Iraqi Blog Updates

عيد ميلاد سعيد وسنة جديدة جميلة للعراقيين واصدقائهم

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:57:54 PST

ابدأ بتهنئة الجميع وبالاخص ابناء شعبنا من المسيحيين بمناسبة حلول اعياد الميلاد والسنة الجديدة ولايسعني سوى ان اسأل الله الذي لايُسأل سواه ان يعيدها على العراقيين وقد نعموا بالامن والسلام والازدهار.

لقد استلمت رسالة من اخ عزيز واخت عزيزة طلبوا فيها ابقاء الارشيف الخاص بهذا الموقع وهاآنذا اقوم بما طلبوه في رسالتهم الكريمة واشكر لهم ولبقية الاخوة والاخوات سؤالهم عني متمنياً لهم وللجميع كل سعادة وهناء ونجاح.

سيبقى هذا الموقع مغلقاً وحسب الاتفاق مع الاخت الفاضلة الدكتورة فيولا وقد اعود ان سنحت الفرصة للتدوين ولكن على مواقعي الشخصية الاخرى مع تحياتي لكم جميعاً والله الموفق.

المخلص

خالد

وداعا فنحن قررنا الاغلاق Goodbye, We Decided to Close Down

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:20:42 PDT

بعد مشاورة الزميلة الفاضلة الدكتورة فيولا وجدنا ان لاوقت لدينا ولابد ان نسدل الستار على هذا الموقع. اننا ننتهز هذه الفرصة فنتمنى لجميع الاخوة،الاخوات والاصدقاء حياة رائعة، صحية و سعيدة ودمتم في رعاية الله وجميل حفظه.

After consultation with my virtuous colleague Dr. Viola, we found that we have no time and we have to bring down the curtain on this site.We take this opportunity to wish all our Iraqi brothers, sisters & friends a wonderful, healthy, and happy life along with ALLLAH's care and nice save.

The Best Iraqi Post Award for the Month January / February 2010!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Iraqi Birjiwazi has the pleasure to present the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month January / February 2010 to the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) for the following post:

Fuad As-Saden Meets His French Daughter

The post is focuses on a meeting that took place in the Iraqi city of Erbil after 45 years of separation between, Fouad As-Saden, an Iraqi violinist, teacher and one of the early founders of the INSO, and his French daughter.

Congratulations!

Nadia Khafagi and her beautiful Art Tray!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Nadia al-Khafaji, is an Iraqi talented expatriate artist who sings with colors to make some wonderful formations that spread satisfaction and optimism in the human soul.I was first familiar with her art work on her blog Art Tray in June last year as I watched with admiration Um el Abaya which is one of her early works that shows her firm Iraqi affiliation:

نادية الخفاجي، فنانة عراقية مغتربة موهوبة تتغنى بالالوان لتكون تشكيلات رائعة تبعث الارتياح والتفاؤل في النفس البشرية. لقد كان اول عهدي مع نادية واعمالها الفنية من على مدونتها طبق الفن وذلك في شهر حزيران من العام الماضي وكانت ام العباية من الاعمال الاولى التي نشرتها نادية والتي توضح انتمائها العراقي الراسخ:

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Nadia loves many thing such as her loveness to the moon and she explains saying:
تحب نادية اشياء كثيرة ومنها القمر حيث توضح ذلك بقولها:

I love the moon and here is my version of it pretty colorful and kind of cute.

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Then we have Nadia's beautiful Eyes which are directed toward the City:
وبعد ذلك لديناعيون نادية الجميلة الموجهة نحو المدينة:

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And here's she spreads love and distributes roses to everybody:
وهاهي الان تنشر الحب وتوزع الورد للجميع:

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"Nostalgia..Neighborhood" is our next stop:
الحنين والجوار هي محطتنا التالية:

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We're back now to the colorful "Um el Abaya" but with water melon:
نحن الان نعود الى ام العباية بالالوان ولكن مع فاكهة الصيف الرقي:

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No doubt that Nadia won't forget the Iraqi majestic date palm:
لاشك ان نادية لن تنسى النخلة العراقية الشامخة:

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Now we have a combination of all them together:
الان لدينا تركيب يضمها جميعاً معاً:

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In December 2009 Nadi gives us some good news related to her on line shop "www.arttrayshop.blogspot.com":
في شهر كانون الاول 2009 تعطينا نادية بعض الاخبار الجيدة حول دكانها (متجرها) الالكتروني:

I have been wearying out myself, doing new illustrations, meeting suppliers and setting up my new {art tray-online shop}, arranging old illustrations for my new canvases, setting up marketing plan and checking for new possibilities, while keep playing that mom role…

Needless to say that it's a significant achievement for Nadia.
لاحاجة لنا من القول انه انجاز كبير لنادية

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In January 2010 Nadia has been involved in a new attarctive project which is focused on the beautiful Arabic alphabet:
في شهر كانون الثاني 2010 اشتركت نادية في مشروع جذاب يركز على الابجدية العربية الجميلة:

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As we're preparing to contest the forthcoming elections let's learn to love each other because we are all Iraqis and our ultimate goal is the service of Iraq and all this's clrea from this wonderful art work of Nadia:
ونحن نستعد لخوض الانتخابات القادمة لنتعلم ان نحب بعضنا البعض لاننا جميعا عراقيون وهدفنا الاساسي هو خدمة العراق وهذا كله واضح من هذا العمل الرائع لنادية :

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It's a pleasure to present the Best Iraqi Post Award for the two months December 2009 and January 2010 to the Iraqi talented artist Nadia al-Khafaji for all her good work at the Art Tray:

Congratulations!

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I'm back but not totally back!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

I did n't intend to disappear, for which I'm sorry, but the reality I went again to my country Iraq in relation to my study and when I returned I found myself making a trip to Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon as part of my job. Now, I arrived back here but only to face such a huge backlog of work in my PhD study that I need some way of addressing it sooner and not later.

I'm back but not totally back because I need to look after my study and also my work. Therefore, I will try to find a compromised solution that will give me some space to blog on and visit other blogs.

I will take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and in particular to all the friends who asked about me.

Thank you all!

Waiting For You + An Iraqi Song "I need you"

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Whispers For You in I'm Waiting For You .. :

A pair Of Bird sat on my room window ...
A sunny day after long cloudy winter ..
Spring Came with a new romantic weather !,, wet grass ,, green bushes,,colorful flowers and blue pure water oasis ,,
what a wonderful nature is!.

Its wedding party of earth and sky ,,all creature in water,on earth and also at sky celebrates and hangging around with joy,,
angels sounds of dancing, singing and preparing for wed Mass i can hear clearly..
Earth is on its wonderful phase getting ready for long waited day...

Just I woke Up , its march, my everlasting love day... You isnt here this march again? ..
I will wait you next march..

I know for sure that we are still in winter time, however these lines remind me of an Iraqi romantic song belongs to Majid Al Mohandes which also includes a long waiting for the arrival of love and happiness:

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’’ محتاجـــــــــــــكI need you ‘‘

محتاجك .. محتاجك
I need you .. I need you
محتاج اشوف عيونك
I need to see your eyes
محتاجك محتاجك
I need you .. I need you
محتاج اشم هدومك
I need you .. I need to smell your clothes
محتاج اشوفك ياضوة عيوني
I need to see you, you the light of my eyes
قلبي وروحي عنك يسألوني
My heart and soul are asking me about you
مثلي تبكي لو نسيت
Do you cry like me or forget
مثلي تسهر لو غفيت
Awake like me or slept
وشلون انام الليل من دونك
And how to sleep the night without you
وشلون اغفى وانا من دونك
And how to close my eyes without you
محتاج حبك يجي يدفيني وارتاح
Need your love to warm and comfort me
ادفع حياتي ثمن بس يرجع اللي راح
I pay my life a price only for our past to come back

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I would like to Dedicate the song to some brothers and sisters:

Najma who is Counting at the moment

Attawie & Khalid Jarar

Morbido and her Fiancé

+ Whoever likes it

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Tuesday's Terrorist Attacks + The Best Iraqi Post Award for the Month Novembr 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Tuesday's terrorist attacks on our beloved capital, Baghdad, gets the attention of some Iraqi bloggers. They are Inside Iraq, Iraq Pundit , Last of Iraqis, and briefly Iraqi Mojo.

Again many innocent people lost their lives due to the ineffectiveness of the security forces in our country Iraq .Surely we should n't blame the terrorists because they are brainless killers so the real blame must be directed toward the security forces for their continuous failure to protect our people.

May ALLAH Bless all our martyrs who we lost in these attacks and other similar barbaric attacks.

May Allah also heal the wounded and punish the evil people.

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It's a pleasure to present the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month November 2009 to Morbido for her following post:

Off the Market... for good!

It's an intersting post in which she nicely -like a skilled footballer- declared her engagement:

Now I have a ten-day holiday: four days for Eid, and six days are my off days before and after Eid... So nice!! Now this is a much needed holiday, because.... now here's the big news...... I got engaged!! And my engagement party was just yesterday.

Morbido you deserve the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month November 2009 not only for your writing skills but also because we the Iraqis in need for happiness that gives us hope in this difficult time.

May ALLAH Bless You and Your Fiancé and give you both a lifetime of happiness.

There is a need to mention the fact that yay :D, a post written by Attawie and Khalid Jarar and Morbido's Off the Market... for good! are -based on the record- the two best posts for October and November 2009.You see that they are both engagement related posts belong to two friends Attawie and Morbido.They have met during their college time in Baghdad and got engaged during the very same month November 2009!

Congratulations!

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A Song Update and It's For BASRAH!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

NarcelX has on his blog a song for Basrah.He says very little but enough to understnad his love to this unique Iraqi city:

Peace to my baba's hometown. We love you Basra.

Yes, We Love Basrah, As We Do All the Other Iraqi Cities & Towns!!!

I'm back but not totally back!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

عالم المدونات العراقية المزدهرEid Al-Adha and The Booming Iraqi Blogsphere!!! Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

مرة اخرى ابارك لجميع الاخوان والاخوات حلول عيد الاضحى السعيد اعاده الله على العراقيين جميعا باليمن والبركة والسؤدد ولافراح المستمرة

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الرسامة العراقية المبدعة ميس الخالدي .في عمل فني جديد يحمل اسم عازف اللوت

لابد ان نهنيء الزميلة ميس الخالدي على هذا العمل الفني الجميل.

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البرجوازي العراقي وهو يكتب عن عودة صديقه حسن الى الرسم:

عاد صديقي الرسام حسن الى الرسم من جديد وهذه اللوحة لطفل كانت قبل ايام ورسمها بالفحم
واللوحة اعلاه هي بعنوان السفينة وهي كانت قبل سنين وهو يعشق الرسم بالالوان الزيتية وآسف على عدم وضوح الصورة لان هذه الصورة هي الوحيدة المتوفرة لهذه اللوحة الاصلية التي رسمها من خياله لتعبر عن السفر الى المجهول.

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يوميات مغتربة وهي تردد هذا الدعاء المبارك في بر الوالدين:

بروا آباءكم تبركم أبناءكم! سبحان الله..
اللهم أعنا على بر والدينا.. وارحمهما واغفر لهما وارض عنهما رضاً تحل به عليهم جوامع رضوانك، وتحلهم به دار كرامتك وأمانتك، ومواطن عفوك وغفرانك، وأدر به عليهم لطفك وإحسانك، اللهم يا بر يا رحيم بِرَّهم أضعاف ما كانوا يبروننا، وانظر اليهم بعين الرحمة كما كانوا ينظرون إلينا.

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الرسامة هند تعرض بعضاً من لوحات الفنانة العراقية فهيمة العيبي :

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رؤى تشكيلية و مقدمة البرامج والفنانة رؤى البازركان وهي تعرض بعض اللوحات الفنية التي هي انعكاس لمفهوم فلسفة الين اليانك الصينية عن ارتباط واعتماد بين اية قوة وضديدها:

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الروح العراقية والباحث أمير جبار الساعدي وهو يترجم "خمسة خيارات سيئة للعراق" لمؤلفه دانيال بيمان حيث ان هذه الخيارات هي التالية:

أولا: البقاء في العراق مع نفس المعالجة السياسية ونفس مستوى القوة.

ثانيا: توسيع وجود قوات التحالف والولايات المتحدة بشكل دراماتيكي.

ثالثاً: توسع صغير، ولكن بتغيير أكبر تجاه العمليات المناوئة للإرهاب.

رابعا: الانحسار الى قوة أصغر يكون لديها مهمة محدودة أكثر.

خامساً: الإنسحاب الكامل.

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ايفان الدراجي وهي تتحدث عن كتاب كتاب الكاماسوترا وهو مااسمته وجيز علم الجنس الهندي ومن اصدار دار ادبيات للنشر الإلكترتوني حيث قامت الزميلة ايفان بمهمةالاعداد والاخراج الفني
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يمكننا التعرف الى ثقافات الشعوب الاخرى من خلال بعض الممارسات الحياتية اليومية البسطية
مثل عادات الاكل, الملبس , ومدى قدسية العلاقة الجسدية بين الجنسين وممارساتها المتنوعة.
هذا الكتاب هو مدخل بسيط للثقافة الهندية .

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صنع في العراق وهو يكتب عن ما اسماه "عودة داليدا - حلوة يابلدي" التي يبدو انها لم تكتمل بعد.

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شوارع عراقية يتناول موضوعا مهما وهو القنبلة النووية معضلة العالم والكهرباء معضلة العراق حيث يقول :

كل العالم في وادي والعراق في وادي اخر……العالم يتطور ويبني ويبحث ويتقدم والعراق يتخلف راجعا للوراء مئات السنين…كل المشاريع فيه تسرق واوراقها تحرق كل الاموال فيه تنهب في جيوب الايفادات الوهمية…عندنا في العراق في شهر اب اللهاب لاكهرباء وحرارة الجو تصهر الحديد فاي رحمة واي امل ننتظره تنقلب الدنيا ولاتقعد في بلدان لحدوث خروقات في تعامل الحكومات مع شعوبها وعندنا الخروقات حدث ولاحرج.

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طيبة محمد علي و سيناريو الوردة لحمراء:

أستيقظ مبتسمة
لأنك وصلت إلي
حاملاً وردة حمراء..
" في أحلامي "
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في منزلنا
أنتظر الوردة الحمراء
التي ستأتي حاملها
:
سأتفاجئ برنة هاتفي..
أنــــــــتِ سما ؟؟

" نعم "
أه أنا أسف أنني طبيب في المشفى
إياد قد عمل حادث ونادى بإسمكِ
:
أركض أبحث عنك
وأبكي
وأصرخ
وتغرقني الدموع
:
لأجدك في سرير أبيض كلون أحلامنا
تحرك أناملك التي تتغزل بشعري كل مساء
وتطلب أن يأتوا بمعطفك
:
لتعطيني
الوردة الحمراء
سأُقبل يديك التي حملتها
حبيبي
كم أحبك !

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خاتون وهي تعود بعد غيبة طويلة في رسالة مفتوحة الى صديقها العزيز البرجوازي العراقي جاء فيها :

أولاً أحب أشكر البرجوازي على مشاعره الطيبة و سؤاله عني، و الأغنية الحزينة اللي ما فاهمة منها شي و اللي تعبته و هو كاعد يترجم، شنو هاي رح ابجي على روحي، لا جديات الدمعة بعيني هسة..
أما مشكلة غيابي، و (دعوني أسميها مشكلة) فخلوني أفضفض لكم..
مشكلتي في الحياة إنني كلش مزاجية، و هذا ما يجعلني أهتم جداً بأمر معين و لفترة، و بعدها أبتعد عنه و حتى أحس بالتضايق من متابعته.
مزاجيتي و ضعف متابعتي لبعض الأمور في الحياة متعبتني يا جماعة، و يا ريت أي واحد يلقالي جارة بيها لأن محاولاتي الشخصية باءت بالفشل

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نوفل :في شعرحول الدنيا الحزينة

ما لي ولهذهِ الدُنيا اللعينة ؟
الضحكةُ فيها حزينة
والدمعة فيها سكينة

دُنيا
العزيمة فيها تعني الهلاك
والكسل يعني هزيمة

يا دُنيا
لم أرى فيكِ ما يُغريني
سوى فضول يقتُلُني
وهو الذي ساقني

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عمر وهو يكتب عن في مغامرته المستمرة:

وانهمك السائق ومعاونه في اصلاح العطل فيما انهمك الركاب في التدخين. كنت اراقب عن كثب مايفعله السائق ومعاونه من اجل اصلاح المحرك وقد سمعت الاول يقول للثاني ان يأته بخشبة والتفت هذا فيما حوله فوجد خشبة صغيرة مكعبة الشكل بطول 20 سم وعرض 10 تقريبا وقام السائق بتثبيتها في مكان ما في المحرك فانطلق هديره على الفور فقال السائق على الفور سبحان لله يعني هذه السيارة لاتعطل الا في هذا المكان وامام هذه الخشبة يعني ربك اراد ان تعطل هنا وان تجد الدواء هنا فقلت له بل ان السيارة تحتاج الى صيانة دورية وهو امر يبدو انك لاتفعله بل تنتظر حتى تعطل عندها فقط تحرك ساكنا .

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Some English Updates

MixMax at Iraq The Lasting Love in a fantastic presentation about the Iraqi Food. I leave with quotes from his post together with some beautiful pictuere:

I start with one of the most famous Iraqi dishes, Masgouf. It is a whole-skewered fish barbecued on an outdoor grill. It is known mainly by Baghdadis in Abu Nuas street, where restaurants and cafe’s stretching along the bench of river Tigris.

There are two types of Kleecha I know of which used to be baked back then when I was in Iraq: one stuffed with dates, another is stuffed with sugar and walnut.

In addition, Kleeche won’t be complete or considered tasty, in my opinion, until it is served with hot tea, not coffee or anything else. Don’t you agree?

Zarda has never been one of my favorites, but many families adore it because of the combination and taste of it.

Speaking of Iraqi bread, that’s how people in villages and public places and even bakeries not long time ago bread was made.

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Son of Tigris celebrates Thanksgiving:

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Babylonian Princess in an honest declaration:

Who was I kidding? I'm just not cut out for it! I want med. school and this time I want to be sure. I don't want anything to stop me. No more distractions!

BP is too busy these days:

Ugh! I have tons of things to finish this weekend!
I need miracles!

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Dr. Viola and a Good morning Miss pure heart! in which she asks Allah for FORGIVENESS and GUIDANCE:

God ,please forgive me ! please guide me!

She talks about her life:

These few days life has welcomed me and opened her wide gate , I don't know if I'm ready to see her ugly face ,,, but I'll face it sooner or later ! my innocence will end today or tomorrow! I'm gonna grow up this minute or the next !

