My father was prone to bouts of depression.
Our German housekeeper recommended scrubbing the bottoms of pots and pans clean.
He followed her advice.
I saw him thus many times, hunched over the kitchen sink, scrubbing the aluminum bases till they gleamed.
But that only gave him momentary respite from the dark whispers that never faded.
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Bemonasabt 7lool yoom il khamees…
O bema inah sayer 3ndena bel deera 7alat 3adam fahm for what love really means…
o kil min 3la rasah ba67a ye7asesha…
Ahdee hal kalemat il raqeeqa 7g butootee, o b3th il nass, o to every one in love or ever been in love or wishing to find true love!
It helps if u [...]

I was contacted by a reader of my blog to announce an upcoming photography competition held by The Green Initiative Organization. 
The Green Initiative is an organization that works with the British Councils Global Changemakers project and it hopes to raise awareness about environmental issues, help combat climate change and help businesses, schools and individuals take the Green Initiative for [...]

She said:
“I have an extra maid I don’t need. I’ve trained her and taught her how to cook. I’m going to sell her for 400KD.”
I said:
“Saying you are going to sell her like that sounds inhuman. It sounds like trafficking. Islam does not condone this way of reference to fellow humans.”
She said:
“But I paid 400 [...]

The conversation was hushed in the room where the women gathered. It took me a few seconds to register that a hot topic was being discussed. I  listened in to the bits and pieces before asking ny usual  belated: “Who’s that?”
They had been gossiping about Alyaa. They probably would not  admit it was gossip but [...]

Today morning,  i was picking up a cup of mocha for my self… when it hit me…
I really really really REALLY dream of opening up my own little restuarant…
I want a little place, light, airy, and modern. I want to stand behind the counter, talking to my tiny efficient staff, the coffee machine with gleaming [...]

OH MY GOD!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!
OMG I’m sooo EMBARASSED … i don’t know where to hide my face!!!!
You see, in late 2008, my Butootee was going for a 3 day 3omra trip with a friend.
It was the first time he leaves me alone and travels from the day we got married.
I was extra emotional. I was [...]

I am literally freaked!!!
Shinsawee? Wain inroo7 ? Wain inwaleee?
I am the kind of person who get flu 600 times a year!
and I do admit to have the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder thingy which can go very wrong!!! I already wash my hands with dettol 1000 times aday!!!!
Flu has reached the UK! THey are testing people’s temperatures in [...]

 
Do you know the emails sent with pictures of brilliant strange looking cakes that we ooh and ahh over and think to ourselves waaay ayshawgoooon they look tooo good it’s too sad u have to ruin them in order for them to be eaten!?
 
I remember a few years back, when i was still a new bride and life [...]

I open my eyes this morning and the first thought that jumps to my mind is “I feel like going out for breakfast now!” 
 
Just like that. I want to go out for breakfast. So today my breakfast could be my weekly free meal…
 
By the time we reach the place i chose for breakfast, it was 10 am. Not [...]

I KNEW IT!
It was too good to be true. He cannot contain himself any longer. He must must MUST interfere at some point and try and SABOTAGE MY DIET!
and he is GOOD… he is very very good. He knows my one weakness in this world, the one thing i cannot resist. The one thing genetically [...]

I’m sick. It’s the third bad cold I’ve gotten within a month and a half. I’ve always thought I was as robust as a horse but I’m buckling at the knees this season. Overworked. Stressed. Sure I am happy but my immunity is low for some odd reason. I read last night about the Black [...]

What price would you place on virginity? $3.7 million?
When a rich man is willing to pay that much money for one night of unattached sex with a virgin, what is that saying about our priorities as human beings and how we spend our money?
What does it say about the way men perceive women? That there [...]

It was a quiet afternoon and the streets were practically empty. I drove into Nuzha and headed towards the Co-op to the restaurant where I could buy some biryani. I was craving rice and everyone at home was on a diet ( a diet of fast food burgers!)
In the restaurant, other men like me were [...]

Killing children can never be justified nor morally right.
A distraught Palestinian father decries the murder of his four children by the Israeli aggression.

