Adam and Eve....What if?

I was wondering what would have been happened if God had't creat Adam, Our greatest father?
What if he Hadn't creat Eve, our greatest mother for him?
What if there was no devil?
What if they hadn't obey him?
What if they hadn't eat that apple?
What if they had lived for ever in Heaven?
What if all of us, Humans hadn't been born?
What if this world was based only on peace, love and mercy?
What if there was no Hell?

Only thoughts that lead me no where. I love this world that we have. Some times, I think we can make our own Heaven on Earth. However, I imagine our lives up there.How would it have been?
May be we wouldn't have come to life at first place.
So let's enjoy what we have, I guess.

Victory Hopes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73yn_0KPhLY

   Tomorrow is the day all of Egyptian have been looking for. It is Saturday, the 14th of November.
   Tomorrow our National Team is meeting Algeria National Team to determine which one is going to the World Cup Contest 2010 in South Africa.

  Celebration has started since last nights in Cairo streets. People were singing and waving flags. Check out my video on YouTube.

   I love Egyptian people and their spirit.

   I wish they won't be disappointed after the match.
   Best of luck, Egypt.

Will we ever be a democratic country?Will we ever have Human Rights?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbjSdLxTg80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzeZdf_RCI

   I was lucky to have these two videos of Ayman Nour,s  fans protesting in front of  Alexandria General Court last Saturday, 7/11/2009.

   The politic activists protested to show their anger after banning Nour from traveling to U.S, as he was invited to speak about Egypt political climate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.(Los Angeles Times)


    Nour said that he believes that his ban was for the sake of Gamal Mubarak, who was invited to the same event, as  well as to prevent him from giving a bad impression of Egyptian political sphere. However, he said that he would join the event through video conference.(Los Angeles Times)

    Dissident Ayman Nour, the former presidential nominee,and the opposition leader, was at the Court  attending the trial of Akram Suliman, an officer who was accused by Egypyian Human Rights Organizations of violently attacked a mentally disabled man, Ragai Soultan.(Bikya Masr.wordpress.com)

curse??

    I used to think of myself as a smart person. I have always believed that we are the inventors of our destiny. I was strong enough to rebel and get out of 13 years marriage with my four kids, leaving behind the luxurious life I used to have with my ex.

   It was not more than a prison to my saul and mind. He used to control and dominate every single movement I did. He tried to filtrate my thoughts and attitudes. He forced me to put on the veil since day one in our marriage. And above all, he used to cheat on me, all the time.

   I got married at the age of seventeen. Maybe that's why I was so vulnerable to his emotional abuse. I used to take it all. " this is my life," I told myself. Never imagined I would escape, especially when there were kids involved.

   I hit the bottom in that relationship after giving birth to my fourth child. I was thirty years old. I decided, back then,  that I am not growing old with that man. " It is just a phrase in my life in which I have to live with him to raise up the children," I told my self.

   I calculated the years I had to stay with him till I can run for my life. As financial independence is the key for freedom, I decided to have a job.

    Looking at myself at the age of thirty,graduated nine years ago and no work experience at all, I decided to go for studying Translation to refresh my linguistic and studying skills. That's when the real drama started.
  
    He opposed me strongly, tortured me and tried his best to put obstacles  in my way.I struggled  harder and harder to stand for my self as well as keeping the family structure up together. Till one day he waited for me after my class and attacked me, both verbally and physically.At that point, I gave up.

   With my body and face full of bruises, I called my older brother asking for help. When he showed up, I hanged up to him and left the house. I got the divorce after a sever battle.

   I started to live my new life wondering around. It looked strange in my own eyes. I was abused, judged and accused by people, but I kept going on.

   It wasn't easy to face community as a divorced, mother of four, young and (veil-less) woman. I stood for myself.I faced it all alone.

   I spent all my money that I inherited  from my father to support myself while I was looking for a job.I finally got hired as an anchor at Ana TV,  a new satellite Egyptian channel. I went back to school and enrolled in AUC Master program for TV and Digital Journalism.

   All along that journey, I have been fighting my own curse, bad luck and lack of experience." Why is that happening?", I  keep asking myself, "why me?". My ex keeps my children with him, Im not meeting the standards for school, I am too much older than any other student in my class. I keep telling myself that it is never too late. I keep reminding myself that I can learn and move forward.

    However, when the channel that I work for announced that they want only (veiled) anchors, I was about to break down. It was either to wear veil or to loose my job. Again, I stood for myself and I chose my right to decide how I dress up and how I look. So,I am, currently, unemployed.

    What really gets me, is when I fail in my duties as a student. This is the last hope I am hanging to. I read a lot, I am trying my best to catch up with what I am missing and I am trying to meet my dead lines. Unfortunately, for the lack of studying life experience, I usually face bad incidents.

   School is my last hope and true value in life, besides my kids.I am taking my last chance in my Master program and I hope to God I won't fail this time.

   I am trying to be a good mother as well, even though I am parenting from a distance. I still remind myself every day that this is my life that I can control and improve.

