Trying to get by...

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Gorilla Suit

Salam, So I decided to get a gorilla suit and use it as another marketing idea, because my store is located on the main drag. Well, I went on eBay and i found me a good deal on a brand new gorilla suit so I went ahead and purchased one. I could not find anyone to wear it and go stand outside and wave to the 450,000 passing cars everyday..( that's what I was told prior to buying the store). So, I hung the suit right behind me so all my customers get to see a full gorilla suit hanging on the wall, then people start asking me why do I have that on and i tell them I'm looking for someone to wear it for 3 hours 3 days a week. I started offering $8/hour and I could not get anyone to go for it. Well, yesterday this Latino customer asks me about and I tell him I'm looking for someone to wear it, he said I will do it and we agreed on Saturday (which is today)<-- I will be back to him. Yesterday (Friday) a customer .. a lady.. that said she will do it and she came back at 3 p.m and wore it and had a blast , she was dancing hip hop and people were honking each time they pass by the shop. It was fun. back to today, the guy came at the time he promised and he put the suit on, I can see him outside, my problem is he is acting like a gorilla and making a gorilla sounds, (3ayesh edooor). he is becoming the suit it is so freaky, I'm even afraid to approach him and tell him to loosen up. Oh well, I guess I will let him have his day and then after that NO BANNANA FOR YOU!. I like the hip hop lady better. LOL Peace

Friday, April 28, 2006

Violence in Darfur

Dear Friend, This Sunday – as you’ve probably heard – people will be speaking out against the violence in Darfur at a rally in D.C. We know people will come out in force, but we also know the Internet can amplify this important message by leaps and bounds. For the many caring people who can’t make the trip to D.C., but would like to help stop the slaughter in Darfur, we’re organizing a “virtual rally.” People can sign Human Rights First’s “Stand in for a Victim” petition – and leave a personal message for peace – at: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/international_justice/darfur/voices/index.aspx?source=bo Can you help us make this virtual rally happen? Please post information on your site about our petition. The petition also provides a two minute movie on what’s happening in Darfur. Each petition signer will be assigned an individual victim number – we’re looking for at least 200,000 people to stand in for the victims, to represent those who’ve been brutalized in the fighting. The petition calls for a special envoy for peace – someone of the highest international stature who can galvanize global leadership, attract media attention to the carnage, and make sure all parties are included in peace negotiations. Thank you for helping us bring peace to Darfur! Best, Matt Reading ------------------- On behalf of Human Rights First 917-438-4627

Thursday, April 27, 2006

LOL

Here is an email I got this morning: ____________________________________________________________ Deer Sir, I waunt to apply for the secritary job what I saw in the paper. I can Type real quik wit one finggar and do sum a counting. I think I am good on the phone and no I am a pepole person, Pepole really seam to respond to me well. Im lookin for a Jobb as a secritary but it musent be to complicaited. I no my spelling is not to good but find that I Offen can get a job thru my persinalety. My salerery is open so we can discus wat you want to pay me and wat you think that I am werth, I can start imeditely. Thank you in advanse fore yore anser. . hopifuly Yore best aplicant so farr. Sinseerly, Peggy May Starlings PS : Because my resimay is a bit short - below is a pickture of me taken at my last jobb. .. .. ... ...... ....... ........ ......... .......... .............. ................... ............. ........ ...... .... ... .. .

Employer's response:......

Dear Peggy May,It's OK honey, we've got spell check.

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I don't know why I found this email funny. well, you gotta hand it to her she got

HUGE POTENTIALS.........LOL

Jordan School Research

Salam, Me and my better half are looking into different school options for our kids. Does anyone know anything about the following schools? Tuition-Educational Level?

Al Aqsa School for Girls Al Omaria Islamic Scientific College Mashreq In'tl Schools Ahliyyah School for Girls

Thanks in advance.

Peace

Wedding Expenses in Amman

Salam, Hani has done a great post about wedding expenses in jordan; Low Fare: 9175 JD Mid Fare : 22600 JD High Fare:43800 JD CHECK IT OUT Firas also got another post on wedding expenses; CHECK IT OUT Peace

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Hamas Denies Jordanian claims

رفضت حركة المقاومة الإسلامية (حماس) الاتهامات الأردنية التي تحدثت عن اعتقال مجموعة تخطط بأوامر من قادة الحركة في سوريا لاستهداف مسؤولين ومنشآت في عمان. واعتبر المتحدث باسم حماس سامي أبو زهري في حديث للجزيرة أن هذه الاتهامات "باطلة وسخيفة ولا أساس لها من الصحة"، ولا تنطلي على أي مواطن فلسطيني أو عربي أو إسلامي. وشدد أبو زهري على أن الاتهامات الأردنية تتعارض مع نهج حماس التي قال إنها لا تلاحق المسؤولين الإسرائيليين فكيف لها أن تتعرض لمسؤولين مسلمين عرب. وتابع أن هناك مؤامرة دولية عبرت عنها الإدارة الأميركية بكل وضوح يتبعها تسارع في تصعيد الحصار على حكومة حركة حماس والشعب الفلسطيني. وأضاف أبو زهري أن الحكومة الأردنية سمحت لنفسها أن تتورط في مؤامرة دولية غربية على هذا الشعب وحكومته. ورأى المتحدث أن الحكومة الأردنية عزلت نفسها بهذا الموقف عن المحيط العربي حينما قبلت أن تكون شريكا في هذه المؤامرة على الفلسطينيين على حد قوله. اتهامات أردنيةيأتي ذلك عقب إعلان السلطات الأردنية أن أجهزتها الأمنية اعتقلت مجموعة تتحرك لتنفيذ عمليات ضد مسؤولين ومنشآت في البلاد. وأوضح المتحدث باسم الحكومة الأردنية ناصر جودة أن التحقيقات معهم أظهرت أنهم تلقوا تعليمات للتنفيذ من قياديين في الحركة "وتحديدا أحد مسؤولي العمل العسكري في حركة حماس والموجودين حاليا في سوريا". ولم يكشف جودة في حديث للجزيرة أسماء أو عدد الأشخاص الذين تم اعتقالهم، مشيرا إلى أن السلطات في انتظار استكمال التحقيقات الجارية. وكان الأردن أعلن قبل أسبوع أنه عثر على أسلحة ومتفجرات جرى تهريبها من سوريا من قبل عناصر من حماس. وعلى إثر ذلك ألغى الأردن زيارة مقررة لوزير الخارجية الفلسطيني محمود الزهار. ولكن حماس نفت اتهامات الأردن بأنها خزنت أسلحة على أرضه وأبدت أسفها لإلغاء عمان زيارة الزهار المقررة، وقالت إنها لا تستهدف الأردن أو أي دولة أخرى غير إسرائيل.

SOURCE

Monday, April 24, 2006

The Art of Heckling !

Salam, Baseball is not as big in the Middle East as in the United States. I have been to few games and I always get a kick at the crowd heckling the players or the umpire. So THIS site is taking heckling to another level and posting the best heckling lines.

I'm posting some of my favorite lines:
  • (Hold up cell phone) Hey Ump, is this your cell phone? Because it has three missed calls!
  • Hey Blue! That pitch was like your blind date, you didn't want to see her or call her.
  • I've gotten better calls from my ex-wife!
  • Did you made the call on WMD in Iraq as well?
  • If you're just gonna watch the game, buy a ticket
  • Flip over the plate and read the directions.

