Till Your Ears Bleed - My 2010 Welcome theme

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I made this  piece in san francisco in year 2000.
in year 2001 my 'industry' (I.T)  'crashed' .. my company went under . i lost my job on my birthday in june 2001.
paradise lost .. the dream of freedom and dignity slipped again from my fingers .. that freedom i was only able to feel in the United States of America.
I am serious. I felt a connection with the land and the people. I felt i am able to belong , and belong and belong. I was able to live my different identities . i was able to be an Arab , an artist , a woman, a geek , a Canadian even , I was able to be a better Canadian in the USA. I was able to wear my  Palestinian Koufiyeh and my Jordanian shmagh without fear.. I was able to get involved and express myself as a citizen even though i wasnt even a US citizen! True I was living in a very special place , California is a special place. I was involved in politics without fear. I love that place!
i had to leave. jobs were scarce after the hi-tech bubble burst .. and after 911 there was no chance on earth for me to get a job .. an Arab and not even an american , arab looking and with an accent .. not the perfect age or gender or skin color either .. no way.. i tried very hard..  but ..no way
i couldnt afford it ... i realized my generous severance package will run out soon if i dont do something ...
so much soul searching..
so much .. day and night
battling with my fear
barely any support
i came up with the decision to go back to Canada! after all i am a Canadian citizen , this is my country too.. it is my country in a different and special way .. a country of choice. I jumped through hoops and loops to make it my country . I studied and passed. I went through rigorous examinations and had to live in freezing cold for years to earn my Canadian citizenship.
i was drawn to Canada because of the reputation it has, the values it preaches . not because i was starving in my country. I thought it was a place where people have dignity and freedom and equality. and everyone has the same opportunity and respect. I wanted to live in canada because i wanted to live in a democracy and in peace and have opportunities and be able to help others in the world. That is why I chose Canada to be my new country.
Living in the east wasnt bad. The culture in Montreal is awesome . there is racism but at least there is culture and passion and good food. but the weather is very cold!   it's just frigging cold ! so so so cold ! no one can comprehend the intensity of this cold except people who live in it.
the gas used to freeze in my car . i once cried from the cold. i made the mistake of taking off my mitten to try and open my car door , the lock was frozen , the exposure of my hand without the mitten for a few minutes made me cry , i felt my fingers will fall off ! it was so painful!
no way would i go back! so cold!
i decided to go back to school to become a film director !
i decided to move to Vancouver. and i didnt know anything about Vancouver. just that it's the closest biggest Canadian city, never been there and met maybe only 3 or 4 people from there in all the years i lived in Canada!
I drove up all the way to vancouver. I slept in the car at night  and drove during the light.
I had a dream long before this happened. It was strange because I dont know much about vancouver, I never think of vancouver. It was sometime in  2000/2001 I was working in silicon valley totally enjoying the sun and the freedom and the opportunitues..
i had a dream one day , in my sleep; I dreamt i was in Vancouver , and there was an earthquake ..
i was alone .. and the earth was shaking .. but a voice inside me was telling me not to be afraid .. i was ducking  under a small construction that looked like a box made out of concrete and i was feeling safe and that everything will just be allright!
this song was my canada re-entry theme. i drove up all the way to Vancouver.. it was fall time and the colors of the leaves was fascinating .. on my way i found a safari zoo , and then a bird sanctuary .. i stopped and visited ! i felt free and in bliss.
l never ended up living in vancouver or  going back to school.
my life took turns like i had never expected..
i discovered that the east is not like the west . the frost of the cold is mercy compared to the cold fire of the racism.
what a hard decade ! I call it my British Columbia decade!
the hardest in my life but fantastically transforming!
I thank Canada , I love Canada , and I am a proud Canadian , still inspired by the canadian values of human rights and freedom and protection of the environment and animals and caring and helping other people of the world.. etc..  which are unfortunately being stepped on by our government while canadians watch silently!

so there you go , that is the story of this music
Goodbye 2000-2009
welcome
2010 !
may it  be  THE year where the deepest human aspiration of peace and fulfillment of basic need becomes reality

Where are the horses? وين الخيل

سألت الطير ياخدلك رسالة

I asked the bird to deliver a message to you

تشرح لوعتي وشوق الليالي

That explains my burning and my longing nights

وانا قاللي الطير

and the bird said to me

ما يقدر جناحي

My wings cannot

على حمل الحنين

carry all the longing

اللي بالرسالة

in this message
....

وين الخيل

where are the horses?

تشق الليل

to break the silence of night

تاخدني ديار الغالي

and take me to the lands of the loved one

عالفرقة ما عادلي حيل

i cant handle being away anymore

حالي بيشفق على حالي

my self feels sorry for myself

مش قادر اصبر

i cant be patient

ومنين

and from where

صبر بلاقي

can I find patience

دلوني

guide me

...

