God

A friend of mine sent me this and I felt like sharing it with you
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Look back and thank God.
Look forward and trust God.
Look around and serve God.
Look within and find God!'

I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?' God said,

Face your past without regrets.
Handle your present with confidence.
And prepare for the future without fear!''

Time is like a river.
You cannot touch the same water twice,
because the flow that has passed will never pass again...

Enjoy every moment of life.
Be Blessed!!!!

ENVY – THE ULCER OF THE SOUL

“Are you comparing me to Marwa Rakha?” exclaimed a female writer in a casual chat with a blogger friend of mine using her usual flippant wit that I used to admire when I first got to know her. I will not get into the details of what could have prompted her bile; I will just pause for a few minutes and try to analyze how women – as opposed to men – behave when jealousy strikes them. Being the descendant of the caveman, when a man is jealous or envious of another man, he would get himself a prettier wife, bulkier muscles, more kids, a bigger home, or a fancier car; but when a woman covets what another woman has, there are so many ways to go about it. Let me share with you the categories that I created for fe-mail spite. (I am the Egyptian Fe-mail after all)

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ALLERGIC TO THE F-WORD!

On MSN - One Friday morning

My friend: Are you afraid of f***ing?
Me: I can't f***
My friend: We all f***
Me: Not me
My friend: F***ing is only human
Me: Nop! F***ing is a human option but it is not inevitable
My friend: It could still happen
Me: I will not allow it to happen ... I am allergic to the F-word!!

(My friend logs out)

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TALES FROM AN EGYPTIAN HOUSEHOLD - THE MAN

My father looked at me angrily, then looked at Ahmed doubtingly, and told me that we had to go. The heaviness of guilt and anticipation subdued me as I followed my dad to the car. I was more concerned with my image in front of my friend; I felt humiliated for no good cause. The frown on my dad's forehead grew deeper creating future wrinkles but he was silent. We arrived home and my mother noticed the tension. She asked what went wrong but he was still silent. I told my mom what happened and my fury took over. Dad walked back into the room and the "good girl" lesson began.

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THOU SHALT NOT OBJECT AS THINE HEAD I CENSOR

I cannot believe that there came a day when I had to consult a dictionary for the definition of an adult. “When you grow up” was the answer I got to most of the questions I asked in my childhood or in my troublesome teens be it as simple as wearing making or as complex as making babies. Time and experience answered a lot of these questions yet today I am not sure if there will ever come a point in my life when I will not need to be “more grown up” to be allowed to do, read, or watch what I chose? This is why I needed the help of the dictionary to see if I was adult enough or I still needed more growing up.

Wikipedia said that “The term adult describes any mature organism, but normally it refers to a human: one that is no longer a child / minor and is now either a man or a woman.” Other definitions stated 18 or 21 as a minimum age requirement. Accordingly, I am an adult. Finally I am a grown up! Why do I not feel like an adult? Is it because I live in a country that insists that I am not, and will never be, old enough to watch movies uncensored? Is it because some big boys think that certain books and songs will contaminate my pure soul? Is it because people still blush – or pretend to blush – when the S-Word is mentioned? Is it because countless people act as my guardians – deciding what is good for me and what is not?

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You are Mine

I will drop you in the deepest of oceans
but like a message in a bottle
you will swim to my shore.

I will fly you in the highest of skies
but like a homing pigeon
you will land on my window.

I will let you loose in the busiest of streets
but like a domestic cat
you will stray back to my door.

I will throw you out in the coldest of nights
but like a christmas gift
you will adorn my tree.

I will let you go and walk away
but like the son I never had
I will hear you calling my name.

When you were not looking,
in your core
I planted my seed.

Before you know it,
I shall grow in your soul
like a leafy tree of a hundred years.

I will toss you and turn you
hurt you and burn you
chew you and spit you.

I will hold you and hug you
kiss you and caress you
inhale you and crave you.

Lose yourself in my passion and rage;
Surrender your weapons;
Come unarmed for I will invade you.

I promise to do all that and more;
Do not resist me;
You are mine.

TE DATA - الشركة المصرية لنقل البيانات

من كام سنة كده قررت انى مش هكتم فى قلبى اى حاجة و لا هسمح لحد يضايقنى اصلا ... الصندوق الاسود طفح و مع السن و كتر الضغوط بقى الواحد روحه فى مناخيره و بيتخانق مع دبان وشه

و كالعادة مش هقف سلبية و هتكلم و هصوت على حال البلد اللى مش باين له حال ... ماتخافوش .. انا مش هتكلم فى السياسة و لا فى البنزين و لا العيش ... انا هتكلم فى خدمة العملاء .. ما هو العميل ده مواطن دافع فلوس و له حقوق و اللى يفرط فى حقه زى اللى بيفرط فى عرضه بالظبط

عملت ايه بقى الشركة المصرية لنقل البيانات؟

قال قطعوا الخدمة ... تخيلوا ... انا بدفعلهم فلوس علشان برده ادخل على النت من تليفون البيت

