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I Don’t Remember Anyone Winning Anywhere Any Time
It is with a sad heart that I read about what is happening in the other part of the world, particularly the Middle East. They say history repeats itself. What is happening in Syria now for whatever reason reminds me … Continue reading
Behind The Scenes Part One
Do you think that personal preferences play a major role in choosing the recipients of great literary prizes? Do you think that foul play is involved to some extent in the voting process of the nominees and in deciding who … Continue reading
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Tagged art, article, articles, author, award, behind the scenes, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Europe, feelings, fiction, Germany, history, humor, ideas, Irving Wallace, Judge, literary prizes, literature, magazine, Nobel prize, novel, people, poetry, prize, publishing, reading, scandals, scene, science, story, Sweden, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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New Beginning
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I do agree with Emerson that … Continue reading
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Tagged author, book, books, civil war, dad, dreams, emotion, encouragement, English, essay, faith, feelings, fiction, gratitude, happy, high school, history, home, house, language, lessons, library, life, light, literature, love, memories, mom, music, novel, people, story, teacher, thoughts, University, words, world, writer, writing
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No Place To Call Home
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas put forth a historic U.N. membership bid for an independent state of Palestine on Friday. The formal application drew applause in the assembly when the Palestinian leader raised the document at the podium during his speech … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anton Chekhov, Arab world, brother, challenges, country, father, feeling, good, grandfather, grandparents, happy, hardship, history, home, hope, house, humanity, language, Lebanon, life, lost, membership, memory, Middle East, news, optimism, Palestinians, people, picture, refugees, remember, sad, student, truth, University, weather, wedding
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All That Is Left
How I love it when the Giller longlist is out! The air buzzes with excitement as enthusiastic readers and authors impatiently wait for the final night, November 8, to arrive, when the winner will be announced during a gala ceremony … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, author, award, book, books, campaign, Canada, community, creative writing, e-book, Facebook, family, favorites, fiction, friends, Giller Prize, happy, history, internet, Jury, library, literature, neighbors, news, online, opinion, people, prize, professionals, ramblings, reader, reading, story, Toronto, tv, vote, winner, writer, writing
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A Shattered Society
In the comfort and quiet of my sitting room in Montreal I watch the late night news about the riots in UK. I watch as hooded youths burn and thrash the streets of London. I watch images of shops and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Beirut, book, books, cars, children, city, civil war, country, death, e-book, Edward Said, Ernest Hemingway, Europe, fear, happiness, history, journalist, London, loneliness, magazine, Mahmoud Darwish, memory, Middle East, neighborhood, news, newspapers, politics, radio, religion, riots, society, The Lost I, time, tv, UK, women, youth
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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
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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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Memory Has You
Hemingway once said that “war makes great material for writing.” True. Think of all these great books: A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises, Platoon, War and Peace, to name only a few. The first time I read some … Continue reading
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Tagged A Farewell To Arms, Amazon, Amazon UK, artists, arts, book, books, civil war, class, cosmopolitan, course, creative writing, dream, Dubai, Ernest Hemingway, experience, For Whom The Bell Tolls, form, girl, high school, history, husband, John Irving, Lebanon, Leo Tolstoy, life, living, memory, Middle East, novel, Platoon, short story, style, University, War and Peace, writer, writing, writing courses, writing workshop
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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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