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Petra - Another Fairouz Musical Play مسرحية بترا لفيروز

فيروز ، نصري شمس الدين ، وديع الصافي في اسكتش المصالحة

Looloo Musical - Fairouz فيروز في لولو

بنت الحارس - فيروز

Watch Bent El Hares (La Fille du gardien) in Entertainment  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

سفر برلك - فيلم من السبعينات لفيروز

Fairouz - A Queen in Las Vegas

The preparations

Fast Facts

 The concert was held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on the 15th of May '99.
 The tickets were sold for: $50, $75, $150 and $300.
There was no tour, Ziad didn't go and there originally were 10,000 tickets for sale.
 The songs performed:
Instrumentals: National American and Lebanese anthems and Abu Ali (Ali was cut from the video)
First segment: Dhawi Yahal Andeel, Atem Ya Layl, Taree' Elnahl and Nassam Alyna Elhawa.
Choir: Haddouni (from Jisr Elamar) and Khayef Koun Eshetek (from Ziad's Sahryie).
Second segment: Ya Ana Ya Ana, Ahwak and Aetini Enay.
Choir: Daloni Ala Enayn Esood (cut from the video) and Ya Bent Elmeawen (both from Ziad's Sahryie).
Third Segment: Mawal Ana Wenta, Ya Henayna, Laylii Betrja Ya Layl, Ya Jisran Khashabian and Sanarjiou Youman.
Fourth Segment: Irjaay Ya Alf Layla, Ya Laylo Esabo, Law Kan Qalbi and Ya Man Hawa.
Instrumental: Sa'aloni Enas.
Choir: Qases Wara'a (from Nas Men Waraa/cut from the video) and Tallou El Siyadi (from Rings for Sale).
Fifth Segment: Arrab Elmoued, Nehna Welamar Jiran, Is'har, Kifk Inta, Khedni and Oudak Ranan.
Sixth Segment: Aa Hadir Elbosta, Lama Elamar Ghab, Iza Elard Medoara, Oghniat Elwada'a and Zorouni.

The Concert

here is the whole concert in case the above video doesnt work http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODU1MDE4NzI=.html

 Alhayat says 16 thousand and Assafir says 12 thousand people attended the concert. Regardless of that, the concert was originally intended for 10 thousand fans. How can one explain this? Fairuz broke the record she set for herself in mere two days when the MGM Grand changed concert plans and expanded the arena to its full capacity. People came from all over the world to attend the concert. A lot have said they first heard about it from the Internet. That was one thing I liked very much because I hope this site has helped with it. The song titles and more information about the concert can be found in the articles which are now accessible from the special's general information section. But what's most notably great was the presence of Assy and Mansour through all the classics she performed, Ziad through the musical introduction and Kifk Inta and Nasri Shameseddine through Haddouni which the choir performed. That was not just a concert.
 On the back page of Assafir newspaper, there was an update of the concert. It's going to be a success! Not that I questioned it, but the ticket prices and the location ... Anyway MGM asked for Fairuz's permission to open the arena to it's maximum capcity because there's an enormous pressure on the ticket sales which I hope this site has helped in. Read the article in Arabic.
 Fairuz leaves tomorrow (Sunday) for Las Vegas on the Middle East airliner. Maestro Mike Haro, who conducted her recent concerts, will accompany Fairuz in her trip as well as 24 musicians, 10 choir singers, technicians and managers, all totaling 42 persons. She has made interviews with both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times newspapers. She has been rehearsing for a week now. Please contact me if you have access to the interviews. You can also check the article in the general information and promotional material part of the special. Source: Assafir 5/8
 MGM fixed the seating capacity of the stage for a maximum audience of 10,000 seats not 16,000, by Fairouz's request.
 Ziad will not join Fairuz to Las Vegas.
 There will NOT be any tour. It's one concert like it's being advertised. If the technical issues are quickly settled in Las Vegas, It's being thought to produce, with MGM grand, some promotional items as commemorative memorabilia. Unfortunately, it seems already short on time for this to happen, so all you folks going to the concert, start praying.
 To all those still having second thoughts about attending the concert. What's wrong with you? If you are not 100% sure that you will attend other future concerts, can you tolerate forsaking seeing Fairuz in concert? It's not easy to make a concert every year in the States and it can be a long time before Fairuz returns there. The last time she was there was years and years ago and the next one can be years and years away, if it was even considered. It's not late to buy yourself a ticket but it can be very soon. If you've never been to Las Vegas, it can be an interesting experience. With all the colors and lights of the city and then attending the Fairuz concert, the experience can be too surreal that if not for the photos you're going to take, you may question if it was only a dream. One that will linger in your memories forever. Don't waste anymore time. Really.
 Just to clear something out, the news on the American tour is not confirmed. Add to that MGM is advertising the Las Vegas concert as a one historic performance. It seems logical that there will be more than one concert as it is cheaper to produce and guaranteed to succeed. However, to be on the safe side, anyone planning to see Fairuz should attend the Las Vegas concert. Again, no need to remind everyone that the tickets have been on sale for more than a week now and that the concert has been advertised about in major American newspapers, so it's wise to buy tickets now, if you plan to attend the concert. This week you can get to see the seating configuration as well as the press release of Fairuz's concert. There is also a scanned ad from Los Angeles Times of the concert.
 Fairuz's upcoming concert in Las Vegas is closing in. The May 15 will be marked as the greatest day of 99 by loyal Fairuz fans in North America and the concert as the greatest event to end this century. She will perform in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The arena can hold up to 16000 seats. The tickets are on sale and they are going fast, after all it's only one concert (that I know is confirmed). The tickets prices are set at $50, $75, $150, $300. For ticket sales call toll free 1- 877- 984-7263 or 702- 891-7777. Information on Fairuz's concert at the MGM site. Information of the Arena, Concert Configuration of the arena and the Schedule of the upcoming concerts including Fairuz's. The promotion is starting up and as Ammar has posted on the message board, there was an ad in the New York Times of the concert. Thanks Ammar. Will post follow-ups when become available throughout the week.

