tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:29:38 +0000poetryDubaiPhotographyUAEarabic poetrycanoncityscapecreative writingfacebookfine arthamletlandscapelightroomlovenizar kabbaninizar qabbaniphotoshopreflectionsthoughtstranslationwildlifewritingThe Translator's Bloghttp://unconventiality.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)Blogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3252221198584717059Sun, 12 Jan 2020 10:22:00 +00002020-01-12T14:22:52.464+04:00 Happy holidays to my friends, colleagues, and the internet community. I've made this timelapse video as a tribute to the UAE's breathtaking skyline. I shot the sequences over a couple of years in different locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. So, crank up the music and watch it in 4K to enjoy the high resolution, and subscribe to my channel for more videos. http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-tribute-to-breathtaking-skylines-4k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-8841688850984907143Tue, 07 May 2019 05:44:00 +00002019-05-07T09:46:42.652+04:00 Today is the last day you can get your copy of my short story, The Downfall: An Unusual Love Story, for $0.99. Grab your e-copy now and let me know what you think. I would appreciate it if you leave me a review on Amazon. The Downfall is a short story of two seemingly-opposing characters whose destiny is decided by an unexpected turn of events. It is not your typical love story. It is, http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2019/05/last-day-to-get-my-short-story-for-099.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1937735338912084212Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:18:00 +00002019-04-30T08:18:03.437+04:00 I have recently published my first short story in English,&nbsp; The Downfall: An Unusual Love Story, on Amazon. You can find it in an electronic version for $0.99 for a limited period. I would greatly appreciate it if you leave a review. The Downfall is a short story of two seemingly-opposing characters whose destiny is decided by an unexpected turn of events. It is not your typical http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2019/04/my-short-story-is-available-on-amazon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-7445149396291099418Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:30:00 +00002017-02-28T11:30:13.470+04:00 I have created this 20 second timelapse video of the Dubai Water Canal one morning after sunrise. This is composed of 509 shots processed in Adobe Lightroom and then rendered into a video in Adobe Photoshop. For more high quality photography, you're welcome to visit my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/photoshamaa http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2017/02/dubai-water-canal-timelapse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-124789588087264994Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:14:00 +00002016-09-06T20:03:52.850+04:00canoncityscapeDubaifacebookfine artlandscapelightroomPhotographyphotoshopUAEwildlife If you are a photography fan and like cityscape, landscape, or wildlife genres in particular, you are welcome to like my new Facebook photography page on: www.facebook.com/photoshamaa In this page, I post photos I've taken in Dubai and elsewhere. Below are a few samples posted on the page. I also post tips and tricks from photography experts, as well as daily inspirations from many well-known http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2016/09/if-you-are-photography-fan-and-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5249880277292029401Mon, 18 May 2015 05:19:00 +00002015-05-18T09:20:31.806+04:00arabic poetrycreative writinghamletlovenizar kabbaninizar qabbanipoetrytranslationwriting This is my translation of&nbsp; Nizar Qabbani's poem "Hamlet the Poet".&nbsp; Hamlet the Poet To be, or not to be… a woman That is the question. &nbsp; To be my favourite woman, &nbsp; My spoiled Turkish kitten, &nbsp; My sun, oh thou art my sun. &nbsp; To be a blissful hand on my forehead, &nbsp; To be a star in my next life… that is the question.&nbsp; To be it all, or lose it all: I am http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2015/05/hamlet-poet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-315414380160763811Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:53:00 +00002014-02-13T16:57:07.057+04:00poetryreflectionsthoughts <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]-->A split of a second brings all the difference. At one rational moment, the power of brain overwhelms, but still tiny adolescent stings send shivers&http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-moment-that-was.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5117915574452577211Mon, 09 Dec 2013 06:00:00 +00002013-12-09T10:00:30.226+04:00Dubai Marina at Night, a set on Flickr.A collection of photos I've taken of beautiful lights and reflections of Dubai Marina at night.http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/12/dubai-marina-at-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5139564568483141101Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:09:00 +00002013-11-28T18:09:01.873+04:00Dubai in my Camera, a set on Flickr.http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/11/dubai-in-my-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-335388610195202889Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:40:00 +00002013-06-10T16:40:23.639+04:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/06/upon-different-train.