SOURCE

Saturday, April 22, 2006

ابتسم فأنت في الأردن

ابتسم فأنت في الأردن إذا مشيت بالشارع يوم من الأيام ... وشفت سياره تكسي صفرا من جوا ضو أزرق ... وسي دي معلق على المراي ... وجواتها شب مربي سكسوكه ولابس بنطلون كونز ومعبي السيارة من برا تعليقات وملصقات ... فأنت تسير في شوارع الأردن إذا كنت واقف على الإشارة ولما تصير صفرا بتسمع سبعين واحد بيزمرو وراك .... فأنت في الأردن إذا كنت ماشي وعلى بعد 200 متر إشارة خضرا .. وشفت كل السيارات بتتجاوز عنك عن اليمين .. عن الشمال ... مش فارقه .. المهم يلحقوا الإشارة خضرا .... بتكون في الأردن إذا دخلت أي دائرة حكومية وشفت الموظف قاعد ماد بوزه ومكشر ووجهه فلتبتسم لانك في إحدى الدوائر الحكومية في الأردن اذا سمعت الحوار التالي - ألو - ألو - مرحبا - هلا .. هلا - كيف الحال - والله الحمد لله ... انت شو أخبارك - تمام الله يسلمك - شو فيه ما فيه - والله صافيه وافيه .. مين معي - انت الطالب .. مين حضرتك - مش تليفون ابو غازي - لا يا خوي النمره غلط - آه ... حقك علي يابه - ولا يهمك .. كسبنا سماع هالصوت - يا سيدي الله يحي اصلك .. من وين انت - انا من الملاطشه - هاظا احنا قرايب - يا سيدي حياك الله ... مع السلامه - هلا .. هلا .. الله معك طبعا اذا سمعت مثل كل هذا الحوار ... والنمره غلط ... فأنت أكيد في الاردن اذا كنت تتحدث مع شخص عن أسعار الاراضي ... وقالك انه الارض الفلانيه اللي بعبدون كانت لجده وكان يزرع فيها بندوره وفقوس .. وباعها بثلاثمية ليره بالستينات ... فأنت اكيد في الاردن اذا كنت ماشي بالشارع ... وشفت واحد بيجح بخلقتك .. هيك بدون سبب ... لا هو مسلِم .. ولا هو مبتسم لك ... بس بيجح كانك قاتل ابوه .... فانت ماشي في الاردن اذا رن عليك واحد مش شايفه صار لك عشرطعشر سنه ... وساعه وهو يسلم عليك ويمدح فيك وآخر اشي سألك : بالله وين محول راتبك .... اكيد بتكون بالاردن اذا كنت قاعد بمكان عام ... وكل اللي حواليك ماسكين موبايلاتهم وسمعت .. " بالله شغل البلوتوث .. بدي أبعث لك شغله طقع " ... بتكون بالاردن اذا سمعت كلمة صافيه وافيه ... وهي لا صافيه ولا وافيه .. بتكون بالاردن اذا شفت بكم ديانا موديل الف وتسعميه وخشبه محمل بندوره والشوفير شاد الشماغ على راسه ومش شايف لا شمال ولا يمين .. ويا أرض اشتدي ما عليكي أدي .. بدي أسبق كل التكاسي .. بتكون بالاردن اذا الدنيا رشت شوية بَرَد ...ووزارة التربية علَقت الدراسه .. والحكومة اعلنت عطلة رسمية بسبب خوفها من الثلج الغادر .. والتلفزيون بث مسرحية العيال كبرت .... معناته انت كمان بالاردن اذا شفت الجو ..هَه .. برشرش ثلج والناس بتقدر تركظ عالخبز والكاز بس ما بتقدر تروح تداوم ... برضه بتكون بالاردن

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

10 Things we didn't know

10 TRUTHS BLACK AND HISPANIC PEOPLE KNOW, BUT WHITE PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT: 1. Elvis is dead. 2. Jesus was not White. 3. Rap music is here to stay 4. Kissing your pet is not cute or clean. 5. Skinny does not equal sexy. 6. Thomas Jefferson had black children. 7. A 5 year child is too big for a stroller. 8. N' SYNC will never hold a candle to the Jackson 5 9. An occasional BUTT whooping helps a child stay in line. 10. Having your children curse you out in public is not normal. 10 TRUTHS WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE KNOW, BUT HISPANIC PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT: 1. Hickey's are not attractive. 2. Chicken is food, not a roommate. 3. Jesus is not a name for your son. 4. Your country's flag is not a car decoration. 5. Maria is a name but not for every other daughter. 6. "Jump out and run" is not in any insurance policies. 7. 10 people to a car is considered too many. 8. Buttoning just the top button of your shirt is a bad fashion statement. 9. Mami and Papi can't possibly be the nickname of every person in your family. 10. Letting your children run wildly through the store is not normal. 10 TRUTHS WHITE AND HISPANIC PEOPLE KNOW, BUT BLACK PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT: 1. O. J. did it. 2. Tupac is dead. 3. Teeth should not be decorated. 4. Weddings should start on time. 5. Your pastor doesn't know everything. 6. Jesse Jackson will never be President. 7. RED is not a kool-aid flavor, it's a color. 8. Church does not require expensive clothes. 9. Crown Royal bags are meant to be thrown away. 10.Your rims and sound system should not be worth more than your car

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Unite all Jordan Planet !