General Information + Promotional Material

 MGM Concert Press Release.
 Seating Configuration.
 LBC's pre-concert report (realvideo).
 LBC's pre-concert documentary (contains pictures and media files).
 Radio Advertisements: Arabic Version & English Version. (Special thanks to Arab Dreamer.)
 The Concert's Promotional Material: The Concert Poster (current/original).
 The Concert's Promotional Material: The Concert Poster 2 (temporary poster).
 Assafir article about the concert. (5/8/99)
 Assafir article about the concert. (5/15/99)
 Assafir article about the concert. (5/17/99) CONCERT DETAILS
 Alhayat article about the concert. (5/17/99) CONCERT DETAILS
 Yet another article about the concert. (5/17/99) CONCERT DETAILS - PICTURES
 New York Times article by Neil MacFarquhar. - CONCERT DETAILS - PICTURE (off site link)
 Beirut Times article on Fairuz.
 Beirut Times article on the Las Vegas concert.
 Featured Advertisements: Concert Advertisement (Color) and Los Angeles Times.
 Concert Pictures: Fairuz in white and in yellow. And a newly added picture in white and yet another picture.
 An autographed photo of Fairuz.
 The special booklet from the concert.
 Personal Experiences.
 Click here to visit an off site link that contains some concert pictures.

فيروز - مسرحية ميس الريم Mays El Reem - Fairouz, Nasri Shams El Deen

From Aleppo to Hollywood -العقاد A documentary about the great late Arab Director Mustafa Aqaad

فيروز- ترنيمة نجمة العيد fayrouz -Christmas Carol-The Star of the Holiday

 نجمة العيد 

The star of the Holiday 

نجمة العيد - الأخوين رحباني 

Lyrics By The Rahbani Brothers

ضوي بليالي سعيدي

Shine your light

in happy nights

 يا نجمي بيتا قريب 

Oh, star

whose home is not far

جايي من دنيي بعيدي

She comes from a far away world

 تتلج عهالكون طيب 

That snows perfumes on this universe

يا سما

Oh... sky..

 و تتلج أشعار و سلام 

That is snowing poems and peace

يا سما

Oh... sky...

 و تتلج أشعار و سلام 

That is snowing poems and peace

حكيولي حكايي غريبي

they told me  strange story

 و الأرض عيونا دموع 

while the eyes of the earth were full of tears

قولي قولي يا حبيبي

Tell me tell me.. my beloved

 جايي لعنا يسوع 

Jesus is coming to us

يا سما

Oh... sky...

 و تتلج أشعار و سلام 

That is snowing poems and peace..

Paradise Now - Award winning Palestinian Film الجنّة الآن

(from Wikipedia)

Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن‎) is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.
"The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue," Abu-Assad said. "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."

Production

Hany Abu-Assad and co-writer Bero Beyer started working on the script in 1999, but it took them five years to get the story before cameras. The original script was about one man searching for his friend, who is a suicide bomber, but it evolved into a story of two friends, Said and Khaled.
The filmmakers faced great difficulties making the film on location. A land mine exploded 300 meters away from the set.^[2] While filming in Nablus, Israeli helicopter gunships launched a missile attack on a car near the film's set one day, prompting six crew members to abandon the production indefinitely.^[3] Paradise Now's location manager was kidnapped by a Palestinian faction during the shoot and was not released until Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's office intervened.^[2] In an interview with the Telegraph, Hany Abu-Assad said, "If I could go back in time, I wouldn't do it again. It's not worth endangering your life for a movie."^[4]

Distribution and marketing

The Israel Film Fund is underwriting the film’s distribution in Israel.

