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• Searching for Major Dr. Mohamed

  I received a comment in the EgyptianPows.net website that made write this post hoping that I will find Dr. Mohamed 1973 Veteran Israeli Mr. Eran Jacoby is searching for Major Dr. Mohamed , Major Doctor... Posted Oct 10 2008, 04:57 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, middle east, citizen Journalism, Life, Israel, history, mideast, people, Peace, war, Egyptian Life, 1973, Yom Kippor war, POWs

• the art of manipulation

  is very widespread, i am inclined to believe its actually instinctive! (long psychobabble post ahead!) if you observe children, you find that they are masters at emotional blackmail, and so are parents... Posted Oct 09 2008, 03:40 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: Thoughts, people, damdoumization, psychobabble, observations, theories

• bad boy syndrome

  as opposed to common belief, good girls DONT always love bad boys, but MOST of them get attracted to one (at the very least) in their lifetime. why i hear you ask? i have noticed, after a lot of observation... Posted Oct 05 2008, 03:45 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: Thoughts, Women, Life, people, Relationships, psychobabble, observations

• The departure of a secrets keeper

  General Fawzy Abd El-Hafez had died yesterday in Cairo , the man who was the secretary of President Sadat left in silence in the same way he preferred to live in after the assassination of President Sadat... Posted Sep 29 2008, 12:03 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, history, mideast, people, National, Egyptian X-files, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Ashraf Marwan, President Sadat, 1981, Fawzy Abd El-Hafez

• Poets and Madmen

  Today I was wondering about what happened to Savatage, a well known heavy metal band. One thing led to another, and I was going from beautiful music into a painful reality. I was searching here and there... Posted Sep 28 2008, 03:53 PM by Puzzle Piece Filed under: Music, Around The World, people, Rants, Humanity, war, Sudan, Savatage, Culture and Society, Kevin Carter, Pulitzer Prize

• Spontaneous

  Today as I was in Rainbow street I came across a group of young men dancing. They had spontaneously gathered with their music and started to dance. It was so much fun to watch the young men each taking... Posted Sep 26 2008, 04:33 PM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Amman, Random, art, people, streets, self expression, dancing, youth

• An Iftar to Remember

  Last week I had the privilege of dinning with the unprivileged. In a group iftar for some 200 kids from various orphanages and centers, five toastmasters (myself included) volunteered with Action Committee... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:31 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Family, community, people, Children, ramadan, iftar, story telling, orphans

• Looking After Baby H

  I never realized just how demanding looking after a baby can be. This past few months have been very educational for me as I have learned to truly appreciate what it takes to look after a baby. It has... Posted Sep 20 2008, 12:07 PM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Family, people, Love, Children, Babies, commitment

• More Intolerance in the Month of tolerance!

  When tolerenace only goes one way and is expected and cooreced from others closures happen… So for those that choose not to practice what few havens exist are slowly being mowed down by illegal closures... Posted Sep 18 2008, 04:07 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Amman, people, ramadan, religious freedoms, social freedoms

• Who stole Ramadan?

  It’s official. I hate Ramadan. It is my least favorite time of year. I know this now because I recognize a pattern of behavior and mood swings that comes with it every year, and this pertains to... Posted Sep 17 2008, 04:03 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, people, traditions, ramadan, reflection, tolerance, intolerance

• I Don’t Care, Really I DON’T!

  Sometimes I wonder what signs we have on our foreheads. They are written in invisible ink, and seem to change based on the reader, but recently mine has been reading “DUMP YOUR *** ON ME”. I don’t get... Posted Sep 12 2008, 06:26 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Random, people, Relationships, Advice, reflection

• The Doweiqa people revolution

  They have to be angry ,they have all the right to be so , in fact it is a strange thing that they were not angry before. News reports are saying that Governor of Cairo Abd El-Azim Wazeer was attacked yesterday... Posted Sep 10 2008, 05:56 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, society, middle east, citizen Journalism, Life, mideast, people, National, Follow Up, Facebook, Cairo, Egyptian Life, Ciitzen Journalism, rockslide, governor, Dowieqa

• On the 10th of Ramadan : Abu Ghazala , he was a fine man but …

  Today is the anniversary of the 1973 War in the lunar year , the glorious 10th of Ramadan when our soldiers crossed the Suez Canal while they were fasting full of faith in victory they and this land really... Posted Sep 10 2008, 04:15 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, mideast, people, National, Follow Up, Mubarak, Egyptian X-files, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Egyptian Life, National Security, Abd El-Halim Abu Ghazla, 10th of Ramadan, 1973, 1973 war, Defense