Salam, I check out Jordan Planet everyday and read most of the blogs, but to my own surprise while clicking on the upper tabs I found out that the main dish (http://www.jordanplanet.net) dedicated to JP citizens, but the other bloggers ( New comers & Expats ) are in a separate tabs that are hard to find. I'm not sure if this was done on purpose or it is a design issue, if it is please change it and place all bloggers together (citizens, new comers, and expats) on the same page so they all can share the same fair exposure. If it is done on purpose I call to left the ban and let our brothers and sisters come and hang out with us in one spot. Here is a repost for Marcy in case somebody missed it; Jordan: Open Border to Palestinians Fleeing Iraq HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Jordan: Open Border to Palestinians Fleeing Iraq International Community Should Resettle Refugees (New York, April 7, 2006) – Jordan should immediately reopen its border to Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should assist Jordan by offering to resettle these Iraqi Palestinian refugees in third countries acceptable to them. On April 4, a group of 35 Iraqi Palestinians arrived at the border, fleing from Baghdad, adding to the 94 Iraqi Palestinians already stranded on the Iraqi side of the border. They have fled lethal violence and threats to their lives in Baghdad, where they have lived for decades. The refugees told Human Rights Watch that they fled after seeing scores of their compatriots killed in Baghdad in recent months. Unlike Iraqi nationals, these Palestinians cannot enter Jordan on tourist visas. "Jordan is slamming the door in the face of a small, but desperate group of people, who have seen their relatives murdered in Baghdad,” said Bill Frelick, refugee policy director at Human Rights Watch. “Jordan should not treat Iraqi Palestinians fleeing persecution more harshly than other Iraqis fleeing violence, who have generally been allowed to enter Jordan.” Jordan closed its border to all traffic after the Iraqi Palestinians crossed into the no man’s land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts on March 19 and attempted to reach Jordan. The Jordanian authorities insisted they would not reopen the border unless the Palestinian refugees returned to Iraq. The refugees then spent four days unassisted in no man’s land. After four days, armed Iraqi border forces reportedly forced the Palestinians to return to the Iraqi side of the border. The Palestinians are not safe at their makeshift camp just inside the Iraqi border. They fear that Iraqi officials may force them to return at any time to Baghdad, where they have been targeted by armed groups because they are Palestinian. It is also difficult for humanitarian aid agencies to reach them at their present location, though they are receiving assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Iraqi Red Crescent Society. One of the Palestinian refugees at the border told Human Rights Watch that Iraqi border guards were generally treating them well, but said, “I pray for a fast solution to our situation. We feel unsafe and have no access to services such as medical care.” The UNHCR already assists a small group of Palestinian refugees who fled Iraq in 2003 and are living in Jordan’s Ruwaishid camp, close to the border with Iraq. The camp, which is located in a remote inhospitable area, cannot be the permanent home for these refugees. The Palestinians currently fleeing Baghdad said they headed for Jordan because the Ruwaishid camp was their only hope of escape to temporary safety. They said that Iraq’s other neighboring countries would probably not accept them. But now even Ruwaishid is closed to the latest wave of Palestinians seeking protection. Jordan already hosts hundreds of thousands of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, and says that it is unable to cope with more. “It is unfair to expect Jordan to shoulder the refugee burden alone,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division. “The international community should assist Jordan and resettle these Palestinians in third countries acceptable to the refugees.” Some Palestinian refugees originally fled to Iraq in 1948, escaping from Gaza and towns in today’s Israel, and most of those currently seeking refuge in Jordan have lived all of their lives in Iraq. Mohammad Abu-Baker, a Palestinian Authority spokesperson, told the United Nations’ IRIN news service that the authority was ready to accept Palestinian refugees from Baghdad. The UNHCR has successfully managed to resettle some non-Palestinian refugees fleeing from Iraq to Jordan since 2003. But regional states and the international community have been reluctant to accept even a small caseload of Palestinian refugees, citing security concerns. “These refugees are being targeted for persecution inside Iraq because they are Palestinian,” said Whitson. “The international community should not deny them protection as well just for being Palestinian.” Background Human Rights Watch documented the dire plight and uncertain legal situation of Iraqi Palestinians in the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq conflict in its 2003 report, “Flight From Iraq.” Following the 2003 Iraq conflict, many Palestinians in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities came under direct attack, in part due to resentment of the fact that Saddam Hussein’s government provided many of them with homes it seized from Iraqi Shia. The situation of Iraq’s Palestinian refugee population has deteriorated sharply over the past year. In late February, 10 Palestinians were reportedly murdered, and last week a Palestinian engineer in Baghdad’s Tubji district was also reportedly killed. Some of the refugees at the border with Jordan said they were relatives of those killed. On March 26, fliers distributed anonymously warned approximately 35 Palestinian families living in Baghdad’s Hurriya district to leave their houses by April 2, a Palestinian refugee told Human Rights Watch. On March 19, a group of 88 Iraqi Palestinians, including 36 children, arrived at the Iraqi side of the border. Since then, one additional family of six has arrived. Iraqi border guards initially allowed them to cross to seek asylum in Jordan, after at first demanding proof of “clearance from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior” to exit Iraq, according to one of the refugees. Jordan immediately closed its borders to Iraqi Palestinians, leaving the refugees stranded in the no man’s land in between both borders for four days without access to humanitarian assistance. Nasser Judeh, the Jordanian government spokesman, told Human Rights Watch that Jordan had demanded that Iraq take back the refugees, accusing the Iraqi authorities of “dumping” them on the Jordanian border. Iraqi military officials subsequently moved the refugees out of the no man’s land under the threat of force, citing them as an obstacle to the free flow of commercial traffic across the border. They are currently living in 20 tents near the Iraqi border compound. Peace

Saturday, April 15, 2006

President Bush's Tax Returns Are Made Public

Published: April 14, 2006 WASHINGTON, April 14 — The president and Laura Bush reported adjusted gross income of $735,180 for last year and paid federal income taxes of $187,768, slightly less than in 2004, according to a copy of the couple's 2005 return released today by the White House. The tax return listed as income the president's salary of about $400,000 and proceeds from investment trusts that hold the couple's assets. They paid $207,307 in taxes in 2004 on income of $784,219. Their returns were made public along with those of Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, who reported that their 2005 taxes were $529,636. The Cheneys' adjusted gross income was $8.82 million, but most of it was not taxable: $6.69 million was proceeds from stock options that the couple had set aside for charity and that were distributed last year, and other charitable contributions came from royalties on books written by Mrs. Cheney. As a result, the Cheneys' taxable income was $1.96 million. In a statement, the White House said that over the course of the year, the couple paid $2.5 million in taxes through withholding and estimated tax payments, in part to deal with the exercise of the stock options. Given that their 2005 taxes are a little over half a million dollars, they are due a refund of about $1.9 million, the statement said. The White House emphasized that the Cheneys had received no personal financial benefit from the charitable donations. "The transactions were tax-neutral to the Cheneys," it said, adding that the large tax refund would return them "to a neutral position of no personal financial benefit or financial detriment resulting" from the gifts. The White House said the stock options had been granted to the Cheneys by the Halliburton Company, Mr. Cheney's former employer, and from the couple's work on the boards of other companies. The money, it said, was designated for three charities: the University of Wyoming, the Cardiothoracic Institute of George Washington University, and Capital Partners for Education, a group that works with low-income high school students in Washington. The Bushes said they contributed $75,560 to churches and other tax-exempt organizations in 2005, about $2,200 less than the year before, and that the recipients last year included the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army's disaster relief funds for the United States and Pakistan. The 2005 donations amounted to 10.3 percent of the couple's income. SOURCE

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

WHAT HAPPENED IN FALLUJA

Falluja April 2004 "Director Toshikuni DOI exposes the side of the U.S. war in Iraq that Americans do not see or hear in mainstream media." Ten days after the siege of Falluja was lifted, Toshikuni Doi, a Japanese independent journalist, went into Falluja. His documentary, investigates the causes of, conditions during, and damages from the siege. Warning This film contains graphic images. Viewer discretion advised.
APPROX 1 HOUR LONG-WHAT HAPPENED IN FALLUJA

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Online Educational Resources