    Finally, I decided to trim out the terms:( bad luck, unfortunate and curse) from my vocabulary. I f my efforts are not good enough, I will just improve them. I will always have faith.

Life is bright, promising and I see it through pink glasses, as the color of my new lap top.
:)


   

copy and cuts

Safaa Ali

800060767

PROJECT 3

Cut and Copy

·      Religious permission for polygamy in Islam.

·      Practicing polygamy in Arab societies.

·      How men justify polygamy.

·      The first/second wife conflict.

·      Holding the first wife after remarrying.

·      Men addicted to polygamy would not stop doing it.

Tow sound bites:

Emad Fattouh: “She asked for divorce.”

Eman  A bdul Mene’em: “I think I will do my best to make him happy. This way he would not need to have another wife, a second wife.”

voicer/project#3

Safaa Ali

800060767

Project 3

Voicer

      As stated in the Holy Qura’an, a man has the right to practice polygamy and to have up to four wives. That was for narrowing the enormous cases of adultery and slavery that was very common in the Arabs’ life in the early days of Islam. But is it still applicable nowadays?

    In Arabic societies, like Egypt, Syria, Arabian Gulf region, we can still sea men with tow, three or even four wives for each

The idea has recently been a subject for some media contents that glorify the multiple wives man, such as the famous Egyptian TV serious, Al Haj Metwally.

    

Arab men may remarry just because they were attracted to a physical appearance of a younger or prettier woman.

     A second marriage does not necessarily put an end to the first one. Some women can live with her husband having another wife, as long as he is capable financially.

    Nevertheless, some men refuse to let go with their first wife for different reasons. In most cases, she is the mother of the children.

   The stereo type of the devil second wife is not always true. Some of these women accept to be the second wife because of her neediness. Some of them even keep their marriage as a secret respecting the first wife’s feelings.

      No one can think of himself as an unfair person. A man who have more than a wife, would think that he is treating them equally and paying attention for every one of his wives, so he can be fair to them. That is what provided in Qura’an as a condition to practice polygamy.

      After all, for some men it is a kind of addiction. They justify it with religious reasons while they barely know any other thing about Holy Qura’an. They can marry four wives, and furthermore, they can replace some of them.

       

        

            

news wrap

 Safaa Ali

800060767

24/10/2009

Assignment 3/part 2

News Wrap

      As stated in the Holy Qura’an, a man has the right to practice polygamy and to have up to four wives. That was for narrowing the enormous cases of adultery and slavery that was very common in the Arabs’ life in the early days of Islam. But is it still applicable nowadays?

    In Arabic societies, like Egypt, Syria, Arabian Gulf region, we can still sea men with tow, three or even four wives for each.

     The idea has recently been a subject for some media contents that glorify the multiple wives man, such as the famous Egyptian TV serious, Al Haj Metwally.

      Men think that remarrying is a good option, as long as it is halal, allowed by God. They also argue that it prevent them from committing sins out of desire.

Emad’s bite:

“I did not want to do adultery.”

     Arab men may remarry just because they were attracted to a physical appearance of a younger or prettier woman.

Emad’s bite:

“I just liked her”

“we had chemistry.”

      While the first, the older, wives usually suffer betrayal and bitterness, we find the second, new, wives enjoy what they have.

Eman’s bite:

“when you are in love with some one, it doesn’t matter if he is married or not.”

     A second marriage does not necessarily put an end to the first one. Some women can live with her husband having another wife, as long as he is capable financially. Nevertheless, some men refuse to let go with their first wife for different reasons. In most cases, she is the mother of the children.

Emad’s bite:

“I’m keeping her for the kids.”

       The stereo type of the devil second wife is not always true. Some of these women accept to be the second wife because of her neediness. Some of them even keep their marriage as a secret respecting the first wife’s feelings.

Eman’s bite:

“it is not a secret, my friend and my family know about it.only his wife does not.”

      Other women may try to justify practicing polygamy, either for them selves, or for their partners.

Eman’s bite:

“He is not happy in his life, maybe emotionally or sexually.”

       No one can think of himself as an unfair person. A man who have more than a wife, would think that he is treating them equally and paying attention for every one of his wives, so he can be fair to them. That is what provided in Qura’an as a condition to practice polygamy.

Emad’s bite:

“I am trying to satisfy both of them.”

      After all, for some men it is a kind of addiction. They justify it with religious reasons while they barely know any other thing about Holy Qura’an. They can marry four wives, and furthermore, they can replace some of them.

Emad’s bite:

“hehe,,why not?”

   

beautiful Alex

It is not too late:)

Her is another podcast I would like to share :
http://www.oprah.com/media/20090313-miraclethought-marianne-williamson-new-beginning

don't waste your life

Hello.
I had subscribed to Oprah website, where i get daily posts from  miracle thoughts.I like these posts very much.
May be you will like it too. For myself, it was inspiring and helped me to move on with my life.
Here is a link of today's post.
Enjoy.
http://www.oprah.com/media/20090428-miraclethought-marianne-williamson-next-big-thing

Niqab is not allowed at schools........SO WHAT??!!