الكرديت كارد عندهم و تفويض انهم يسحبوا الاشتراك الشهرى عندهم و موبايلى عندهم و تليفون البيت عندهم و العنوان و صورة البطاقة عندهم .... يبقى ايه بقى ... يقطعوا الزفت الخط ليه؟

الغلطة الاولى ... قطع الخط على غير حق لان فلوسهم عندهم

الغلطة التانية انهم استخسروا فيا مكالمة تليفون يقولولى فيها ان فى مشكلة ... بلاش تليفون ... يبعتوا رسالة .... بس صحيح هما ليه يتعبوا نفسهم ده انا حيالله عميل ... فى داهية ... ما اتفلق و يولع شغلى

الغلطة الثالثة بقى فى البشر اللى بيردوا على التليفون .... لسان حالهم بيقول: انا مش ناقص قرفك يا عميل ما تستنى للصبح هى الدنيا طارت؟
رد عليا واحد اسمه محمد و قلت له الحكاية قال المبيعات روحوا و ان مش فى ايده يعمل لى حاجة ... قلت له يدينى حد كبير اكلمه ... عملى دكر و قال لى بصوت خشن ... يعنى ايه حد كبير .... قال البيه بيخوفنى!!!!!!!!!!!! قلت له حد عنده صلاحيات (يا شاطر) قام لطعنى على الهولد لحد لما جه البيه التاني

البيه التانى رد عليا بكل ثقة و قاللى انا احمد نيازى .... حكيت الحكاية قاللى المبيعات روحوا و هو مش عارف قطعوا الخدمة ليه و مافيش حاجة ممكن يعملها لى ... قمت اتعصبت و هددت بالكتابة ... تقريبا قاللى و انا مالي

انا دلوقتى مش عارفة ارفع حاجات على السايت بتاعى و مش عارفة احضر للكورس بتاع بكرة لان انت بطئ ... و طبعا مش طايقة ارد على المشاكل بتاعتكم و مش طايقة التبلد و الغباء و التخلف اللى احنا عايشين فيه ده

English version coming up soon!!!!!

HUH?

I am speechless.
My face is expressionless.
My eyes are wide open.
My mind is blank.
I am guilty of despair.
In my book despair is a deadly sin.
Facebook is to blame … I am still speechless!
Why? I will tell you why!

Because of my long history of writing about relationships, men, women, and society, because of my book, and because of my TV appearances, I have earned a place to be coveted in a lot of peoples’ hearts. People come to me for advice or to vent, and they know that I will never judge them no matter how ugly or horrible their story turns out to be. I needed to listen to their ailments to cure mine - But there was a price.

Willingly, I had to give up my privacy; my facebook account, my mobile number, my home phone, and at times my home itself. I cannot ignore a friend request from someone I did not know because I chose to be down to earth and accessible. A lot of people appreciated and respected my decision and ended up being my support group and online friends. Other people ended up being writing material.

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By Law, a Muslim Man will not marry more than one Woman

Hoda Rashwan of Al Masry Al Youm newspaper wrote:

(Arabic version)

"The National Democratic Party (NDP) began intensive internal discussions of the personal status law, while women's rights organizations called for restricting polygamy, canceling divorce in absentia and granting custom-married women equal rights as regular wives.

NDP Women's Secretariat President Dr. Hoda Rashad told al-Masry al-Youm that the draft law would be presented for public discussion and that comments by women's associations would be considered. She said the draft covers all marriage stages, including betrothal, divorce and the rights of each party."

Why am I not laughing when the new personal status law is about to define the boundaries of marriage starting from engagement - yes they will dictate the appropriate decorum in this phase - to marriage pillars, rules, dowry, divorce, polygamy, and alimony.

Let me tell you why ... because I can easily see where this is going

Ok ...

Here is the MB's arguments ... I can already hear their husky voices reciting verses from Qura'an and quoting Prophet Mohammed. I can see them hopping between the words as they skip the lines that do not suit their notions saying:

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"Beware of Egyptian Men," says the Canadian Embassy

Wandering Scarab - an Egyptian girl living in Canada - prior to her last visit to Egypt, decided to visit the Canadian Consulate website to register with the consulate in Egypt just in case her Canadian husband or her baby girl needed assistance with travel or local authorities. What she read on the site was appalling and ended up in her writing this post.

Women, particularly foreign women, are frequently subject to unpleasant male attention, sexual harassment, and verbal abuse. This often takes the form of staring, inappropriate remarks, catcalls, and touching. The Department publishes a booklet entitled Her Own Way: A Woman's Guide to Safe and Successful Travel. Its prime objective is to inform Canadian women and encourage them to travel safely.

There are reports of female Canadian citizens being forced into marriage without their prior knowledge or consent. Parents, relatives and the community may use relentless pressure and emotional blackmail, threatening behavior, abduction, imprisonment and physical violence to coerce young people to enter into marriage. While both men and women experience forced marriages, it is a form of violence most commonly perpetrated against women. They have been unable to return to Canada, and their passports and money have been retained by family members.

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