Eating and Drinking Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, "Speak to us of Eating and Drinking." And he said: Would that you could live on the fragerance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by the light. But since you must kill to eat, and rob the young of its mother's milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship, And let your board stand an altar on which... [read more]

Giving Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving." And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow? And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows... [read more]

Children And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You... [read more]

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very... [read more]

Marriage Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?" And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you... [read more]

Chapter two of  "The Prophet"...   Love Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love." And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said: When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And... [read more]

Speaking of Life.. I'm gonna make myself useful here, you must got bored by hearing my nostalgic words.. So I decided to post a whole book called "The Prophet" for Gibran Khalil Gibran.. a life-guidance book. He wrote this book in English, so I'm posting the English original version.. I found 4 chapters translated to Arabic, so I'll post them too. It deals with love, marriage, children,... [read more]

وفي حالة من عدم الثبات حيث تدمع عيون وتشتاق عيون يتوقف الزمن ها هناك تحترق اللحظات تذوب ويبقى الألم وذاك السؤال التائه: لماذا؟ وكيف وصلنا هذا المفترق؟ كيف سهونا عن الحياة فوجدنا انفسنا نجري من غير مستقر (هل بمشيئتنا نختار حياتنا؟)   ونقف ها هناك لا نملك غير الحزن وعناق طويل موجوع نعتقد انه لربما يبقي احبائنا كلما طال لكننا لا ندرك اننا بهذا العناق انما نزرع آخر ورود الحنان وأول... [read more]

Today I'm having one of the bad nights.. I just read an e-mail from my best friend, living across oceans.. and I feel so bad. I just miss her so much I can't even express it into words. I feel nostalgic!   as she said.. and I quote her exact words here: "What's the point of living somewhere and not having the people you love around you? What's the point of being successful, in whatever way we... [read more]

Well, the last 5 days I did it (Meditation) but on my own way! I stayed in bed.. all I delt with was food, sleep, books, net and tv... I think I got myself a brain damage from all that food and tv and net I had. I slept at 1 and 2 am, woke up at 10 and 11 in the late morning with a severe headache everyday.. I was clumsy, felt no desire to do anything. didn't get out, nor talked to anyone besides... [read more]

I just watched a national geographic program about tigers.. and it reminded me of the great book by Yann Martel called Life of Pi..   You must be wondering.. a Tiger? Actually the story includes, besides the Benjal tiger, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, sundry rats and cockroaches.. It might sound boring and a national geographic stuff.. but no, just read the first chapter and you'll love it till... [read more]

I was surfing the net, trying to find some articles.. by chance I entered this blog.. and found this good article. I would like to share it. http://www.tadwen.com/melhamy/ نحو قصة جنسية إسلامية!! ” فالذين اعتنقوا الإسلام من الشعوب المفتوحة اعتنقوه لا قناعة بالوحى ابتداءا ، بل انبهار بمسكلية وبرنامج ، وحكومة المسلمين ” . العبارة السابقة من كلمات العملاق الراحل محمد جلال كشك ( خواطر فى الجهاد والأقليات... [read more]

I just deleted the My Music sidebar tag.. and Im posting it here..   " My Music: So many but these make my day; Secret Garden, Josh Groban, Evanescence, Tariq Al-Nasser, Old Lebanese (in the early morning), Fairuz (after the old lebanese :->) "   [read more]

Hey all, scroll down the main page in my blog to play the game.. It's a game about marking the World countries, capitals, main cities, and famous places... It's really nice. Ofcourse, it's for those who like geography.. which I'm not that big fan of. But when I was like 6th grade I memorized so many of the world countries, capitals and their location.. ofcourse now I don't remember anything!... [read more]

Here's a link to "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor. The 46-year-old father of three has pancreatic cancer and expects to have few months only to live.. So he started giving his Last Lecture ..a lecture about Life not death as he describes.. A great lecture in my opinion..   http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8577255250907450469&hl=en... [read more]

here's an e-mail I got.. and I think it is a very important one.   يجب البدء باستخدام كلمة Masjid بدلاً عن كلمة Mosqueفي جميع المستندات والمخططات؛. الإخوة الكرام ارجوا الانتباه لهذه المعاني أولا: المسجد ويسمى بالإنجليزية MOSQUEوهي تعني بيت البعوض ومن الضروري تسميته Masjid. ثانيا: كذلكمكة تسميتها بMECCAوتعني بيت الخمر ومن الضروري تسميتها .MAKKAH ثالثا: أيضا عدم اختصار اسم سيدنا وحبيبنا... [read more]

Here are some of the books I recommend reading..   Memoirs of A Geisha Arthur Golden Eva Luna Isabel Allende Paula Isabel Allende The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini The Prophet Khalil Gibran Teusdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Life of Pi Yann Martel اعراس امنة - تحت شمس الضحى ابراهيم نصر الله طفل... [read more]

يبكي كل ما في داخلي حين يدخل غرفته يدندن اغنية قديمة يسخر بها من الوان الجدران بمرارة اغنية ألم علها ترجع به الى عذب الايام حين كان يدندنها امام المرآة ويمرر شفرة الحلاقة على وجهه الضحوك كانت حينها الجدران بيضاء. يخطيء من يعتقد ان الالوان تجعل اللوحة اجمل!   ازرع وجهي في داخلي عل الدموع لا تغرقني علنا!   صرخت, حطمت صمتها, بكت شتمت الايام, والجدران والالوان!   اخبئ عيناي علها... [read more]

