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Tag Archives: Middle East
Why Is It Always The Ones Who Love Life
In the living room of my home in Montreal, in the dining room cabinet, on a shelf behind the glass is a picture of our family. It is an old photo taken in Dubai when my kids were still very … Continue reading
Home Is A Notion
I don’t know how but it seems that lately all my stories take place at some clinic. The other day I was at the clinic yet again waiting for my turn when I started a conversation with the lady beside … Continue reading
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
Just One Thing Like That Is All I Ask
Back in the days when I was a teenager, and even a student in university, I used to wish that I was born somewhere else. Somewhere like the other side of the ocean, in North America, or even in Europe. … Continue reading
I Remember
In memory of all those innocent people who lost their lives eleven years ago in New York, and in memory of all the innocent lives lost to terrorism all around the world, I would like to reblog one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged books, England, life, lost, love, memory, Middle East, people, terrorism, United States, war, world, writing
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My Thoughts And Prayers
It’s early morning here in Montreal. The sun hasn’t come out yet. I didn’t sleep well last night and my head hurts a bit. I switch on my netbook. The internet is full of stories of the shooting at the … Continue reading
In Search Of Completeness
Things are not looking good again in Lebanon, not with the revolt in neighboring Syria and the political turmoil that is sweeping the Arab world in the name of uprising. For almost a year now I have stopped reading newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, articles, blogging, books, Canada, childhood, citizen, CTV, doubt, emotion, existence, Facebook, family, fear, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, home, interview, job, joy, life, memories, Middle East, news, pain, peace, politics, publishing, religion, tv, video, work, worry, writer, writing, youth
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Dear Readers
It has been exactly a year since I started my blog. I would like to thank you all for following, reading and commenting on my posts. Thanks to your support I was able to swirl and swing words to convey … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, blog, book, books, Christmas, civil war, death, e-book, faith, fear, fiction, food, God, happy, holidays, hope, internet, kids, library, life, love, memories, Middle East, nature, new year, news, novel, people, politics, reading, religion, society, soul, thoughts, Universe, war, words, writer, writing
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The Lights Are On
Years ago when I was a student in high school I was staying in Beirut at my aunt’s place, when the government was toppled and a military government took over. It had been almost a year since the civil war … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, aunt, Canada, Christmas, civil war, Elie Wiesel, experience, faith, family, fear, genocide, God, government, holocaust, horror, house, human, lights, Middle East, military, news, night, people, politics, protest, race, reason, red, Red Cross, religion, religious, signs, story, suffering, torture, traffic, traffic light, twilight, 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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