Statements by the filmmakers

In Hany Abu-Assad's Golden Globe acceptance speech he made a plea for a Palestinian state, saying he hoped the Golden Globe was “a recognition that the Palestinians deserve their liberty and equality unconditionally."^[5]
In an interview with a Jewish American Tikkun magazine, Hany Abu-Assad was asked "When you look ahead now, what gives you hope?", "The conscience of the Jewish people" he answered. "The Jews have been the conscience of humanity, always, wherever they go. Not all Jews, but part of them. Ethics. Morality. They invented it! I think Hitler wanted to kill the conscience of the Jews, the conscience of humanity. But this conscience is still alive...Maybe a bit weak...But still alive. Thank God."^[6]
Co-producer Amir Harel is a Jewish Israeli, who told reporters that "First and foremost the movie is a good work of art", adding that "If the movie raises awareness or presents a different side of reality, this is an important thing."^[7]

Controversies

Oscars

Paradise Now was the first Palestinian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. An earlier Palestinian film, Divine Intervention (2002), had controversially failed to gain admission to the competition, allegedly because films nominated for this award must be put forward by the government of their country, and Palestine's status as a sovereign state is disputed.^[8] However, since entities such as Puerto Rico, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been submitting entries for years although they are not sovereign states with full United Nations representation, accusations of a double standard were made.^[9]
Paradise Now was submitted to the Academy and to the Golden Globes as a film from 'Palestine'. It was referred to as such at the Golden Globes. However, Israeli officials, including Consul General Ehud Danoch and Consul for Media and Public Affairs Gilad Millo, tried to extract a guarantee from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that Paradise Now would not be presented in the ceremony as representing the state of Palestine, despite the fact it was introduced as such in the Academy Awards' official website.^[10] The Academy Awards began to refer to the film's country instead as "the Palestinian Authority". This decision angered director-writer Hany Abu-Assad, who said it represented a slap in the face for the Palestinian people and their national identity. The Academy subsequently referred to it as a submission from the "Palestinian Territories".^[11] In a further complication, Israeli writer Irit Linor points out that "according to internationally accepted conventions, the nationality of a film is usually determined by the country that invested in it - and that while the film was categorized by the Academy as representing Palestine, it was produced with European funds, by an Israeli-Arab director."^[12]
On March 1, 2006, a group representing Israeli victims of suicide bombings asked the Oscar organizers to disqualify the film. These protesters claimed that showing the film was immoral and encouraged killing civilians in terror acts.^[13]

Anti Semitic themes

In February 2006, Irit Linur, an Israeli novelist and screenwriter, pointed out to some anti-Semitic themes in the film.^[14][15] Linur argued that the only Jew who has a speaking role in the movie is "Abu Shabab", the moniker of an Israeli Jew who take Said and Khaled to Tel-Aviv. Before they leave his car "Abu Shabab" wishes them "good luck" in Hebrew. "Abu Shabab" is supposed to be paid for transporting the suicide bombers only after the mission is completed. In this, the maker of the movie imply to the notion that Jews are greedy and will aid suicide attacks against other Jews for money, thus reflecting an existing theme inside Palestinian textbooks.^[16]
Linur also drawed attention to another and more forthright example of an anti-Semitic canard, which is to be found in the conversation between Said and a Palestinian cab driver. The driver claims that Jewish settlers poisoned the wells by Nablus in order to harm the quality of Palestinians' semen. This accusation echoes the fib that the Black Plague was caused through poisoning of wells by Jews.^[17] Again this accusation is reflecting an actual theme in Palestinian political discourse.^[18]

Responses

Paradise Now has an 89% rating on the review compendium website Rotten Tomatoes.^[19]
Stephen Holden, in his October 28, 2005 article in the New York Times, applauded the suspense and plot twists in the movie, and the risks involved humanizing suicide bombers, saying "it is easier to see a suicide bomber as a 21st-century Manchurian Candidate - a soulless, robotic shell of a person programmed to wreak destruction - than it is to picture a flesh-and-blood human being doing the damage."^[20]
In February 2006, Irit Linur wrote that the film's use of sophisticated techniques and symbolism was used to present caricatures, recycle anti-Semitic myths and introduce Christological associations in the film.^[21]

Awards

Academy Award

• On January 31, 2006, the film was nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Golden Globe

• Paradise Now won "Best Foreign Language Film" for the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, the first time a Palestinian film was nominated for such an award.

Other awards won

• 2005 Berlin International Film Festival:
  
  
  
  • Amnesty International Film Prize
  • AGICOA 2005 Blue Angel Award
  • Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
    
  
  
  
• 2005 European Film Awards:
  
  
  
  • Best Screenplay
    
  
  
  
• 2005 Independent Spirit Awards:
  
  
  
  • Best Foreign Film
  
  
  
• 2005 National Board of Review Awards (USA) :
  
  
  
  • Best Foreign Language Film
    
  
  
  
• 2005 Netherlands Film Festival:
  
  
  
  • Best Feature Film (Beste Lange Speelfilm)
  • Best Editing (Beste Montage)
  
  
  
• 2005 Durban International Film Festival (South Africa)
  
  
  
  • Best Director^[22]
    
  
  
  
• 2005 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
  
  
  
  • Best Foreign Language Film
    
  
  
  
• 2005 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  
  
  • Best Foreign Film
    
  
  

Arabic only version - full length

Arabs/Muslims contribution to science

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cognitive Styles in Arab and American Adult Learners Using Eye-Tracking

The sociology of the Palestinians By Khalil Nakhleh, Elia Zureik

Handbook of Cross-cultural Psychology: Social behavior and applications ... By John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Marshall H. Segall, Janak Pandey

snow .. snow .. تلج تلج Fairuz فيروز

تلج تلج

snow .. snow ..
عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج
the world is raining snow ..
و النجمات حيرانين
and the stars are confused
و زهور الطرقات بردانيين
and the flowers of the streets are feeling cold
تلج تلج
snow .. snow..
عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج
it is falling down
و الغيمات تعبانين
and the clouds are tired
عالتلة خيمات مضويين
and on the hills some tents are lit
و مغارة سهرانه
and a cave is not sleeping
فيها طفل صغير
it has  a little child in it
بعيونو الحلياني
in his beautiful eyes
حب كتير كتير
plenty , plenty of love
تلج تلج
snow .. snow .

عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج
is falling down
كل قلب
in every heart
كل مرج
and in every meadow
زهر فيه الحب متل التلج
love has blossomed like snow
و جاي رعيان من بعيد
and shepherds come from far away
وينو الطفل الموعود
where is the promised child?
هون يا رعيان العيد
here , shepherds of joy
هون الليل االمنشود

this  is the  night you sought
تلج تلج
snow ... snow..
شتي خير
rain goodness
و حب
and love
و تلج
and snow
على كل قلب
on every heart
على كل مرج
on every meadow
ألفة و خير و حب
love and connection and goodness
متل التلج
just like snow..

تلج تلج
snow .. snow ..

 

إرحل - Leave - Ahmad Qaabour - songs for Palestine

إرحل - Leave - Ahmad Qaabour - songs for Palestine

إرحل.. قالوا لي

Leave, They said to me
جند أتوا من بعيد

Soldiers who cam from far away

قالوا إرحل

They said : Leave!

دخلوا بيتي
They came into my home..
 قتلوا ولدي
They killed my son..
إغتصبوا امرأتي
They raped my wife...

قالوا إرحل..

They aid : Leave!

حفروا في الوجه مغارة

They engraved a cave in my face
مرّوا على جسدي

They ran over my body
زرعوا في القلب رصاصة
They planted a bullet in my heart

نصبوا لي الخيمة
They installed a tent for me

قلت سأبقى مارداً جرحاً يعانق تربتي
I said I will stay , a giant wound embracing my soil

و طرقت باب أمتي

and I knocked on the doors of my nation
وكانت نائمة

and it was sleeping
و بقيت وحدي
and i was left alone
وأمتي تحلم
while my nation was dreaming

دخلوا وأمتي تحلم
They came in .. while my nation was dreaming

قالوا إرحل..

They said : Leave!!

هذه بلادي واعلموا أن الصغار

This is my country and you better know that the small ones
من دورة الأحلام تمتلك القرار
from the cycle of dreams will own the decision

من سجون الليل تنتزع النهار وتمضي عواصفا
from the prisons of the night it grabs the daylight
and move like storms

Hispano-Arabic literature and the early Provençal lyrics By J. A. Abu-Haidar

Sand (and other poems) - By the great Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

Bedouin poetry from Sinai and the Negev: mirror of a culture By Clinton Bailey

Medieval Arabic praise poetry: Ibn al-Rūmī and the patron's redemption By Beatrice Gruendler

Arabic for dummies (i hate the name by the way)

Yummy

Dalida - Salma Ya Salama

In the wide world
and it's many countries
I went around and around
and when it called me;
my first love..
i left everything
and i came
and i came
and in his embace I threw myself
and i sang
safe ..
safely
oh how sweet
we left
and we came back
safely

love is still pure
and the weather is still warm
and there is still
a moon
and after the sunset
we get together in a boat
and we stay up all night
and sing all of us together
there is a tree
in a garden
it has a sign on it
i have been thinking a lot about it
and question so often
i wonder if it exists
and is my heart engraved in it
yes
it does exist
and my heart is engraved in it

safe ..
safely
oh how sweet
we left
and we came back
safely

Saudi apologizes to his wife by posting a huge banner near her family's house سعودي يعتذر لزوجته بلافتة كبيرة علقها قريبا من بيت أهلها

                 The banner says in Arabic: May, forgive me I swear to God I love you                     

May (is the name of the woman) 

Dubai - Arabic. Net
A Saudi husband hung a banner on the canvas of a pedestrian bridge in the city of Khobar Corniche Road, which included his request for forgiveness from his wife and an emphasis on his commitment to her. This is after several desperate attempts made by the husband where he also involved other people to resolve the problem.


The newspaper "Okaz", which reported the news said that her husband tried more than once to get his life's forgiveness via text messages on her mobile phone, and sent mediators to resolve the ongoing dispute between them for more than two months, which he described as «simple» no more than a "Girls' sulking" by he put it.


On the choice of the site, the husband said that he considered what he did as a (formal apology) in front of everyone, "There are other reasons to choose where, its proximity to the wife's family home where she is staying, which means that the chances of view of the banner will be larger. " The husband said this will not be the last attempt to regain his wife, however, "I hope that the attempt will be fruitful, and my wife comes back to her home."