Calculus, math research, physics, earth and environmental sciences, Walt Whitman, Islamic manuscripts from Mali, and the history of Western music are among the topics of 13 new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find: http://www.ed.gov/free Special collections at FREE this month include: Jazz Appreciation Month What does bebop sound like? How did jazz evolve? Learn about Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and others. See ideas for celebrating jazz appreciation month and for studying jazz in U.S. history or music class. http://www.ed.gov/free/jazz.html Financial Literacy Month Learn the basics about getting the most out of your money -- saving, investing, banking, and buying a home. Try an online retirement calculator. Test your "financial smarts." http://www.ed.gov/free/fin-lit.html FREE offers an RSS feed. Get new teaching and learning resources delivered several times a week: http://www.ed.gov/free/rss.html ==== Arts ==== "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life" is a guide to an 11-part documentary illuminating the life and work of one of America's greatest classical musicians, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). An audio overview -- and websites for learning about Bernstein and classical music -- are provided. (NEH) http://wfmt.com/bernstein/ "Moldenhauer Archives" presents 130 music manuscripts, letters, and materials from a 3,500-item collection documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era. Essays by musicologists discuss items from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Liszt, Mozart, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and other composers. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/moldenhauer/ "NEA Jazz in the Schools" traces the history of jazz from its birth in New Orleans to the swing era, bebop, and new frontiers. Five lessons include essays, videos, photos, and nearly 100 music clips of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louie Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and others. Lessons include social and political context and are designed for history classes as well as music. (NEA) http://media.jalc.org/nea/home.php ==== Math ==== "Calculus on the Web" offers an interactive environment for learning, practicing, and experimenting with the ideas and techniques of calculus. It is organized in seven parts: Precalculus; Calculus I, II, and III; Linear Algebra; Number Theory; and Abstract Algebra. (NSF) http://www.math.temple.edu/%7Ecow/ "Mathematics: Research Overview" looks at topics of major research in mathematics: image creation, statistics, inverse problems, CPU testing, materials and nanotechnology, proteins, random graphs, prime numbers, optimization, design, financial mathematics, weather and climate simulation, rare events, and high-dimensional data sets. (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/mathematics/index.jsp ======= Science ======= "Earth and Environmental Science: Research Overview" examines questions that scientists are pursuing: What part do we play in earth's changing climate? What can rock layers tell us about earth's history? How can we understand the forces that lead to earthquakes and volcanoes? How can organisms live without sunlight? How do long-term changes affect earth's ecosystems? (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/earth-environ/index.jsp "Physics Education Technology (PhET)" produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena. More than 35 simulations let students experiment with circuits, string tension, kinetic and potential energy, radio waves and electromagnetic fields, balloons and static electricity, ideal gas and buoyancy, velocity and acceleration, sound waves and the Doppler effect, and more. (NSF) http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/ "Physics to Go" is a collection of reviewed resources for teaching and learning about astronomy, electricity and magnetism, fluids, light, modern physics, motion and energy, quantum physics, and waves and pendula. (NSF) http://www.compadre.org/informal/index.cfm "Teach the Earth" offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history. Special sections are provided on using data and teaching quantitative skills. (NSF) http://serc.carleton.edu/index.html ====================== History/Social studies ====================== "Ancient World Mapping Center" promotes cartography, historical geography, and geographical information science within the field of ancient studies. The Center is developing a community of scholars, teachers, and specialists to collaborate in the updating and expansion of the spatial and historical reference information assembled by the Classical Atlas Project. The Center also offers free digital maps of the ancient world for educational use. For most maps, a blank version suitable for quizzes and customization is provided. (NEH) http://www.unc.edu/awmc/index.html "Islamic Manuscripts from Mali" showcases 22 manuscripts from Timbuktu and the surrounding regions of Mali and West Africa, enabling students to understand the rich culture and society of the region. Especially noteworthy are the extensive collections of photos showing the domestic architecture, the characteristics of Islamic manuscripts, and an array of interactive maps made in Europe beginning in the 16th century. (LOC) http://international.loc.gov/intldl/malihtml/malihome.html "MyMoney.gov" is the U.S. government's website for teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. Whether you're buying a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401k, MyMoney.gov can help you do it better. Find important information from 20 federal agencies. See if you have "financial smarts": take the MyMoney interactive quiz. Read the national strategy for financial literacy. (MA) http://www.mymoney.gov/ "Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass" is a virtual tour of Whitman's life tracing the 40-year history of his famous masterpiece, from when it was first published (1855) to the ninth and final edition (1892). Depicted are selected manuscript drafts, notes for poems, information on his changing career paths, first-hand correspondence, and treasures from friends and family. The site helps show how Whitman's vision of America influenced the course of American literature. (LOC) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/whitman-home.html Acronyms ~~~~~~~~ LOC -- Library of Congress MA -- Multiple Agencies NEA -- National Endowment for the Arts NEH -- National Endowment for the Humanities NSF -- National Science Foundation

Wow!

Check this predator out !!

Monday, April 10, 2006

Islam Grows in Rwanda !!

Islam Grows in Rwanda (very inspirational short video)

Nokteh 3al mashi :-)

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Thursday, April 06, 2006

This is directed to Jordan Planet !

Salam, Not sure how long since I joined Jordan Planet, I enjoyed it and I enjoy reading some of the posts on a daily basis. I also see that there are more and more new comers which makes the Planet more colorful, but quite frankly , I see only ONE COLOR!! So, I'm gonna start a silent protest to demand more colors added to the Planet, I would like to see Jordanian Bloggers from Zarqah, Jabal Husain, Aqabah, Mokhayam Elbag3ah. I'm not very happy with upper class bloggers dominating the Planet, we need to see more diversity. I'm not sure if the GATE KEEPER is keeping them out , or there aren't any bloggers from those places I mentioned. Plus we don't have a SHAIKH BLOGGER. We need at least one shaikh blogger. All other Arab country bloggers have at least one shaikh blogger. Ok that's all for now, I had to get it out of my system, if I get some more rants I will surely let you guys know. Peace :-)

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

YOU REALLY NEED TO HEAR THIS !!!

Salam, This is a repost but this time I got the file on my site so people will have no problem listening to it. CHECK IT OUT HERE ! SOURCE. Peace

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Can the English language survive after Bush?

Can the English language survive after Bush? "The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country. " - George W. Bush "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - George W. Bush "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is ' to be prepared '. " - George W. Bush "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future. " - George W. Bush " The future will be better tomorrow. " -George W. Bush " We're going to have the best educated American people in the world." - George W. Bush " I stand by all the misstatements that I've made." - George W. Bush "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe We are a part of Europe. " - George W. Bush " Public speaking is very easy. " - George W. Bush "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. " - George W. Bush "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. " - George W. Bush "For NASA, space is still a high priority." - George W. Bush "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. " - George W. Bush "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. " - George W. Bush " It's time for the human race to enter the solar system." - George W. Bush

High school teacher's comments investigated

Salam, Few weeks ago a Colorado geography teacher Jay Bennish got in trouble for teaching his students reality geography; Teacher Jay Bennish: Who is probably the single most violent nation on planet Earth?!

student interjects: We are.

Bennish: The United States of America!

Bennish: I'm not saying Bush and Hitler are exactly the same, obviously they're not. OK? But there are some eerie similarities to the tones that they use. Very "ethnocentric."

One of his students secretly recorded one of his lectures, you can listen to it HERE. And you can find the file to download HERE. Here is a script of the tape: Bennish: [tape begins with class already underway. Bennish completing an unintelligble statement about Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.] Why do we have troops in Colombia fighting in their civil war for over 30 years. Most Americans don't even know this. For over 30 years, America has had soldiers fighting in Colombia in a civil war. Why are we fumigating coca crops in Bolivia and Peru if we're not trying to control other parts of the world. Who buys cocaine? Not Bolivians. Not Peruvians. Americans! Ok. Why are we destroying the farmers' lives when we're the ones that consume that good.

Can you imagine? What is the world's number one single cause of death by a drug? What drug is responsible for the most deaths in the world? Cigarettes! Who is the world's largest producer of cigarettes and tobacco? The United States!

What part of our country grows all our tobacco? Anyone know what states in particular? Mostly what's called North Carolina. Alright. That's where all the cigarette capitals are. That's where a lot of them are located from. Now if we have the right to fly to Bolivia or Peru and drop chemical weapons on top of farmers' fields because we're afraid they might be growing coca and that could be turned into cocaine and sold to us, well then don't the Peruvians and the Iranians and the Chinese have the right to invade America and drop chemical weapons over North Carolina to destroy the tobacco plants that are killing millions and millions of people in their countries every year and causing them billions of dollars in health care costs?

Make sure you get these definitions down.

Capitalism: If you don't understand the economic system of capitalism, you don't understand the world in which we live. Ok. Economic system in which all or most of the means of production, etc., are owned privately and operated in a somewhat competitive environment for the purpose of producing PROFIT! Of course, you can shorten these definitions down. Make sure you get the gist of it. Do you see how when, you know, when you're looking at this definition, where does it say anything about capitalism is an economic system that will provide everyone in the world with the basic needs that they need? Is that a part of this system? Do you see how this economic system is at odds with humanity? At odds with caring and compassion? It's at odds with human rights.

