Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Best Iraqi Post Award for the Month October 2009




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!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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

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, Iraqi Mojo, and Iraqi Spirit .

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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It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

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 as:

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 as you say 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 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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Sunshine the future engineer as she calls herself talks about the need to move on:

This month I decided to look at the bright side only, and remember only good things, if I want to live happily I must accept life the way it is , bad things happened but I should move on , because I am incapable to fix the world, and unable to bring peace to my country, all I can do, is to live every day the way it is, and keep in mind that life changes and hopefully bright days will come , and it was a good idea, I feel much better now.

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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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اضيء شمعة بدلاً من ان تلعن الظلام

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 من جيبك نفط بنزين اشو كوكل ماادري غوغل ليل ونهار تكول تعالوا شخبطوا وخربطوا بس اكتبوا على راحتكم يعني منو يصدك انت مسوي اضراب عن الكتابة يابة شنو الموضوع؟ عيني غير عباس يكول صارت هوسة كلمن الة ياهو اليجي وسوالة مدونة والادلة والفهارس صارت بلا حساب!

عجيب اي شكو بيهة الحركة بركة والناس احرار ولقد قال عز من قائل:

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

لاشيء يعادل صديق صدوق مخلص فلنتعلم ان نكون اصدقاء فكلنا عراقيون واذا كان المستوى الفني للمدونين العراقيين هابطاً كما تقول فلم لاتساعدعم ياعباس مستخدماً مواهبك الكتابية التي اعطاها لكم الله تعالى ؟ لاشك انهم لايريدون فلوساً فقد تكون مفلساً او لاتكون لايهم لانهم فقط تواقون لقراءة مواضيع شيقة تكتبونها لانثير العواصف او تسبب المشاكل التي تؤدي الى الفرقة و التباعد بل تزيدنا معرفةً وعلماً ولتثير نقاشاً موضوعياً هادفاً ومثمراً.

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 جداً 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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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Best Iraqi Post Award, september 2009

Best Iraqi Post Award  september 2009 is 

Memorable Mistakes

Thanks Touta for your special post and congratulation!



Monday, October 5, 2009

A New Taste

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~

Friday, October 2, 2009

Newly to Iraqi blogsphere



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

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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

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 مدونة
جان 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
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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:



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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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Saturday, September 26, 2009

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

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.

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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.


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



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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.

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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.

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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!!!


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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.

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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

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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.

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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.


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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 .

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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



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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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