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Single women and custody
I am following up in newspapers with the news of the government social department actions to deal with the problem of abandoned babies. It seems that they are more open towards facilitating Jordanian married couples to take custody over those babies and provide them with family support. Custody is the acceptable way in an Islamic…
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هيا و ليلى و حواء و آدم
انا ايضا شعرت بالأئارة عند قراءتي الأسطوة اليهوية عن امرأة آدم الاولى ليليث. ليلى يبدو لي اسما اقرب لحقيقتها و لواقعي العربي. لكنني لم استغرب كثيرا لوجود ليلى, لأن ليلى موجودة دائما في كل امرأة اخره. دائما عند وجود آدم و حواء فهنالك حتما ليلى في الصورة , حتى لو كانت ليلى من نسج الخيال,…
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Pulp Magazine: The Gender issue
After Pulp Magazine’s January excellent Internet issue where they interviewed people behind Toot along with Roba (AndFarAway) and Naseem (The Black Iris), they deliver another excellent issue this month with the focus on Gender issues. It is February, the month of Valentine, and while most of the other magazines concentrated on dating and love tips,…
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The reality of my observations
ObserverThat is what I call myselfor at least, that is what I think of myselfbelieving that I ‘observe’ welldepending on my input devicesSight, sound, smell, touch and tasteand my processor (brain)and operating system (DNA? anyone)and data resided in my memory But then my data is mostly based on others outputMillions of other machinesSome still alive,…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
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Thunder of love covering the void
A glossy heart met sparkled eyesBeauty stood in awe Joy and happiness filled the spaceand silence took overAnticipating the thunder of our love Closer we came togatherLips lockedEcstasy drove Cupid insaneCelebrating the quality of his achievmentand thenlight grew from the head of candlescovering all over the worldin a sacred momentWorshipping our love Hands touchedFingers rest…
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A man got his daughter married to a Nabulsi!
A man got his daughter married to a Nabulsi. He warned her, if your husband asks you to turn around, come directly and tell me. For days, the father kept on asking his daughter whether her husband asked her to turn around or not, and she alway replied negatively. But one day and after few…
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The eye of a needle and being rich
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24) This phrase in the bible is one of the most phrases that refused to enter my heart in my childhood. While I never considered my family to…
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Fadi contemplating destiny
While Fadi was sitting in the garden next to an apple tree, relaxing in a sunny day and contemplating life. Suddenly, his sight caught a red appealing apple just a little bit away of his full length hand. The red apple image resided in his memory as a tasty good food poppped up to his…
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يمتد خيالي بلحظة عشق مع هطول الثلج
اقف خلف نافذة غرفتي, تستمتع اعيني بمنظر الثلج, يمتد بصري نحو الافق ليتابع امتداد البساط الابيض الذي غطى كل شىء معطيا حسا جميلا و نظرة اخرى لعالم حولي تعودت مشاهدته كما هو يمتد بصري خلف حدود النافذه, و يمتد خيالي خلف حدود الجسد. اشاهد نفسي اركض في الحقول البيضاء, كأنني طفلة اركض بفرح و حرية.…