Anytime you have a system that is designed to procure profit, when profit is the bottom motive -- money -- that means money is going to become more important potentially than what? Safety, human lives, etc.

Why did we invade Iraq?! How do we know that the invasion of Iraq for weapons of mass destruction-- even if weapons had been found, how would you have known, how could you prove--that that was not a real reason for us to go there.

There are dozens upon dozens of countries that have weapons of mass destruction. Iraq is one of dozens. There are plenty of countries that are controlled by dictators, where people have no freedom, where they have weapons of mass destruction and they could be potentially threatening to America. We're not invading any of those countries!

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[Pause.]

I'll give you guys another minute or two to get some of these [definitions] down. I agree with Joey. Try to condense these a little bit. I took these straight out of the dictionary.

Anyone in here watch any of Mr. Bush's [State of the Union] speech last night? I'm gonna talk a little about some of things he had to say.

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...One of things that I'll bring up now, since some of you are still writing, is, you know, Condoleezza Rice said this the other day and George Bush reiterated it last night. And the implication was that the solution to the violence in the Middle East is democratization. And the implication through his language was that democracies don't go to war. Democracies aren't violent. Democracies won't want weapons of mass destruction. This is called blind, naive faith in democracy!

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Who is probably the single most violent nation on planet Earth?!

Unidentified brainwashed student interjects: We are.

The United States of America! And we're a democracy. Quote-unquote.

Who has the most weapons of mass destruction in the world? The United States.

Who's continuing to develop new weapons of mass destruction as we speak?! The United States.

So, why does Mr. Bush think that other countries that are democracies won't wanna be like us? Why does he think they'll just wanna be at peace with each other?! What makes him think that when the Palestinians get their own state that they won't wanna preemptively invade Israel to eliminate a potential threat to their security just like we supposedly did in Iraq?! Do you see the dangerous precedent that we have set by illegally invading another country and violating their sovereignty in the name of protecting us against a potential future--sorry--attack? [Unintelligible.]

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Why doesn't Mexico invade Guatemala? Maybe they're scared of being attacked. Ok. Why doesn't North Korea invade South Korea?! They might be afraid of being attacked. Or maybe Iran and North Korea and Saudi Arabia and what else did he add to the list last night - and Zimbabwe - maybe they're all gonna team up and try and invade us because they're afraid we might invade them. I mean, where does this cycle of violence end? You know?

This whole "do as I say, not as I do" thing. That doesn't work. What was so important about President Bush's speech last night--and it doesn't matter if it was President Clinton still it would just as important) is that it's not just a speech to America. But who? The whole world! It's very obvious that if you listen to his language, if you listen to his body language, and if you paid attention to what he was saying, he wasn't always just talking to us. He was talking to the whole planet. Addressing the whole planet!

He started off his speech talking about how America should be the country that dominates the world. That we have been blessed essentially by God to have the most civilized, most advanced, best system and that it is our duty as Americans to use the military to go out into the world and make the whole world like us.

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Sounds a lot like the things that Adolf Hitler use to say.

We're the only ones who are right. Everyone else is backwards. And it's our job to conquer the world and make sure they live just like we want them to.

Now, I'm not saying that Bush and Hitler are exactly the same. Obviously, they are not. Ok. But there are some eerie similarities to the tones that they use. Very, very "ethnocentric." We're right. You're all wrong.

I just keep waiting. You know, at some point I think America and Mexico might go to war again. You know. Anytime Mexico plays the USA in a soccer match. What can be heard chanting all game long?

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Do all Mexicans dislike the United States? No. Do all Americans dislike Mexico? No. But there's a lot of resentment--not just in Mexico, but across the whole world--towards America right now.

We told--Condoleezza Rice said--that now that Hamas got elected to lead the Palestianians that they have to renounce their desire to eliminate Israel. And then Condoleezza Rice also went on to say that you can't be for peace and support armed struggle at the same time. You can't do that. Either you're for peace or war. But you can't be for both.

What is the problem with her saying this? That's the same thing we say. That is exactly the same thing this current administration says. We're gonna make the world safe by invading and killing and making war. So, if we can be for peace and for war, well, why can't the Palestinians be for peace and for war?!

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*Student Sean Allen, who is taping Bennish's rant, speaks up:*

Allen: Isn't there a difference of, of, having Hamas being like, we wanna attack Israelis because they're Israelis, and having us say we want to attack people who are known terrorists? Isn't there a difference between saying we're going to attack innocents and we're going to attack people who are not innocent?

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Bennish: I think that's a good point. But you have to remember who's doing the defining of a terrorist. And what is a terrorist?

Allen: Well, when people attack us on our own soil and are actually attempting to take American lives and want to take American lives, whereas, Israelies in this situation, aren't saying we want to blow up Palestine...

Bennish: How did Israel and the modern Israeli state even come into existence in the first place?

Allen: We gave it to them.

Bennish: Sort of. Why? After the Israel-Zionist movement conducted what? Terrorist acts. They assassinated the British prime minster in Palestine. They blew up buildings. They stole military equipment. Assassinated hundreds of people. Car bombings, you name it. That's how the modern state of Israel was made. Was through violence and terrorism. Eventually we did allow them to have the land. Why? Not because we really care, but because we wanted a strategic ally. We saw a way to us to get a hook into the Middle East.

If we create a modern nation of Israel, then, and we make them dependent on us for military aid and financial aid, then we can control a part of the Middle East. We will have a country in the Middle East that will be indebted to us.

Allen: But is it ok to say it's just to attack Israel? If it's ok to attack known terrorists, it's ok to attack Israel?

Bennish: If you were Palestinians, who are the real terrorists? The Israelis, who fire missiles that they purchased from the United States government into Palestinian neighborhoods and refugees and maybe kill a terrorist, but also kill innocent women and children. And when you shoot a missile into Pakistan to quote-unquote kill a known terrorist, and we just killed 75 people that have nothing to do with al Qaeda, as far as they're concerned, we're the terrorists. We've attacked them on their soil with the intention of killing their innocent people.

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Allen: But we did not have the intention of killing innocent people. We had the intention of killing an al Qaeda terrorist.

Bennish: Do you know that?

Allen: So, you're saying the United States has intentions to kill innocent people?

Bennish: I don't know the answer to that question.

Allen: But what gain do we get from killing innocent people in the Middle East? What gain does that pose to us?

Bennish: Let me ask you this. During the 1980s, Iran and Iraq were involved in an 8-year-long war. The United States sold missiles, tanks, guns, planes, to which side?

Unidentified student: Iraq?

Bennish: Both. The answer is both. Why would we send armaments to two sides that are fighting each other. That seems to be self-defeating. Don't we want one side to win? Not always! Sometimes you just want there to be conflict!

The British -- this is one of the grand strategies of the British imperial system--was to play local animosities off each other. To prevent them is to divide and conquer.

Do we really want the Middle East to unite as one cohesive political and cultural body?

No! Because then they could what? Threaten our supremacy.

We want to keep the world divided. Do we really want to kill innocent people? I don't know. I don't know the answer to that.

I know there are some Americans who do. People who work in the CIA. People who have to think like that. Those kind of dirty minds, dirty tricks. That's how the intelligence world works. Sometimes you do want to kill people just for the sake of killing them. Right?

