Waqf Library

05Nov09

I’m not sure if this article was originally written in Arabic and then translated or if was just written in English, but in any case, I thought it was interesting. Here it is:
Global Arab Network
By Rasha Elass
Tuesday, 13 October 2009 17:34
After decades of neglect, one of Islam’s most important libraries is about to reopen in Aleppo, offering scholars [...]

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Sheftou Mn Biid

02Nov09

I just saw this video a few hours ago on MTV Arabia. I really like it. I think it’s one of the best Arabic music videos I’ve ever seen. Not extremely corny with a guy singing something like “the color of the sky doesn’t please you, I’ll erase it and re-color it, stars fall, I’ll hang them [...]

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Coming Soon. Kind Of Soon. OK, Not That Soon.

27Oct09

I want to write a post: “A Comprehensive List of Reasons Why I Love The Middle East”. That will take me a long time because there are tons of reasons and I don’t want to leave anything out. So…when the list will actually appear on my blog is…well, probably not extremely soon. In the mean time, [...]

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Another Website

18Oct09

I found this website: www.arabfilm.com
You can get all different kinds of films about the Middle East, Islam, etc. and they ship internationally. I love this.

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في الشام القديمة

22Sep09

In Old Damascus there is graffiti. (Please ignore the messed up date with the title.)
The patriotic:

Music fans:

The slightly more amateur (or is the childlike-ness deliberate? Hmm…):

My personal favorite (note “Moww!!!!” instead of “Moo!!!!”):

And of course, the inevitable, ever-present “u+me=luv”:

All pictures from Flickr.

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Comparatively

19Sep09

A few days ago we were in Khols (they had a sale). As soon as we walked in the store, we heard a mom speaking to her daughter in Arabic. I think they were Lebanese. Then I saw some Kuwaitis. We had split up in the store to get done faster and my mom saw [...]

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Speaking Of Captain Majid…

12Sep09

I try not to say this very often but: LOL! This brings back memories!

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It’s So Cola

08Sep09

So this is a big issue I have. Pepsi and Coke are different. They’re not interchangeable as potable liquids. Some people are Coke people, others are Pepsi people. That’s fine. I, myself, have preferred Pepsi to Coke. I say “have preferred” because I used to be fine with drinking Coke, but the past couple months [...]

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A Little Story With Not A Whole Lot Of Meaning

11Jul09

About a week ago we were at some good friends house. They’re Americans but they’ve lived in Syria. My mom was asking our hostess if she could “open” the tv - purposely translating literally from the Arabic, instead of requesting to “turn on” the tv. It made me happy/sad which I guess you can call “bittersweet”. I love Arabic…
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Albi Soori

17May09

So I’ve been in Jordan for the last few days and I went out with some friends to a overpriced, but nice, restaurant. After the waiter had taken my order, he said, “Are you from Syria?”. I said “Yeah.” I feel like I am from Syria, and he could tell from my Arabic, but I [...]

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