She goes further, suggesting that a change is coming:

I used to say I will never change , I will be as my dad and mom have brought me up ! but I just can't ! my pure heart has no place among these black ones…. Oh , I can't imagine how I was a fool ! yes, innocent one is a fool with privilege !!!!!

Then Dr. Viola regards this year as test for herself

I can consider this year as a test for me , and I wonder If i even can pass this test without failure !!!!

Dr. Viola, I'm sure you pass successfully this test and many other tests.

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Eid Al-Adha and The Booming Iraqi Blogsphere!!! Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Eid Al-Adha

Nadia at Art Tray is the first Iraqi blogger to celebrate Eid Al-Adha "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid". She shows the following amazing art work:

Happy Eid Al-Adha to all the Iraqi people and their brothers,sisters and friends.

Nadia also in a recent post, talks about a good day for her floweres:

I was really excited that my flowers made it to my all time fav' blog (since I got into the blogging thing)Big thanks to {print and pattern} for having me on board, and for all the inspiration :)
http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2009/11/designer-art-tray.html
Also my flowers made its way to a local publisher who used it for their theme {gardens of hope} In a local book fair... :)

Congratulations!!!

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Noor El Qamar is busy with the preperations for Eid AL-Adha:

We began the usual Eid preperations yesterday cleaning the entire house and also making Eid desserts. My sister and I helped our Mom make the kalicha an Iraqi dessert that your most likely going to find in every Iraqi house around Eid time:

Just be aware that the above Klaicha is taken from google images but it's Klaicha any way.

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عالم المدونات العراقية المزدهر!!!
الجزء الاول

مدونات جديدة، قصص جادة واخرى طريفة، لوحات ومتابعات فنية، صور جميلة، شعر وجداني ، اخبار شخصية وغير ذلك من المواضيع التي لاشك تدل بوضوح على ازدهار عالم التدوين العراقي.

The Bomming Iraqi Blogsphere!!! Part 1

New blogs,serious and intersting stories, paintings and art reviews, pretty pictures, sentimental poetry, personal news and other topics which undoubtedly indicate clearly the booming and prosperity of the Iraqi blogosphere.

التهاني لجميع المدونين العراقيين

Congratulation to all the Iraqi bloggers.

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Shams is back after a long disapperance and in a promising Arabic poetry writing.
شمس تعود بعد طول غياب وهذه المرة على هيئة شعر ينبض بعواطفها الجياشة والصاخبة في نفس الوقت وذلك من على صفحات مدونتها IntotheSun فتقول وهي تتحدى الرجال والاقدار:

مال....و إلتوى طريقي...
فسكبت قهوتي على جريدتي...
و قبلت كفي – وجه و قفا - لأحمد ربي
ها أنا في الحياة
إمرأة
إمرأة
و أتحدى الرجال
و الاقدار
و بصبغة قهوتي أرسم مستقبل الاوطاني
مجاهدة بحرية و اشرب كأسي لا أبالي
معاصرة
متحررة
فكري نور طريقي
و في جوفي رسمت وردة بتصميمي
و سوف تبقى حية ترزق فماءها و شمسها من حناني
و إصراري...
لأعيش.....لأعيش و في جوفي وردة
و أنا إمرأة

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Sandona in a thank declaration:

* THANK GOD*
Thank you all, something you gave, so much could save.
Baba called us yesterday, the last medical report says that my mother is completely recovered..
Mama called us today, talked to everyone, I have not heard her voice for two months, things refused to strengthen the tongue to speak, but things finally have obeyed.
Thanks for everyone prayed for us, everyone thought of us, thanks for your support and encouragement. Thanks so much!

Sandona you know we all love you and we pray all the time to ALLLAH to bless you and your family.

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Attawie in her way to meet up with her fiancé Khalid Jarar faced with a “unexpected” problem:

We were the only family there weighing our bags the woman on the counter said "you may leave to Amman but I'm afraid the old lady won't" We all had huge exclamation marks over our heads. She added "Her passport is an S"

It was an annoying experience overall, nevertheless, Attawie kept her smile:

Attawie was standing distributing smiling here and there and announcing "I'm the bride".

It seems the smiles succeed in putting a happy ending to the story and they all arrived happy and safe in Amman.

Congratulations!!!

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HNK these days, is called a Drug designer:

“You are a drug designer “she (Dr. Nehad) said this word in each times she entered the class, and with each time she went out..

It seems she's -as a pharmacy student - happy with the new nick name:

Pharmacy students = drug designer!! * Really nice*

HNK explains further:

I have been dreaming of being a house designer, a clothes designer, an artist. But I have never thought that in becoming a pharmacist I will be a drug designer!!

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3eeraqimedic after preparing a Curtained pilau pie says:

There really is not better treatment for depression than inviting friends over for a meal.Like many of our traditional dishes this is a unique mixture of borrowed, adapted and improved.

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Touta in an intersting story about her firts ever friend who happened to be an Iraqi Jew:

I was staring at a guy when the memory came flooding back. He gave me a smile, and i turned away, half trying to smile back, half not caring.
Why did I remember now?
It was 1995 perhaps, where i made my first friend- my first friend who wasn't part of my family.

Then she gets a wise declaration from her mum:

She laughed and told me..'as long as you're alive, and he's alive, you might see each other one day. Life is strange'.

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These are a few of my favourite things and a sleepy child:

And also in the most recent post, we have a chance to see the following picture for a green autumn:

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Mosel 4 All has some news:hello all of you, I miss the BLOG world and all my internet world it was very long time since I have write any post in my blogs. We had moved to new house and we still waiting till we get the internet service in our new house, the house is really comfort and every thing is elegant but we are facing problems with establishing net connection.

As to the study She announces herself as a half doctor:

this new year I become officially 1/2 doctor
looool

She also describes the 3rd year of the Medical college:

this year (3rd stage at medical college) is so funny and I am enjoying my time in the college and in the hospital. We are learning how to get communication with patients and trying to relieve some of their pain by nice words and good treatment and in the same time try to rich the level of knowledge in which we can heal some one.

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Baghdad Bacon & Eggs and a Bad Luck Tapping:

Seems as though this time of year can be just plain bad luck for me. Something I'll check by reviewing previous posts.

It could be due to the Drugs on the farm

I've been hearing about a flower that people plant for its nice smell and that is also a drug. This is the first one I've seen. There's a story of a little girl that ate some of these flowers and died. The farmer's could also be pulling my leg.

Well, If you love to get rid of your bad luck and if you don't want your leg to be pulled any further, just remove the poisonous plant.

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Dr. Viola is BORN AGAIN:

My "this year" birthday was so special ! it's the first time i celebrate it without my family _haven't i say i'm adult now?!_after some days a freind of mine surprised me with a fantastic news , he has just had a baby sister and he named her as my name .... she has born nearly at the same day of mine , her name is the same and i feel part of me is there born with her....

Her current year is totally different:

every thing this year is different , me .. myself is different from head to toe

Happy Birthday Dr. Viola!!!

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Saminkie at Skies has a book entitled "“The Jewish Market Quarter” by Jamal Abdul-Razaq Al Bedri:

“The Jewish Market Quarter” by Jamal Abdul-Razaq Al Bedri is not a novel, like the cover says, but is an autobiography of the writer who was born in Samarra early in this century in a Muslim family. He told us about his mother friend “Sit (=Teacher) Najeya” who is also their neighbor. Every time she visited them she would bring candies to the children who liked her very much. Sit Najeya and her family suddenly said one day that they would leave to Baghdad. They went in 1951 and never came back. They went to Israel because they were Jewish.

The book gives reasons for the departure of the Iraqi Jews:

The book didn’t tell us about the cause of the leaving but it is clear from other references: “Al Farhood” and the governmental new law of withdrawing the Iraqi nationality from all the Jews.

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The Iraqi Future joins our list of Iraqi bloggers writing in English.He talks in his recent post about an old Kurdish friend:

When I was in elementary school, I had a friend called “Tawan.” Even thought Towan lived in Baghdad, he was Kurdish. He looked like a Kurd and spoke like one. I don’t remember anything about my friendship with Tawan other than playing soccer, walking down the streets of my neighborhood, and exchanging/ playing video games. Our parents became friends through us and they paid each other visits on regular basis. I had never heard them argue or fight about, Kurdish and Arab affairs. They drank tea, smoked cigarettes, and laughed loudly. I am not painting you a picture of a happy community, Tawan was actually my friend and years after, I still remember him while I have forgotten most of my friends from Baghdad.

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The Best Iraqi Post Award for the Month October 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

It's a pleasure to present the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month October 2009 to Attawie and Khalid Jarar for their following post:

yay :D
Ya naaaas! Ya 3alaaaaam!
KJ mal Atta o Atta mal KJ! :D

Hey People! Hey World!
KJ For Atta & Atta For KJ!

It's so simple but meaningful and written in the beautiful and dynamic Iraqi local Arabic language.

Attawie and Khalid Jarar you deserve the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month October 2009 because your post, despite it's simplicity, is so powerful and gives us happiness and hope in a difficult time.

May ALLAH Bless Your Life Together.

Congratulations!

The Best Iraqi Post Award for the Month October 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:25 PST

It's a pleasure to present the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month October 2009 to Attawie and Khalid Jarar for their following post:

yay :D
Ya naaaas! Ya 3alaaaaam!
KJ mal Atta o Atta mal KJ! :D

Hey People! Hey World!
KJ For Atta & Atta For KJ!

It's so simple but meaningful and written in the beautiful, powerful and dynamic Iraqi local Arabic language.

Attawie and Khalid Jarar you deserve the Best Iraqi Post Award for the month October 2009 because your post gives us happiness and hope in a difficult time.

May ALlAH Bless Your Life Together.

Congratulations!

Sunday's Terrorist Attacks + Abbassian Vicious attack and more from the Iraqi Blogsphere

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:25 PST

Firts of all, I would like to thank my honorable colleague Dr. Viola for minding the blog during my month holiday.

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Sunday's terrorist attacks on our beloved capital, Baghdad, got the attention of some Iraqi bloggers. They are Sandybelle, Last of Iraqis, Baghdad Dentist, and Iraqi Mojo.

It's so painful whenever there's innocent people losing their lives due to the incompatibilities and ineffectiveness of the security forces in our country Iraq . Don't blame the terrorists because they are brainless killers so the blame should be directed toward the security forces for their continuous failure to protect our people.

May ALLAH accept the people who we lost in these attacks and other similar barbaric attacks among his martyrs and give the wounded a speedy recovery.

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Abbas Hawazin conducting a vicious attack on the Iraqi blogsphere:

It doesn't deserve to be called a blogosphere anymore, it's more of a bogosphere, whenever I get the urge to scribble about anything, and I start wrestling with words on the draft page

Abbas blames the Iraqi bloggers for his failure to produce:

I get to take a look at what the bogosphere is being occupied with at the moment and a quiet sigh of shame results in my hitting the delete button faster than you could say...[creative burnout]

He goes on describing the new Iraqi bloggers:

a huge saccharine patch of what I could only describe as bland filler, the technology seems to have finally caught up with a new swath of Iraqis, those johnny-come-latelys mostly blog in Arabic, and are just as chaotic as you'd expect any honest-to-Rafidain Iraqis to be.

Then he talks about indexing service:

it's funny, the Iraqi Blogosphere now has four index services (five, if you count Jeffrey et CMAR's defunct blog, another sign of the hallowed halls of dud it had become) but absolutely no content to show for all that indexing, that's why I've lost interest

Abbas doesn't spare anything including the awards:

I think I'm annoyed because I seem to view this from a sort of authoritative point of view, those people are boring, but they're dilligent, they want to conquer our realm with their reviews, indexes and awards.

Needless to say that Abbas is fully entitled to his views on the Iraqi blogsphere even if they contradict those of many Iraqi bloggers.Myself, I believe strongly that the Iraqi blogsphere is healthy and alive and there are a lot of good bloggers out there.

I have to say that to get the attention of the international media is not always a sign of strength. Most of the time they are looking for crisis and problems and if they are not there, it may be a sign of improvement in the situation of our country.

If you are a good doctor you won't stop treating your patients just because your colleagues are bad doctors.The fact of the matter here is that Abbas is so busy with other important things which preventing him from continuing blogging on a much regular basis.

Abbas you need to back off a bit because there is an enormous wealth in friendships that we all must know.If your colleagues are too weak and lacking the skills to compete globally then I wonder why you don't help them? Surely they are not looking for money, just use your gifted skills to show us some good quality posts that are not controversial.

I have to say that by creating the Iraqi blog update, we're not looking to have power of any kind. All what we want here is to to promote peace, love and harmony among all Iraqi people and in particular the community of the Iraqi bloggers.

The award has nothing to do with any imposed or stolen authorization of any sort.In actual fact, I asked many collagues to be in charge of the award, unfortunately, they either apologized or didn't even send a reply.However, I should explain that the award is a simple way to say thank you to our colleagues who are trying their best to post some thing which is of value and useful for all of us.

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These are a few of my favourite things is out with friends after which she posts the following beautiful picture:

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HNK and her current academic year:

Third stage in Pharmacy college seems bretty much better than the second stage with it's more interesting subjects and better teachers. But I still have that problem with a douzen of unread lectures waiting to be studied..

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Sami at Skies has an intersting interview with Jack Abboudi Shabi, the Iraq first psychiatrist.The interview was originally conducted in 1957 and I picked from it the following quotes:

The doctor came back to Iraq in 1934, and the patients, were under the mercy of Sheikhs like Al Tuayjuri and Sheik Gumar, who were treating their patients with violent hitting, because they believed that the illness is caused by a Jenni inside the patients body

In 1964 an iraqi doctor named Najeeb Al Yakoubi had done the first operation in brain in Iraq and in all the Middle East and that was by cutting the nerve fibers that connect the emotion centre to the brain cortex

Doctor Jack Aboudi then opened a subject rarely opened by other doctors and that was when he started talking about the Associations and the doctor raises a question why don’t we in Iraq start an association of mental illness prevention?

I asked him another question:
Who are affected more with mental illnesses men or women?
He answered: women… due to social causes related to culture and tranditions, and in many times the women is affected by a mental illness during pregnancy and delivery.

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Mosul 4 all blog has started working in the hospital:

This week was amazing I went to Ibn Sina hospital in mosul (General hospital) to take history from some patients and communicate with them.

She also bought "a really good new stethoscope from MDF for a 20$":

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It's the birthday of Micho:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

Happy Birthday Micho.We wish you a happy life full of adventures together with your husband.

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Hammorabi posts about the message of Islam:

Islam shows you the perfect path for happiness and satisfaction. The highest relation set up by Islam is that one which is between you and the Lord of the universe. By Islam you learn how to contact Him at any time and how to achieve His response to your requests. If you are unwell He will listen to your prayers and if you need Him to give you salvation and comfort from any problem or misery or difficulty He will be there for you in Islam at any time and any place. Islam shows you how to come closer to Allah so that He will even become closer to you than your own self!

He continues by saying:

Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him and his family) is the comforter that Jesus (Peace be upon Him) mentioned and requested us to follow him. He was selected by Allah to deliver the highest values for mankind. It is all in the Holy Quran so you just need to read it.

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Touta outlines the type of Iraqi relationships:

1. No Pain, No Gain:
this relationship is basically a guy and a girl becoming girlfriend and boyfriend. Don't get too excited though, this relationship is usually one sided.

2.Sexy Time:
This relationship usually revolves around...well, lust. This is almost the rarest type of relationship (suprise suprise). This relationship is usually initiated by the guy, and rarely involves each side talking to each other normally.

3.Familiar Friends:
This relationship is a friendship between iraqi guys and girls. It will be full of hypocrisy as the guy in this relationship will always be judgemental and at times tyrranical.

4.Marry me!
This is a relationship that involves each side shyly getting to know one another. It then follows by underhand glances, and engagement, and then marriage. It mainly involves a lukewarm passion, based on a foundation of appreciation of one another.

5.Love:
This is the rarest rarest type of relationship between guys and gals. Even rarer than the sex relationship. In this type of relationship, neither guy or girl will have to think about what they're doing with the other..i.e. they can be completely themselves without any barriers. Of course Love exists in different ways, and so the outcome of this relationship also depends on the type of Love involved.

In order to be taken into account, I think such findings and conclusions should be resulted from a scientific study that includes a survey of hundreds if not thousnads of people from different geographical, social, and cultural backgrounds who are engaged in relationship.

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Attawie is very excited after the birth of her niece:

I can't wait to see my niece!
She's a cutie. I love her already.
My sister and her baby are both in good health alhamdulillah.

Attawie also announces her name:

It took them 24 hours to give her a name! and what a lovely name; Lean, Leann, Leeann, Lee Anne. still not sure of the spelling.

Only 24 hours?! That's a record low, some times it takes weeks.

Congratulations!!!

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3eeraqimedic writes about referees:

The need for referees for every new job proved over the years to be the most effective way of silencing any possible complaints against all manner of bullying and harassment from senior consultants, until eventually having worked in so many centres we had amassed a number of names from whom to choose.

She concludes by diclaring "the most difficult question we face?":

Who can we safely ask to be our referees?

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Thoughts from Baghdad as he remembers his life in Baghdad:

I left Baghdad and the tutoring job, with Firas being engaged and considering applying for his TOEFLs to study abroad. I later found out that he made it to the Sorbonne for his PhD (don't know in what field). But I also found out that his family received a special visa to travel to the States. And his mom found her death, not in bloody Baghdad but in bloody NY
3eeraqimedic

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Baghdad's Kassakhoon posts in relation to the new government in the Iraqi Kurdistan region:

Iraq's former deputy prime minister, Dr. Barham Salih and his 20-Minister Cabinet sworn in today before the parliament of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region as the region's sixth government since 1992.

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Noor el Qamar and her favourit song "I wanna live in a land called paradise" as she gives the following introductory explanation:

It's the story of my life this song, it's the reason I keep living in this strange earth we have between the people I love and those I just can't understand....the tears the smiles the memories the love the hate the crimes and the fate..............

Then you have the chance to hear the song and read the lyrics as you listen:

I won't cry over a world that can't change my life/I put my money on what lies ahead in paradise...I wanna live in a land called paradise/I wanna go to the valley of the King/ I wanna live in a land called paradise/wanna see the birds fly/and I wanna hear the angels sing....

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Nadia is gone on a mini vacation and will be back in two weeks time leaving behind a nice piece of art for us:

She hopes that:

this short break will be inspirational.
Packed with new bright ideas and subjects…

Nadia, Have a nice holiday full of joy!!!

