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 [...]

How Shameful!

How dare women in Saudi try to be healthy and exercise. These women have NO SHAME. Get a load of this, Women only gyms are being shut down in Saudi Arabia as a result of the government only licensing gyms for men. When is someone going to stop these people. I cannot believe the ignorance [...]

On Being Busy

The eternal argument between women who stay at home and women who work is who’s busier and who does more work the woman that balances family and career or the  woman who chose her family as a career. To be honest, now that I am staying at home for a year it feels I am much busier [...]

Why? Some Pointless Questions

1) When we store eggs why do we have to put the pointy side down? 2) How are diapers made? And what’s that super absorbent gel? 3) Why does baby breath smell soooo good? I swear it smells like vanilla or like sweetness and yummyness. I think we should bottle that smell, it could make [...]

What Your Child Should Be Reading: Part 1

I LOVE children’s books. Even before I had my little 7aki I was drawn to these books and I loved reading them. Here are some of my favorite children’s books in no particular order. They are for different ages, from toddler to Teenager. 1) Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. Such [...]

Top 25 Blogs of 2009

A must  read by Time Magazine.

A Dose of Sorrow and Innocence: The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas book is most probably the most sad book I’ve ever read. It is such an amazing book by the Irish Author John Boyne. It talks about a nine year old German boy called Bruno who had to move from Berlin to a place called “Out – With” (Known to [...]

Wisdom

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell How true is that????

The Best Brownies Recipe EVER.

Today I will share with you THE BEST brownies recipe you will ever EVER eat. You will lick your fingers after you are done eating them. It’s my secret recipe. Are you ready to handle the brownies, OK here goes. First you need this: Then follow the instructions on the box. HAHAHAHAHAHHA. I swear they [...]

Some Fresh Pickings and Me Freaking Out

Here are some posts from the blog-sphere that caught my eye today: Arab bloggers keep eye on governments – and each other . Mona Eltahawy talks about what Arab bloggers are going through specifically in Egypt, Syria and Saudia Arabia. Pretty good article. Rated R- Some Don’t Like It Hot Who would have thought that [...]

About Coming Out of The Closet

Being Gay anywhere in the world is not easy but it is extra difficult in the middle east and other conservative/religious countries. I always wonder, is it harder to be a Gay man than a Gay woman? Is it easier for the women because in some way it’s kind of a bit more acceptable and [...]

The 2008 Olympic Torch Extinguished

Everybody knows how having the Olympics this year in China is causing a lot of protest because of the situation in Tibet. Two weeks ago the Chinese government killed 80 Tibetans who were trying to protest the Olympics. Since then the whole world especially Tibetan expatriates have been protesting the fact that the Olympics are [...]

Just to be this man…

This man represents everything that is courageous, that is fearless, that is brave and that is reckless. Although I do not know this man but I love him. It all started in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 where The Unknown Rebel tried to stop the PLA‘s advancing tanks until he was pulled into the [...]

You don’t know who to vote for?

Then this might help Know your Candidate أعرف ممثلك  . What a great initiative , I really think Pheras (Made in Jordan) and the the Free Thought Forum team did a great Job! Way to go guys. This is where it was announced. Too bad I can’t vote since I am in Canada and all.

A dose of 7aki mish fadi: In Search of Fatima

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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