Previously, a similar event took place in Egypt when a husband carried a 5 meter banner in front of her house accompanied with a musical band! to ask his wife for forgiveness for his mistake(s). He said that she she deserved to have to public apology.


A Jordanian husband did the same thing but this one went to his wife's work, He took a huge banner to the airport where she works as a flight attendant. She was coming back from work , from a flight , as she got out of the bus she was surprised by her husband holding an large apology banner. The media was there to cover this unusual event.

في حادثة تكررت في مصر والأردن

سعودي يعتذر لزوجته بلافتة كبيرة علقها قريبا من بيت أهلها

دبي- العربية.نت    علق زوج سعودي لافتة قماشية على جسر للمشاة في طريق كورنيش مدينة الخبر، تضمنت طلبه الصفح من زوجته والتأكيد على تمسكه بها، وذلك بعد محاولات يائسة بذلها الزوج لإعادة المياه إلى مجاريها مع شريكة حياته ومحاولات أخرى لذوي الطرفين.

وذكرت صحيفة "عكاظ" التي أوردت الخبر أن الزوج حاول غير ما مرة إرضاء زوجته، عبر رسائل نصية على هاتفها النقال، وإرسال وسطاء لحل الخلاف الناشب بينهما منذ أكثر من شهرين، والذي وصفه بـ«البسيط» ولا يتعدى كونه "زعل بنات" ـ حسب تعبيره.

وحول اختياره للموقع، ذكر الزوج أنه يعتبر ما فعله بمثابة (اعتذار رسمي) على مرأى من الجميع، مضيفا "هناك سببان آخران لاختيار المكان، أولهما أنه ملفت للأنظار، والثاني لقربه من مسكن أسرة الزوجة حيث لجأت إليهم، ما يعني أن فرص مشاهدتها للوحة ستكون أكبر". واستبعد الزوج أن تكون تلك المحاولة هي الأخيرة لاستعادة زوجته، واستدرك "أتمنى أن تؤتي المحاولة ثمارها، وتعود زوجتي إلى منزلها".

وسبق لهذه التظاهرة أن حدثت في مصر عندما كتب لافتة بطول 5 أمتار حملها إلى منزل أهل زوجته مع فرقة موسيقية ليطلب منها الصفح بعد أن أخطأ في حقها وليقول لها إنها تستحق أن يعتذر لها أمام الملأ.

وفعل نفس الشيء زوج أردني ولكنه ذهب باللافتة إلى مقر عمل زوجته التي تعمل مضيفة للطيران وبقي في انتظار عودتها من إحدى الرحلات لتتفاجأ بلافتة اعتذار كبيرة عقب نزولها من حافلة العمل وسط حضور عدد من وسائل الإعلام لتغطي هذا الاعتذار غير المعتاد في الأردن.

3 Racism Mixes

This is how I express my outrage at racism that I am constantly exposed to, me and many many others in this world.

Here is my Racism Tune Pack

Black Coffee - a Remix by Lubzi

Black coffee.mp3

Lebanese to Israel: Hands off our hummus!

Lebanese chefs react after preparing a massive plate of hummus, seen in the middle, weighing more then 2,056 kilograms, during a bid to break a record previously held by Israel and reclaim ownership over the popular Middle Eastern dish, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Oct. 24, 2009. The event is part of a simmering war between Lebanon and Israel over regional cuisine. Lebanese businessmen accuse Israel of stealing traditional Middle Eastern dishes, like hummus, and marketing them worldwide as Israeli products.


((AP Photo/Hussein Malla))

from: http://www.connpost.com/ci_13634457

I am addicted to حمص (Hummus)

TITLE: I am addicted to حمص

DATE: 11/14/2006 20:00:28

I am addicted to  Hummus حمص

I cant stop eating Hummus
عن جد... مش قادرة اوقف أكل حمص   ... بحبه بحبه
بموت في ربه


والله

شكرا يا رب على الحمص

Thank you God for the Hummus











 with olive oil زاكي مع زيت الزيتون

 and salt and lebon وملح ولمون


 and hot pita وكماج سخن

 



  and summak and cummin
وسماق وكمون

  and a fresh tomato وحبة بندورة



 






 and some olives مع شوية زتون






 God bless the Hummus يسعد رب الحمص

My feet are planted in the ground

But I want my head to be in he stars at the same time. to relax to the fact that things are taken care of, what will happen will happen and things are where they are and that is how it is . maybe there is a deeper meaning for things and maybe there isnt. But fighting what will happen doesnt make sense. it will not prevent it. and yes we do our best so that the outcome is favourable to us, but we can never control the outcome , just influence it , maybe - slightly. OR do we create reality with our thoughts? or prayers? I dont know . One thing I know is that if i am supposed to loose my job or home or money etc... it will happen, and just like a tree or a fish is taken care of I will be taken care of. history has proved it.