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-7670943222351894586Fri, 24 May 2013 14:27:00 +00002013-05-24T18:27:38.625+04:00 It’s all about the eyes. It’s neither the color, nor the neighboring lashes. It’s, rather, your own reflection mirrored through dancing pupils, which are live testimonies to a timeless attraction. Needless of words, they communicate profound meanings of love, only fathomed by the experienced and first-timers alike. Just like clocks, ticking sincere passion by the second, they http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/05/magic-of-eye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2277579259851274539Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:30:00 +00002013-03-02T20:30:28.160+04:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/03/dancing-shadows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3847122855034958772Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:11:00 +00002013-02-21T12:11:19.158+04:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-honest-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-4488077033427193470Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:58:00 +00002013-01-31T17:59:12.958+04:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2013/01/calmness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6738649471065640584Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:21:00 +00002012-12-29T20:24:15.764+04:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-blisfull-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1743781094904130233Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:56:00 +00002012-12-05T16:56:44.407+04:00 http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/12/hamza-yusuf-middle-path.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-8720702521114545025Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:07:00 +00002012-12-03T16:07:20.529+04:00 http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3609086171417160179Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:49:00 +00002012-12-01T12:49:39.656+04:00 Overwhelming is happiness, if the three work harmoniously, governing our accidental emotions: The "when", the "where", and the "how." So curious you must be, asking about the "when," because it sets foot for eternity in its simplest and, alas, most complicated forms. It holds time accountable, snoozes the clock, and freezes the seconds, In desperate hopes to let love survive. Yet http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-three-conditionals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6386763356553709295Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:53:00 +00002012-11-20T16:53:10.982+04:00 Adam: I am not a perfect imagination, nor am I the steed-riding knight. I am mere human, attempting to rise above the grave fingerprints marked so graciously at night. For though the traces still lurk behind closed doors wired connections, and turned-off lights, the naïve heart is still pumping blood at your lovely sight. But still, that’s how naïve it is, and “tough” indeed it should be, http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/11/adam-eve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-8271096746605271692Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-11-20T09:01:48.931+04:00 The “she” is nested, deeply rooted, mirrored with beauty, and reflected in an innocent smile. The once lost “she” has been restored, passing through gradual evolution, eliminating what was once a shadow of evil, and cleansing remnants of muddy wreckage. Thy “she” ignites a diminished inner passion, it lingers within and without, calling outrageously: “forgive and forget.” It http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-she-is-nested.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1088863861658231804Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:28:00 +00002012-10-07T13:30:15.826+04:00 Words fly me away to the unknown, where the stars sing alone, where planets dance in empty space, chanting to the greatness of the universe. Indeed, a much better world it is, where innocence is wearing immaculate white, unviolated by the dirt of humanity, but kept in its childish form, for which Wordsworth sang, super-heartedly. Love had been a childish word, innocently carved in the http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2012/10/words-of-deformed-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-8600972819686703446Tue, 31 May 2011 11:56:00 +00002011-05-31T15:58:36.382+04:00This is an article I wrote for elan Magazine.Since the very first issue in 1888, and for over 120 years of its establishment, the National Geographic Magazine has bestowed its knowledge-passionate readers with exceptional on-ground and first-hand reports and photos about planet earth, its nature, its beauty, its inhabitants, and the outer space that surrounds the blue planet. It has delved http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2011/05/national-geographic-magazine-arabic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-8002927517549955653Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:02:00 +00002011-04-24T14:10:02.775+04:00According to this infograph, statistics show that data centers are consuming so much energy that is enough to power up a country. The more we use the internet to search via Google, the more CO2 emissions are spread. Very interesting infograph and a bit annoying. What do you think??Infographic via: Wordstreamhttp://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2011/04/internet-is-killing-planet-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1726693712582096925Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:21:00 +00002011-04-21T17:23:10.244+04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pthttp://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-land-job-using-social-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1959451984395686593Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:30:00 +00002011-04-12T12:37:57.978+04:00Linkedin is "the Facebook of business" as this infographic tells us. The site has grown exponentially over the past several years, and its membership count has reached over 100 million people and professionals worldwide. Source is www.onlinemba.com.[Source: Online MBA]http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2011/04/value-of-linkedin-infographic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M.Sh)2