Listen, between the years 1960 and 1962, the United States through the CIA conducted over 7,000 terrorist sabotage attacks against the small island nation of Cuba. Over 7,000 terrorist attacks were waged against just one little country called Cuba in a two year period, intentionally, let me rephrase that, intentionally blowing up medical supplies, intentionally burning down crops that feed their country, thereby creating starvation, right? Intentionally trying to make that system collapse. And we're willing to expend however many thousands of people died because we just want to get rid of Castro. And the sad reality is that there are some policy planners who are willing to let people die in order to achieve their objectives.

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Now, do I think President Bush says 'I'd like to go kill some innocent Palestianians?' I don't think he thinks like that. But I also know that he's not the only one making decisions. I also know that after September 11, President Bush got on TV and he said, 'You will feel our wrath. You will feel the full force of the United States military. There will be paybacks.' He said it again last night. He said, 'We've killed a lot of top-ranking al Qaeda members. And for those who aren't killed yet, you're day will come!' Right? That kind of language to me is very obvious.

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And when you go trying to kill one particular type of person, you know that you're gonna kill other people, too. And let me ask you this...

Allen: Later in that, he stated that he's [Osama bin Laden] trying to kill innocents...

Bennish: I understand that, but hold on, you have to understand something, that when al Qaeda attacked America on September 11, in their view, they're not attacking innocent people. Ok. The CIA has an office at the World Trade Center. The Pentagon is a military target. The White House was a military target. Congress is a military target. The World Trade Center is the economic center of our entire economy.

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The FBI, who tracks down terrorists and so on and so forth around the world, has offices in the World Trade Center. Some of the companies that work in the World Trade Center are these huge multinational corporations that are directly involved in the military-industrial complex in supporting corrupt dictatorships in the Middle East.

And so in the minds of al Qaeda, they're not attacking innocent people. They're attacking legitimate targets. People who have blood on their hands as far as they're concerned!

We portray them as innocent because they're our friends and neighbors, family, loved ones. One of my best friends from high school, elementary school, and birth, lives in lower Manhattan. You know, he was right there, he was four blocks away from it. So, anytime it comes close to home, you begin to see things differently.

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In no way am I implying, I don't know, you got to figure this stuff out for yourself, but I want you to think about these things--you know, think about this right here. [Apparently pointing to American flag.] Here's the real homeland security. Fighting terrorism since 1492! Ok. I mean, to many Native Americans, that flag is no different than the Nazi flag or the Confederate flag. It represents the people that came and stole their land, lied, brought disease, rape, pillage, destruction, etc. So it all depends upon varying people's perspectives varying. And of course, we're going to see ourselves as being in the right , at least the majority of us, because that's us.

Allen: But we were the ones that were attacked first. On September 11, 2001, we were the ones that were attacked. We were not attacking anybody until that point. Then we said ok, we're going into Afghanistan. Then we said ok, the Iraqi government has ties with al Qaeda. We're going to go into Iraq. We were the ones that were attacked.

Bennish: In actuality, if you remember back to my first day, the Sept. 11 attacks were, according to bin Laden, a direct response to our 1) support of the nation of Israel, which they consider to be a terrorist regime that does not have the right to control the land that the Palestinians lived on for over 1,500 years, and they also did it because of what George Clinton did--Bill Clinton, not George Clinton, they had a little documentary on him on PBS last night I was watching--Bill Clinton, when he launched the missile attacks into Afghanistan and Sudan and killed thousands of innocent Africans and Afghanistan people - Afghanis - that had nothing to do with al Qaeda or anything. In fact, in sudan, he blew up the country's largest pharmaceutical plant, which was producing medicines, alright, um, you know, that's as far as, in their eyes, that was retaliation for those attacks.

And so this whole idea of who attacked who first, how far back in time do you wanna go!? This is the whole thing with the Arab-Israeli conflict. Well, who was there first? Well, if you believe the Bible, you say, well, God gave the land of Canaan to the Israelites. But who was in that land when they got there? The Canaanites, who some archeologists would argue are the ancient descendants of the Palestinians. You know.

Other archeologists say the Hebrews didn't really come from Egypt. They were actually a group of Canaanites who decided they didn't like the other Canaanites and developed this story afterward to justify how they killed all their neighbors and took over the land.

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Alright, and so this becomes very, very muddled. And I'm not in any way implying that you should agree with me. I don't even know if I'm necessarily taking a position. But what I'm trying to get you to do is to think, right, about these issues more in-depth, you know, and not just take things from the surface. And I'm glad you asked all your questions, because they're very good, legitimate questions. And hopefully that allows other people to begin to think about some of those things, too.

END

SOURCE

Wikocracy !

Salam, Somebody sent me this email : A friend of mine suggested that you might be interested in a site I recently launched called Wikocracy (www.wikocracy.com). It's a wiki site where you can edit the United States Constitution, the USA PATRIOT Act, Roe v. Wade and any other law you'd like to see changed. It's just been up for a week, and the response so far has been encouraging. I'd be very interested in any feedback or suggestions you might have. Here is an intro to the site: This is a test... To see what happens when everyone can write and revise the law. It may sound like a free-for-all. But that's exactly the point-- to make the process of law-making free for all. On this platform, you can freely edit the USA PATRIOT Act, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, your State's law on gay marriage, your city's zoning ordinances. If you'd like to change a law that is not yet on this platform, you can easily create a page and import the text you want to change. You can also write your own laws, post blogs, collaborate and spar with other users. Although there are some suggested guidelines and tips that will facilitate this experiment, there are no rules. Nothing on this platform is legally binding. One person's changes can be revised or reversed by the next. Over time, this platform could reflect a collaborative statement of what we think the law should be. Or it could reflect a moment-by-moment statement of the most recent editor's views. This will be as bloody or as civil as you make it... This is only a test. Peace

Monday, April 03, 2006

Where do big singers get their tunes from?