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Marsho commemorates the annevirsary of her mother on her blog and gives some very important advice to everybody:

If your MOM is still alive, don't upset her!

She calls on her mother by saying:

Mom, once I got an email regarding my flight to the States I can't tell you how confused and sad I was! I should have been happy instead knowing that I will reunite with my husband after all but believe me it was like some one was stabbing my heart with a dagger. I realized that I would not be able to visit your grave whenever I want to! At that day to be exact I decided to go and visit the grave for the last time :(

May Allah bless her soul in peace.

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Son of Tigris is promoting friendship:

Heading to the gym? Well, don’t forget to take along your friend, for a new study has claimed that exercising with a partner boosts weight loss. To reach that conclusion, Professor Shiriki Kumanyika and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, conducted the two-year trial. The study included 344 men and women.

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”

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Iraqi Mojo talks about UN investigates "foreign involvement" in terrorism in Iraq":

Four years after it was determined that half of suicide bombers in Iraq are Saudi and most enter Iraq via Damascus, a "U.N. special envoy has met with top Iraqi officials to discuss government complaints of outside involvement in the recent wave of terrorism. Official figures, just released, show the number of terror casualties doubled for the month of October.

He explains:

Iraqi officials are praising the mission of U.N. envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to Baghdad to investigate allegations of foreign involvement in recent bloody suicide bombings. Taranco's arrival follows lengthy lobbying by the government to hold an independent international inquiry.

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Ikram Kurdi at Quran Club in an [Plato quote]:

I like this quote.
It is not just you and I
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."-Plato.

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جديد المدونات العراقية بين هجومين احدهما ارهابي والآخر عباسي مع اخبار اخرى متفرقة

باديء ذي بدء لابد لي من شكر زميلتي الفاضلة الدكتورة فيولا على عنايتها بهذا الموقع طيلة الشهر الماضي خلال غيابي في عطلتي السنوية.

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مرة اخرى تتعرض بغداد الحبيبة الى عمل ارهابي وحشي غادر ذهب ضحيته المئات من ابناء شعبنا الابرياء ولابد من القول ان الاجهزة الامنية تتحمل مسؤولية هذا الفشل المتواصل في حماية المواطن العراقي المغلوب على امره.
رحم الله شهدائنا واسكنهم الجنة ودعائنا الصادق لجرحانا بالشفاء العاجل والخزي والعار والنار للارهابيين القتلة.

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شن الاخ عباس هوازن هجوما قاسياً غير مبرر على زملائه من المدونين العراقيين وبلا شك فانه حر في طرح ارائه ولكن الحقيقة ان كثيراً من المدونين العراقيين لايوافقونه ارائه هذه.ولقد كتبت رداً مفصلاً على ما كتبه في القسم الانكليزي اعلاه ولااريد تكرار كل شيء ولكني اود القول اني اؤمن ايماناً راسخاً بان عالم التدوين العراقي ينبض بالحياة وبصحة عالية حيث ان هناك العديد من المدونين المبدعين في الساحة يتمتعون بالكفاءة والمقدرة.

ومادام الحديث بيننا كعراقيين فاني اود ان اقولها صادقاً وباللهجة العراقية المحببة اي عباس انت متكلي شخسران نفط بنزين اشو كوكل ماادري غوغل ليل ونهار تكول تعالوا شخبطوا وخربطوا على راحتكم يعني منو يصدك انت مسوي اضراب عن الكتابة يابة شنو الموضوع؟ عيني مو غير عباس يكول صارت كلمن الة ياهو اليجي وسوالة مدونة!
عجيب اي شكو بيهة الحركة بركة والناس احرار ولقد قال عز من قائل:

(اما الزبد فيذهب جفاء واما ما ينفع الناس فيمكث في الارض)

وهنا لابد لي من التوضيح اننا هنا في هذه المدونة لانسعى لاي من الماديات الزائلة حيث ان الهدف الوحيد هو اشاعة السلم والمحبة بين المدونين العراقيين وعموم ابناء الشعب العراقي.

يبقى موضوع الجائزة الذي يحتاج الى شيءٍ من التوضيح حيث انها فقط تمثل تثميناً وتقديراً وشكراً لجهود زملائنا من الذين يسعون الى كتابة شيء ذو قيمة وفائدة لنا جميعاً والباب مفتوح للجميع للاشراف بشكل كامل على عملية تقديم الجائزة للمواضيع الشهرية الفائزة.

والله الموفق

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الرسامة العراقية المبدعة ميس الخالدي في عمل فني جميل يحمل اسم تارا

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يوميات مغتربة و كلمات اعجبتها ودعتها للتفكير :

"المستقبل لا يعلمه إلا الله، وهو وحده يكشفه، في ظروف غير عادية. ولكن كيف يمكنني التنبؤ بالمستقبل؟ بفضل إشارات الحاضر. ففي الحاضر يكمن السر، وإذا تنبهت إلى حاضرك، أمكنك جعله أفضل مما هو عليه. ومتى حسَّنت الحاضر، فإن ما يأتي، بعد ذلك، يكون أفضل أيضاً. إنس المستقبل، وعش كل يوم من حياتك وفق أحكام الشريعة، متكلاً على رحمة الله بعباده، فكل يوم يحمل الأبدية في صميمه".
الخيميائي – باولو كويلو

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الرسامة هند تستمر قدماً في عرض اللوحات الفنية وذلك من موقعها الالكتروني ومنها هذه اللوحة للفنان جيرمي مان :

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رؤى تشكيلية والرسامة رؤى البازركان في سمفونية الالوان الصاخبة:

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د. وجدان الخشاب وحكاية "الكاهنة تُؤشِّرُ" حيث تختمها بقولها:

الكاهنة لملمت بخورها ... أحجارها ... كتيباتها المصفرّة .. روائح النهرِ .. رؤاه... رؤاها ... خبأتها في دولابٍ لم تعرف الشمس طريقاً لكشف خباياه ... أقفلته لعل ذاكرتها تفرغَ تماماً ... فينتهي ليلها النهاري بنداءٍ مدوٍّ يخترق الفضاءات ترددهُ السمكة مع (فانون) :
أترى ؟
أصبحت الثورة ضرورية وممكنة في عالمٍ (ي) بات يعي أنّه ليس أمامه ما يخسره غير أغلالهِ

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ايفان الدراجي تكتب عن:

شعب من المخلوقات المتناهية الصغر يدعى الـ " هو – " تعيش على ذرّة غبار داخل زهرة!

ولتنطلق مسرعة في تخيلاتها:

تخيّلت..
ماذا لو كنّا نحن الـ " بشر – human beings" نعيش حقا على ذرّة غبار داخل زهرة ما..
تساءلت..
من الذي يحملنا؟
من الذي يحمينا؟
متى صرخنا معلنين عن وجودنا؟؟

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الباحث أمير جبار الساعدي من على الروح العراقية

يواصل الكتابة عن القانون الدولي الإنساني وهنا فانه يتصدى للاجابة على سؤال مهم جد يتعلق بموقف اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر من التعذيب والمعاملة السيئة:

ترفض اللجنة الدولية استعمال التعذيب وغيره من أشكال المعاملة السيئة في جميع الأحوال.وتؤمن اللجنة الدولية بأن احترام الحياة والكرامة الإنسانية يتعارض مع أي تبرير للمعاملة السيئة.
وتلك هي الحجج التي تستند إليها اللجنة الدولية في تبرير موقفها:
* ينتهك التعذيب والمعاملة السيئة أبسط مبادئ الإنسانية واحترام الحياة والكرامة الإنسانية، وهي مبادئ يتعيّن الحفاظ عليها في جميع الأوقات.
* التعذيب والمعاملة السيئة محظوران في كل مكان وفي جميع الأوقات. ويعد ذلك أحد الخصائص الأكثر كونية للقانون الدولي والقوانين الوطنية على السواء.
* إن المعاناة الناجمة عن التعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة السيئة قد تترتب عليها اضطرابات عميقة لدى الضحايا ربما استمرت لسنوات. وقد ينتج عن الضرر البدني والنفسي الناجم عن ذلك احتياج الضحية لإعادة تأهيل على المدى الطويل.
* يُرَجّح أن تتضرّر الصورة الدولية للدولة التي تلجأ للمعاملة السيئة، على النحو الذي يؤثر سلباً على مصداقيتها وقدرتها على الانخراط في علاقات مع الدول الأخرى.
* إن التعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة السيئة قد يحدّ من رغبة السكان في التعاون مع السلطات. بل إن اللجوء إلى سوء المعاملة ربما أضعف في الحقيقة أولئك الذين يمارسونه عن طريق إثارة السخط لدى أولئك الذين كان يراد احتواؤهم.
* من شأن أي استعمال للتعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة السيئة أن يؤدي إلى تآكل تحريمه على نحو يمكن أن يترتب عليه شيوع استعماله أكثر.

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Best Iraqi Post Award, september 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Violet's Pure Heart) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Best Iraqi Post Award september 2009 is

Memorable Mistakes

Thanks Touta for your special post and congratulation!

A New Taste

noreply@blogger.com (Violet's Pure Heart) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

It's supposed me is the one who chooses the winner ,butThis month the "Best Iraqi Post Award for SEPTEMBER 2009 " has a differnt taste.
I leave the readers to choose the best ones and then to decide the winner within 3 days .
other wise it'll be chosen at the end of this week inshallah .
it'll increase the stir in Iraqiblosphere.
With many thanks
Violet~

Newly to Iraqi blogsphere

noreply@blogger.com (Violet's Pure Heart) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Every Time, I accsess into Iraqi blogers' profiles , I find new ones .... Hopefully It contines like this

نافذة من العراق للرائعة زهرة الراوي

ما زلت على قيد العراق

San IQ company
Taif's blog
wispers for you

وفاة المدون العراقي ابا نهاد رحمه الله وجولة في آخر ماكتبه المدونون العراقيون اواخر شهر ايلول 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

اود اعلام الجميع بانني ساغادر في اجازتي السنوية ولمدة شهر حيث ستكون خلالها زميلتي الفاضلة الدكتورة فيولا مسؤولة بشكل كامل عن هذا الموقع وحسب مايسمح به وقتها ودراستها.

والذي اود قوله بهذه المناسبة هو ان هذا الموقع سيبقى محافظاً على نهجه في الاستقلالية والحيادية وعدم تبني اية مواقف سياسية تؤدي الى الفرقة والبغضاء وسيكون هدفنا هو جعل هذا الموقع بيتاً تسوده الألفة والمحبة والتضامن والتآزر ولكافة المدونين العراقيين الذين يحترمون الكلمة و دورها الهام في بناء عراق مزدهر يتمتع فيه جميع مواطنيه بحياة حرة كريمة.

اقول قولي هذا واتمنى للجميع الخير الوفير انشاء الله.

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انتقل الى رحمة الله الواسعة المرحوم ابا نهاد صاحب مدونةجان نهاد حيث نعاه صديقه الوفي الاخ صباح يونس بالكلمات التالية:

ببالغ الاسى والاسف رحل عنا الاخ والصديق الوفي ابو نهاد على اثر اصابته بجلطه قلبيه صباح اليوم وفاضت روحه الى ربها وبناءا على توصيته لي وتكليفي ان اكتب الخبر في مكتوب ومدونته وكان يلح على هذا الامر لهذا اديت الامانه (وان لله وان اليه راجعون ) وقال اريد من كل من يزور صفحتي ان يقرأ عليا سورة الفاتحه ,,,اخر كلماته كانت قال ان صمت رهيب يحاصرني عندي الكثير لكي اتكلم ولكنني لااستطيع كان قدري ان اعيش في صمت واحزن ولكن لااريد ان اموت في صمت ,,,,سابكيك ياابو نهاد العمر كله انا ايضا كما كنت تقول عن نهاد ستلتقى بنهاد ولن تبكي بعد اليوم لقد تركت البكاء لي رحمك الله ايها الصديق الوفي والاخ
فراقك سيكون صعب لي ,اخوك وصديقك صباح يونس

تقبل الله الفقيد المرحوم ابا نهاد في رحمته الواسعة واسكنه فسيح جناته والهم اهله ومحبيه الصبر والسلوان وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون.

.وكان آخر مانشره الفقيد هو سطور قليلة تحت عنوان مناجاة حيث تضمنت التالي
:
أحتمال ان يغرس احدهم شوكا في جسدك او ان يغرس انيابه في قلبك محتمل جدا او ان يضحك لأنك تبكي,فترى دنياك شديدة القسوه محتمل جدا ايضا ان يهجمك عدو بانياب ضاربه في لحظه مباغته فترى الدنيا غابه موحشه او متوحشه حينها تسال نفسك ,,,ماذا فعلت مع كل هولاء الناس ,,ولكن الاجابه معروفه ,,لم اكن سوى انسانا طيبا وواضحا وبسيطا,ولكن النتيجه تحتار في واقعك الغريب وتكون من الخاسرين كما جرى معي.....؟؟؟ ورغم ذلك تبقى انت كبيرا وما هولاء الا نموذج من قبيح البشر ان للكون رب لاتاخذه سنه ولانوم يراك من حيث لاتراه يعلم بخفايا النفوس ويجيب دعوة المظلوم والمضطرب اذا دعاه او لجاء اليه,,,,لان في حياتنا الكثير من البشر ممكن ان ننصدم بهم ,,؟؟؟

رحم الله من قرا السورةالمباركة الفاتحة

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احتفى المدونون العراقيون من على مدوناتهم بحلول عيد الفطر السعيد وكما نرى في المواقع التالية: الروح العراقية، يوميات مغتربة، التجارة الألكترونية والتسويق الشبكي، الكاتبة العراقية د. وجدان الخشاب، نوفل، من قطرات الكاتبة عبير عبد الغفور ويالله عيني سولفلنا.

لايسعنا سوى ان نقول للجميع مرة اخرى كل عام وانتم بخير واعاده الله عليكم باليمن والبركة والافراح الدائمة.

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عودة متحف الفن العراقي المعاصر من جديد ونبذة عن حياة الفنان العراقي عبد القادر الرسام:

عبد القادر الرسام (1882 - 1952)هو رسّام عراقي ولد في بغداد ودرس الفن إلى جانب العلوم العسكرية في المدرسة الحربية في اسطنبول , اشتهر في اسلوبه الكلاسيكي في رسم المناظر الطبيعية واحيانا التي يتخللها اشخاص متاثرا بفن الاوربي واستخدامه الالوان المقتضبة والداكنة والتاكيد على الظل والضوء والدقة في رسم التفاصيل .

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همسات دافئة تكتب عن الغروب فتقول:

ها هو الغروب جاء معلناً نهاية فصل النور
فقد تم احتضار الوقت
ببطيء شديد
لينشر َ للــ وجود خبره العاجل
ظلام
و صمت ٌ تطرق ُ له الروح
بــ ألم
في زاوية ما من ذاكرتي
يقبع ُ الظلام كــ سكين حديد
الإنتظار

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من قطرات الكاتبة عبير عبد الغفور وهي تكتب شذراتها محتفلة بعيد الفطر المبارك حيث تتضمن بعضاً مــما تعتبره اجمل الكلمات التــي قرأتــهاهي:

* اليــوم والليلة صفحة من صفحات حياتك فأكتب بها ماتشــاء .
* لا تكـــن الـــرأس في كـــل الامــور … لان الـــرأس كثيــر الاوجاع
* ليــس المهــم كيف تمســك القلم ولكــن المهــم كيف تكتــب بــه
* العقل خــير صاحب والادب خيــر ميــراث والثقــة بالنفس جوهــرة البطولـــة
* اجمـــل مافي النخلة انها توحي الى العظمـــة والشمـــوخ
* اقـــوى ريـــاح ريـــاح الحــق
* اول الغضب جنون واخــره نـــدم
* قائـــد الامم اخــلاقها وطباعهـا لاحكومتها
* الزمــن كعقارب الســاعة لايرجــع الى الــوراء .

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نوفل فيما يعتبره اجمل ماقيل من شعر في عيد الفطر وهو قول الشاعر البحتري مادحاً المعتصم:

بالبر صمت وأنــــــت أفضل صائم ... و بسنة الله الرضية تفطـــــــــر
فانـــعــم بــــيوم الفطر عيدا انه ... يوم أغـــر من الزمـــــان مشهر

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د. وجدان الخشاب وهي تعرض بعضاً من صورها:

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مدونة بغداد تنشر صوراً لمترو ُدبي الذي افتتح مؤخراً وتحت عنوان مليء بالامل المشروع في رؤيه شبيهه او احسن منه في بغداد الحبيبة:

مترو دبي - ننتظر مترو بغداد

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التجارة الالكترونية والتسويق الشبكي وخبر عن قيام جامعة الكوفة بتنظيم ندوة بخصوص التجارة الالكترونية في العراق وقد جاء فيه:

قامت جامعة الكوفة ندوة علمية بشأن التجارة الالكترونية بعنوان (التجارة الالكترونية في العراق فرص وتحديات) على قاعة رئاسة الجامعة الكبرى.
وقال ليث محمد رضا مدير مركز الحاسبة الالكترونية بجامعة الكوفة " ان الهدف من اقامة هذه الندوة تسليط الضوء على مفاهيم التجارة الالكترونية التقنية والأسس التي ترتكز عليها واليات التعامل التجاري الالكتروني وسبل الارتقاء والتطوير المتاحة للنهوض بواقع التجارة الالكترونية".
و تضمنت الندوة عدة محاور منها المحور التكنولوجي الذي سلط الضوء على معظم مفاهيم التجارة الالكترونية وسبل الارتقاء والتطوير المتاحة للنهوض بواقع التجارة الالكترونية وحفظها من أيدي المتلاعبين والقراصنة

وفي موضوع لاحق تحت عنوان جامعيات يبتكرن وسائل للكسب السريع لقهر البطالة وملء فراغ الوقت جاء فيه:

ابتكرت مجموعة من الفتيات السعوديات طريقة جديدة لشغل أوقاتهن وتحسين أوضاعهن المادية، تكمن في استغلال مواقع التجمعات الإنترنتية النسائية بالترويج للمنتجات الخاصة غير المتوفرة في الأسواق المحلية مع عرض طريقة التواصل التي تسهل مهمة التفاوض بين التاجرة وعميلاتها والاستعلام عن كيفية تسليم المنتج المطلوب في الوقت المتفق عليه. وإن كان غالبية ما يعرض يشمل الفساتين والحقائب الجلدية المستوردة من لبنان وزيوت الشعر التي يحضرنها من الهند إضافة لكريمات التخسيس وتفتيح لون البشرة المجلوبة من شرق آسيا.

