Year: 2004

Ramadan Mubarak

Today is the first day of Ramadan in Tunisia and in most other countries.

So Ramadan Mubarak to everyone 🙂
May it be a great month for you all 🙂

I’ll be trying to start praying again. I hope I get to stick to it this time.

Take it easy on the food and TV everyone. Remember Ramadan is the month of worship and fasting after all 😉

Sami Yusuf

Sami Yusuf

Yesterday, while at our friends’ place, we were introduced to Sami Yusuf, a British Muslim singer whose song “Al Mu’allem” (The Teacher) has been playing on the arabic Melody music channel.

It’s really a great song in both English and Arabic in which he sings about the Prophet Muhammad PBUH and Islam. The music and lyrics are so beautiful and his voice is so soothing.

Sami Yusuf was born on July 1980. He was born into a musical family of Azeri origin and thus music played an integral part in his life.

Sami is also a devout practicing British Muslim who sees songs as a means of promoting the message of Islam and encouraging the youth to be proud of their religion and identity.

I think what he’s doing is really great and I wish more and more people would try to follow.
It’s a really good way to promote the true peaceful message of Islam and give the Muslim world their pride in their religion back.

For more info on Sami Yusuf and his music, check out his official site.

To buy his first album, click here.

Nice Asshole

“The only thing worse than an asshole is a nice asshole!”

Me

This is something I said today and just thought I’d share here.
Really if there’s anything in this world that is worse than some asshole pissing you off constantly, it’s having a nice asshole do it, he pisses you off with a smile and in a weird friendly way.
It just adds to the frustration when you feel like smashing his head in while he just smiles back at you and acts like he’s your friend.

So, to every nice asshole on earth: Choose sides! Either you’re an asshole or you’re nice! Don’t piss us off even more by trying to be both…

Superman is Dead

Christopher Reeve, the star of the “Superman” movies, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.

A near-fatal riding accident nine years ago paralyzed him and turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research.

Reeve had a severely infected pressure wound, which is a common ailment among paralysed people.

Christopher Reeve will always be thought of as Superman by me and millions of other people all around the world.
He is the man of steel.

R.I.P. Superman…

Mo is here from TO

My brother in law Mohamed decided to pass by Tunisia on his way to Jordan from Toronto, Canada. He got here this past Saturday afternoon.

I actually haven’t seen him for over 2 years, and it’s great to be able to meet again and catch up on all that’s happened during this time.

It’s so cool to have him over. He’s one of the most fun people to hang out with, we’ve been having loads of fun and laughs since he got here, lol.

His advice is also priceless.
It’s really helping me with some issues I have floating around in my head nowadays.

It’s a shame he won’t be staying much this time as he’ll be moving on to Jordan and then going back to Canada quickly.
Anyway, he seems to like Tunisia a lot, and hopefully he’ll be coming back for a longer visit next time 🙂
When he does we’ll have a really cool tour of Tunisia planned for him, including the locations where they shot Star Wars in the south of Tunisia.