Monthly Archives: March 2010

شجَّع مصر بجد 1

من عند رحاب: حاجتين ممكن تعملوها خلال الأسبوع ده علشان تشجعوا مصر بجد.. دلوقتي وعلى طول: 1. تعملوا بطاقة انتخابية، بما إن باب التقدم بطلب الحصول على البطاقة الانتخابية أصبح مفتوحًا طول السنة 2. توقعوا على بيان الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير اللي مطالبها قد تبدو بسيطة، لكن لو اتحققت هتعمل نقلة حقيقية في حياتنا كمصريين وهترجع [...]

ستُفرج عمّا قَرِيب 4

ومن أشعار الإمام الشافعي رحمه الله وَلَرُبَّ نَازِلَةٍ يَضِيْقُ لَهَا الْفَتَىْ … ذِرْعَا وَعِنْدَ الْلَّهِ مِنْهَا الْمَخْرَجُ ضَاقَتِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَحْكَمَتْ حَلَقَاتُهَا … فُرِجَتْ وَكُنْتُ أَظُنُّهَا لَا تُفْرَجُ

Gems from the East – Lamma bada 9

If you follow my blog, you’ll notice that lately my posted items are taking a different curve. Recently, I tend to write mostly in English, share more songs and quote a line or two – that may or may not relate to me in person. Most likely, some of you find them as meaningless posts; [...]

قانون بطعم الأنثى 2

بالصدفة عرفت عن “عازفة” سورية لآلة القانون.. إستمعوا لتعريب “مايا يوسف” لشتاء فيفالدي.. عن جد رائعة!

Que sera, sera 4

- “But you said you deleted my emails”. (He said with a laugh) – “That was a mistake wallahi!”.. (A moment of silence) “mm.. I was spring cleaning messages that I didn’t want to see again.. and yours -among others- were deleted accidentally. After I noticed, undo didn’t work.” – “You deleted them?! not even [...]

بردت قهوتنا 2

عبير نعمة شربل روحانا جاد الحق ~ قهوة [Audio clip: view full post to listen] ماجاني منك مرسال .. يسأل عني بهاك البرد يطمن كيف الأحوال .. كيف الشتوية بها لجرد حتى لما داب التلج .. رَجعت الركوة عالنار

Today’s quote 5

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. ” ~Bridget Jones’s Diary

Will our paths cross? 4

“Hope we get a chance to cross paths again some day too.”.. That’s how the email ended, and that’s how I started wondering again about the strangers I meet and the paths I walk by everyday.. To where the roads will lead me, whom will I meet again, and whom not?.. and who will remember [...]

بلا ولا شي 6

لم أحضر الحفل، لكني غنيت اليوم مع زياد رحباني فى هدوء.. وإستمتعت [Audio clip: view full post to listen] بلا و لا شي بحبك بلا و لا شي و لا في بها الحب مصاري و لا ممكن في ليرات و لا ممكن في أراضي و لا في مجوهرات تعي نقعد بالفى مش لحدا هالفي حبيني [...]

To my parents and grandfather 6

While the piano man was playing “Kalemat” today, I remembered the first time I heard this song. I was a kid watching Magda El Rumi‘s live concert on TV – with my parents at night. My father is the one who taught me poetry. He taught me to love good words, and to seek the [...]

Daily News Egypt: ElBaradei inspires change 0

~ Daily News Egypt Published on 3rd of March 2010 By the end of his live interview with “Al-Ashera Masa’an” talk show host Mona El-Shazli a little over a week ago, the official Facebook group supporting Dr Mohamed ElBaradei for presidency in 2011 had shot up from around 40,000 to 71,000 members. Less than a [...]