 

What makes my heart beat and my lungs breathe will keep me alive just as t happened before, lifts me from the lowest of the lowest to a place I never thought I will be in. I sometimes think that the collective thoughts of the people around us and who think of us in addition to our own thoughts is what creates our reality, or more accurately co-create our reality along with the mystery of God ... the universe ... what beats my heart and makes my lungs breathe and my eyes see...

so if you are surrounded by racists for example , and they all lay a negative discourse on you, say you are living in the heart of the most racist town and you are the only aboriginal person , all the people around you are projecting on you . they are dressing you with a particular discourse: the looser, the drunk , the lazy one.. etc... they treat you as such , you start believing them , if you believe in something but 1000 people around you tell you that you are wrong you start doubting yourself. They are creating your reality and you are playing along if you dont stand firm with your feet planted in the ground.

so there is a big story, everyone is part of writing it, if we dont pay attention who is writing our story , it will not be written like we want , we end up living someone else's dreams not yourself, lost , miserable, weak, self resentful etc...

BUT, what is the line between self deception and standing your ground, being egotistic and refusing to change or see yourself vs allowing others to write your story.. sometimes - actually more often than not, these things mix up in my mind . Once i let it go all the way and .. I paid a very high price. so I will never allow anyone to write my story no matter what.  I wont let it happen. Whatever we think we will attract - they say. So we shouldnt focus our energy on the negative and be very aware of the dangerous consequences.

الغصة كبيرة... بس الأمل أكبر

مش راح أسمح لحدا يهدني... يكسر نفسي أو عزيمتي

My inner Cat Blog

i know .. that sounds very geeky and weird. but my inner cat has a blog! Is it weird that I have an inner cat , or that a cat has a blog? or both?

you know how cats are, they like attention.
i had to post this for her ..

:)

My Inner Cat Blog

لا تسألوني Dont ask me ما اسمه حبيبي what the name of my beloved is -فيروز Fairuz

لا تسألوني

Dont ask me

ما اسمه حبيبي

what my beloved's name is

اخشى عليكم

I worry about you

ضوعة الطيوب

from the fragrances that will fill the air

والله
I swear
لو بحت بأي حرف

If I mention one word

تكدس الليلك في الدروب

The lailacs will fill the roads

لا تسألوني

Don't ask me

ما اسمه

What is his name

حبيبي

My beloved

ترونه في ضحكة السواقي

You see him in the laughter of the streams

في رفة الفراشة اللعوب

and in the fluttering of the playful butterfly

في البحر في تنفس المراعي

In the ocean , in the breath of the meadows

وفي غناء كل عندليب

and in the snging of every nightingale

في ادمع الشتاء حين يبكي

In the tears of winter when it cries

وفي عطاء الديمة السكوب

and it the generosity of the black cloud
that is pregnant with rain

محاسن لا ضمها كتاب
 Beauty that wasnt written in a book

ولا ادعتها ريشة الأديب

or claimed by the pen of a writer

لا تسألوني ما اسمه

 Dont ask me what his name is
كفاكم

 enough ..stop
فلن أبوح باسمه
I will not tell you his name
حبيبي

My beloved..

لا تسألوني

Dont ask me

ما اسمه حبيبي

what the name of my beloved is

اخشى عليكم

I worry about you

ضوعة الطيوب

from the fragrances that will fill the air

والله
I swear

لو بحت بأي حرف

If I mention one word

تكدس الليلك في الدروب

The lailacs will fill the roads

لا تسألوني

Don't ask me

ما اسمه

What is his name

حبيبي
My beloved

- A woman's dairy - by Nizar Qabbani - يوميات إمرأة

Nizar Qabbani was called the poet of women because he often puts himself in her shoes and writes from a woman's perspective. This is a part of one of his poems that he wrote from a woman perspective.

Why in our city

لماذا في مدينتنا ؟

Love is fake and smuggled?

نعيش الحب تهريباً وتزويراً ؟

We steel from the cracks of the door

a meeting

ونسرق من شقوق الباب موعدنا

exchange letters

ونستعطي الرسائل

and go on dates

والمشاويرا

Why in our city

لماذا في مدينتنا ؟

They kill birds and emotions?

يصيدون العواطف والعصافيرا

Why are we tin foil?

لماذا نحن قصديرا ؟

what good is a person

وما يبقى من الإنسان

when he becomes tin foil?

حين يصير قصديرا ؟

why are we duplicitous?

لماذا نحن مزدوجون

Feelings and thoughts

إحساسا وتفكيرا ؟

Why are we earthly?

لماذا نحن ارضيون ..

Low , afraid of the sun and the light?

تحتيون .. نخشى الشمس والنورا ؟

Why are people in our town

لماذا أهل بلدتنا ؟

torn by their contradiction

يمزقهم تناقضهم

In their Waking hours

ففي ساعات يقظتهم

They violate the braids and the skirts

يسبون الضفائر والتنانيرا

and when the night hides them in its folds

وحين الليل يطويهم

they ....(i'll check what he means here)

يضمون التصاويرا

I ask myself always

أسائل نفسي دائماً

Why wouldnt love in the world be

لماذا لا يكون الحب في الدنيا ؟

for all people?

