stupidity…
NOTHING on earth can erase my SHAME….
Will “Beauty” & “Pretty” can ever forgive me…
Will they one day look at my face again…..

OK. ppl this is the details of the crime.. It’s a confession, maybe saying it might make this burden easy on me:-

My precious neighbors are a Bengali family,, and they have this two wonderful roses (girls- 7yrs old) whom I call them “Beauty” & “Pretty” (of course these are not their real names and it’s not necessary to be their names coz they are Beauty and Pretty in my eyes indeed). So polite, so beautiful, so kind and so lovely roses. They moved to our building like 6 months ago. And ever since they moved to the flat beside us. They kept inviting us to their apartment. We only had short conversations inside the elevator, in front of the door or the Building Entrance area. And they only came once to our apartment. The Housewife brought a Bengali Dish along with her daughters to remind us that we have to exchange visits and if it’s possible to teach the girls the "Short verses from the HOLLY QURA'AN" & basics in the “Arabic Language”. So I did certainly welcomed the idea and PROMISED them to visit them. Although my tight-schedule I tried my best to do the social- thing and visit them. But I failed, I tried to find spare time, again I failed. I tried again and again , but every time I don't find few mintues. Damn it, I can’t control my time and It seems I need a Time-management course. But it happened that I visited them one and I took with me a Dish; the Roses' Aunt opened that door and told me that they were not there.

Two Weeks ago, I met the Roses’ mother and she asked me again to visit them and I felt really some kind of sorrow and disappointment in her voice. “Please visit us and let’s have good time together” seemed to me like “What’s happening on earth that’s making you not to visit us”. She told me that she is going on vocation on June 19, 2005. And that’s maybe they may migrate to Canada for good.
Yesterday 21/06/2005, I decided to leave everything I have and visit'em . I knocked the door, there was no answer, I said maybe they are sleeping or something. So, I knocked the door again, but to no avail. So I assumed that they are out of the house.
Then the truth that made me sad was "They went on Leave" said the Watchman.
God only knows if they are coming back or NOT.
What if they left forever, migrated to C.A.N.A.D.A
They came … they asked us to visit them... and they migrated

People, I know that this is may sounds ridicilous to you and so exaggeratated act , but to me its a big thing.
My neighbours needed my help and I didnt offer them this help.
Too bad really….

I miss “Beauty” & “Pretty” and I feel so awkward and awful.
Desperate DALLOO

To Blog or NOT to Blog

2005-06-20T14:21:00.000+04:00

Weird Life and Crazy World that made me start Blogging.

I thought I'll never take a step towards blogging, but eventually it happened !!

Its Summer and its BORING ... It seems I'll do the "B-Logging" thing very often.

Later...