Delish PicksWhy do Jordanians use newspapers when setting a table? I’ve been looking at a lot of pictures of food on the Jordanian blogspehere , home cooked food, and almost ALWAYS they are using a newspaper on the table instead of a table cloth. My Mom uses one too, OMG this is tooooooooo funny. Since I [...]
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** if you intened to read the book and you hate spoliers don’t continue reading** I don’t know what the big deal about the Arabic book Chicago by Alaa Al Aswani is, I thought it was full of cliches (i.e. A trite or overused expression or idea.) Some sex some politics and a sprinkle of religion [...]
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I really think my family should star in a reality show because the things that happen to my husband and I are crazy. Here’s how the events transpired. Last weekend we went to visit Baba 7aki’s friend; they’ve been friends since high school. He is married and has 2 kids, one is close to little [...]
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Little 7aki: Mommy, why is there another one here? (Pointing to a second seat on the shopping cart designed to seat children) Me: It’s for when you have a brother or sister they will sit next to you Little 7aki: Will they hug me and kiss me? Me: of course they will, they will hug [...]
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I recently finished reading the book In Search of Fatima by Ghada karmi . I was not exiled from Palestine so I can’t begin to imagine how life would have been if I was but this book made me experience it , feel it and relate to it on many different levels and kind of appreciate what my [...]
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Little 7aki: Where’s Baba? Me: He’s working late. Little 7aki: Did he go to work in Jordan. me: lol, no sweetie he’s at work. And Baba can’t work in Jordan because we are here. He wouldn’t leave us alone and we don’t want to live without Baba . Little 7aki: But we would go with Baba. He can take [...]
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I am being “affectionately” called Typhoid Mary at work for the past week (or week and a half? I lose track). Why do you ask? Why do my friends at work love me so much? This is how the name came about to stick to me: I have been hacking and coughing for the past [...]
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Yes, it is official. Last night Colbert announced that he is running for presidency. Check this out
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A typical day of Eid when we were kids was to wake up early, wear our new Eid clothes and then have breakfast which was AMAZING, it was always the same and was never changed and I had it until I was 25 whenI left to Canada that consisted of and only fried Chicken Liver drenched with lemon juice, yummy [...]
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I just finished reading the book Infidel By Ayan Hirsi Ali This book chronicles Ayans life and gives you a glimpse in the life of some African Muslim women in Somalia, Ethiopia , Kenya and some immigrants in Holland, an eye opener to how Islam is learnt and practiced in some countries. I don’t know what [...]
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Its Thanksgiving here in Canada and little 7aki had this thing at school where they were making an “I am thankful for” book so I asked her: Me: What are you thankful for? little 7aki: I am thankful for Baba and Mama. Me: What else? Little 7aki: I am thankful for taita and seedo and 3ammo. [...]
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I have been going back and forth about posting this and I finally thought to myself, what the heck, it’s nice to share. The worst that can happen is some virtual tomatoes and vegetables get thrown at me hehehehe. The quality is not amazing since I used a crappy microphone to record it . I hope you enjoy it [...]
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So I was checking out Tololys blog and she had this post that showed which daemon she was. She was this beautiful Leopard so I decided to check mine and I thought, maybe I will be a strong lion or maybe a polar bear or something like that but here it is … taddaaaaaaaa … A chimp [...]
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