Salam, I found this on Kuwaityes and they have a nice page showing some of the current songs and who else had that tune before them.My favorite was JayZ stealing from Abdelhaleem :-) Mohmmd 3a6y ana al7bib أغنية محمد عطية من البومة الأول واغنية الشهيرة انا الحبيب في عام 2005 هي مسروقة من فرقة باك ستريت بوي عام 2004 Wal_kfory tabky _Al6yor أغنية و وائل كفوري تبكي الطيور 2004 بالاصل هى للفنان التركي ابراهيم تاتلس غنها في سنة 1998 Nancy Ajrm Ah wans أغنية نانسي عجرم الشهيرة اة ونص والتي غنتها في اوائل عام 2004 وتم سرقها الفنان الايراني شهرام صولتي في 11\2004 AmrDiab_Hmoud_songs_STEALfrom_Moorea أغنية عمرو دياب العيون 1995 "ألحان": عمرو طنطاوي وتوزيع: حميد الشاعري وأغنية حمود ناصر حلوين 2001 "ألحان": حمود ناصر وتوزيع: عمّار البنّي - تسرقان من أغنية موريا 1988 لـِ الجيبسي كنغز Latifa_MaTrohsh_STEALS_from_Despina أغنية لطيفة ما تروحش بعيد ـ "ألحان": جان ماري رياشي ومحمد رفاعي وتوزيع: جان ماري رياشي 2003 ـ تسرق من أغنية دسبينا فاندي ـ آه كردولا مو ـ 2001 لـِ فيبوس MostafaAmar_Getlak_STEALS_from_Lopez أغنية مصطفى قمر ـــ جتلك ــ"ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، وتوزيع: عدنان الشامي 2003 ـ تسرق من أغنية جنيفر لوبز ـ دير بن 2002 ـ لـِ كوري روني وجنيفر لوبز YehBhiKoi_STEALS_from_ShamiFolklore أغنية آشا بوسلي يه بهي كوي ـ "ألحان": س.د. بورمان 1958 ـ تسرق من التراث الشامي - الأغنية التراثية الشامية تجدونها هنا بصوت السيدة فيروز 1JayZ_BigPimpin_STOLEN_from_Abdelhalim أغنية جاي زي بيغ بيمبين ـ "لـِ": شان كارتر, تيموثي موسلي, ك. جاشوا, س. بتلر, ب. فريمان دسمبر 1999 ـ مسروقة من أغنية عبدالحليم حافظ خسارة يا جارة ـ 1957 لـِ بليغ حمدي 2Madonna_Erotica_STEALS_from_Fairouz أغنية مادونا إروتيكا ـ سنة إثنين وتسعين "لـِ": مادونا ـ تسرق من أغنية فـيـروز اليوم علق ـ 1964 من تراتيل التراث العربي المسيحي 3Aaliyah_Know_STOLEN_from_Warda أغنية آلييا ـ دونت نو وت تو تل يو ـ مؤلفي وملحني ألبوم أي كير فور يو: تمبلاند، ك هيكس، ب م كوكس، ر كيلي، ت بيشوب 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية وردة ـ بتونس بيك ـ 1992 لـِ صلاح الشرنوبي 4Aaliyah_MoreThan_STOLEN_from_Mayyada أغنية آلييا ـ مور ذان آ وومان ـ"لـِ": تمبلاند\ستاتيك 2001 ـ مسروقة من أغنية قالولي إنسي لميادة حناوي (التسعينات ـ ألحان؟)ـ 5Yaknek_Aksur_STEALS_from_Nagwa أغنية أولكا ياكنيك ـ أكسر ـ "ألحان": نديم شرفان، توزيع: ؟ 2000 ـ تسرق من أغنية نجوى كرم ـ عطشانة ـ 1999 لـِ عماد شمس الدين 6YaknekNeryan_Dilna_STOLEN_from_Abdelmageed أغنية أولكا ياكنيك ويودت نريان ـ دلنا ـ "ألحان": نديم شرفان، توزيع: ؟ 2000 ـ مسروقة من أغنية عبدالمجيد عبدالله ـ أحبك ليه ـ 1995 لـِ أصيل بلفقية 7Behosel_Dealbur_STOLEN_from_Samira أغنية آشا بهوسل ـ ديلبر ـ "ألحان": سانجيف درشن، توزيع: ؟ 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية سميرة سعيد ـ عالبال ـ 1998 لـِ صلاح الشرنوبي 8Neryan_Muhabbot_STOLEN_from_Diab أغنية يودت نريان ـ محبات ـ "ألحان": سانجيف درشن، توزيع: ؟ 2001 ـ مسروقة من أغنية عمرو دياب ـ نور العين ـ 1996 لـِ ناصر المزداوي a_AmrDiab_AlbiEkhtarak_STOLEN_from_Santana أغنية عمرو دياب قلبي إختارك ـ "ألحان": شريف تاج، توزيع: طارق مدكور يوليو 2000 ـ مسروقة من أغنية كارلوس سانتانا ـ سو سموذ ـ يونيو 1999 لـِ كارلوس سانتانا\روب توماس\إيتال شور b_AmrDiab_Habibi_La_STEALS_CraigDavid أغنية عمرو دياب يا حبيبي لا ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: طارق مدكور أغسطس 2001 ـ تسرق أغنية كريغ ديفيد ـ سفن دايز ـ يوليو 2000 لـِ كريغ ديفيد\مارك هيل\ديرين هيل c_AmrDiab_TamalliMaak_STOLEN_from_MarcAnthony أغنية عمرو دياب تملي معاك ـ "ألحان": شريف تاج، توزيع: طارق مدكور يوليو 2000 ـ مسروقة من أغنية مارك آنثوني ـ ون آي دريم آت نايت ـ سبتمبر 1999 - لـِ دان شيا & روبن ثيك d_AmrDiab_Bateref_STOLEN_from_MarcAnthony أغنية عمرو دياب بعترف قدام عينيكي ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: طارق مدكور يوليو 2000 ـ مسروقة من أغنية مارك آنثوني ـ ماي بايبي يو ـ سبتمبر 1999 لـِ والتر أفانسيف & مارك آنثوني d_AmrDiab_MaOltesh_STEALS_from_Fairouz أغنية عمرو دياب إنت ما قولتش ليه ـ "ألحان": عمرو دياب \ لحن الصولو خالد عز، توزيع: فهد 2003 ـ تسرق من أغنية السيدة فيروز سألوني الناس ـ 1973 لـِ زياد رحباني e_AmrDiab_KolElKalam_STEALS_folklore أغنية عمرو دياب كل الكلام ـ "ألحان": عمرو طنطاوي، توزيع: حميد الشاعري يوليو 1998 ـ تسرق من التراث المغاربي ـ يا رايح ـ والتي جُدّدت في سنة 1997 ومن ثم سجلت وطرحت من قبل رشيد طه في f_SamiraSaid_MenYoumi_STOLEN_from_DespinaVandi أغنية سميرة سعيد من يومي ـ "ألحان": حمدي صديق، توزيع: محمد مصطفى يونيو 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية ديسبينا فاندي ـ أبابا ـ 1999 لـِ فيفوس g_SamiraSaid_KolElAwaat_STOLEN_from_JSimpson أغنية سميرة سعيد كل الأوقات ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: محمد مصطفى يونيو 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية جيسيكا سيمسون ـ إرّيزيستابيل ـ يونيو 2001 لـِ آندرز باغ\آرنثور بيرغيسون\بام شين h_HmoudNasser_IntaBass_STOLEN_from_Ricky أغنية حمود ناصر إنت بس إلي حس ـ "ألحان" وتوزيع: عمار البني 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية ريكي مارتن ـ شي بانغز ـ 2000 لـِ روبي روزا & والتر أفانسيف h_MohammadFouad_YaDonya_STOLEN_from_Stevens أغنية محمد فؤاد أوقات يا دنيا ـ "ألحان": أحمد محيي الدين، توزيع: ؟ 1997 ـ مسروقة من أغنية كات ستيفنز ـ وايلد وورلد ـ 1970 لـِ كات ستيفنز i_AmrDiab_AktarWahed_STEALS_EnriqueIglesias أغنية عمرو دياب أكثر واحد ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: طارق مدكور أغسطس 2001 ـ تسرق من أغنية إنريكي إغلاسياس ـ بايلاموس ـ نوفمبر 1999 لـِ بول بيري\مارك تايلور i_AmrDiab_AllemAlbi_STEALS_from_Aaliyah_theft أغنية عمرو دياب علم قلبي ـ "ألحان": عمرو دياب وخالد عز، توزيع: فهد 2003 ـ تسرق من أغنية "آلييا" ـ مور ذان آ وومان ـ 2001 "لـِ" تيمبلاند\ستاتيك ـ أغنية آلييا مسروقة من قالولي إنسي لميادة k_AmrDiab_Saddaani_STOLEN_from_Westlife . أغنية عمرو دياب صدقني خلاص ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: طارق مدكور أغسطس 2001 ـ مسروقة من أغنية وست لايف ـ ماي لوف ـ نوفمبر 2000 لـِ دافيد كروغر\بل نايلن\بير ماغنوسن\جورغن إلفسون l_AmrDiab_YaHabiba_STEALS_from_folklore أغنية عمرو دياب يا حبيبة ـ "ألحان": حسن دنيا، توزيع: حميد الشاعري يوليو 1998 ـ تسرق من التراث التونسي ـ لاموني ـ هنا مغنّاة بصوت لطفي بوشناق l_HishamAbbas_Gamalek_STEALS_folklore أغنية هشام عباس ـ جمالك خطر ـ "ألحان": محمد رحيم، توزيع: هاني يعقوب 2002 ـ تسرق من التراث النوبي ـ هنا بصوت محمد منير l_HishamAbbas_Shaeri_Eini_STEALS_from_Halim أغنية حيمد الشاعري وهشام عباس عيني ـ "ألحان": عنتر هلال، توزيع: حميد الشاعري 1997 ـ تسرق من أغنية عبدالحليم حافظ الوي الويل ـ السبعينات لـِ محمد عبدالوهاب l_PascalMachalani_EntaBetroh_STEALS_BoneyM أغنية باسكال مشعلاني إنت بتروح ـ "ألحان": طارق أبو جودة، توزيع: بودي نعّوم 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية بوني إم ـ دادي كول ـ 1976 لـِ فرانك فاريان\جورج ريام m_NawalElZoghbi_Malak_STEALS_from_Malaguena أغنية نوال الزغبي مالك علي يمين ـ "ألحان": سمير صفير، توزيع: طارق مدكور 2002 ـ تسرق من المالاجوينا ـ فلكلور إسباني m_NawalZoghbi_WeliYaHawa_STEALS_from_Dalida أغنية نوال الزغبي ويلي يا هوى ـ"ألحان": محمد رحيم، توزيع: حميد الشاعري 2002 ـ تسرق من أغنية داليدا ـ حلوة يا بلدي ـ 1979 لـِ ج سنوي\ج بارنل m_SamiraSaid_LayaliZaman_STEALS_from_Jackson أغنية سميرة سعيد ليالي زمان ـ "ألحان": عمرو مصطفى، توزيع: طارق مدكور 2002 ـ تسرق من أغنية مايكل جاكسون ـ أنبريكابل ـ 2001 لـِ مايكل جاكسون\ رودني جركنز\ فرد جركنز \لاشون دانيلز n_HishamAbbas_Belleil_STEALS_from_Nsync أغنية هشام عباس بالليل ـ "ألحان": محمد رحيم، توزيع: طارق مدكور 2002 ـ تسرق من أغنية إنسينك ـ بوب ـ 2001 لـِ ويد روبسن & جستن تيمبرلاك o_AssiHellani_Khalleeni_STEALS_NagwaKaram أغنية عاصي الحلاني خليني حدّك ـ"ألحان": جوزيف جحا، توزيع: مجدي داوود 2001 ـ تسرق أغنية نجوى كرم ـ إن ردّيت عليك ـ 1999 لـِ وسام الأمير o_Ragheb_Ghali_STEALS_from_Emrah أغنية راغب علامة ـ يرخص الغالي ـ "ألحان": أحمد فرحات، توزيع: مدحت خميس 2002 ـ تسرق من أغنية إمرا ـ دورا دورا ـ 1998 لـِ إمرا؟ p_Aggag_Wahdani_STEALS_from_Vengaboys أغنية خالد عجاج وحداني ـ"ألحان": وليد سعد، توزيع: أشرف عبده، ديسمبر2000 ـ تسرق من أغنية بنغابويز ـ شالالا ـ فبراير 2000 لـِ ت. لنداغر\ب. دنهارت p_EhabTawfiq_Rmoshha_STEALS_from_Bruins أغنية إيهاب توفيق يا رموشها ـ "ألحان": حسين محمود، توزيع: أشرف عبده 2001 ـ تسرق من أغنية بوستن بروينز جول سونغ ـ الثمانينات, بوستن بروينز p_SherineWagdi_Tehlifli_STOLEN_from_Abdelhalim أغنية شيرين وجدي تحلف لي ـ "ألحان": محمد رحيم، توزيع: حميد الشاعري يناير 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية عبدالحليم حافظ قارئة الفنجان ـ 1976 لـِ محمد الموجي r_AleneKhalaf_Kalam_STEALS_from_SouadHosni أغنية ألين خلف لو عندك كلام ـ 2002 "ألحان": أشرف سالم، توزيع: ؟ ـ تسرق من أغنية سعاد حسني ـ يا واد يا تقيل ـ 1972 لـِ كمال الطويل r_NawalZoghbi_Trekni_intro_STOLEN_from_Shakira بداية أغنية نوال الزغبي تركني روح ـ ج.م. رياشي أغسطس 2002 ـ مسروقة من أغنية شاكيرا ـ وين إيفر وير إيفر ـ سويرتي ـ نوفمبر 2001 لـِ شاكيرا\تيم ميتشل r_TurkishSong_SEVDIK_doesNOT_have_STOLEN_part باقي أغنية نوال الزغبي تركني روح مقتبسة قانونياً من لحن للتركي فياز كوروز, ولكن الأغنية التركية لا تحتوي على المقاطع التي سرقها الموزع و"الملحن" العربي جون ماري رياشي من أغنية شاكيرا ودسّها في أغنية نوال الزغبي s_AmrDiab_MalhashHal_STEALS_from_Mercury_Queen أغنية عـمـرو ديــاب مـالـهـاش حل تـانــي ـ "ألحان": عمرو دياب، توزيع: حميد الشاعري 1994 ـ تسرق من أغنية فريدي Peace