لكل الناس

all people

كل الناس

like the rays of the dawn

مثل أشعة الفجر

why can it be like bread and wine

لماذا لا يكون الحب مثل الخبز والخمر ؟

like water in the river

ومثل الماء في النهر

like the clouds , and the rain

ومثل الغيم ، والأمطار ،

and the grass and the flowers

والأعشاب والزهر

isnt love for humans

أليس الحب للإنسان

like a life within a life?

عمراً داخل العمر ؟

why cant love in my country be

لماذا لايكون الحب في بلدي ؟

natural?

طبيعياً

like lips meeting lips

كلقيا الثغر بالثغر

and flowing

ومنساباً

like my hair flows on my back

كما شعري على ظهري

why cant people love with ease and softness?

لماذا لا يحب الناس في لين ويسر ؟

like the fish in the sea?

كما الأسماك في البحر

like the moons revolve in their orbits

كما الأقمار في أفلاكها تجري

why cant love in my country be

لماذا لا يكون الحب في بلدي

necessary

ضرورياً

like a book of poerty

كديوان من الشعر

My breasts in my chest

انا نهدي في صدري

are like two birds

كعصفورين

that died of heat

قد ماتا من الحر

like two oriental saints

كقديسين شرقيين متهمين بالكفر

accused of heresy

كم اضطهدا

How (so often) they were oppressed ...

وكم رقدا على الجمر

How they lied on the bright coal

وكم رفضا مصيرهما

how they refused their fate

وكم ثارا على القهر

how they revolted over injustice

وكم قطعا لجامهما

how they broke their leash

وكم هربا من القبر

and how they ran away from the grave

متى سيفك قيدهما

when will their chains be untied?

متى ؟

when

يا ليتني ادري

I wish i knew

نزلت إلى حديقتنا

I went to our garden

ازور ربيعها الراجع

to visit its beautiful spring

عجنت ترابها بيدي

i kneaded its dirt with my hands

حضنت حشيشها الطالع

I embraced its grass

رأيت شجيرة الدراق

I saw a little peach tree

تلبس ثوبها الفاقع

wearing her bright dress

رأيت الطير محتفلاً

I saw the bird celebrate

بعودة طيره الساج

the return of her lover

رأيت المقعد الخشبي

I saw the wooden chair

مثل الناسك الراجع

like the returning monk

سقطت عليه باكية

i collapsed on it .. crying

كأني مركب ضائع

like a lost boat

احتى الأرض ياربي ؟

Even the earth , oh God

تعبر عن مشاعرها

expresses her feelings

بشكل بارع ... بارع

in an amazing way..

amazing

احتى الأرض ياربي

even the earth,  oh God..

لها يوم .. تحب فيه ..

has a day ,

to fall in love

تبوح به ..

to express it

تضم حبيبها الراجع

to embrace her returning lover

وفوق العشب من حولي

and on the grass around me

لها سبب .. لها الدافع

she has a reason

she has a motivation

فليس الزنبق الفارع

neither the tall tulips

وليس الحقل ، ليس النحل

nor the fields

nor the bees

ليس الجدول النابع

not the bursting stream

have anything

سوى كلمات هذى الأرض ..

except the words of this earth

غير حديثها الرائع

I feel inside me a resurrection

أحس بداخلي بعثاً

that breaks my shell off of me

يمزق قشرتي عني

and drives me to run

ويدفعني لان أعدو

with the children in the street

مع الأطفال في الشارع

I want

أريد..

I want

أريد..

like any flower in the garden

كايه زهرة في الروض

she opens her teary eyelids

تفتح جفنها الدامع

like any bee in the garden

كايه نحله في الحقل

she gives her useful nectar

تمنح شهدها النافع

I want

أريد..

I want to live

أريد أن أحيا

with every cell of me

بكل خليه مني

the pleasures of this life

مفاتن هذه الدنيا

its velvety wide night

بمخمل ليلها الواسع

an its biting cold winter

وبرد شتائها اللاذع

I want

أريد..

I want to live

أريد أن أحيا

All the heat of reality

بكل حرارة الواقع

All the stupidity of reality

بكل حماقة الواقع

My brother's is back from the whore house

يعود أخي من الماخور ...

At dawn ... drunk

عند الفجر سكرانا ...

He returns,

like a Sultan

يعود .. كأنه السلطان ..

Who made him Sultan?

من سماه سلطانا ؟

and he stays in the eyes of the family

ويبقى في عيون الأهل

the most beautiful..

the most precious

أجملنا ... وأغلانا ..

and in his clothes of whoreness

ويبقى في ثياب العهر

he remains, the purest and the most virtuous

اطهرنا ... وأنقانا

My brother is back from the whore house

يعود أخي من الماخور

like a cock , in ecstasy

مثل الديك .. نشوانا

Praise whom created him from light

فسبحان الذي سواه من ضوء

and created us from cheap coal

ومن فحم رخيص نحن سوانا

and praise him who erases his sins

وسبحان الذي يمحو خطاياه

and does not erase ours

ولا يمحو خطايانا