A Day Without Electricity

It has been so long since the last time I looked at my sister’s painting on the wall of the living room. Pink roses surrounding a blue woody door. It didn’t change, except the fact that it is so dusty now. It has been so long since I have seen the chickens in the garden.  There are fewer chickens now but the garden didn’t change at all.

It has been so long I did not stay alone at home and notice these small details that remind me of old time, when I was still young and full of hope. It has been so long I did not contemplate my fears, my failures, my life …. Myself … Nothing changed, yet everything seems different … Nothing changed but me.

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A Thousand Farewells

by Nahlah Ayed 

A national bestseller with a new epilogue

  Even though this book was and will always be special for me, I took a very long time to finish reading it (you can see it on Goodreads).  That was for two main reasons. 

  First of all, the book was a gift from a Canadian friend with whom I spent my four months visit there in Canada. So, whenever I pick up this book, I remember her, her little house, our walks, and her long talks about the Middle East situation. She never judges us (Arabs and Muslims). she respects me and my traditions and culture so much. I really liked her. Especially when she starts analyzing my personality and suggesting some solutions and habits to move out of my dark spot I was in by that time. She keeps saying I am exactly like her young daughter (she is as old as me). 

التوحيد والتفسيخ بين سياسات الإسلام والكفر

by Siddiqui Kalim (see the book on Goodreads)

هذا الكتاب- رغم قدمه- هو بحث صغير حجما و كبير فائدة. يبين فيه المؤلف حالة الأمة الإسلامية اليوم و أسباب إنحطاطها (الفوضى ,التفرقة و التقسيم و إهمال العلم,الإنسلاخ و الإنحلال و حركة الاستشراق, فصل النموذج الموحى عن النموذج البشري,التبعية الشاملة)
 كما يذكر بعض السبل للنهوض بها من جديد مثل: توعية الجماهير المسلمة و توحيد الأمة الإسلامية باتباع النموذج الموحى -القرآن و السنة - و النموذج , الأسمى - الإسلام , النظام و العلم

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Faith

Faith is believing this world is created by a God, not randomly.

Faith is trusting this God no matter what happens.

Faith is a feeling in my heart towards who sees me and I can’t see him.

Faith is seeing God through his creation, power and miracles.

Faith is the light I see in my darkest time.

Faith is fearing to die now, because I have done no good for this world.

"The weird became the normal!"

     When I was in the bus heading to the gym, I was listening to TED Radio Hour (Podcast) about technology and robots under the title : "Do We Need Humans?" (Click on the title to listen to the full episode). It was quite interesting and surprising for me. I didn't know that people started already replacing humans and animals with robots. When I heard Sherry Trukle saying: "We expect a lot from technology and less from each other"; I realized why most of us are unsatisfied in all kinds of relationships and how much our lives are out of control.  You can watch her full TED Talk on YouTube by clicking here . Most of us use their devices (mobile, laptop, desktop, Ipad, Ipod...) to keep connected with the rest of the world. Is it really the rest of the world? Isn't it just a virtual part of the real world?