A nother song that I can't get rid off.

Salam, I usualy am not a huge fan of Arabic pop songs, But this one kinda stuck in my mind. And as always I'm gonna share the suffering. Elissa- Bastannak Real Player Format :-) Mp3 Format :-) Peace

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Humanizing the Unknown !

Humanizing the Unknown ! Salam, For so long the unknown has been the center of everybody's fear. If you don't know that thing,person, or culture your fear of the unknown will bread hate. And we choose to stay ignorant about those issues because it is a safe and easy character to take, at least everyone around me is doing it. Only few of us who are brave enough to cross that line and learn about the other side and try to find the human side of it. Hollywood is doing just that I think, I watched "King Kong" last night and I gotta tell ya, unlike the original King Kong we all fell in love with the big huge Abe. The whole movie was about his emotions, face expressions, his sacrifices and playful mood, we also saw his anger and his bravery, and the blonde actually fell in love with him. "V for Vendetta" falls into the same category, huminizing a man who go around blowing up buildings. "Paradise Now" also follows 2 best friends who are about to go blow themselves up in Israel. I guess we are living in a new time where we are not afraid of the big dark monster anymore, we are learning new things about him, we are brave enough to go beyond the ugly mask or the hairy face to see the roots of his anger and trying to understand what led him to act this way. In a way we are crossing the red line of our norms to take a peak at what other people go through out there in the far far land. I'm OK with that, actually I'm happy to see people are going out of their norms and exploring other things that are out there. Do you think the American people are ready for a new PARTY? Do you think that the American people are ready to vote for a new political party other than Democrats and Republicans? Ok I'm getting a head of myself here, maybe in 2012. By then more and more people would be brave enough to get out of the closet. Peace

Ancient Arabic Story: طريق مخوف

Salam, I'm gonna start posting old Arabic stories that is real ancient.

Source: Swarai