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الحياة هي في مكان أخر ورنا كامل وهي تكتب عن نساء متوشحات بالسواد بين أبيها و أمها وقد ورد فيها:

بين أبي و أمي نساء متوشحات بالسواد و النميمة و درجات سلم قديم راسخة في
الأرض، هناك بينهما مقطوعات لموزارت و باخ
مجموعة أفلام مترشحة للأوسكار إختطفت مني فترات شرب الشاي الجماعي
و الأحاديث غير المجدية و غير المؤذية

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يوميات مغتربة ومحررتها زهرة الراوي وهي تكتب عن موضوع مهم جداً تحت عنوان المدارس الأجنبية .. ولغة أولادنا جاء فيه:

المؤسف والمحطم للقلب أن البنات العربيات لا يعرفن الكتابة ولا القراءة بلغتهن الأم!!! يعني لديهم الحد الأدنى فقط من المعرفة بهذ اللغة، ويؤسفني القول أنهن لسن فطحل بالإنجليزية لكن أعطيهن جيد جداً رغم أن حلم الأهالي كان أن يتحدثن الإنجليزية كأهلها، أماعندما جلبت لهن قصص جميلة باللغة العربية البسيطة (قصص من قصصنا ونحن صغار مالت دائرة الثقافة العراقية) واجهن صعوبة بالغة في القراءة، يستطعن التهجي لكنهن يدمجن الكلمات أحياناً، وهذا فقط القراءة بينما فهم ما قرأن كان يساوي 1% !

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رؤى تشكيلية و مقدمة البرامج والفنانة رؤى البازركان وهي تعرض عدداً من اللوحات التشكيلية الغنية بالوانها تحت عنوان وجوه:

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ميس الخالدي في عمل ابداعي جديد:

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يواصل الباحث أمير جبار الساعدي ومن على مدونته الروح العراقية عرض ترجمتة لكتاب أربعة حروب والعد مستمر إعادة النظر في المعنى الأستراتيجي للحرب على العراق لمؤلفه أنتوني . كورد سمان حيث ورد في جانب منه:
كانت الولايات المتحدة والتحالف "متفاجئأن بالمحتوم". وكتب الصحفيون والمحللون ممن لا تجربة لهم بالحرب غير المتكافئة تقارير حول الاستراتيجيات والتكتيكات الجديدة والمتطورة وهي طرق ثبت جدواها فعلاً، وتقارير اخرى عن تكتيكات جديدة استغلها أنصار النظام السابق بشكل ما منذ سقوط النظام. وتجدر الأشارة أنه ليس الحرب غير المتكافئة وحدها التي ترتكز على استغلال ضعف أي عدو لكن النجاح يرتكز على التغيير المستمر لمجموعة من التكتيكات التي تشكل الأستراتيجية العامة وبذلك تتقلص نسبة التعرض للهجوم وفي نفس الوقت استغلال المناطق التي يتركها العدو مكشوفة.

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يستمر البرجوازي العراقي في تناول المواضيع الشيقة ومنها عرضه مجموعة من الصور الجوية لبلدنا الغالي العراق وقد طلب المساعدة لتحديد مواقع بعضاً من هذه الصور الجميل والتي منها هذه الصورة لفندق بابل الواقع في بغداد كرادة خارج:

وفي موضوع لاحق يكتب متهكماً البرجوازي العراقي عن:

اتكيت الانترنت الاسلامي في السعودية

لم يخطر على بالي ولا لحظة واحدة ان هذا المستوى من التطور ممكن
وعليه انصح بتطبيق هذا الاتكيت حرفيا للفائدة وحيث ان امم العالم لو التفتت لمدى الفائدة لطبقتها في دولهم ولكن هيهات لدول العالم ان تصل الى مدى التقدم والازدهار وحقوق الانسان الموجودة في عوالمنا الشرق اوسطية فعلى سبيل المثال لو عرفوا فائدة ختان الاناث وفهموها لقاموا بتطبقها ولكن للاسف الجهل والتخلف منتشر في بلدانهم المظلمة مثل اليابان واوربا ومجاهل اميركا الشمالية

مهزلة ان يصل التخلف الى هذا الحد من السعي في سبيل حرمان المرأة من حقوقها الدينية والمدنية والانسانية.

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ايفان الدراجي تعرض صورة لطفل عراقي ممتليء بالحياة ومبتسم لها مع هذه الكلمات:

" من قال ان الرغيف يصنع الحياة ؟؟"
السعادة:

لا يتكلم عنها ولا يعرفها الا الذين فقدوها,
فـ " لا يمكن معرفة الشيء الابوجود نقيضة "

هيــجل

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تستمر الفنانة هند في عرض اللوحات الفنية العراقية والعالمية وهنا نشاهد احدى لوحات الفنان جيفري بدريك :

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فائزة الاعرجي وهي تقيم دراستها الحالية في امريكا ضمن مقالة جديدة تحت عنوان العلم نور والجهل ظلمات:

بالنسبة لي وجدت حلاوة الدراسه وانا كبيرة , ليست مملة كما كنت اجدها وانا صغيرة في العشرين من عمري حين درست الهندسه في جامعة بغداد , كنت احس ان الدراسه واجب ثقيل ينبغي ان انجزه حتى اخذ شهاده جامعيه وهي بطاقة دخول للعمل وتكوين أسرة ومستقبل
الان انظر للدراسه بطريقه مختلفه تماما , الدراسه علم ومعرفه وقوة ونور تدفع الانسان للامام وتعطيه فرصه ليكون اكثر فاعليه في مجتمعه ...
ممكن ان تفيده شخصيا في تطوير قدراته ومهاراته وايضا تزيده فهما للعالم من حوله , وممكن ان يشرح للاخرين ماذا تعلم , ان كانوا مستعدين للاستماع , هذه مشكله اخرى, بعض الناس لا يحبون الاستماع , يظنون انفسهم عباقرة ويعرفون كل شيء
أظن هذه مؤشر على الغباء وضيق الافق

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Some English Update

I'm leaving on holiday for a month and my colleague Dr. Viola will be fully in charge of this blog as much as her time and study will allow.

And on this occasion, I would like to say that this site will remain independent and impartial in its approach and avoid adopting political positions lead to division and hatred.Our goal will be to make this site a house dominated by compassion, love and solidarity plus mutual assistance for all the Iraqi bloggers who respect the word and its important role in building a prosperous Iraq in which all its citizens can live free and dignified lives.

I say this and I wish Hope, Abundance and Prosperity for all, ALLAH willing.

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Skies in "A Kiss to Mankind" talks about many thnigs including a book written by Dr. Malik Al Mutalibi:

hesitated to buy his book. Malik Al Mutalibi is a well known poet, university professor, and a literary critic that writes in a very classic Arabic. I don’t understand most of his writings but that old man of that small library near the garage told me with his husky voice: “you should have it, it is a pleasure to read”. He rarely says that to me. I looked at the book and it is so elegant and with a clever cover and what a title: “the Abandoned Excavations of the Unconscious”.

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Attawie has a good news:

Today I received my MBA (General Management) degree from the States, finally! I've been waiting since April. I got an A for my thesis and a GPA of 3.67 *bows for applause

Congratulations!!!

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IraqPundit in his post "More on the Upcoming Vote" says:

A lot of Iraqis predict that Nouri Al Maliki will win the January election. They say he has done well, Iraq is much more stable now. Al Maliki has chosen the middle ground and made it his own. His government is kind of secular, as liquor flows freely and so on. But before Al Maliki gets too comfortable with that possiblity, he should listen to what at least some Baghdadis are saying.

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These are a few of my favourite things and an attempt to explor the outside world by her beautiful cat:

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Nibras Kazimi at Talisman Gate writes about what he calls the "Iraqi Madoff":

First there was Bernie Madoff, then there was the 'Lebanese Madoff', and now there's an 'Iraqi Madoff.'
Real name: Abdel-Zahra al-Shalooshi (from Nassiriyah). Damages: $25 million. Victims: allegedly 1,200 Iraqi families in Michigan. Scam: take your money and invest it in Iraq. Political affiliations: Nouri al-Maliki's office, Sherwan al-Wa'ili. Political Recriminations: Maliki's people allege this is a media plot by Adel Abdel-Mahdi to make the PM look bad.

Also Nibras Kazimi has a nice things to say about someone, for a change as he puts it:

That someone is Ambassador Christopher Hill in Baghdad. He's been the target of a smear campaign as of late.

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MixMax posts about "Dancing in Central Station of Antwerp":

Last year in March, a group of 200 dancers emerged out of nowhere in Central Station of Belgian city of Antwerp and started dancing on the "sound of music" melody plyaing out from the speakers at the different corners of the big hall. It is in fact a some sort of promotion to the musical by the same name.

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Marsho continues posting almost on daily basis and this time, it's all about "Age of Empire 3 - Ichabod Crane":

Wait! Don't let the subject drift your mind far...absolutely not! I don't play this game and I am not a fan of it either. To me, it is not a female sort of game. My husband spend hours playing this medieval period game. I get sick of it every time I hear swords clash and revolutions huzzah. The more he plays it the more I get in love with the themes music...One of them has grabbed my attention reluctantly and made me fall in love with it.

And after 90 minutes of search and investigation, Marsho got the facts right but she still seeking help:

The music is given a name as : Last name Crane, Ichabod. I have read about Ichabod Crane also. But the thing is that I am still looking for the name of the band who sang this short song, I didn't come to an end and I am so curious to know. Any help?

Finally, Marsho is encouraging people to check out the video which she has a link to it on her blog:

Check out the video, you will like the music. If I were in Iraq and still using my cellphone; I would have put it as my ring tone ;P

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Karwan at The Day Before Yesterday has a hole in his soul:

Today, I have said ‘Yes’ and I really don’t wish to say yes. I will leave behind (in my thoughts only as of now), memories, dreams, sadness, hopes, and opportunities. I think with myself, what I have done, why never planned ahead.

He concludes by saying:

Yes, for now, I can’t dream, for now, I can’t have hope, for now, I only wait, and wait, and watch others dreaming, hoping, what kind of pain is that to not able to dream? My heart is aching; I have to start all over again.

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Son of Tigris has the following “Magic GIANT 12-Surface IQ Pentagon – Fantastic Edition” for $49.90:

He explains:

This is the most perfect for your Left & Right Brain Training. Let’s GRAB and CHALLENGE it!

In his most recent post, Son of Tigris focuses on leggings which melt away cellulite as clearly shown, in the following diagram:

***

Nadia at the Art Tray and her Messengers of love are promoting love in all directions:

My {birds} are happily delivering love letters in all directions North, South, East and West.I can only imagine LOVE birds colorful and bright like that.

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Touta in "Memorable Mistakes" counts her seven sins:

Making fun of Hussam
I used to hate him and his greased hair and sleazy bedroom eyes in his music videos.But after hearing his songs at every possible turn, i gave up, and thought; 'what the hell, this hussam guy can sing!'.

Platonic doesnt exist
After the few initial first lonely days in Baghdad, I made new friends, since my childhood friends all seem to have moved. Unfortunatley, i learnt friendliness has its price.

Never stay in the room with your aunts and mum
i did once, and now i realise the folly of it. It was in the international zone, but i dont recall much of that day apart from waiting endlessly bored for my father.

Never enter a room full of foreigners in your homeland
i did once, and now i realise the folly of it.

You can't handle the truth
I'm a terrible liar, and its because of that, I cannot be bothered to lie. I'd have to remember the lie anyway, and to tell you the truth, my memory resembles that of a senile 98 year old granny.

Sleepy Street
I know walking around in daylight in your pajamas isn't the 'norm'. But I've done it before in countries ranging from Turkey, to the UK.I have family (grandparents, aunt, uncle) that each live around two houses away in Baghdad.They rang, i sprawled out of bed, and decided to make my way to their house in my pajamas. They were nice modest comfortable pajamas.On walking through the door, and seeing their faces, I made a quick mental assesment of wondering who i had murdered.

Freedom in Iraq
I admit it, my parents give me the independence i argue for. But woe befall me should i mention the freedom i do get to other iraqi families. Then everyone else ends up thinking I am either some poor neglected child, or that i am a hardcore rebel punk.

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Iraqi Mojo has a question "Was it worth it?" to which he puts the following answer:

One thing that’s changed, and for the better, is that Saddam Hussein is gone for good, along with his murderous tyranny, and that 25 or 30 million Iraqis are no longer subject to the sickening extremities of state-sponsored brutality — the Murder Inc. — that were the hallmark of his quarter-century in power. That, of course, has become a commonplace point for those who argue, still, that all in all it’s been worthwhile despite the appalling costs that those who committed allied troops to the invasion of 2003 seemed not to have factored into their calculations.

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Sunshine has "So MuCh FuN" which she starts by saying:

Hello friends, I've been in Baghdad and I didn't have time to use the computer, I was busy preparing for Eid, we also have several apportionments with Doctors, as you know the laboratories and doctors in Baghdad are much better than those in mosul.my mom did some tests she is doing fine now .

Then she introduce her Bundle Of News such as:

To avoid the crowded streets we didn't go out of the neighborhood except few times, We went to al Rubaii street before Eid (my favorite place in Baghdad), and in the day after Eid we had dinner in a nice restaurant called Saysaban, which I like so much.Then after Eid, we went shopping .. and that's all ..

When I came back to mosul, I applied for collage, and we'll get the approval results after 3 weeks.

Few days ago, we were invited to a friend's Nishan party. next week, we'll attend another relative's wedding, and after two weeks my family and I will attend a Nishan party of my dear friend and relative, gorgeous Najma.

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A Peace Collection, Eid Celebrations, Friendship & Love and other Updates from the Iraqiblogsphere!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Nadia at Art Tray is happily sharing her peace collection which she presents to:

my country, my kids, my planet & John Lennon:{peace out}
enjoy!

Nadia also in a most recent post is asking everybody to enjoy looking at her Jolly good FISHES:

Thank you Nadia, we do enjoyed both the peace collection and the Jolly Good Fishes.

***

Eid el-Fitr is a widely celebrated event among our colleagues at the Iraqi blogsphere.It attracts the attention of Sandybelle, Noor el Qamar, Attawie , Then Some, Mosul 4 all, Leish, Violet For PeaceandHNK.

Inside Iraq believes:

it has been one of the quietest Eids we have had for quite a while. I am so happy.

He is giving some examples to prove his claim:

In volatile Diyala, where al Qaida still holds sway, people are out of their houses, into the streets and off visiting friends and loved ones, putting their fears behind them. Families filling parks and commons that they were afraid to reach last year.

In Fallujah, the same story. Several new cafes were opened during Ramadan, and they were full to overflowing with youngsters eager to celebrate on these holy days.

In Tikrit, in Basra and Najaf. In Hilla, Karbala and Diwaniyah. In all the cities and towns - and not least in Baghdad, you could see the parents proudly moving about their city with their young ones in colourful Eid clothes.

He concludes by saying:

Iraqis are a strong, resilient people who have been through so much and have seen much hardship and sorrow. But When they got the chance - they bounced, and celebrated as they have not done for a long time.

***

Attawie shows what everybody is looking for "Love & Friendship" in one nice picture:

***

Iraq The Model has this to say to the Egyptian government:

If your house is made of trash, don't kill the pigs.

The story behind his advice is:

When the government killed all the pigs in Egypt this spring — in what public health experts said was a misguided attempt to combat swine flu — it was warned the city would be overwhelmed with trash.The pigs used to eat tons of organic waste. Now the pigs are gone and the rotting food piles up on the streets of middle-class neighborhoods like Heliopolis and in the poor streets of communities like Imbaba.

***

Baghdad Bacon & Eggs and some quotes from his recent post "Nearly Everyone Else's Eid":

I woke up very early this morning, opened up Facebook and everyone was Happy Eiding everyone else.

Yesterday, we went to Karbala for dinner. It was cloudy, maybe it will rain this winter which would be so good as long as it doesn't rain during the harvest which isn't for another couple of months.

I'm quite fed up with my workload at the plantation.

I'm going to get a Visa debit card to buy myself a Blackberry.

I don't know why I'm becoming pessimistic all of a sudden. I've always thought that as long as some democracy existed there will be hope for things to get better, but it does seem that those in power are trying to burn the bridge for change...

Why can't this country gain sovereignty without shooting itself in the foot?

I know it's not me to talk of politics but does anyone see any sign of improvement in writing? I've been practicing.

***

Morbid Smile at From Me With Love is back:

I know, it's been exactly a year since I last wrote here. I wasn't planning on doing this, it just happened. After I got back home I decided that I needed a long vacation from everything I ever did before: from reading, writing, researching, or even looking at books which was hard to do since they were everywhere.

Morbido also has some good news:

I don't have to mention that so many things happened in this year, one of them was my sister's wedding preceded by my Dad's sudden illness and back surgery (He's much better now and back to normal life)... and of course, me getting the job I worked so hard to get!

And a final 'coming back' declaration:

But, I'm still here.. checking new posts written by others, even if I wasn't commenting.. but I'm still here, and hope that there is still some people out there checking my blog for I am coming back now!

Morbido's return is welcomed by her colleagues such as Marsho:

Welcome back :)
I was checking your blog every now and then and knew that you would return one day.
Happy Eid

And Attawie:

OMG OMG!
:O
OMG OMG!
:D
yay
My best friend, my dear
Online and offline
In blogsphere and real sphere
University and post-graduate
In Iraq and abroad
Oh my dear
I'm so happy you're back to blogging

Morbido: Welcome back into the Iraqi Blogsphere World!!!

***

Baghdad's Kassakhoon has a message to the Minister of Natural Resources in Iraq's Kuridstan Regional Government, Ashti Hawrami who is now asking Norway's DNO International ASA to "find ways to remedy the damage done to the KRG reputation":

Dear Mr. Hawrami, nothing in the Iraqi law allows you to do what you said it was "with the sole intention of helping DNO to raise the capital required for its projects in the Kurdistan Region" and "to be supportive of the companies working in the Kurdistan Region." Simply put, you have breached Iraq's Penalty Law No. 111 in 1969 and the Civil-servant Disciplinary Law No. 14 in 1991.

***

Mosul 4 all is twitting now:

About month ago I signed up in twitter after I heard about it on tv, first I thought it was just like facebook and useless but then I realized the benefits from twitter and how to use it in the right way.

The following is her twitter page:

Mosulblog

***

HOW TO DESERVE IT? sadly, has no internet connection for over a month now:

A whole month trying to get Internet. There is something wrong in this city.

***

Touta promises fireworks:

I've been blogging for a lunar year. When the actual year anniversary passes, i think i might actually set off fireworks.