     It really amazes me all the hazard that is going on about niqab issue.

    The Head of Al Azhar,Mohamed Sayed Tantawy, issued a plead that niqab is not allowed in schools any more. I think he has done the right thing. Even more this decision had been too late.

     In Egypt, we see lots of women in streets covering their faces and walking among people like they are scaring them.P.S, most of them can barely be called pretty!!

     I am astonished how people react. Even some of my friends whom I can call liberal Muslims.They talk about this plead as if he is preventing them from being religious.

     Religion was never about wearing niqab, or even more, hijab. It is much more than that.

      God is in the heart of good people. No matter what they wear, however, I do not recommend over exposing to avoid hurrasment in streets.

     Being religious, as I believe, is about being good to others, heart kindness and having this magical faith of God, that enlighten our whole lives.

     The famous  late religious role model, Mohamed Abdo, said when he visited Europe, that he had seen muslims without Islam, and in the Arab countries he had found Islam but without muslims!

     Following our religion, as any other Holy religion, means that we watch God in every behavior we do. it means not to hurt a child, not to hurt an animal, not to throw litter in streets, a man does not hurt a woman, no cheating, no betrayals.

     It means to be a clean, nice, honest, lovable and hard worker person. 

     In our Islamic literature, a man had passed to heaven cause he fed a hungry dog. On the opposite of that man, a woman had passed to hell for holding a cat without a food or water.

That is God. God is mercy and beauty.

     After all, every one has the right to choose his/her custom. But excuse me, community also has the right to be safe.

     If a woman has to hide her face, ok, but please, stay at home. Don't walk around to frighten people or to commit crimes or even sins under this cover. It is not their right to give this bad impression of our religion and our civilization.

     People, the world is moving. There is no time for this non sense arguments.

Keep going!

shoes slide show

I joind this class,Writing for Multimedia, tow weeks after the semester has started. Actually it was four weeks, but thanks to Swine flue!!That's why i could catch up with the class after four sessions.

Iwas lucky to have the Professor approval to register in her class. however, I am having so much to catch up with. I am not so much a copmuter person, so I felt lost for the first couple of sessions.

I am willing to make it work. I insist to learn and I trying my best to know every possible thing about that technology.Thanks to my Prof. Kim and my freind Donia.

This slide show was my first try to embed a slide show into my blog.

I picked up the photos of some shoes styles for different ocasions and usages.

For myself, my favourite pair of shoes is the elegant, high heals yet comfortable shoes :)

Gloria Gaynor

http://www.gloriagaynor.com/   

     I love this song as it expresses the stregnth that we can have inside our hearts without knowing it.

    Whenever I listen to it I feel that I'm in control and that I will recover and stand on my feet again.

    Break ups are hard,especially when they are in the form of divorces. And when there are children envolved, it even becomes harder to grasp.

     I was so unlucky with my marriage. The good news is that I have four children whome I adore.

     I got divorced at age of thirty three ever since i am trying hard to stand on my own feet.

     I tried very hard to get a job. This was an impossible mission, as I was graduated in 1995 and had no experience at all.

     Recently,I got hired in a new TV channel as a reporter.In the last three years I discovered my passion to journalism. That's why I joined the AUC as a graduate student, to study TV and Digital Journalism.

    Some times I find it hard to follow up with new technologies..but I am trying hard and I hope I will be able to achieve my goals.

   What are my goals??That's what i am talking about tomorrow :)

Grand Opening Ceremony

     Yester day I accompanied my 15 years daughter to campus and we attended that nice event of the opening for Theater Club.

     We had fun. Her eyes were sparkling with joy.Sshe wished that she can join the AUC one day.

     She met her freind on campus,a 16 year girl who happened to graduate early from high school and is now a student at AUC.

     The event contained funny segments, as two of the students performed a stand up comedy. They made fun of true life issues, and also brought up some campus problems, such as waiting in lines to get some thing to eat.

     The ceremony also consisted of singers from the university talents show.
I enjoyed so much the tricks that was practiced by the magician.

      The surprise of the event was hosting big and real stars; Donia Sameer Ghanem, Nour Alshreef and Aser Yassin, the AUC former student.

      The best part was the D.J party out side the theater. Every one enjoyed the music and the outdoor dancing. I was ammused.
Posted by safii at 3:09 PM

killing Family bus, 323

      Yesterday I spent the day with my kids at their father place in 6 of October City. We had great tIme together.

      Then I was on my way back to Lebanon Square, where I saw a reflection in my back mirror of a bus rushing towards me as if he was trying to push me out of the road.

      Of course I got panic and I turned the driving wheelto the extreme right side that I could have jumped off the bridge!!

     Only God saved me.

     I still dont know why that mad driver was driving so irrationally.I tried to catch  him up but unfortunately he was too fast and I couldn't immitate his speed.

      But I could get his number.It was 323, a mini bus for the Family
Transportation Company, which is in charge for AUC's students safty!!

Posted by safii at 2:03 PM