What Your Child Should Be Reading: Part 3

It’s been a while since I posted one of these so I think it’s a good time to do that. My first recommendation today which is good for 3 – 8 year olds is: 1) The Little Miss and The Mr. Men pocket books These book are a delight, they are enjoyed by both little [...]

Little 7aki: A Philosophical Question

I took the girls swimming this weekend. Little 7aki was drying herself after we got out of the water. Little 7aki: Mama? 7aki: Yes. Little 7aki: Are we wet when we are underwater? 7aki: haaaaa? Little 7aki: I mean, when we come out of the water we are wet; but are we wet under water? [...]

Holy Cow 10 years

Tomorrow marks baba 7akis and my 10 year wedding anniversary. Holy Cow man … 10 years!!!! I can’t believe it. He’s so cute. About 2 weeks ago he comes in our room and asks me, out of the blue : where is that promise bracelet I bought you when we first started dating? 7aki: It’s [...]

What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

The non fiction book “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell is a fun book to read. The book contains 19 essays that Malcolm wrote in the New Yorker spanning over 8 years I think which makes it an easy read for people with a short attention span or people who don’t have hte time [...]

Respect for Women

The first time I tasted total and complete independence I found it liberating. This happened during my University years, in one of the summer terms to be specific. I had gotten a job that required me to stay away from home for a month. It was the first time I have ever lived , worked [...]

Not a Happy Ending in Sight: A Fine Balance

I have never in my life read a book so full of despair, every time you think there is hope and your spirits lift you turn the page and you get  crushed by the reality of life. And yet I could not stop reading “A Fine Balance “ or stop turning the pages so fast. [...]

My Favorite Blogs of 2009

I was supposed to do my 2009 favorites in 2009 but what can I say, I can never conform to any deadlines or rules, rules and deadlines are for sissy’s. So  I am going to do it starting today. And by starting today there could be more on the way, or not. Today I will [...]

Fabrications

What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins into, crude diagrams. We deny them an existence of their own, we make them up to suit ourselves – our own hungers, our own wishes, our own deficiencies. Now that I’ve been one myself, I know. Margarete Atwood The Blind Assassin I [...]

To vaccinate or not To Vaccinate That is the Question – The Swine Flu Edition

The H1N1 vaccine is finally ready in Canada and it’s getting shipped out to all clinics and I have to make the decision whether to give it to my Girls or not. So I am beyond confused and here is what I got: – Our family Doctor said, don’t do it, too risky since it [...]

Murder in the Name of Honour

I always admired Rana Husseini’s work but after I read her book “Murder in the Name of Honor” I now admire her even more for her courage, drive and continuous fight for the victims of the – so called – honour crimes. She challenges the status quo even if it threatens her life. Where the [...]

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The Guilt of Bieng a Working Mom

I was watching Queen Rania during her discussion at Yale university and a question she was asked really bothered me. Females are always asked this question especially women in big leadership roles and who happen to also be mothers. They are always asked:” How do you balance your work and family and how do you do it as [...]

عرمرم Aramram

Aramram is the first Interent TV channel that is brodacst , or hosted, from Amman, Jordan. I love it. The clips are great. It’s Done by young people for young people and it covers so many topics that are not covered by the main stream media in general. Sometimes it’ funny, sometimes it’s inspiring and [...]

The Difference Between Men and Women in the Middle Eastern (Arab) Blogsphere

It’s very interesting to observe the dynamics of the Middle Eastern blogsphere mainly the differences between the blogging styles of Arab men and women. Lets talk about women first. For Arab women to be able to completely express and protect themselves it feels like  they have to blog anonymously since an Arab woman’s morals are judged by every single word that is uttered [...]

Little 7aki izms

Little 7aki: Mama, who taught God things? Me: Nobody sweetie. Little 7aki: But who made God? Me: Nobody made God. Little 7aki: Where is God? Me: I don’t know really. Little 7aki: I think we should go ask the computer. The computer knows EVERYTHING, right? Me: HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yup it does, but I am willing to [...]

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