She explains it further:

You may be wondering why this seemingly overreaction at my blog's anniversary...well...the truth was i never though i would last. :D Talk about lack of faith.

Touta has many stories and stuff to tell:

i screwed up my finger and had to have stitches, and now every letter i type brings a whole new meaning to the word 'pain'.

I rediscovered how much I shudder at Karl Wolfe... I recently heard not one, but two of his 'songs' played loudly, and at that moment, I think a part of me died.

Then she is offering her "Lesson of the Day":

my silent smile and nod tactic backfired, as one woman shouted across the room to my mother - 'is your daughter deaf? she might be DYKLEXIC ya habeebti, get her tested', followed by her pinching my cheeks in a way that meant i walked around cursing violently in my head as the pinch stung for minutes after.

I had to bite down my tongue pretty hard to stop myself from telling said lady it was her fault i couldnt hear anything (she arranged the seatings and made me sit next to a blasting speaker that was over half my height), and that being 'dyklexic' has nothing to do with deafness.

Touta, we wish your first finger a quick recovery and hope your typing will be soon free of pain.

***

Dr. Viola in an enjoyable EID journey of discovery in Erbil and talking about car numbers, faces and dances:

cars numbers :
All the visits I have made to Kurdistan, I have never seen a diversity of people like this one !
It like all the Iraqi were there ! , Baghdad, Basra, Karbala, Al Najaf, Nineveh ,Al Anbar
I noticed that by looking at the cars numbers on the way to bekhal cascade .
130000 entered Erbil from Mosul .
Faces and dances :
All the way and I see people dancing , on Arabic music .. Kurdish music … never matter!

To see a prosporous Erbil reminds her of the old peaceful Mosul:

Erbil……. I love it soooooo much (the down town of Erbil), when I visit it I can see Mosul when it was in peace before the invasion ! that's why I love it !
The urbanization is at the highest levels there , I almost cried when I see people of my own home have not been given the chance to start building their city like Erbil.

Having seen all the good thigns in her trip, Dr. Viola is making an announcment:

It's time to live .. it's time to have the right to go out home at night without fearing you will be killed or kidnapped !
It's time to go to college without fearing bridge would be closed at any second and your exams just have to fly away !
it's time to remove checkpoints ! it's time for not seeing any solider in the street ! it's time for not seeing any army tanks ! It's time to have fun, it's time to live life …

Yes, Dr. Viola, it's time for all the Iraqi people in Mosul and in our other cities, big or small, to begin to enjoy their life .

***

IraqPundit has the following view about what he describes as "the most respected Arabic language newspapers":

Instead of writing about how politicians are forming alliances, new parties, and negotiating to make changes in the country, the newspapers print rumours. Instead of showing that democracy is slowly developing here, the papers add to the conspiracy theories that spread so easily in the region. But most Iraqis believe, rightly or wrongly, neighbouring countries don't want Iraq to succeed.

***

HNK wants the opening of schools to be delayed:

Please wait, I need more break. I don’t want to go back to my school
School is always waiting in the corner, whether I want to admit this or not.

However, it's just words, because there's no other option available:

So, doctrorst and professors
Please, broaden the road …
I am coming

***

It is all about our life and Marsho in an invitation to watch a stunning video:

Kseniya Simonova
Watch this Ukranian sand animator...isn't she amazing?!!

It's mazing, Marsho. Thank you so much.

***

Karwan at The Day Before Yesterday in a "To You" poem:

here were moments we were together
Things that I treasure and remember
You are stronger than you seem
And more beautiful than I could dream
But most importantly, even we are apart,
You’ll be always be in my heart

***

These are a few of my favourite things and a big brother together with his little sister:

***

Mix Mode in a Wake Up call:

a wake up call for a blogger who's missed by many, and not only by me. I am not talking about those who suddenly decided to give it a try and leave everything behind, as if the effort put on writing and publishing what they think and want to share with the whole world (through this blog) is nothing but a waste of time.

In the end, he re-enforces his call:

Yes, it is a wake up call for all bloggers I used to read... who are missed, not only by me, but by many. Those bloggers who are in my eyes and mind left a trace with their precious words, experience, feelings, and events.

MixMax, we hope your honest call will be heard from as many bloggers as possible and it seems working, Morbido is back!

***

A Peace Collection, Eid Celebrations Friendshp & Love and other Updates from the Iraqiblogsphere

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:25 PST

Nadia at Art Tray is happily sharing her peace collection which she presents to:

for my country, my kids, my planet & John Lennon:{peace out}
enjoy!

Thank you Nadia, we do enjoyed the collection very much.

***

Eid el-Fitr is a widely celebrated event among our colleagues at the Iraqi blogsphere.It attracts the attention of Sandybelle, Noor el Qamar, Attawie , Then Some, Mosul 4 all, Leish, Violet For Peace
and HNK.

Inside Iraq believes:

it has been one of the quietest Eids we have had for quite a while. I am so happy.

He is giving some examples to prove his claim:

In volatile Diyala, where al Qaida still holds sway, people are out of their houses, into the streets and off visiting friends and loved ones, putting their fears behind them. Families filling parks and commons that they were afraid to reach last year.

In Fallujah, the same story. Several new cafes were opened during Ramadan, and they were full to overflowing with youngsters eager to celebrate on these holy days.

In Tikrit, in Basra and Najaf. In Hilla, Karbala and Diwaniyah. In all the cities and towns - and not least in Baghdad, you could see the parents proudly moving about their city with their young ones in colourful Eid clothes.

He concludes by saying:

Iraqis are a strong, resilient people who have been through so much and have seen much hardship and sorrow. But When they got the chance - they bounced, and celebrated as they have not done for a long time.

***

Attawie shows what everybody is looking for "Love & Friendship" in one nice picture:

***

Iraq The Model has this to say to the Egyptian government:

If your house is made of trash, don't kill the pigs.

The story behind his advice is:

When the government killed all the pigs in Egypt this spring — in what public health experts said was a misguided attempt to combat swine flu — it was warned the city would be overwhelmed with trash.The pigs used to eat tons of organic waste. Now the pigs are gone and the rotting food piles up on the streets of middle-class neighborhoods like Heliopolis and in the poor streets of communities like Imbaba.

***

Baghdad Bacon & Eggs and some quotes from his recent post "Nearly Everyone Else's Eid":

I woke up very early this morning, opened up Facebook and everyone was Happy Eiding everyone else.

Yesterday, we went to Karbala for dinner. It was cloudy, maybe it will rain this winter which would be so good as long as it doesn't rain during the harvest which isn't for another couple of months.

I'm quite fed up with my workload at the plantation.

I'm going to get a Visa debit card to buy myself a Blackberry.

I don't know why I'm becoming pessimistic all of a sudden. I've always thought that as long as some democracy existed there will be hope for things to get better, but it does seem that those in power are trying to burn the bridge for change...

Why can't this country gain sovereignty without shooting itself in the foot?

I know it's not me to talk of politics but does anyone see any sign of improvement in writing? I've been practicing.

***

Morbid Smile at From Me With Love is back:

I know, it's been exactly a year since I last wrote here. I wasn't planning on doing this, it just happened. After I got back home I decided that I needed a long vacation from everything I ever did before: from reading, writing, researching, or even looking at books which was hard to do since they were everywhere.

Morbido also has some good news:

I don't have to mention that so many things happened in this year, one of them was my sister's wedding preceded by my Dad's sudden illness and back surgery (He's much better now and back to normal life)... and of course, me getting the job I worked so hard to get!

And a final 'coming back' declaration:
But, I'm still here.. checking new posts written by others, even if I wasn't commenting.. but I'm still here, and hope that there is still some people out there checking my blog for I am coming back now!

Morbido's return is welcomed by her colleagues such as Marsho:

Welcome back :)
I was checking your blog every now and then and knew that you would return one day.
Happy Eid

And Attawie:

OMG OMG!
:O
OMG OMG!
:D
yay
My best friend, my dear
Online and offline
In blogsphere and real sphere
University and post-graduate
In Iraq and abroad
Oh my dear
I'm so happy you're back to blogging

Morbido: Welcome back into the Iraqi Blogsphere World!!!

***

Baghdad's Kassakhoon has a message to the Minister of Natural Resources in Iraq's Kuridstan Regional Government, Ashti Hawrami who is now asking Norway's DNO International ASA to "find ways to remedy the damage done to the KRG reputation":

Dear Mr. Hawrami, nothing in the Iraqi law allows you to do what you said it was "with the sole intention of helping DNO to raise the capital required for its projects in the Kurdistan Region" and "to be supportive of the companies working in the Kurdistan Region." Simply put, you have breached Iraq's Penalty Law No. 111 in 1969 and the Civil-servant Disciplinary Law No. 14 in 1991.

***

Mosul 4 all is twitting now:

About month ago I signed up in twitter after I heard about it on tv, first I thought it was just like facebook and useless but then I realized the benefits from twitter and how to use it in the right way.

The following is her twitter page:

Mosulblog

***

HOW TO DESERVE IT? sadly, has no internet connection for over a month now:

A whole month trying to get Internet. There is something wrong in this city.

***

Touta promises fireworks:

I've been blogging for a lunar year. When the actual year anniversary passes, i think i might actually set off fireworks.

She explains it further:

You may be wondering why this seemingly overreaction at my blog's anniversary...well...the truth was i never though i would last. :D Talk about lack of faith.

She has many stories and stuff to tell:

i screwed up my finger and had to have stitches, and now every letter i type brings a whole new meaning to the word 'pain'.

I rediscovered how much I shudder at Karl Wolfe... I recently heard not one, but two of his 'songs' played loudly, and at that moment, I think a part of me died.

Then she is offering her "Lesson of the Day":

my silent smile and nod tactic backfired, as one woman shouted across the room to my mother - 'is your daughter deaf? she might be DYKLEXIC ya habeebti, get her tested', followed by her pinching my cheeks in a way that meant i walked around cursing violently in my head as the pinch stung for minutes after.

I had to bite down my tongue pretty hard to stop myself from telling said lady it was her fault i couldnt hear anything (she arranged the seatings and made me sit next to a blasting speaker that was over half my height), and that being 'dyklexic' has nothing to do with deafness.

Touta, we wish your first finger a quick recovery and hope your typing will be soon free of pain.

***

Dr. Viola in an enjoyable EID journey of discovery in Erbil and talking about car numbers, faces and dances:

cars numbers :
All the visits I have made to Kurdistan, I have never seen a diversity of people like this one !
It like all the Iraqi were there ! , Baghdad, Basra, Karbala, Al Najaf, Nineveh ,Al Anbar
I noticed that by looking at the cars numbers on the way to bekhal cascade .
130000 entered Erbil from Mosul .
Faces and dances :
All the way and I see people dancing , on Arabic music .. Kurdish music … never matter!

To see a prosporous Erbil reminds her of the old peaceful Mosul:

Erbil……. I love it soooooo much (the down town of Erbil), when I visit it I can see Mosul when it was in peace before the invasion ! that's why I love it !
The urbanization is at the highest levels there , I almost cried when I see people of my own home have not been given the chance to start building their city like Erbil.

Having seen all the good thigns in her trip, Dr. Viola is making an announcment:

It's time to live .. it's time to have the right to go out home at night without fearing you will be killed or kidnapped !
It's time to go to college without fearing bridge would be closed at any second and your exams just have to fly away !
it's time to remove checkpoints ! it's time for not seeing any solider in the street ! it's time for not seeing any army tanks ! It's time to have fun, it's time to live life …

Yes, Dr. Viola, it's time for all the Iraqi people in Mosul and in our other cities, big or small, to enjoy begin to enjoy their life .

***

IraqPundit has the following view about what he describes as "the most respected Arabic language newspapers":

Instead of writing about how politicians are forming alliances, new parties, and negotiating to make changes in the country, the newspapers print rumours. Instead of showing that democracy is slowly developing here, the papers add to the conspiracy theories that spread so easily in the region. But most Iraqis believe, rightly or wrongly, neighbouring countries don't want Iraq to succeed.

***

HNK wants the opening of schools to be delayed:

Please wait, I need more break. I don’t want to go back to my school
School is always waiting in the corner, whether I want to admit this or not.

However, it's just words, because there's no other option available:

So, doctrorst and professors
Please, broaden the road …
I am coming

***

It is all about our life and Marsho in an invitation to watch a stunning video:

Kseniya Simonova
Watch this Ukranian sand animator...isn't she amazing?!!

It's mazing, Marsho. Thank you so much.

***

Karwan at The Day Before Yesterday in a "To You" poem:

here were moments we were together
Things that I treasure and remember
You are stronger than you seem
And more beautiful than I could dream
But most importantly, even we are apart,
You’ll be always be in my heart

***

These are a few of my favourite things and a big brother together with his little sister:

***

Mix Mode in a Wake Up call:

a wake up call for a blogger who's missed by many, and not only by me. I am not talking about those who suddenly decided to give it a try and leave everything behind, as if the effort put on writing and publishing what they think and want to share with the whole world (through this blog) is nothing but a waste of time.

In the end, he re-enforces his call:

Yes, it is a wake up call for all bloggers I used to read... who are missed, not only by me, but by many. Those bloggers who are in my eyes and mind left a trace with their precious words, experience, feelings, and events.

MixMax, we hope your honest call will be heard from as many bloggers as possible and it seems working, Morbido is back!

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New added Bloggers From land of two rivers

noreply@blogger.com (Violet's Pure Heart) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

-evandarraji
http://evandarraji.blogspot.com/

-Dr.Wighdan
http://dr-wighdan.blogspot.com

-Karawan
http://storyaboutme.blogspot.com/

-Alhan
http://alfarashaal7ayra.blogspot.com/

-نصرة المتضررين العراقيين
http://tahyy.blogspot.com /

-IRAQI SPIRIT
http://iraqiwill.blogspot.com

المهندسة -
http://mssnonobuti.blogspot.com/

-امير جان
http://nihadgan1.blogspot.com/

-ليث الربيعي
http://ateafe.blogspot.com/

-Zayd Kharowfa
http://iraqi-quest.blogspot.com/

The Way in Which the World should Know Iraq, A Dolma Declaration and more from the Iraqi Blogspere

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

MixMax at Iraq The Lasting Love - العراق اسميك المحبة has a very powerful post in which he calls the world to know Iraq through some beautiful pictures such as the following one:

MixMax believes that the world should know Iraq because:

Its about history, might, power, glory, art
Its about nature, fun, joy and social life for the young and the old
Iraq is about simplicity
Iraq is about genius, music, and spiritual beauty within its people
Iraq is where the first law was discovered, where rules and discipline towards a better humanity have been set
Iraq is where the good food is

Then he won't forget our beloved capital Baghdad:

They said that Paris or Rome, or New York are called "the cities that never sleeps"
Baghdad, with its glory nights, used to match with such great Western cities.

His final statement is full of confidence:

This is how the world should see, and know Iraq.

Thank you so much MixMax, you are making us happy and proud.

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It is all about our life is cooking the Iraqi Dolma in US:

She is making a Dolma Declaration:

Friends,
Here is my favorite Iraqi food which I cooked; Dolma.
I tell you what it was delicious and wish that you all were here to share it with my husband and I...
I wish that dad was here, he would have been proud of his daughter watching her backing and cooking in her mini kitchen...
Enjoy pictures :)

Thank you Marsho, it's delesious!

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These are a few of my favourite things and her tired cat.The question, though, is whether the tiredness is due to laziness or a tough life:

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Iraqi Shots by Dr.Violet shows some pictures for a nice house in Mosul that has a date-palm tree in a green garden:

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Mosul 4 all blog from Iraq is trying her best to help a homeless family:

Family need help in Mosul, I've heard that a family consist of 4 girls and one boy and their mother, have been kicked out from house and thrown in street in mosul and they without hosue . The family had been rent house for $100/month but now they didn't have enough money to rent the house so the lessor kicked them out of the house with no place they can go to.

However, there is a happy update to the story:

A man provides empty house temporary for this family till they get enough money to rent house . thank you

***

Nadia at Art Tray is entering what she calls:

The black n' white {era}

Nadia explains further:

am trying to change my color scheme and till i find my new combination i will be posting b&w :p

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Neurotic Iraqi wife 's father passed away recently that totally shocked her:

As I write these words, my heart wrenches for him. My heart aches for him. Aches for his touch, for his beautiful luminous smile. Aches for his soothing words. My heart aches for his eyes, his deep blue sea eyes. The love of my life is gone. GONE. Yet my mind still doesnt want to believe it. I honestly dont believe that I will never see him again. I dont believe that his index finger will never circle my swelling belly again. I dont believe that he will never hug me, will never squish me between his arms. I dont believe that he wont meet my babies. The babies that he was so eager to meet, to hold, to touch, to play with. My dad left us but I know he fought really hard to stay for us.

She talks to him saying:

Dad, you are always here, here with us. Here in our hearts, our hearts and minds. I know you will be there smiling over me, smiling over me, when Im having your grandsons. I know you will bless them with your kindness. Yes dad, I will be waiting for you. Waiting for your scent to pass by me, by us just like it did the other day. I know you are here. And I know you are in heaven. Rest in Peace...A Heavenly Peace...

We express our sincere condolences and our deepest sympathies to neurotic Iraqi wife and her family. May Allah accept him in His Mercy and let him in Heaven.

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Attawie posts a beautiful Quran Recitation of Surah Al Qadr:

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Sami is flying high in his Skies and this time he tells us a story related to a Polish Jewish pianist:

Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish pianist survived till a Nazi soldier found him wandering in aplace he should not be. Clearly, the fate of the pianist was to be killed. A question slipped from the lips of the Nazi like a slow black serpent about to kill:

- Who are you?
- I was a pianist.
- Play something, the Nazi said challenging.

Szpilman answered him by Chopin’s Ballad no. one. It is music. A human thing. It is why animals feel small next to human. It is beauty mixed with smartness, wisdom mixed with childhood. It is communication travels through space and time summarizing our history into a sweet song. It is why animals feel small next us, it was why the Nazi felt small next to Szpilman:

- What will you do when it is all over? Asked the Nazi.
- I’ll play the piano again. On the Polish radio.

Sami also lists some possible gains that we should get from art:

So what do we gain from art. We gain our dignity. We tell our story. We share existence. We pass by the reason of why we are humans, and what we are doing here, on this earth.

