2006 October archive at The Sugar cubes

Archive for October, 2006

Creatively Strange

31Oct06

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A question I wholeheartedly despise. Because I don’t know how to answer it using one word only. The interesting thing is that the majority in Jordan are from Palestinian origins yet they find it entertaining to ask. And who cares anyway? Pali-Jordanian or just Jordanian, what difference does it make?

The taxi driver: You’re not from [...]

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Israel Used Uranium Bombs in Lebanon

28Oct06

In a shocking revelation, given headline coverage in a British newspaper, The Independent, it is revealed that there is evidence to suggest that Israel was using uranium based weapons when firing on Lebanon. [Read more]
Can we hope for sanctions against Israel this time? or is Israel untouchable?

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28Oct06

It’s 4: 18 AM and I’m still awake…
(and I can see how I’ve turned this blog into a meaningless diary)

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Cluedo

28Oct06

I just love this game, used to play it with my brothers and cousins when we were kids. I’ve found out, by way of google, that there was an online contest at cluedo.com and so I of course played the game and was as usual impatient and decided to guess who was the murderer before [...]

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Eid Diary

27Oct06

It was probably the most boring Eid I ever had. I think that being raised in a relatively large family - 3 brothers and two sisters- made it a bit depressing to spend Eid alone, but I honestly never realized before how nice it was to spend time with my family, feeling bored together and [...]

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My first Eideyyeh in 10 years

27Oct06

Yes! I got my first Eideyyeh today, from my uncle, 10 JDs. A dear diary moment ladies and gentlemen.

The last time someone gave me money in Eid was at least 10 years ago. But it’s not cool anymore, maybe because it’s just 10 JDs?! it’s gotta be at least 100 JDs now and in this [...]

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My new eternal love!

26Oct06

Oh my new Firefox, who would think that after closing alll the windows because of some stupid technical error I’d still be able to “restore my last session”! This was so sweeeet (OMG I think I’m tearing).

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Essay Contest: “A Dream Deferred”

24Oct06

This essay contest takes its title from a 1951 poem by Langston Hughes: What Happens to a Dream Deferred?. The poem helped propel the civil rights movement in the US. Today, it will hopefully inspire you to describe your dream deferred for the Middle East, which the UN calls the world’s least free region.
The contest [...]

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Happy Assassination

24Oct06

I know I’ll never ever understand the gangaster mind behind such inhumane acts! How low can an Israeli system get?!
The agency added that troops opened fire at a mourning house of the Shanbari family in Beit Hanoun, killing six residents, and injuring at least thirty, four seriously.
Eyewitnesses reported that the under-cover forces fortified themselves in [...]