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Tag Archives: freedom
Life Has No Logic
Yesterday morning after the kids left to school and after I finished my chores of cleaning and cooking, I decided that even though I loved reading I would not just sit and read idly the whole day. Rather, I would … Continue reading
Freedom Is Not Worth Having
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi When I was young and still in high school, I couldn’t wait to become an adult. The main reason being to be free to … Continue reading
Imagine
Are you a dreamer? Do you dream about your future? Do you wonder about your past? If you have the chance to live your life again how would you like it to be different? Well I do. I am a … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged Albert Einstein, believe, book, books, chance, country, culture, dream, e-book, English, experience, free, freedom, French, future, government, history, imagine, John Steinbeck, lawyer, library, life, literature, Mathematics, Middle East, past, people, person, problem, read, reading, religion, story, style, University, wish, world, writer, writing
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“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
Two days ago, while rearranging my library and my desk, I came across my diaries. I am not much of a diary person in the sense that I do not keep a diary every day. However, I do keep a … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Amazon, Bahrain, Beirut, book, Canada, chichikir, children, civil war, civilians, democracy, diary, dictators, dignity, Dubai, Egypt, elections, freedom, history, international journalists, journalists, kosovo, leader, library, Libya, Middle East, mother, power, president, reporter, Russian literature, Syria, The Lost I, Tolstoy, Tunisia, turmoil, uprising, world, yemen
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I Am That Chrysalis
March 4, 2011, a little before 5:00 am, I am sitting in my living room in Montreal, with fountain pen in hand and a writing pad in my lap, ready to start a conversation with myself before my husband wakes … Continue reading
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Tagged book, butterfly, Canada, caterpillar, chrysalis, civil war, coffee, conversation, country, crawl, dictionary, dignity, dreams, Dubai, family, fountain pen, freedom, home, husband, immigrant, ink, job, Kafka, larva, Lebanon, lexicon, Middle East, Montblanc, Montreal, muse, newspaper, Oxford, pens, pupa, Reader's Digest, universal, war, Webster's, writer
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