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Then Some! first he apologizes profusely for the chronic lack of posting and then he talks about Kräftskiva and his fasting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kräftskiva Kräftskiva is apparently some sort of national festival here in ABBA-land, it can be translated into "crayfish party" as that is pretty much what they do on this day. As with a few other traditional holidays here, it does not take place on a given day, but rather go by specific weekdays, i.e. The first Sunday of May, second-to-last Tuesday before Christmas, and so on. And I thought running things by the lunar calendar was bad. Sheesh! Thing is: this holiday will take place next Friday, my company's arranged something, I've been invited, and I'll be fasting. I don't know how to handle this exactly, I reckon they'll understand

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IraqPundit is looking for Someone to Remind the President:

This is the sentence that I hope Obama reads: "If the country is not stable, al-Qaeda and Iraq's neighbors will be quick to exploit the vacuum." From here, it's obvious that's no exaggeration.

***

Karwan at The Day Before Yesterday posts a picture of a child with a tear coming from his eye together with a poem about life which is hard:

But even a life as hard as this
You wish that it’ll one day end up bliss
So why the worry when we’ll die?
You, and they, and even I
Be it now, today or tomorrow
We’ll leave behind all the happiness and sorrow

The good thing is the fact that he keeps the hope alive:

But yet again
We have to retain
Our faith
Out health
And the love to live
Believing that it’ll give Back
The very reason for you being here
So don’t give up no matter where

Also, Marwan in his recent poem touches on a one-sided love affair:

Here it comes again!
When I’ll ever learn
Don’t I have anything else to do?
Thinking all the time just of you?
That’s just sad and absurd
Call me a fool or even a nerd!
No body cares at the end
Not even she
So I have to let it be

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Mhmd at My Iraq talks about his summer of discontent:

the black waves just keep on crashing. my little nephew died. the blackness of death never really lifts, especially when its one so unfair. babies die all the time, as do children, as do adults.

Then he gives us some of his latest news:

i'm beginning university soon, but it wont be in iraq or the uk. i chose jordan. i'm not sure why, but its close to my family and still has a western feel to it. i'll be doing law and i think it starts in october. i should really check..

Mhmd, may you accept our sincere condolences. Also, we wish you all the success in your study of law.

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Sandybelle and her loving father who wants his daughters to see the happy places only:

Dad, I remember once when I told you about a very beautiful village , and how I wanted to visit it. with the pleasure in your honey-colored eyes, you suggested to go there. They were the happiest times ever, they may not be repeated again.
In the beginning, I was surprised with that suggestion, you are always busy with college and students. but now, I am not , I just can understand, you always want us to see the happy places, always want us to see the beauty..
Dad! I love you

***

Dr.Viola hopes that Peace will reach our beloved country Iraq One Day:

Also in a recent post Dr. Viola has a picture of a confused child sitting on the steps of probably a public park and talking about what she called "That simple line":

The happiness I seek all my life ..
It has no a specific definition ! with whom … how … where .. when … I don't know .. all I know is to feel it someday ~ to feel something I missed here .. I don't have it .. yes , I won't

Then she concludes by saying:

There is a simple, thin line separates between geniality and foolishness.. this is what I am this
where I am .

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Leish has a sory about the need to tell the truth when you are fasting even if it's against the wish of your husband:

we were invited to a child's b'day party. the whole family was invited to this event even though only my youngest was friends with the b'day boy. you can guess what happened. my husband and my eldest chose to stay at home and watch the soccer match between turkey and some other country...i took my youngest son in the blazing heat (inject sympathy here ie. khatiya) and stayed at the party surrounded by what seemed like scores of young children but was probably only 10. i was the one who kept up conversation with the mother, the grandmother and the aunt. when the mother asked where everyone else was, what was i expected to say? the truth: they're at home watching soccer :)

The problem is that her husband is not happy that she told the truth:

my husband didn't seem to get it. "why didn't you tell them i was busy?", he said cringing with embarrassment...erm, because i am sayma? because i'm a terrible lier? because i was surprised she asked ?because i have a headache? because i didn't think you cared? sigh...all of the above?

We should try our best to tell the truth all the time, no matter what the consequences are.May be we have to think twice if telling the truth is affecting our well-being or that of others

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Son of Tigris has a picture of the main pyramid at Mayapan in an attemp to address this question "What Do Dinosaurs And The Maya Have In Common?".He turns to Geology and archaeology to explain the related facts:

Son of Dijla is Off again:

Part celebration of anniversary and part to meet up with family and friends, most of which I haven't seen for 12 days :-D

We wish you a nice time with your family and friends.

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The Iraqi journalist Mutadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George Bush has attracted the attention of many Iraqi bloggers. The following is a summary of their reactions:

Iraqi Mojo says:

You know Iraqis have freedom
when they can demand an apology from the Iraqi Prime Minister!
“I demand from him to apologise for covering up and keeping the truth from people,” Mr al-Zaidi said. “I will talk later about the names that got involved in torturing me, including some senior officials in the Government and army.”
Imagine what would have happened to an Iraqi who demanded an apology from Saddam.

A Family in Baghdad and Tell Me a Secret have on their blogs the full speech of Muntader after he was released.

HNK is speechless:

Mabrook Muntather......
I am feelimg so speechless....better to end this post

Healing Iraq provides a link to Shroogy Pride that focuses on Muntazer al-Zaidi.

Talisman Gate has two questions:

Now why exactly is a Syrian minister, the one in charge of regime propaganda no less, waiting at the airport to receive al-Zaidi? Doesn't it seem like a protocol infraction?

Would al-Zaidi dare to throw a shoe at Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, whose regime enabled jihadists and Ba'athists to wage the bloody insurgency against the New Iraq?
Would al-Zaidi dare to throw a shoe at Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, whose regime enabled jihadists and Ba'athists to wage the bloody insurgency against the New Iraq?

Attawie has this to say:

Watching this video over and over even after a couple of days, not knowing why exactly, shedding tears of mixed feelings, all I know is that people need to know about this all over the world.This part of his speech keeps occurring to my mind as if I've seen it with my own eyes.I wish we can find peace

يوميات مغتربة puts his release on her blog record regarding him as a hero:

أريد أن أسجل هذا الحدث في مدونتي .. فقد تم اليوم (15-9-2009) الافراج عن منتظر الزيدي .. ماكو داعي أكثر الكلام .. خطابه الرائع واقعي واضح يتحدث .. يتحدث بما أعجز عن التعبير عنه .. من جديد .. عاشت إيدك يا بطل ..

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How To Deserve It? يكتب عن الرحيل، الحب والموت:

مدن مسكونة بالرحيل و قلوب تدمن الوحده
مدن مسكونة بالنحيب و قلوب تدمن الذكرى
مدن مسكونة بالوهم و قلوب تدمن العمى

أيها الحب الذي لا يسكن مدنا
أيها الموت الذي لا يعرف الحب
أيها الحلم الذي لا يفهم الموت
ايتها المدن التي لا تملك قلب

ان لا انتمي ليس عيب ... العيب ان ادمن انتمائي

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الروح العراقية IRAQI SPIRIT يكتب عن حقيقة كون موقف الساسة العراقيين والعرب هو الخلاف:

أبدي عجبي من أن يتحول حامي الامس وصديق اليوم من الذين كانوا يحتمون "بالجارة" سوريا كيف تصورا بمنظورهم السياسي والدبلوماسي والعرفي أن يحولوا روابط الدم والدين والتأريخ وكل الأواصر بين العراق وسوريا وبمفهوم مجلس الرئاسة الموقر الى "جارة" وليست شقيقة أفليس الاجدر على من يدافع عن هذه العلاقات أن يكون حريصا على أختيار مفردات رسالته الموجهة للعالم بدقة أكثر، فلما تحولت الشقيقة سوريا الى "جارة" هل هو نوع من ألقاء اللوم أو مساواة بأيران وتركيا أم أبتعاد عن القومية والعروبة

ثم يوجه نداءً صريحا الى أهلنا في أرض الحرم المكي المطهر والمدينة المنورة على حد قوله:

فالى أهلنا في أرض الحرم المكي المطهر والمدينة المنورة حرسهما الله التي ما فتأ بعض علمائها من تصدير فتاوى القتل بحق العراقيين وأن الكثير من الانتحاريين هم من أولاد عمومتنا، أفليس للدم ورمضان حرمة عند المسلمين. فهل هي سياسة الأقوى والغاية تبرر الوسيلة هي الاصلح، فإذا كان هذا هو الجواب فعلى الباغي تدور الدوائر وهذا يشمل جميع دول الجوار من غير تلاعب بالاوراق فما يشمل سوريا يجب أن نلوح به لأيران وغيرها، وعندها سنكون مضطرين الى اللجوء للمجتمع الدولي والامم المتحدة للتحقيق في قضية الجرائم الارهابية في العراق ودور دول الجوار فيها وهو ما استدعى تعاطفا دوليا تجسد في رفع هذه المطالبة من قبل الامين العام للامم المتحدة بان كي مون الى مجلس الامن الدولي وأن كان مترددا للان، ولكن نرجو من جميع الاطراف أن تراعي براءة العراقيين من دم يوسف وأن لا تخلط الاوراق الخاصة بمصالحها مقابل التضحية بأرواح الشعب العراقي.

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اذا كنت تريد ان تصنع مدونة خاصة بك فما عليك سوى زيارة:
البرجوازي العراقي وهو يبدأ برقة مشجعاً الجميع على البدء بالتدوين الآن وليس غداً
:
أبدأ التدوين اليوم بل في هذه اللحظة
عبّر عن فكرك وحريتك
لا داعي لمعرفة اي شيء عن لغات برمجة الاج تي ام ال
عبّر فليس هناك من سكرتير تحرير تابع للحزب الفلاني او الجهة القمعية اللامعة او للعشيرة الفلانية

ومن ثم يبتدأ بدرسه السلس:

في هذا الدرس سنتعلم كيفية
اولا كيفية فتح حساب على البلوكر لبدأ التدوين
ثانيا كيفية اضافة كجت
ثالثا كيفية اضافة عداد لعدد القارئين للموقع
رابعا الاجابة على سؤال متى تظهر مدونتي على الكوكل

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مدونة Baghdadتعرض صورة عن التصاميم العالمية التي ستستخدم لتأهيل منطقة خضر الياس في بغداد:

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يالله عيني سولفلنا والدكتورة فيولا في نداء للمشاركة في مشروع يدعو الى جمع 10 ملايين ختمة:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على سيد الانبياء والمرسلين

مشروع يدعو الى جمع 10 ملايين ختمة ، نعدو الامة الاسلامية الى التدبر وقراءة القران الكريم
واذا قرأ القرآن فاستمعوا اليه وانصتوا لعلكم ترحمون
فأرجو زيارة الرابط المرفق لتسجيل ختمة

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The Way in Which the World should Know Iraq, A Dolma Declaration and more from the Iraqi Blogspere

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:25 PST

MixMax at Iraq The Lasting Love - العراق اسميك المحبة has a very powerful post in which he calls the world to know Iraq through some beautiful pictures such as the following one:

MixMax believes that the world should know Iraq because:

Its about history, might, power, glory, art
Its about nature, fun, joy and social life for the young and the old
Iraq is about simplicity
Iraq is about genius, music, and spiritual beauty within its people
Iraq is where the first law was discovered, where rules and discipline towards a better humanity have been set
Iraq is where the good food is

Then he won't forget our beloved capital Baghdad:

They said that Paris or Rome, or New York are called "the cities that never sleeps"
Baghdad, with its glory nights, used to match with such great Western cities.

His final statement is full of confidence:

This is how the world should see, and know Iraq.

Thank you so much MixMax, you are making us happy and proud.

***

It is all about our life is cooking the Iraqi Dolma in US:

She is making a Dolma Declaration:

Friends,
Here is my favorite Iraqi food which I cooked; Dolma.
I tell you what it was delicious and wish that you all were here to share it with my husband and I...
I wish that dad was here, he would have been proud of his daughter watching her backing and cooking in her mini kitchen...
Enjoy pictures :)

Thank you Marsho, it's delesious!

***
These are a few of my favourite things and her tired cat.The question, though, is whether the tiredness is due to laziness or a tough life:

***

Iraqi Shots by Dr.Violet shows some pictures for a nice house in Mosul that has a date-palm tree in a green garden:

***

Mosul 4 all blog from Iraq is trying her best to help a homeless family:

Family need help in Mosul, I've heard that a family consist of 4 girls and one boy and their mother, have been kicked out from house and thrown in street in mosul and they without hosue . The family had been rent house for $100/month but now they didn't have enough money to rent the house so the lessor kicked them out of the house with no place they can go to.

However, there is a happy update to the story:

A man provides empty house temporary for this family till they get enough money to rent house . thank you

***

Nadia at Art Tray is entering what she calls:

The black n' white {era}

Nadia explains further:

am trying to change my color scheme and till i find my new combination i will be posting b&w :p

***

neurotic Iraqi wife 's father passed away recently that totally shocked her:

As I write these words, my heart wrenches for him. My heart aches for him. Aches for his touch, for his beautiful luminous smile. Aches for his soothing words. My heart aches for his eyes, his deep blue sea eyes. The love of my life is gone. GONE. Yet my mind still doesnt want to believe it. I honestly dont believe that I will never see him again. I dont believe that his index finger will never circle my swelling belly again. I dont believe that he will never hug me, will never squish me between his arms. I dont believe that he wont meet my babies. The babies that he was so eager to meet, to hold, to touch, to play with. My dad left us but I know he fought really hard to stay for us.

She talks to him saying:

Dad, you are always here, here with us. Here in our hearts, our hearts and minds. I know you will be there smiling over me, smiling over me, when Im having your grandsons. I know you will bless them with your kindness. Yes dad, I will be waiting for you. Waiting for your scent to pass by me, by us just like it did the other day. I know you are here. And I know you are in heaven. Rest in Peace...A Heavenly Peace...

We express our sincere condolences and our deepest sympathies to neurotic Iraqi wife and her family. May Allah accept him in His Mercy and let him in Heaven.

***

Attawie posts a beautiful Quran Recitation of Surah Al Qadr:

***

Sami is flying high in his Skies and this time he tells us a story related to a Polish Jewish pianist:

Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish pianist survived till a Nazi soldier found him wandering in aplace he should not be. Clearly, the fate of the pianist was to be killed. A question slipped from the lips of the Nazi like a slow black serpent about to kill:

- Who are you?
- I was a pianist.
- Play something, the Nazi said challenging.

Szpilman answered him by Chopin’s Ballad no. one. It is music. A human thing. It is why animals feel small next to human. It is beauty mixed with smartness, wisdom mixed with childhood. It is communication travels through space and time summarizing our history into a sweet song. It is why animals feel small next us, it was why the Nazi felt small next to Szpilman:

- What will you do when it is all over? Asked the Nazi.
- I’ll play the piano again. On the Polish radio.

Sami also lists some possible gains that we should get from art:

So what do we gain from art. We gain our dignity. We tell our story. We share existence. We pass by the reason of why we are humans, and what we are doing here, on this earth.

***

THEN SOME! first he apologizes profusely for the chronic lack of posting and then he talks about Kräftskiva and his fasting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kräftskiva Kräftskiva is apparently some sort of national festival here in ABBA-land, it can be translated into "crayfish party" as that is pretty much what they do on this day. As with a few other traditional holidays here, it does not take place on a given day, but rather go by specific weekdays, i.e. The first Sunday of May, second-to-last Tuesday before Christmas, and so on. And I thought running things by the lunar calendar was bad. Sheesh! Thing is: this holiday will take place next Friday, my company's arranged something, I've been invited, and I'll be fasting. I don't know how to handle this exactly, I reckon they'll understand

***

IraqPundit is looking for Someone to Remind the President:

This is the sentence that I hope Obama reads: "If the country is not stable, al-Qaeda and Iraq's neighbors will be quick to exploit the vacuum." From here, it's obvious that's no exaggeration.

***

Karwan at The Day Before Yesterday posts a picture of a child with a tear coming from his eye together with a poem about life which is hard:

But even a life as hard as this
You wish that it’ll one day end up bliss
So why the worry when we’ll die?
You, and they, and even I
Be it now, today or tomorrow
We’ll leave behind all the happiness and sorrow

The good thing is the fact that he keeps the hope alive:

But yet again
We have to retain
Our faith
Out health
And the love to live
Believing that it’ll give Back
The very reason for you being here
So don’t give up no matter where

***

Mhmd at My Iraq talks about his summer of discontent:

the black waves just keep on crashing. my little nephew died. the blackness of death never really lifts, especially when its one so unfair. babies die all the time, as do children, as do adults.

Then he gives us some of his latest news:

i'm beginning university soon, but it wont be in iraq or the uk. i chose jordan. i'm not sure why, but its close to my family and still has a western feel to it. i'll be doing law and i think it starts in october. i should really check..

Mhmd, may you accept our sincere condolences. Also, we wish you all the success in your study of law.

***

Sandybelle and her loving father who wants his daughters to see the happy places only:

Dad, I remember once when I told you about a very beautiful village , and how I wanted to visit it. with the pleasure in your honey-colored eyes, you suggested to go there. They were the happiest times ever, they may not be repeated again.
In the beginning, I was surprised with that suggestion, you are always busy with college and students. but now, I am not , I just can understand, you always want us to see the happy places, always want us to see the beauty..
Dad! I love you

***

Dr.Viola hopes that Peace will reach our beloved country Iraq One Day:

Also in a recent post Dr. Viola has a picture of a confused child sitting on the steps of probably a public park and talking about what she called "That simple line":

The happiness I seek all my life ..
It has no a specific definition ! with whom … how … where .. when … I don't know .. all I know is to feel it someday ~ to feel something I missed here .. I don't have it .. yes , I won't

Then she concludes by saying:

There is a simple, thin line separates between geniality and foolishness.. this is what I am this
where I am .

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Leish has a sory about the need to tell the truth when you are fasting even if it's against the wish of your husband:

we were invited to a child's b'day party. the whole family was invited to this event even though only my youngest was friends with the b'day boy. you can guess what happened. my husband and my eldest chose to stay at home and watch the soccer match between turkey and some other country...i took my youngest son in the blazing heat (inject sympathy here ie. khatiya) and stayed at the party surrounded by what seemed like scores of young children but was probably only 10. i was the one who kept up conversation with the mother, the grandmother and the aunt. when the mother asked where everyone else was, what was i expected to say? the truth: they're at home watching soccer :)

The problem is that her husband is not happy that she told the truth:

my husband didn't seem to get it. "why didn't you tell them i was busy?", he said cringing with embarrassment...erm, because i am sayma? because i'm a terrible lier? because i was surprised she asked ?because i have a headache? because i didn't think you cared? sigh...all of the above?