• The Previwe is Gone

  I could not believe it when I first saw this on Naser’s Blog, Smokes Blow. You might find this quiet a strange wish, but for as long as I can remember, my wish was to have a voice just like the voice... Posted Sep 03 2008, 11:43 AM by Puzzle Piece Filed under: Around The World, people, current events, Videos, The Preview Man, Don LaFontaine, People Around the World, The Trailer Man

• The Preview is Gone

  I could not believe it when I first saw this on Naser’s Blog, Smokes Blow. You might find this quiet a strange wish, but for as long as I can remember, my wish was to have a voice just like the voice... Posted Sep 03 2008, 11:43 AM by Puzzle Piece Filed under: Around The World, people, current events, Videos, The Preview Man, Don LaFontaine, People Around the World, The Trailer Man

• Hisham Talaat Mustafa : A short bio

  He is the talk of the town now ,he made the headlines locally,regionally and even internationally “The news of his arrest was in the New York Times !!” still who is Hisham Talaat Mustafa?? Hisham was born... Posted Sep 03 2008, 10:30 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, society, citizen Journalism, people, Follow Up, Economy, Business, Susan Tamim, Suzanne Tamim, Egyptian X-files, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Hisham Talaat Mustafa, TMG, Citizen Jouranlsim, crimes

• Randomizing My Return

  My grandmother’s death sat so many things differently. In a way, it opened my eyes to many things I have never noticed before. - They say that you will find out who are your real friends in times... Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:23 PM by Puzzle Piece Filed under: Thoughts, people, current events, Rants, Dear Diary, ramadan, Me Myself and I, The Holy Month

• Crunching The Culture of Google Lecture in Jordan

  Speaking during “Culture of Google Life Inside, and How to Apply?” Lecture which was held in Amman,Jordan last week, Husni Khuffash Google Country Business Development Manager, UAE, said that... Posted Aug 24 2008, 02:51 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, people, Events, lecture, Web 2.0, Husni Khuffash, QRCE, IEEE, Jobs, Google Arabia, working with Google, google jobs, Google MENA, Culture of Google, Google Jordan, Google UAE

• People’s reactions about the Shura’s fire

  They are happy seriously happy in a way you can’t imagine , of course today the fire of the Shura Council is still the talk of the town , most of the Egyptians did not see the grand fire of Cairo 1952... Posted Aug 20 2008, 10:27 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, mideast, people, National, africa, Cairo, Egyptians, NDP, Shura Council, Down Town, News Fire

• 2 صور أردنيّة

  - ليش مابدّك حتّى تشوفها؟ من شو بتشكي البنت؟ - بدِّك إيّاني أتجوّز وحدة إسمها بدريّة؟! مستحيل! ---------------- - ليش مابِدِّك إيّاه؟ ماله الشبّ؟ - لأ مابدّي, كتير حليوة, بكرة بخطفوه منّي! -----------... Posted Aug 20 2008, 03:40 AM by Adoosh Filed under: people, Marriage, 7elwa Ya Balady, Life stories

• إسهال عقلي

  عندما ينفذُ مِنكَ المنطق وتخونك الأدلّة ويُعجِزُك الإنجاز ويَلسعُ أعماقك النجاح تتوجّه بشكل آليّ إلى التُهم الجاهزة, وما أكثرَ التُهَم الجاهزة, وتبقى تُردّدُها كالإسطوانة المشروخة, مُقتنعاً تمام الإقتناع... Posted Aug 20 2008, 01:44 AM by Adoosh Filed under: people, Rant, Articles

• deja vu 10

  and the last one for now : ) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Redundancy.. as much as i like to think there is diversity in this world, i feel our community... Posted Aug 20 2008, 01:14 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: Thoughts, Life, people, Rant, damdoumization, observations

• Jordan’s HIV Campaign

  A few days ago I got an email from a friend. It contained an attachment. It was a poster that was part of an awareness campaign regarding HIV and AIDS. What pleasantly surprised me was that the campaign... Posted Aug 19 2008, 04:17 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Jordan, Life, Amman, people, Action, health, Advertising, Aids, HIV/ AIDS, Disease, STDs, Awarness, campaign, HIV

