Nov 3, 2012

Nov 1, 2012

Re-blog: Dammit, my kids have become believers

An interesting article of a lovely blogger The Restless Quill, an Indian mom highlighting the negative influence of the Indian kids tv shows to her kids in all level.

Read more about it in " Dammit, my kids have become believers" to understand her point of view, and you may pick up some tips to evaluate tar influence of the kids tv show in your country or language on your kids and share it with us, as some western kids tv shows is not applicable with the Eastern culture.

Also follow her blog on therestlessquill.blogspot.com

Oct 30, 2012

Eid flavors

This Eid was differently different then other Eid I came a cross after years. It started at the first day of Eid when I saw my second cousin after more than 15 years, she lived abroad all her life.

My half cast (Oman mom and Greek father) relatives came for lunch, for the first time I set and chit chatted with them to overcome the fear of socializing with people, which recently I experienced in one of the conferences abroad. Back to the topic, I found how they strugglingin both Arab and Greek society because they don't speak the language. They don't want their kids to struggle or face the same problem.

Also we spoke how the young people who have East African background refuse to speak Swahili despite knowing the language because as they heard it's a racist issue, despite as my knowledge most people who have East African background are from well known Arab tribals.

At night my siblings and cousins gathered at my cousin's place after years of not gong out and had junk food and my niece was entertaining us.

The second day of Eid we gathered at my youngest Aunt's place, but this time was only the cousins and their kids, without the parents (now they are grandparents) which proved that my cousins will continue keep the tradition of this gatherings from now on. We then gathered at my sister in law's family farm for BBQ which they traditionally do it every second day of Eid, I started to know my newest sister in law who joined our family in September, and one of my cousin has also stationary obsession like my sister and I, which others thought it's unusual and not acceptable, also told her not to admit it in public.

The third day of Eid I went to the beach for few hours with the boys, finished reading a novel, then in the evening I dropped a guest at her relative, and finished my chores then picked up the guest before heading home.

The fourth day, went for tea party at my sister in law, all my cousins and sister in laws as well as my second cousin who come from Switzerland to meet everyone, we had a great time bonding.

Sep 28, 2012

We are the movie

"RT @Psypherize The movie defaming Muhammad PBUH wasn't a movie, it was a trailer. We are the movie. -- سلطان سعود القاسمي (@SultanAlQassemi)"

The trailer has been created to destroy Muslims and insults our beloved prophet, but it's also sabotaging Obama's campaign. Peaceful protects is not harmful, but Islam is against killing people. The US ambassador and his staff blood shaded, only because the movie was directed and produced in US, as the director is American citizen, although he is an Arab.

One man was against Islam created blood shades around the world, he wanted to prove one thing, that Muslims are terrorist, and thirsty for blood.

The question is are we? We aren't that, and we are the cast in a big universal movie, that the director did not paying a cent to produce it, he is in jail, waiting for trailed not for the death of people, he one day will gather all that and make it a documentary, to prove to the world that we are terrorists.

Sep 6, 2012

تكفل كصدقة

الله سبحانه و تعالى وزع رزقه بين الناس، حيث أعطى لي البعض المقدرة لي الذهاب إلى الحج أو العمرة أو كلاهما، مرة أو مرتين أو عدة مرات أي في كل سنة وبارك الله في ذلك، وبعض لا يقدورا الذهاب بسبب عدم وقدرتهم على دفع التكلفة.

في بعض الذين حجوا عدت مرات أولا لي نفسهم ثم لي أحد من المسلمين الذين وافتهم المنية ولم يؤدون مناسك الحج، ولكن البعض الأخر أخذوا بمنظور آخر. في بعض يستمروا كل سنة، ولكن إذا أدوا الحج والعمرة، يمكن أن يكفلوا الناس الذين ليس من مقدرتهم تحمل التكلفة، أو يجمع عدة أشخاص ويكفلوا شخص أو شخصين، الدعوة من هذا الشخص الذي كفلته أمام الكعبة كأنك أنت حجيت أو اعتمرت معه، والثواب يكون أضعاف مضاعفة.

ابتدأ أنت، وسيتابع الناس، أنشر هذه الفكرة البسيطة وتأجر.