We should try our best to tell the truth all the time, no matter what the consequences are.May be we have to think twice if telling the truth is affecting our well-being or that of others

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Son of Tigris has a picture of the main pyramid at Mayapan in an attemp to address this question "What Do Dinosaurs And The Maya Have In Common?".He turns to Geology and archaeology to explain the related facts:

Son of Dijla is Off again:

Part celebration of anniversary and part to meet up with family and friends, most of which I haven't seen for 12 days :-D

We wish you a nice time with your family and friends.

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The Iraqi journalist Mutadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George Bush has attracted the attention of many Iraqi bloggers. The following is a summary of their reactions:

Iraqi Mojo says:

You know Iraqis have freedom
when they can demand an apology from the Iraqi Prime Minister!
“I demand from him to apologise for covering up and keeping the truth from people,” Mr al-Zaidi said. “I will talk later about the names that got involved in torturing me, including some senior officials in the Government and army.”
Imagine what would have happened to an Iraqi who demanded an apology from Saddam.

A Family in Baghdad and Tell Me a Secret have on their blogs The full speech of Muntader after he was released.

HNK is speechless:

Mabrook Muntather......
I am feelimg so speechless....better to end this post

Healing Iraq provides a link to Shroogy Pride that focuses on Muntazer al-Zaidi.

Talisman Gate has two questions:

Now why exactly is a Syrian minister, the one in charge of regime propaganda no less, waiting at the airport to receive al-Zaidi? Doesn't it seem like a protocol infraction?

Would al-Zaidi dare to throw a shoe at Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, whose regime enabled jihadists and Ba'athists to wage the bloody insurgency against the New Iraq?
Would al-Zaidi dare to throw a shoe at Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, whose regime enabled jihadists and Ba'athists to wage the bloody insurgency against the New Iraq?

يوميات مغتربة
Regards him as a hero as she puts his release on the record:

أريد أن أسجل هذا الحدث في مدونتي .. فقد تم اليوم (15-9-2009) الافراج عن منتظر الزيدي .. ماكو داعي أكثر الكلام .. خطابه الرائع واقعي واضح يتحدث .. يتحدث بما أعجز عن التعبير عنه .. من جديد .. عاشت إيدك يا بطل ..

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How To Deserve It? يكتب عن الرحيل، الحب والموت:

مدن مسكونة بالرحيل و قلوب تدمن الوحده
مدن مسكونة بالنحيب و قلوب تدمن الذكرى
مدن مسكونة بالوهم و قلوب تدمن العمى

أيها الحب الذي لا يسكن مدنا
أيها الموت الذي لا يعرف الحب
أيها الحلم الذي لا يفهم الموت
ايتها المدن التي لا تملك قلب

ان لا انتمي ليس عيب ... العيب ان ادمن انتمائي

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الروح العراقية IRAQI SPIRITيكتب عن حقيقة كون موقف الساسة العراقيين والعرب هو الخلاف:

أبدي عجبي من أن يتحول حامي الامس وصديق اليوم من الذين كانوا يحتمون "بالجارة" سوريا كيف تصورا بمنظورهم السياسي والدبلوماسي والعرفي أن يحولوا روابط الدم والدين والتأريخ وكل الأواصر بين العراق وسوريا وبمفهوم مجلس الرئاسة الموقر الى "جارة" وليست شقيقة أفليس الاجدر على من يدافع عن هذه العلاقات أن يكون حريصا على أختيار مفردات رسالته الموجهة للعالم بدقة أكثر، فلما تحولت الشقيقة سوريا الى "جارة" هل هو نوع من ألقاء اللوم أو مساواة بأيران وتركيا أم أبتعاد عن القومية والعروبة

ثم يوجه نداءً صريحا الى أهلنا في أرض الحرم المكي المطهر والمدينة المنورة على حد قوله:

فالى أهلنا في أرض الحرم المكي المطهر والمدينة المنورة حرسهما الله التي ما فتأ بعض علمائها من تصدير فتاوى القتل بحق العراقيين وأن الكثير من الانتحاريين هم من أولاد عمومتنا، أفليس للدم ورمضان حرمة عند المسلمين. فهل هي سياسة الأقوى والغاية تبرر الوسيلة هي الاصلح، فإذا كان هذا هو الجواب فعلى الباغي تدور الدوائر وهذا يشمل جميع دول الجوار من غير تلاعب بالاوراق فما يشمل سوريا يجب أن نلوح به لأيران وغيرها، وعندها سنكون مضطرين الى اللجوء للمجتمع الدولي والامم المتحدة للتحقيق في قضية الجرائم الارهابية في العراق ودور دول الجوار فيها وهو ما استدعى تعاطفا دوليا تجسد في رفع هذه المطالبة من قبل الامين العام للامم المتحدة بان كي مون الى مجلس الامن الدولي وأن كان مترددا للان، ولكن نرجو من جميع الاطراف أن تراعي براءة العراقيين من دم يوسف وأن لا تخلط الاوراق الخاصة بمصالحها مقابل التضحية بأرواح الشعب العراقي.

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اذا كنت تريد ان تصنع مدونة خاصة بك فما عليك سوى زيارة
البرجوازي العراقي وهو يبدأ برقة مشجعاً الجميع على البدء بالتدوين الآن وليس غداً
:
أبدأ التدوين اليوم بل في هذه اللحظة
عبّر عن فكرك وحريتك
لا داعي لمعرفة اي شيء عن لغات برمجة الاج تي ام ال
عبّر فليس هناك من سكرتير تحرير تابع للحزب الفلاني او الجهة القمعية اللامعة او للعشيرة الفلانية

ومن ثم يبتدأ بدرسه السلس:

في هذا الدرس سنتعلم كيفية
اولا كيفية فتح حساب على البلوكر لبدأ التدوين
ثانيا كيفية اضافة كجت
ثالثا كيفية اضافة عداد لعدد القارئين للموقع
رابعا الاجابة على سؤال متى تظهر مدونتي على الكوكل

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http://bagh-dad.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post_14.html
مدونةBaghdad
تعرض صورة عن التصاميم العالمية التي ستستخدم لتأهيل منطقة خضر الياس في بغداد:

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يالله عيني سولفلنا والدكتورة فيولا في نداء للمشاركة في مشروع يدعو الى جمع 10 ملايين ختمة:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على سيد الانبياء والمرسلين

مشروع يدعو الى جمع 10 ملايين ختمة ، نعدو الامة الاسلامية الى التدبر وقراءة القران الكريم
واذا قرأ القرآن فاستمعوا اليه وانصتوا لعلكم ترحمون
فأرجو زيارة الرابط المرفق لتسجيل ختمة

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Ramdan Unites Us and other news from the Iraqi Blogsphere!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:24 PST

Sandybell describes An Iraqi way to celebrate RAMADAN. She starts with a fantastic poster that says "Ramdan unites us" which is totally true. Sandy explains the Iraqi traditions in RAMADAN showing lot of nice pictures. All in all it's a very powerful post that will make any Iraqi proud and glad.We should always call for unity and work hard to build bridges of love and understanding between all the people of Iraq.

Have a look at this fantastic poster:

Then enjoy watching our beautiful date-palm trees:

You may also look at Al-Bryani which Sandona describes it as " one of the best Iraqi meals".She learned to prepare it only very recently:

The last thing is to repeat with Sandona:

"Our love is Iraq"

Thank you Sandona and surely you have the blessing of ALLLAH in your efforts to unite the Iraqis.

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Abbas Hawazin at Catharsis is busy discussing an angry-arab in what he called an angry arab way:

Angry Arab can provide solid insights at times, I especially endorse his war against Liberalwahabism, but his problem is that he sometimes looks too judgingly at other people's writings to whine about perceieved racism and ignorance, it often turns to be childish and obnoxious, especially when he commits that unavoidable human mistake himself, AbuKhalil thinks he knows everything about the Arab masses to condemn Westerners when they write something utterly preposterous and ignorant, but that is far from the truth. His major problem is that he thinks the whole [Arab] world must revolve around Palestine

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Healing Iraq has put for sale a high-detailed tribal maps:

I have customized, high-detail maps of tribal groups and clans in Iraq and neighboring border areas for sale to researchers. There are several hundred different clans depicted on the map.Contact me for pricing and availability.

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Iraqi Shots by Dr.Violet and Mosul Sunset:

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Mosul 4 all blog talks about the start of schools in Iraq:

Schools will start on 27/09/2009 this means after the EAD with few days.

Then the problem of escaping from school is addressed:

Many kids facing problems with return to school after summer holiday and they refuse to study or to go to school.
What can we do to face kids to go to school? This is difficult question and might moms and dads can answer us.

And a question is directed to everybody:

Are you facing difficulties with your children / brothers?

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Nadia at Art Tray has a lovely garden to show:

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Dr. Viola is facing a massive emotional problem as she explains in her post "I love you , don't leave!":

THEY packed my sister's luggage today , she is preparing to move to her husband's family's house , frankly speaking … I didn't give any participation in this bcoz I'm sure that would breake my heart ! I can't explain it , she is like my soulmate, my brain twin ! she is designed how I've been designed . I don't deny I differ from her so much , but I'm like her … and the first one I put In the foregroundTo take advice IS HER , coz I trust her.. and trust what she thinks .

Then she presents her sister with a moving poem:

We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no-one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you!!!

Dear Dr. Viola, she has to leave and hopefull you will leave soon in order to get the balance right.

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Iraq The Model talkes about the news that the presidency council in Iraq is criticizing PM Maliki over his standoff with Syria:

Iraq's leaders seem very uncomfortable with what they consider a monopoly of decision-making by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.The Iraqi presidency council called for "containing the situation with neighboring Syria and for cooperation between the two countries to resolve disputes through dialogue and diplomatic channels".A statement released after the council's meeting in Sulaymaniyah stressed the need to do what is in the best interest of both countries and to prevent "enemies" from using one country against the other. The presidency council includes president Jalal Talabani and his deputies Aadil Abdul-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi.

He concludes by saying:

The statement sounds like an attempt to water down Maliki's attitude toward Syria "the call for considering terrorist attacks as crimes against humanity and the proposal to form an international tribunal for this purpose is not about Syria, but about terrorism as a whole". The council intends to send messages to Maliki and to the secretary general of the Arab League to "explain the position of the presidency council which must be consulted and give approval" when it comes to fundamental and important issues.

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Marsho at It is all about our life in an interesting comparsion:

Internet: Even if you don't choose to pay for a very fast Internet you have the government one which is for free and set every where.

Clinics: you don't want to go to the doctor unless you have a health insurance which is hard to obtain. If you do so, then you gotta pay between $100 - $200 just to see a doctor. Food: you find every thing here even thing that are not in your mind, but to be honest there is no meat better than the Iraqi -lamb meat...yummmy!! Cancer: Is way too spread here.

Streets: Are very bad and full of holes because of the salt that is spread to melt the snow away in winter.

Then she makes her final conclusions:

I am on a scale now, the right hand is my endless home "Iraq" and the left hand is my new home" America". When the right pan gets down and heavier it means that I feel homesick to my family, my city, my work and cries for what is going on there, and that I can't face the challenges here as if I want to give up and pack up heading back. To be honest the left pan hasn't gotten deep down yet it seldom did, that means I am still striving and resisting to live, I have to get accustomed to the environment here and go with the program. My dear readers: please forgive me for not posting any thing since July. Reading my post will explain my absence.

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Touta is making a declartion in her recetn post"Don't you forget":

I'm at rest. I've made a decision. :D

Touta continues talking about some of her latest news:

I'm back to learning the piano, but suddenly, its taking up a lot more of my time. There's an eery feeling of change. I've changed.It suddenly seems as if everyone is annoying me, and the truth is, i don't think i'm looking forward to taking life seriously. I know i should, but i always prefer to float through life

Then she trys to address a stunning question that would affect her life greatly:

Which life fo you prefer? The UK life, the Iraq village life, or the Baghdad life?'.
For the first time in my life, i had the horrible soul sinking realisation. I have a split life, a split mind. A part of me cherishes each one. A part of me hates each one.I wonder if a mixture of the three is possible.

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Nibras Kazimi at Talisman Gate in a lengthy post is trying to acknowledge what he describes as "good reporting":

I feel compelled to issue a fatwa: Whereas in the past, the only New York Times reporter writing about Iraq that was worthy of praise, in my erudite opinion, was Sabrina Tavernise, I must say that the recent (...that is, past few months) bylines by Sam Dagher, Rod Nordland, and Campbell Robertson, have indicated a far more sober and reasoned reading of what is going on there. They sometimes write stuff that I take issue with, but on the whole it is very, very good. Certainly far better than what the paper gave us in the past.

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These are a few of my favourite things sees RAMADAN flying so fast and Eid is coming so she shoot the following picture:

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Son of Tigris is back from Lebanon which he describes as an amazing place:

Anyway, I had fun in Lebanon which is an amazing place to have fun in, and what really made it wonderful were my meetings with New/Old people over there.. . Wow! That was totally awesome.

While in Lebanon, I did a variety of things including family issues and a medical treatment.

Then he talks about true and good friends:

Many people will walk in and out of our lives, but only true friends will leave footprints in our hearts.

“Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there”

Son of Dijla is not going to wait any longer to get back blogging so he is showing a Clip which he titles as "This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers":

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

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Iraqi Pundit in an article entitled "Iraq is still worth efforts" has the following view:

Naturally the so-called experts make silly claims such as, "[t]he decline by one third in the number of attacks in July, the first month of no urban US patrols, suggests that their presence was provoking a certain number of attacks." Yes, that is what Juan Cole says. But Iraqis are still reeling from the August 19th attacks. Iraqis know that the terrorists aim at Iraqi civilians more often than they aim at Americans in Iraq.

He concludes by stating:

No Iraqi wants the United States to stay indefinitely. Oridnary Iraqis know that what Americans started here is good, but the U.S. must finish the job. A friend put it this way. She said the U.S. is like a marathon runner at mile 24. Of course the runner is tired, but it's important to keep going and finish the 26 mile race. Otherwise all that effort will have been for nothing.

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Sunshine is in her way to Baghdad to enjoy the last ten days of RAMADAN with family and friends:

This Ramadan was calm and fun for me, I spend the time on the internet, reading, watching Tv. And cooking, we also went shopping few times preparing for Eid (feast).
I'll also go to Baghdad few days later with my family, I'll sped the last 10 days of Ramadan in Baghdad and also celebrate Eid there, with my grandparents , relatives, and friends.I love going to Baghdad, and I am really excited .. I'll post whenever I can, and I'll write a post with pictures about my visit to Baghdad.

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Baghdad's Kassakhoon's focus is Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussein al-Shahristani:

Once again Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussein al-Shahristani issues statements differ from the ones his close aides issue and that could explain a gap between the politician and the technocrat inside the Ministry of Oil. Or what the politician and the technocrat want.

He advises him to collect what he called "achievements cards":

Al-Shahristani is in dire need to collect as much as he can from the "achievements cards" to face his political foes when summon by the parliament and to enhance his position when runs in the coming elections along with Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.

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3eeraqimedic is showing a beautiful Kashan rug:

She talks about credit debt which has been mentioned also by Marsho in her very recent post:

I read the entry of young "Marshmallow" on her impressions on the East-West divide with interest.I have been thinking about how we have changed over the years in so many subtle ways, and how much more accepting of certain norms we have become.One norm that we have been sucked into is debt

She also talks about her experience with the banking system:

When I first arrived here I was not even familiar with banking, having been paid in cash and for a while I continued paying for everything in cash
But I soon found out that in order to do so many things in this country you need a bank account, and when you have a bank account you also get a debit card and after a few stressful episodes with my card being swallowed by the "hole in the wall" on Sunday evening leaving me penniless because I had once more forgotten my password I eventually became a slave of the ATM.

Then it's time to talk about the beautiful Kashan rug:

But I must admit my most recent purchase was well worth it
For as long as I can remember I have dreamt of owning one, I would spend ages admiring them, the details, the fine patterns, the vivid colours, the textures of the different materials, even the scent.
The whole experience evoked memories of our winters with kerosene heaters, memories of our living room, memories of my grandmother's house, memories of home.
And when anyone questions it I state very convincingly that it is an investment :)

Well, we should say Congratulation!

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HNK went out with her mother and bought a new jacket in preparation for Eid. Then she went to the dentist who asked her to wear the braces again to which she says:

OH, can’t these teeth live in peace!! I wore the braces three years and I never get my teeth straight.The problem is when I took a picture, I got a three dimensional one!My face seems to be oriented in a different side from my teeth.And this Brace is so cool in torturing human being by putting our teeth restricted in its own home!!
It’s hurting me so much!! I can’t eat some kinds of food. I hardly gain 4 pounds last two month and I don’t want to lose it… I want to make this triangular face more rounded. And I am not yet an artist !

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Attawie is happy to share some words with everybody:

Knowing that I've been away for several reasons doesn't mean I don't care about you, neither does it mean I don't want to share with you. For that I'm sharing a secret I've been hiding for a while. I'm going to have a niece! (the secret I talked about earlier) :D
Yes, I know! It means I'm going to be a khala (an aunt). I'm going to be "cool auntie atta" :D

Aunt Attawie: Congratulations!

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البرجوازي العراقي انهى للتو تحديث الجزء الاول من بورتريت للرسامة الاصيلة ميس الخالدي على حد قوله:

وهنالك بعض الحقائق حول هذا البورتريت وقد رافقها سؤال موجه للجميع :

لم استخدم الكمبيوتر لجعل الصورة اغمق بل هذه هي الاصلية لاني استخدمت علبة اقلام كرافيت لاول مرة.
الاقلام المستخدمة
6B, HB,3H
مدة الرسم ساعتين
ماهو رايكم ما هي نسبة الشبه؟

الحقيقة ان العمل يحمل كثير من اللمسات الفنية ولابد من القول ان التحديث يبدو للعيان اكثر جمالاُ و لاشك ان الجزء الثاني سيكون اكثر ابداعاً واشراقا

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يوميات مغتربة ومقالة ثريةتحمل عنوان "شحــــــــــــــذ الهــــمم" يجب ان تقرأ حيث تستهلها بما يلي :

اليوم هو اليوم التاسع عشر من رمضان، مما يعني أن ليلة اليوم هي ليلة من الليالي العشر ..
مضى ثلثي رمضان .. مضى ثلث الرحمة .. ومن حصلها فقد حصلها .. ومضى ثلث مغفرة .. ومن حصلها فقد حصلها .. وهاهو ثلث العتق من النار ..
ليش ما نكون إحنة من العتقاء هذا الشهر؟
زين نريد ونريد ونريد ونطمع بس ما نعمل؟ ميصير ..
زين لعد بينكم وبين نفسكم .. اللي خططتوه في رمضان ضاعفوه في العشر الأواخر .. طبعاً أكيد تعرفون أنه واحدة من هذه الليالي راح تكون ليلة القدر .. وهي ليلة خير من ألف شهر .. تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بإذن ربهم من كل أمر .. سلام تلك الليلة .. حتى مطلع الفجر ...

