Category: lifestyle

The Promised Discourse on Arab Unity is not Happening; A Bad Dream and More Information Came My Way; So It is Back to My Prior Blogging;  I Do, And Always Tell the Truth, But Admittedly This Seems Unbelievable; Back on Track; Meeting Students and Learning of the Basket-in-School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Was Told That I Should Live in Egypt; I am a Success Says Winston Churchill; Photo’s of Hamza’s Medina School Event 

My January 27, 2023 blog ‘promised’ more discussion of Arab Unity but there have been some intervening influences. One of the influences was a dream, actually a nightmare. So frightening. I woke just prior to…

After a Day of Such Benefits, Such a Downer; The ICJ Ruling Brings Initial Dismay Turning Into Cautious Optimism with the Help of Al Jazeera; Arab Unity Would Provide the Answer in My Opinion; Quotes from my November 6 Blog; Scenery Photographs from Differing Eras and Locations

It was impossible to expect, or even wish,  for a day like yesterday, filled with greater hope, promise, gratitude and optimism. This I knew, nonetheless was totally unprepared for the horror of this morning.  News…

Wow, Mashallah, What a Friday!! Blow Your Socks Off Defined; A Hadith Saying What I Do is Not Lost; A Gift That Keeps on Giving: The Edge of a Gender Abyss; A Blog Written in Texts; Main Man Defined; Another Albert Einstein Wisdom; Perhaps A Dream Come True in Khobar; Unsolicited Advice: An Amazing Saudi Women’s Basketball Team Staying Here: Photos of the Team and Me and a Few of my Favorite Things

I am enjoying the most blessed of Fridays – the most blessed ever it seems I received a Hadith that will blow your socks off.  To blow your socks off is an idiom meaning to…

A Lesson in Learning to be More Literate in Arabic From a Valuable Website; A Near Tragedy Turns Into a Happy Ending With the Assistance of an Army of Helpful and Funny People; An Apple Store and Technician to the Rescue; Link to My New Youtube; An Unusual Photograph of Hope and Optimism; Definition of Sapling

I humbly admit to being excellent  in English. I can speak it, I can write it, I can DO English. But I an totally incapable of speaking, writing and doing any other language. Have a…

Al Jazeera Has Earned, and Continues to Win Praise;  Reports From a Special Section, Israel War on Gaza; News From There: No Mention of Israel’s War on Gaza at the World Economic Forum; Heads Will Roll Defined: Blinken and the 5 D’s; The Rich Get Rich, The Poor Get Poorer; Halfhearted Defined: My New Direction; Alhamdulillah: Continuing Cooking Class 

There is something to be said for being deprived of something (or someone). When it (or they) return, you are inestimably grateful. This is true of my involuntary absence from Al Jazeera, during my weeks of…

My Life Has A New Direction Again: Laughing At Myself: Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude; The Example of Prophet Musa’s Mother; Trust in the Greatest Planner; Inspiration Found in the Ithra Library; Al Khobar a Happy Medium; Al Jazeera Opinion of Blinken’s Middle East Tour; Photographs From the Ithra Library and Its Contents

Did something totally noncharacterological this morning. I announced the new direction of my life on Instagram, not on the blog. I have no idea what got into me. This morning, took a series of photos,…

There is Some Despair, Some Sorrow in This Blog But in the Long Run Good Did Prevail Over Evil; Heartsick Defined; The Heart (Qalb) is the Core of Human Beings in the Islamic Faith;  The Fortress of Tawhid Provides Relief and Knowledge: Soon Off to Ithaca, the Perfect Place for Me to Be; Photo of a Shirt 

I woke in a timely manner for Fajr prayer, it is helpful to be awake and alert for Fajr prayer, otherwise one just goes through the motions. This was a well considered, thoughtful, respectful and…

First, Unfinished Business: Kudos To Two RBC Employees;  and Then: Immune System Activated, Rescuing Me From Virus; Call to Prayer Awakened Me; Saudi National Guardsmen Said Saudi Arabia Loved Me; Instagram Brings Good News and Bad News; Psychopath Pathology Revealed: What is My Responsibility as a Muslim; KACC From My Window 

My January 15, 2024 blog ended in the following fashion.  Me: I shall write later of the amazing staff in this hotel, rescuing me from dropped AirPod yet again.  This is now later. I sent…