Link found as I browsed from Hning’s blog (wonderful post there), to Clouddragon’s post on Dictionary (Another great post with a thought-provoking discussion and interesting links in the comments).
Posted in Children, Death, Family, [...]

LINK
How convincing is this message for the atheist campaign?
Posted in Faith & Spirituality, Life, London, News      

I like this word:   Sorceress!
I am astounded:   She says she has earned 85,000 KD through black magic!
(And I am increasingly thinking that a university degree does not always guarantee you a hefty salary…it must be how resourceful a person is)
I wonder:  Why do female university students go to a sorceress?
I think:   that the policemen who [...]

I wonder if this site actually works?
Some women use PMS to excuse irritable, maddening, inexplicable, and oftentimes downright outrageous behaviour.
Oftentimes the men in our lives are perplexed or driven to retaliatory action when faced with  women experiencing PMS.
So the caring people at PMS Buddy thought up an idea to assist the people in our lives [...]

My tooth hurt alot today. ALOT ALOT…
I had to drag my self to a dentist, i have not seen one in 5 years… hence im in this much pain.
He takes one look at the tooth, says this needs a root canal without even seeing the Xray, the Xray showed that even though the tooth has [...]

Since i first laid my hands on my first sega console, the Sega Master System, i have played this game, and played and played, wanting to finish it…
Now, 17 years later… with the miracle of emulators, i have FINALLY been able to reach the last stage, the last maze, and the last boss.. Death Adder!!!
This [...]

A little fact about me… im a freak magnet!
No seriously. My friends told me this. They say they never encounter strange things or see strange people unless they are with me. I do not know why.
So yesterday, after posting about my worst lunch experience ever, i remembered this birthday party… it is one freaky one as [...]

I recall incidents when i was teenager, there was a very rude friend of my moms who was very fond of an ugly silk shirt striped with cream, purple, and gold… i remember she was acting as rude as ever, o mom ga3da itjamelha, i was boiling, so i smile at her and ask her “khalty? Qameesich [...]

People, or girls in Q8 in particular, tend to forget themselves while chewing gum!
Even the classeist girl can fall into this trap. Eating gum, chewing, and forgeting about it. Looking Very vulgar in the process…
Y3ni im standing in starbucks five minutes ago. A nice stylish girl 5 years younger than me, dressed up but casually, [...]

Intaw yanaytaw?
EE intaw yalle ga3deen tegroon!!! Kilokom!!! All of u who are living on Q8y soil and head over heels reserving numbers!!!
3lamkom?
Ma 3ndokom mobile phones?
Ma 3ndokom numbers?
Kil wa7ed o wa7da itha mo one line has two o three, o numbers min a7la ma ykoon…
Eshtaboon b3d?!
Shino hal mania ilee 7ashat kom… min sema3taw reservation o numbers [...]

AUUUUUUGHHHHHH
Thank you god thank you… FINALLY ITS REALLY RAINING FOR REAL…
I know every one knows it’s raining… but this is for those of us who are cooped up someplace without windows, except internet… you see i would have appreciated if on safat i read from any blogger that it was raining… i would have ran [...]

I have not eaten much all day. Im so hungry and craving a falafel sandwich from Kel7a… we go by car, bu tootee is about to go inside… all i wanted to do is one simple falafel sandwich to last me all day and fill me up…
Bu Tootee: What do you want to order?
Daddy’s Girl: [...]

We recieved a box of mini Flakes from the UK… YAY!!!
So… Tea time (or coffee time) for me is sacred. It always reminds me of my father, who after waking up in the evening would gather us around him o feed us tea, mary biscuits, and cakes!!!
So, today i was fasting with Bu Tootee, i [...]

Gateau Aux Neux, a famous cake from Zurcher Confiserie in Montreux, Montana Honey, two shoes, two YSL socks, a souviner from Cannes, i guess it should be an ashtray but we could use it for pins, and a box of Milka chocolates that Bu Tootee adores
These are the last things he is ever getting from [...]