وقد ورد فيها ايضاً ما منه ُتستخرج العبر البالغة والدروس العميقة:

قال بعض السلف: "مساكين أهل الدنيا خرجوا منها وما ذاقوا ألذ ما فيها، قيل: ما ألذ ما فيها؟ قال: الأنس بالله والتلذذ بخطابه والوقوف بين يديه"

شكراً لكم ايتها الاخت الفاضلة زهرة الراوي على هذا الجهد الكريم ودمتم في رعاية الله وحفظه.

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الرسامة هند تعرض عددا من النساء في لوحات رسم وذلك من تحت قلعتها الرومانية المحاطة ببحر صاخب غاضب :

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يا الله عيني سولفلنا والدكتورة فيولا وتحت عنوان "لا مزيد من شوربة العدس" تدعو المواطنين كافة الى عدم تناول شوربة العدس بعد الآن واستبدالها بشوربة البصل والشعرية:

ما ادري الناس ليش مجلبين بشوربة العدس برمضان .؟!؟! اليوم جايبتلكم شوربة لذيذة كلش ومغذية وبنفس الوقت كلش سهلة ..
يلة بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم :

المكونات:
1- نصف بصلة .
2- حبة بطاطة كاملة
3- مرق دجاج
4- كاري
5- نشاء
6- شعرية – حسب الرغبة -

طريقة التحضير:
1- تفرم 1\2 البصلة حسب الرغبة (الحجم) ، وتقلى على النار حتى يتغير اللون
2- تفرم البطاطة مكعبات صغيرة
3- تقلى البطاطة ولكن ليس الى حد النضج الكامل (يعني متتحمص)
4- بعد ما ينتهي قلي البطاطة ع النص والبصل بصورة كاملة ،طبعا البصل يقلى بالجدر الاصلي اللي راح تصير بيه الشوربة . تضاف البطاطة الى الجدر ويوضع مرق الدجاج .
5- تترك حتى تغلي لمدة 5 دقائق
6- يضاف النشاء لزيادة سمك الشوربة
7- يضاف الكاري لأكساب النكهة
8- تطفئ النار وبعدها تترك الشوربة لكي تبرد
9- هنا يجي دور ست البيت. نلزمها ونحطها بالجدر و نخبطها حتة يصير شكلها مثل العدس

10- هسة يجي دور الشعرية حتة تنطي الشوربة شكل حلو .. نضيفيها بكمية قليلة هي ودا تغلي الشوربة
11- الــــــــــــــــف عافــــــــــــــــــية

لابد لنا ان نشكر الدكتورة فيولا على هذه الشوربة الغذائية الجديدة ولكن يجب علينا القول ان لشوربة العدس عشاقها ومحبيها الكثيرين.

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فراشة الرافدين وهي تتناول بعض التطبيقات المفيدة وهي عمل وميض للصورة وكيفية تلوين الشعر وكذلك دليل الجيب للمهندس الكيميائي باجزائه الثلاث وكما يلي:

Chemical Engineer's Handbook 231MB
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http://rapidshare. de/files/ 20348741/ ...999_.part2. rar
http://rapidshare. de/files/ 20350257/ ...999_.part3. rar

اهلاً بكم يافراشةالرافدين ايتها المهندسة مع اخوانكم واخواتكم من مدوني الرافدين

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Ramdan Unites Us and other news from the Iraqi Blogsphere

noreply@blogger.com (Khalid from iraqiblogupdates.blogspot.com/) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:58:25 PST

Sandybell describes An Iraqi way to celebrate RAMADAN. She starts with a fantastic poster that says "Ramdan unites us" which is totally true. Sandy explains the iraqi traditions in RAMADAN showing lot of nice pictures. All in all it's a very powerful post that will make any Iraqi proud and glad.We should always call for unity and work hard to build bridges of love and understanding between all the people of Iraq.

Have a look at this fantastic poster:

Then enjoy watching our beautiful date-palm trees:

You may also look at Al-Bryani which Sandona describes it as " one of the best Iraqi meals". She learnt to prepare it very recently:

The last thing is to repeate with Sandona:

"Our love is Iraq"

Thank you Sandona and surely you have the blessing of ALLLAH in your efforts to unite the Iraqis.

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Abbas Hawazin at Catharsis is busy discussing an angry-arab in what he called an angry arab way:

Angry Arab can provide solid insights at times, I especially endorse his war against Liberalwahabism, but his problem is that he sometimes looks too judgingly at other people's writings to whine about perceieved racism and ignorance, it often turns to be childish and obnoxious, especially when he commits that unavoidable human mistake himself, AbuKhalil thinks he knows everything about the Arab masses to condemn Westerners when they write something utterly preposterous and ignorant, but that is far from the truth. His major problem is that he thinks the whole [Arab] world must revolve around Palestine

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Healing Iraq has put for sale a high-detail tribal maps:

I have customized, high-detail maps of tribal groups and clans in Iraq and neighboring border areas for sale to researchers. There are several hundred different clans depicted on the map.Contact me for pricing and availability.

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Iraqi Shots by Dr.Violet and Mosul Sunset:

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Mosul 4 all blog talks about the start of schools in Iraq:

schools in Iraq will start inThis year 2009 schools will start on 27/09/2009 this means after the EAD with few days.

Then the problem of escaping from shcool is addressed:

Many kids facing problems with return to school after summer holiday and they refuse to study or to go to school.
What can we do to face kids to go to school? This is difficult question and might moms and dads can answer us.

And a question is directed to everybody:

Are you facing difficulties with your children / brothers?

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Nadia at Art Tray has a lovely garden to show:

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Dr. Viola is facing a massive emotional problem as she explains in her post "I love you , don't leave!":

THEY packed my sister's luggage today , she is preparing to move to her husband's family's house , frankly speaking … I didn't give any participation in this bcoz I'm sure that would breake my heart ! I can't explain it , she is like my soulmate, my brain twin ! she is designed how I've been designed . I don't deny I differ from her so much , but I'm like her … and the first one I put In the foregroundTo take advice IS HER , coz I trust her.. and trust what she thinks .

Then she presents her sister with a moving peom:

We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no-one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you!!!

Dear Dr. Viola, she has to leave and hopefull you will leave soon in order to get the balance right.

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Iraq The Model talkes about the news that the presidency council in Iraq is criticizing PM Maliki over his standoff with Syria:

Iraq's leaders seem very uncomfortable with what they consider a monopoly of decision-making by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.The Iraqi presidency council called for "containing the situation with neighboring Syria and for cooperation between the two countries to resolve disputes through dialogue and diplomatic channels".A statement released after the council's meeting in Sulaymaniyah stressed the need to do what is in the best interest of both countries and to prevent "enemies" from using one country against the other. The presidency council includes president Jalal Talabani and his deputies Aadil Abdul-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi.

He concludes by saying:

The statement sounds like an attempt to water down Maliki's attitude toward Syria "the call for considering terrorist attacks as crimes against humanity and the proposal to form an international tribunal for this purpose is not about Syria, but about terrorism as a whole". The council intends to send messages to Maliki and to the secretary general of the Arab League to "explain the position of the presidency council which must be consulted and give approval" when it comes to fundamental and important issues.

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Marsho at It is all about our life in an interesting comparsion:

Internet: Even if you don't choose to pay for a very fast Internet you have the government one which is for free and set every where.

Clinics: you don't want to go to the doctor unless you have a health insurance which is hard to obtain. If you do so, then you gotta pay between $100 - $200 just to see a doctor. Food: you find every thing here even thing that are not in your mind, but to be honest there is no meat better than the Iraqi -lamb meat...yummmy!! Cancer: Is way too spread here.

Streets: Are very bad and full of holes because of the salt that is spread to melt the snow away in winter.

Then she makes her final conclusions:

I am on a scale now, the right hand is my endless home "Iraq" and the left hand is my new home" America". When the right pan gets down and heavier it means that I feel homesick to my family, my city, my work and cries for what is going on there, and that I can't face the challenges here as if I want to give up and pack up heading back. To be honest the left pan hasn't gotten deep down yet it seldom did, that means I am still striving and resisting to live, I have to get accustomed to the environment here and go with the program. My dear readers: please forgive me for not posting any thing since July. Reading my post will explain my absence.

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Touta is making a declartion in her recetn post"Don't you forget":

I'm at rest. I've made a decision. :D

Touta continues talking about some of her latest news:

I'm back to learning the piano, but suddenly, its taking up a lot more of my time. There's an eery feeling of change. I've changed.It suddenly seems as if everyone is annoying me, and the truth is, i don't think i'm looking forward to taking life seriously. I know i should, but i always prefer to float through life

Then she trys to address a stunning question that would affect her life greatly:

Which life fo you prefer? The UK life, the Iraq village life, or the Baghdad life?'.
For the first time in my life, i had the horrible soul sinking realisation. I have a split life, a split mind. A part of me cherishes each one. A part of me hates each one.I wonder if a mixture of the three is possible.

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Nibras Kazimi at Talisman Gate in a lengthy post is trying to acknowledge what he describes as "good reporting":

I feel compelled to issue a fatwa: Whereas in the past, the only New York Times reporter writing about Iraq that was worthy of praise, in my erudite opinion, was Sabrina Tavernise, I must say that the recent (...that is, past few months) bylines by Sam Dagher, Rod Nordland, and Campbell Robertson, have indicated a far more sober and reasoned reading of what is going on there. They sometimes write stuff that I take issue with, but on the whole it is very, very good. Certainly far better than what the paper gave us in the past.

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These are a few of my favourite things sees RAMADAN flying so fast and Eid is coming so she shoot the following picture:

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Son of Tigris is back from Lebanon which he describes as an amazing place:

Anyway, I had fun in Lebanon which is an amazing place to have fun in, and what really made it wonderful were my meetings with New/Old people over there.. . Wow! That was totally awesome.

While in Lebanon, I did a variety of things including family issues and a medical treatment.

Then he talks about true and good friends:

Many people will walk in and out of our lives, but only true friends will leave footprints in our hearts.

“Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there”

Son of Dijla is not going to wait any longer to get back blogging so he is showing a Clip which he titles as "This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers":

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

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Iraqi Pundit in an article entitled "Iraq is still worth efforts" has the following view:

Naturally the so-called experts make silly claims such as, "[t]he decline by one third in the number of attacks in July, the first month of no urban US patrols, suggests that their presence was provoking a certain number of attacks." Yes, that is what Juan Cole says. But Iraqis are still reeling from the August 19th attacks. Iraqis know that the terrorists aim at Iraqi civilians more often than they aim at Americans in Iraq.

He concludes by stating:

No Iraqi wants the United States to stay indefinitely. Oridnary Iraqis know that what Americans started here is good, but the U.S. must finish the job. A friend put it this way. She said the U.S. is like a marathon runner at mile 24. Of course the runner is tired, but it's important to keep going and finish the 26 mile race. Otherwise all that effort will have been for nothing.

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Sunshine is in her way to Baghdad to enjoy the last ten days of RAMADAN with family and friends:

This Ramadan was calm and fun for me, I spend the time on the internet, reading, watching Tv. And cooking, we also went shopping few times preparing for Eid (feast).
I'll also go to Baghdad few days later with my family, I'll sped the last 10 days of Ramadan in Baghdad and also celebrate Eid there, with my grandparents , relatives, and friends.I love going to Baghdad, and I am really excited .. I'll post whenever I can, and I'll write a post with pictures about my visit to Baghdad.

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Baghdad's Kassakhoon focus is Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussein al-Shahristani:

Once again Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussein al-Shahristani issues statements differ from the ones his close aides issue and that could explain a gap between the politician and the technocrat inside the Ministry of Oil. Or what the politician and the technocrat want.

He advises him to collect what he called "achievements cards":

Al-Shahristani is in dire need to collect as much as he can from the "achievements cards" to face his political foes when summon by the parliament and to enhance his position when runs in the coming elections along with Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.

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3eeraqimedic is showing a beautiful Kashan rug:

She talks about credit debt which has been mentioned also by Marsho in her very recent post:

I read the entry of young "Marshmallow" on her impressions on the East-West divide with interest.I have been thinking about how we have changed over the years in so many subtle ways, and how much more accepting of certain norms we have become.One norm that we have been sucked into is debt

She also talks about her experience with the banking system:

When I first arrived here I was not even familiar with banking, having been paid in cash and for a while I continued paying for everything in cash
But I soon found out that in order to do so many things in this country you need a bank account, and when you have a bank account you also get a debit card and after a few stressful episodes with my card being swallowed by the "hole in the wall" on Sunday evening leaving me penniless because I had once more forgotten my password I eventually became a slave of the ATM.

Then it's time to talk about the beautiful Kashan rug:

But I must admit my most recent purchase was well worth it
For as long as I can remember I have dreamt of owning one, I would spend ages admiring them, the details, the fine patterns, the vivid colours, the textures of the different materials, even the scent.
The whole experience evoked memories of our winters with kerosene heaters, memories of our living room, memories of my grandmother's house, memories of home.
And when anyone questions it I state very convincingly that it is an investment :)

Well, we should say Congratulation!

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HNK went out with her mother and bought a new jacket in preparation for Eid. Then she went to the dentist who asked her to wear the braces again to which she says:

OH, can’t these teeth live in peace!! I wore the braces three years and I never get my teeth straight.The problem is when I took a picture, I got a three dimensional one!My face seems to be oriented in a different side from my teeth.And this Brace is so cool in torturing human being by putting our teeth restricted in its own home!!
It’s hurting me so much!! I can’t eat some kinds of food. I hardly gain 4 pounds last two month and I don’t want to lose it… I want to make this triangular face more rounded. And I am not yet an artist !

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Attawie is happy to share some wonds with everybody:

Knowing that I've been away for several reasons doesn't mean I don't care about you, neither does it mean I don't want to share with you. For that I'm sharing a secret I've been hiding for a while. I'm going to have a niece! (the secret I talked about earlier) :D
Yes, I know! It means I'm going to be a khala (an aunt). I'm going to be "cool auntie atta" :D

Aunt Attawie: Congratulations!

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البرجوازي العراقي انهى الجزء الاول من بورتريت للرسامة الاصيلة ميس الخالدي على حد قوله:

وهنالك بعض الحقائق حول هذا البورتريت وقد رافقها سؤال موجه للجميع :

لم استخدم الكمبيوتر لجعل الصورة اغمق بل هذه هي الاصلية لاني استخدمت علبة اقلام كرافيت لاول مرة.
الاقلام المستخدمة
6B, HB,3H
مدة الرسم ساعتين
ماهو رايكم ما هي نسبة الشبه؟

الحقيقة ان العمل يحمل كثير من اللمسات الفنية و لاشك ان الجزء الثاني سيكون اكثر ابداعاً واشراقا

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يوميات مغتربة ومقالة ثريةتحمل عنوان "شحــــــــــــــذ الهــــمم" يجب ان تقرأ حيث تستهلها بما يلي :

اليوم هو اليوم التاسع عشر من رمضان، مما يعني أن ليلة اليوم هي ليلة من الليالي العشر ..
مضى ثلثي رمضان .. مضى ثلث الرحمة .. ومن حصلها فقد حصلها .. ومضى ثلث مغفرة .. ومن حصلها فقد حصلها .. وهاهو ثلث العتق من النار ..
ليش ما نكون إحنة من العتقاء هذا الشهر؟
زين نريد ونريد ونريد ونطمع بس ما نعمل؟ ميصير ..
زين لعد بينكم وبين نفسكم .. اللي خططتوه في رمضان ضاعفوه في العشر الأواخر .. طبعاً أكيد تعرفون أنه واحدة من هذه الليالي راح تكون ليلة القدر .. وهي ليلة خير من ألف شهر .. تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بإذن ربهم من كل أمر .. سلام تلك الليلة .. حتى مطلع الفجر ...

وقد ورد فيها ايضاً ما منه ُتستخرج العبر البالغة والدروس العميقة:

قال بعض السلف: "مساكين أهل الدنيا خرجوا منها وما ذاقوا ألذ ما فيها، قيل: ما ألذ ما فيها؟ قال: الأنس بالله والتلذذ بخطابه والوقوف بين يديه"

شكراً لكم ايتها الاخت الفاضلة زهرة الراوي على هذا الجهد الكريم ودمتم في رعاية الله وحفظه.

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الرسامة هند تعرض عددا من النساء في لوحات رسم وذلك من تحت قلعتها الرومانية المحاطة ببحر صاخب غاضب :

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يا الله عيني سولفلنا والدكتورة فيولا وتحت عنوان "لا مزيد من شوربة العدس" تدعو المواطنين كافة الى عدم تناول شورية العدس بعد الآن واستبدالها بشورية البصل والشعرية:

ما ادري الناس ليش مجلبين بشوربة العدس برمضان .؟!؟! اليوم جايبتلكم شوربة لذيذة كلش ومغذية وبنفس الوقت كلش سهلة ..
يلة بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم :

المكونات:
1- نصف بصلة .
2- حبة بطاطة كاملة
3- مرق دجاج
4- كاري
5- نشاء
6- شعرية – حسب الرغبة -

طريقة التحضير:
1- تفرم 1\2 البصلة حسب الرغبة (الحجم) ، وتقلى على النار حتى يتغير اللون
2- تفرم البطاطة مكعبات صغيرة
3- تقلى البطاطة ولكن ليس الى حد النضج الكامل (يعني متتحمص)
4- بعد ما ينتهي قلي البطاطة ع النص والبصل بصورة كاملة ،طبعا البصل يقلى بالجدر الاصلي اللي راح تصير بيه الشوربة . تضاف البطاطة الى الجدر ويوضع مرق الدجاج .
5- تترك حتى تغلي لمدة 5 دقائق
6- يضاف النشاء لزيادة سمك الشوربة
7- يضاف الكاري لأكساب النكهة
8- تطفئ النار وبعدها تترك الشوربة لكي تبرد
9- هنا يجي دور ست البيت. نلزمها ونحطها بالجدر و نخبطها حتة يصير شكلها مثل العدس

10- هسة يجي دور الشعرية حتة تنطي الشوربة شكل حلو .. نضيفيها بكمية قليلة هي ودا تغلي الشوربة
11- الــــــــــــــــف عافــــــــــــــــــية

شكراً ايتها الدكتورة فيولا على هذه الشوربة الغذائية الجديدة ولكن يجب علينا القول ان لشوربة العدس عشاقها ومحبيها الكثيرين.

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