• كريمته

  يتشرّف فلان الفلاني و علاّن العلاّني بدعوتكم لحضور حفل زفاف ولده علنتان و... كريمته! ----------------- أكثر من 10 بطاقات دعوة لأعراس وصلونا هالشهرين, وكلهم ع موّال "كريمته" بتكون البنت جامعي... Posted Aug 19 2008, 01:35 AM by Adoosh Filed under: people, Rant, 7elwa Ya Balady

• An Afternoon Downtown

  Downtown Amman never ceases to surprise me. I was there last weekend button shopping at my favorite button store. Abu Illyas is a wonderful man who actually remembers me each time and we have nice conversations... Posted Aug 14 2008, 04:58 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Amman, Random, people, downtown, reality, professions, shopkeepers

• عُقدة الأسلمة

  لمّا توفّى المُخرج المصري العملاق يوسف شاهين, طلعت كمشة إشاعات إنّو شاهين أسلم سرّاُ في آخر ايّامه وإنّو كان دائم الإحتفاظ بنسخة من القرآن الكريم, وكمان إنّو كاين موصّي إنّو جنازته تطلع من مسجد وليس كنيسة... Posted Aug 12 2008, 05:37 AM by Adoosh Filed under: Islam, people

• EW..An exchange at 7aki’s office

  I am not sure if you remember one of our coworkers that goes by the name Alex , click the link, he is featured in exchange 2 but just to recap he is known to be the cheapest man alive. Oh and he’s... Posted Aug 08 2008, 07:14 AM by 7aki Fadi Filed under: work, people, Pregnancy, Canada, Bob says, ew, co-workers, Bob

• No Guts, No Glory

  How many times have you shied away from doing something because you were afraid of the outcome? You were afraid to take a chance? What about the other extreme of that, how many times have you jumped, feet... Posted Aug 07 2008, 06:10 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Random, people

• جوهرة جديدة في سلسلة جواهر

  Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 06:13 AM by Adoosh Filed under: News, people

• Civil Society Open day

  This Wedenesday the 30th of July, there is an open day for the Civil Society Organizations. It will take place in Al-Wakalat Street / Sweifieh at 3:00 pm; this open day is for people to meet the civil... Posted Jul 28 2008, 05:48 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Jordan, Amman, people

• هِوايات مُخمَليّة

  Read More... Posted Jul 27 2008, 07:41 AM by Adoosh Filed under: people

• On “Spouse Rape” - Inspired by JDYU

  reading some blogs, and reaching this blog post here. i would like to state what i have to say on the matter. now many of you may not think that i might have some insight on this issue cause i mostly post... Posted Jul 26 2008, 09:25 AM by Sanitary Measures Filed under: Jordan, Amman, people

• randomness

  * life is hard, man! we watch too many movies and listen to too many songs and read too many books to convince ourselves that happy endings and fairytales are possible, but in reality, life is fairly hard... Posted Jul 22 2008, 05:09 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: Thoughts, Life, Random, people

• Another Shooting in Jordan

  OK this is ridiculous another shooting in Jordan also targeting the cultural scene. In today’s paper the headline is about a shooting that stopped filiming of show in Mt. Nebo. A car pulled up and... Posted Jul 18 2008, 03:39 AM by Shalabieh's World Filed under: Jordan, Random, people

• If Only I Were a Spider

  Spiders, they just eat, mate, nest, and occasionally they fight for surviving. You see, they eat whatever there is to eat, and they build homes out of their bodies. They do not need money to do so, nor... Posted Jul 14 2008, 12:17 PM by Puzzle Piece Filed under: Thoughts, people

• MOSecure Launched mobile marketing solutions

  MOSecure has launched mobile marketing solutions with its MAP- Mobile Access Pack. MAP allows advertisers to push bar-coded vouchers and tickets to mobile consumers via SMS. MOSecure is entering a lucrative... Posted Jul 11 2008, 04:33 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Arab, people, UAE

• ….

  is the ‘best’ yet to come??? British couple arrested in Dubai over ’sex on the beach’ i think serves them right.. so many people (foreigners & arab) are taking dubai’s... Posted Jul 10 2008, 04:22 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: people

• some people

  are just like pythons. even worse, they can talk! seriously i have known a lot of people in my short life, but there is one particular person i came across, who has exceeded all levels of evilness with... Posted Jul 10 2008, 03:59 AM by Pandima's Box Filed under: Life, people

• RIP غسّان كنفاني

  كان قَلَمُك من الخطورة لدرجة أنّهم قرّروا وضعَ حدٍّ له. كانت كلماتك من الحِدّة بحيث أوجعتهم أكثر من بعض ال