Maya, my best friend, sent me this sms on 3/12/2004:   "Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. The World is your excercise book, the pages on which you do ur sums. It is not reality, although you can express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write nonsense, or lies, or to tear the page... [read more]

They always want to make a copy of their own Life. Parents raise you up, educate you, lead you, direct you, make everything possible for you to live a fair life.. become a good person.. and aaaalll the well known ideals.. Just to be a copy of them! I don't claim they do it in purpose.. No, they don't. But they were raised to be a copy of their parents lives.. and now they're doing it with... [read more]

"هناك لحظات لا يمكن فيها وقف الرحلة التي بدأنا بها ، اذ نتدحرج نحو حد ما ، ونمر عبر بوابة غامضة لنجد انفسنا في الجانب الاخر .. في حياة اخرى"   من كتاب "باولا" - ايزابيل الليندي  [read more]

    قد يكون هذا العيد ابتعاد عن متاعبنا .. او فرصة لإجتماع العائلة .. او لسفر ما.. او لنوم عميق ، نسرح فيه بأحلامنا الى عالم بعيد قد يكون وقفة مع انفسنا او اجازة منها قد يكون ذكرى للحزن او فرصة لننساه قد يكون مجرد حدث نمحوه من جدول مواعيدنا او حدث نضع حوله دائرة حمراء لنتذكره لاحقا قد .. وقد ..    ما اتمناه لكم.. هو ان يكون عيدا..!! فإن فرحنا .. فلنفرح الى ابعد... [read more]

I qauted this from a site .. I liked it very much and so it is here:   عيـــــــــــد ...   منــــــذ ايـــــــام ... مــر العيـــــد مــن امــــــــامــي ... حـــــدّق فــي وجهـــــــي طـــــويــلا ولـــــم يعــرفنــــــي ....!!! وحــــدّقــت فــي وجهــــــه طــــــويــلا ... ولــــم اشعـــــــر بــــــــه ...!!! كــــــلانــا وقــف فـــاقـدا و مفتقـــــــــدا للأخـــــــــر ... وبعـــــــد... [read more]

Im now on the net , chatting.. and my sister just put this song.. Hello by Lionel Ritchie. Well.. I like it and it reminds me of good times..   here's the link for the song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZcqBgCS74   I've been alone with you inside my mind And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times I sometimes see you pass outside my door Hello, is it me you're looking for?... [read more]

هباء كل كلماتي فهي - رغم كثرتها وجمالها - لن تعيد من غابوا إليّ!  [read more]

والشوق بي يأبى الرحيل يجمع لروحه السقيمة كل ما في الذاكرة من روائح لأشياء عشت يوما لحظات عشق معها!                (...ولأشخاص عشت يوما لحظات جميلة معهم!)  [read more]

حين نكتب فاننا نكتب بايحاء من نفتقدهم, نشتاق اليهم حتى لو كانوا بقربنا. والاهم, ذلك الحساس بكونهم دائما على قيد حقيبة سفر منا. مفخخة بالرحيل! حينها نكتب في محاولة يائسة منا لاستبقائهم, حتى ولو حبرا على ورق! وغالبا ما تبوء محاولاتنا بالفشل, لأننا لا نصل الى هذه الحد من ولع الكتابة لهم وبهم الا ويكون اقتراب موعد رحيلهم قد نهش افكارنا وارواحنا.. فتصل بنا الكلمات الى القائنا ارضا فان من نحبهم يكونوا... [read more]

نحن نكتب حين تجف دموعنا حين نحاول اعتصار عيوننا بحثا عنها تحمل ألمنا .. تخلصنا منه كما تحمل البحار احبائنا بعيدا.. لكن بلا جدوى. عندها، نحاول ان نعتصر ايدينا وكل اقلام الحبر في الجرار علّنا نتخلص من اوجاع جسمنا المتهالك علّنا نترك القليل من ثقل حملنا على بضعة اوراق وطاولة.. للأسف نكتشف دائما اننا ندوّن جراحنا بدل ان نتخلص منها! كم كئيبة اصابعي وهي تخط الكلمات كم كئيبة هي الكتابات. [read more]

In Theatres... THE MOVIE! It's based on the famous book by Khalid Hosseini. Directed by Marc Forster.. and screenplay writer David Benioff. the AMAZING Soundtracks are by Alberto Iglesias. it's tagline: There is a way to be good again. I can't wait to watch the tv .. and this time, I'm going to the theatre..   You can read my post about the book on the tag called BOOKS . An outstanding... [read more]

بتقلي في وقت كتير وايام وسهر لا تفكري بعد بكير تيغيب القمر يا قمر تحكيلي كل الكلام وبيخلص الحكي نطرتك عا زهر غفيان وقلبك ما حكي ما حكي فكرك اني ابقى لآخر مره ابقى ولو لحظة ما ببقى ما ببقى ما عاد حدا ايام كنا صغار ما عاد حدا النا معو تذكار ما عاد حدا يصفى ولو بدموع ما عاد حدا ينطر ويضوي شموع ما عاد حدا يسهر ويعد نجوم والعمر لحظة ويمكن ما بتدوم خلصت... [read more]

He's the amazing Tariq Al-Nassir, the musician, producer and composer of many TV drama music and soundtracks.. such as "نهاية رجل شجاع، على طو