I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
I wish I could break all the chains holding me
I wish I could say all the things that I should say
Say ’em loud say ’em clear
For the whole wide world to hear“(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free”
Lighthouse Family
A truly beautiful song which describes exactly how I feel right now.
He’s running…
He’s pushing himself to run even harder, even further, even faster…
He doesn’t remember what he was doing before he started running.
Is there even a “before”?
He’s been running all his life for all he can remember.
Where to? Why? When he’ll get there? What next?
A blank…
He doesn’t know…
He remembers something though…
He used to know where he was running to…
He used to know why he was running…
He used to know what he would find…
He used to know where he would run next…
What went wrong?
A blank…
He stops. He thinks.
He must have made a wrong turn somewhere along the way.
He must have missed the guiding signs.
He thinks, thinks and thinks more…
He picks himself up, looks around him and starts running again…
He’s happier now…
He’s running in a different direction…
“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
I heard about Delta Goodrem quite a long time ago as I’m really interested in the Australian music scene.
But other than her single “Born To Try”, I didn’t really get to hear much of stuff.
Anyway, I changed that this weekend by buying her album “Innocent Eyes”.
It’s always a risk when you buy an album and all you’ve heard is one single off it. But here’s a rule I have, if it’s someone from Australia, Ireland or Sweden, just go on and buy the album, it’ll be great for sure.
And well, my rule worked again 🙂
The album is one of the greatest I’ve heard lately.
This girl is truly talented, her voice is amazing and the songs she has chosen for her debut album are beautiful both lyrics-wise and music-wise.
My favourite songs after the first hear are: “Innocent Eyes”, “Not Me, Not I” and “Throw It Away”.
I truly recommend this cd to anyone who enjoys really good music.
Israeli exports to Arab states reached $85 million in the first half of 2004 , up 68%, compared with the corresponding period last year, official Israeli data indicated.
Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute said the growth in exports to Arab countries was due mostly to increased exports to Jordan and Egypt and of course the opening of the Iraqi market.
The figures did not include $6 million in indirect exports to Arab countries through third parties, as part of joint projects between Israeli and Arab companies.
Shame on you Arabs, shame on you!
[Via: Al Bawaba]
Benjamin Vanderford, 22, faked his own beheading!
He he posted the 55-second clip, which shows a knife sawing against his neck, on an online file-sharing network in May. It circulated in cyberspace before crossing over to major media, airing on television.
The tape, which carried an Arabic title that translates as “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American,” shows Vanderford sitting on a chair, his hands behind his back, rocking back and forth.
The tape then shows a hand with a knife cutting at the motionless man’s neck, but it did not show any militants.
It’s unbelievable how someone can go on and make a joke out of something like this. It’s totally disgusting.
But if goes to prove anything, it proves how easy it is to make up this stuff and fake it and that we shouldn’t believe stuff like this without it being researched and proven.
[Via ABC News, Al Jazeera]
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We just got back home after a wonderful night out.
We attended the Amr Diab concert in the Festival of Carthage.
It’s been a long time ever since I went to a concert in the great Carthage amphitheatre, maybe ever since my childhood actually. And as for my wife, this is her first time there.
It’s also the first time I attend an Amr Diab concert, my wife’s second time.
And well, to say the truth, even though I love the guy’s songs, I wasn’t expecting much because of all the bad stuff I’ve heard about him performing live. According to what everyone says, I went in expecting some great songs but a really bad live voice.
And well, fortunately, my expectations were wrong.
The guy rocked live! Yes, he truly and absolutely rocked.
He truly out-did himself and I loved the songs even more than from the album.
The selection of songs for the concert was perfect, although I wish he would have just added “Awwedoony” to the list, one of my faves.
He sang, played the piano, played the keyboards, some percussion instruments and simply was great.
The climax of the concert came when he launched into his new single “Leeli Nhari”. Everyone went mad, and it seemed everyone but my wife and I knew all the lyrics.
Amr Diab was the only Arab singer I used to listen to and buy albums for. His stuff is really good, he’s an artist, and very professional.
And today after being at a concert of his, I’m more a fan than ever before.
I really enjoyed the concert a lot. It was so much fun.
After the concert, we were starving, so we thought we’d pass by this new place called Abu El Abed, a Lebanese fast food restaurant in Les Berges du Lac. We had some shawarmas which had this special middle eastern taste to them and which were really good.
After that, it was time for us to get home, and for me to get on here to write about it all 🙂
Yesterday, while on another train of thought, this idea came to my mind, and well I thought I’d write it down.
In every relationship there is a sort of power struggle.
Whether it’s a love, work, friendship, family or any other relationship, there always is this factor of who is in the position of power and who is in the position of weakness, about who has more control over the relationship and who has the upper hand.
It’s actually rare in a relationship for the two sides to complete each other and strike a perfect balance of powers. Most of the times, one of the sides has some sort of power advantage for some reason or another tipping the balance to his side and giving him the plus.
Sometimes you might not think of it, but then something comes along that makes you see it.
Just take the time, look around you, look at the relationships you’re in professionally or personally and you’ll see that in some you are in a position of power, while in others you’re in a position of weakness, and in some few others in a position of balance.
I guess it’s just the nature of things.
But it’s very important because it determines how comfortable you are and can be in a relationship.
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
[Via eclecticism, Atrios, and more]
