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Things I’ve been pondering lately
- Novels and fresh cucumbers
- Growth
- It’s been long…
- ISS vs ISIS ~ Worlds away
- A morning rushing to night
- Urgent message to Arabs: Invest in education and scientific research
- Conversations in the car
- Breakfast in bed
- Why #Dubai?
- A letter goes unheeded
- We’re not ready yet!
- Pizza in Space
- Karma, explained.
- You can’t afford to miss this movie
- My voice counts
- Theology 101
- The scorched mailbox
- Conversation over pancakes
- La Dolce Vita
- The soda fountain of youth
- Foggy sandstorm
- Happiness to go
- A Lebanese Identity Crisis
- Do you speak Lebanese-ish?
- Remedy a la Von Trapps
- It started on a Sunday
- Loyalty
- Tayta (A reverie about my grandmother)
- Sulking words
- What’s for dinner?
- Hold that dream!
- If home had a sound
- A small munchkin prayer
- Mark the day
- Then and now
- The kid in us (continued)
- It’s in the stars
- Conversations with a dreamer
- Mirror, mirror, on the wall
- I believe in us
- Moments of Happiness
- The Man on Mars
- A morning rushing to night
- Sights and thoughts of Lebanon
- An absolute minimum
- We, the humans…
- The kid in us
- What would you edit?
- Those people on the news
- Screens and nerds
- “I am not your mommy”
- The Emirates
- Heading to the desert
- Spring Cleaning
- Hurt
- Traditions
- fireflies
- Under my skin?
- Scary wishes
- Dialogue of the Deaf
- Dependence
- George Mikes
- Heading to the Magic Kingdom
- Driving my life away…
- On women and apples
- Crazy and Devilish love
- What’s wrong with us?
- Spanish love songs
- On unconditional love
- Lesson learned
- To your brushes, go!
- One love, one life
- Le chocolat (not boring)
- Le chocolat
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Digital vs Print (the age of the iPad)
- Prayers
- Roots in the sky
- What dreams may come
- Goodbye, actually
- On love and school
- Why write? PMS thoughts
- Connected
- Memories of Iraq
- A tribute
Slaying the Fail Whale
- An interesting session dealing with optimal engagement of UAE women in STEM, energy and innovation @NAH_208 … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…~ 1 day ago
- @Reem_Binkaram the director of @namawomen at the opening session of Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…~ 1 day ago
- RT @mona_fawaz: Retweeting this incredibly timely article, at a time when the World Bank estimates that by the end of December 2019, one in…~ 1 day ago
- RT @mona_fawaz: There is a 13 million dollar sewer network project including an advanced pumping system sinking below this water because th…~ 1 day ago
- Love this. Call It a Crime of Pasta nyti.ms/367Epfm #Italy #food~ 1 day ago
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
George Mikes
One day, while staying as a guest at a Swiss friend’s chalet in Verbier, I picked up a book from the shelf, sat by the fireplace to read while everyone else was out in the village doing a shopping activity … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, Human Relationships, Reflections
Tagged author, English, funny, George Mikes, John Cleese
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Heading to the Magic Kingdom
“Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Walt Disney So, we are heading to the incomplete Eurodisney to give our little four-year-old girl her birthday present. A trip … Continue reading
Posted in art, Family, Human Relationships, love, Reflections, Trip blog
Tagged children, Disney, dream, Eurodisney, magic, Mickey Mouse, theme park, wonder
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Driving my life away…
I almost did, last night. I was so tired after driving alone for 14 hours from Madrid to Geneva in one go with three short stops for gas. Why on earth did I do that? See, the problem is, I … Continue reading
Posted in art, Family, Human Relationships, love, music, Reflections, Switzerland, Trip blog, Women
Tagged 4 non blondes, blessings, coffee, counting crows, driving, immigrant song, kids, love, music, songs, The Eagles
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On women and apples
What is it with apples that we, womankind seem to be drawn to, often to our detriment? From the original story of Eve and her stubborn fixation on eating the forbidden apple, I seem to come across a number of … Continue reading
Posted in love, Reflections, Trip blog, Women
Tagged Apple, curse, Eve, fountain, Greek mythology, La Cibeles, lions, love, Madrid, the b, the Beatles
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Crazy and Devilish love
Here I am, in a fun-loving city alone on this commercial holiday that benefits florists and greeting card makers. I’m off to observe people and have coffee in one of the many cafés dotting the Madrid Flea Market called ‘El … Continue reading
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What’s wrong with us?
Us, humans. There is a lot going on that is giving me the feeling that there is more wrong than right with how we are behaving as a group. According to news bulletins I read and listen to every day, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Human Relationships, love, Reflections
Tagged accidents, bliss, creation, happiness, life, living, love, news, philosophers, Plato, predictability, sensational
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Spanish love songs
Un amor Un amor Un amor vivi Llorando y me decia Las palabras de dios Llorando por ti Es con amor Un amor Un amor vivi Llorando y atormentado Las palabras de dios Llorando por ti Es con amor Ey … Continue reading
Posted in love, Reflections, Trip blog
Tagged art, culture, Gipsy Kings, love songs, Madrid, Mediterranean, passion, Spain, Un amor
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On unconditional love
“Our kids are pieces of our hearts, walking the earth” An Arabic proverb I often heard while growing up, in school, on TV, read in books, yet I never truly realized the real meaning of the words until I was … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Human Relationships, love, Poetry, Reflections, Women
Tagged children, devotion, Khalil Gibran, love, Poetry, Rumi, unconditional
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Lesson learned
He broke my heart And now it’s raining Just to rub it in I’m at your door I feel so crazy about it You’ll say I told you so You saw it long ago You knew he had to go … Continue reading
Dependence
Caterpillar: “We’re all vulnerable. Mix the wrong feelings together, the right kind of bad with the wrong kind of good, and you’ll wind up with a total breakdown.” ~ ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll I was meeting with friends … Continue reading →