The 37th anniversary of Farid al-Atrash

Sultan of the lute, prince of singing and my favorite singer from the old generation dead on 26 December 1974

Buy Egyptian 16-18 December 2011

Naguib Mahfouz's Centenary

11-11-2011 .. A Remarkable Date

I think it will be a nice thing that we list what
happened on:

1-1-2001

2-2-2002

3-3-2003

4-4-2004

5-5-2005

6-6-2006

7-7-2007

8-8-2008

9-9-2009

10-10-2010

& what will happen on:

12-12-2012

You were born on 23 September. Well, Happy Birthday to all of us

Palestinian Statehood Vote on 20 September 2011

Palestine deserves a full membership in the United Nations.

Israel stole the land, but it will not steal the history.

http://www.palestineright.com/

The autumn at the doors

Ramadan Kareem

Writing and Publishing

During my search in BlogSpot users' profiles, for Bloggers with an industry of Publishing, I noticed the Arabian users mix between publishing and writing.

A lot of Arabian writers, novelists, authors & poets chose publishing as their field, not writing. I don't know why!

Maybe because BlogSpot didn't put category of writing or literature in industry's options.

Difference between Novel, Novella & Novelette

According to Wikipedia,

Novel: over 40,000 words.

Novella: 17,500 to 40,000 words.

Novelette: 7,500 to 17,500 words.

Short Story: under 7,500 words.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count

6-6-1967 (International Jerusalem Day)

Quds Day... Tuesday 6-6-2011, the 44^th anniversary of Oriental Quds's Occupation by the Israelis after the Setback of 67.

On Saturday 11 June & Sunday 12 June 2011, Quds's Conference (human right, nation responsibility) will be hold at Amman, Jordan by Jordanian engineers' syndicate (committee of engineers for Quds) & Cultural Quds Forum.

http://www.jea.org.jo/

http://www.alqodsonline.net/conference/index.php

15 May 2011, the Third Palestinian Intifada

Today 15-05-2011, 63 years passed since the cursed country the so-called (Israel) was established on the ruins of (Palestine) on 15 May 1948.

As a result of 1948's war, a deportation was happened with the Palestinians and the international atlases still write the name of (Israel) on Palestine's map.

After the successive Arabic revolutions this year, the Palestinian refugees (Diaspora) want to return to their deserted villages & towns.

http://www.3rdintifada.com/

The British Royal Wedding

Today Friday 29 April 2011, prince of England (William Charles) & his beautiful bride (Kate Middleton) became husband & wife officially.

I hope their marriage doesn’t end like his parents' marriage... the crown prince (Charles) & the princess of hearts (Diana).

Happy Sham Al-Nessem today

http://zahrayoussry-english.blogspot.com/2010/04/sham-el-nessim-day.html

Lovesickness

This funny news was published today Saturday 2 April 2011 in the last page of Al-Ahram newspaper under title (Lovesickness... A Scientific Fact).

The news talks about a study from American University of Michigan by Professor Ethan Kross.

The study says: love-sickness & breakup-pain affect in the human body equally like the physical pains.

The brain doesn't distinguish between the physical pain & the emotional pain.

The Egyptian Constitution … Next Saturday 19 March 2011

Libya needs today to a man like Omar Mukhtar .. Lion of the Desert

Youssef Al Sebaie .. The Knight of Romance

Today Friday 18 February 2011 is the 33^rd anniversary of Youssef Al-Sebaie's assassination.

He was an army officer, however he wrote the most famous & most beautiful romantic novels in the Arabic literature.

Many of his novels were transferred to movies, such as: I'm going away, between the ruins (remember me), a thing in my life, Nadia, my heart was returned back, love street and so on.

He got married of his cousin (Dawlat Taha Al-Sebaie) after long love story since the childhood. They had a son (Ismail) and a daughter (Bessa).

On 18 February 1978, two Arabs shot him in the lobby of Nicosia Hilton hotel in Cyprus because he visited Israel with the president Anwar El Sadat on 19 November 1977.

His assassination caused Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport and breakoff of relations between Egypt and Cyprus for many years.

Valentine’s Day & the Noble Prophetic Birth (Mawlid)

Today 14 February is Love Day & tomorrow Tuesday 15 February 2011 is the prophet Muhammad's Hijri birthday, while his Gregorian birthday is 20 April 571 (elephant year).

Prayer & peace upon Muhammad, our great love!

Tunisia, then Egypt… Who's the next?!

Friday of Anger in Egypt "The Last Pharaoh Must Go"

Baharia Oases .. The Paradise of the Egyptian Western Desert

The Church of the Two Saints at Alexandria "The Terrorism Has No Religion"

Male Belly Dancers!!!

A very strange phenomenon began to be widespread in some Egyptian nightclubs, in Cairo, Sharm El-Sheikh & Hurghada.

Males work as belly dancers!

I'm saying here males, not men, because they don't belong to the manhood in a thing.

Yes, most of them don't wear naked dancing suits, but they perform female movements.

Of course, I won't talk from an Islamic perspective because the dancing naturally is forbidden in Islam as for women or men equally, but I'm talking here about the human nature.

This phenomenon is against the nature of men. How can these males dance like the women in front of people? How are they husbands and fathers?

I think the male dancers in the famous American TV show So You Think You Can Dance are more respectable & serious because they perform Tap Dance, not a random dance.

To Be a Mother for the First Time

On Sunday 24 October 2010, Allah gave me my first baby Mariam.

A new experience & a different feeling I cannot describe it.

Yes, it is a big responsibility, but it is a nice task to look after a tiny weak creature.

In the beginning, I was not enthusiastic much because:

1. I did not love the children in general before the marriage, only my nephews.

2. I was not ready to the pregnancy or qualified for bringing up a child, although I am 31 years old.

3. I was hoping to have a Natural Childbirth, but I had a Cesarean Section.

4. I was hoping to have a boy, but I had a girl. She is the first granddaughter & niece in our families.

But now, I think is Mariam the greatest novel I wrote in my life!

Today

Today is the 37^th anniversary of 6 October war & the first anniversary of creating this blog

The 40th anniversary of Nasser

Today, Tuesday 28 September 2010, 40 years passed since the immortal president Gamal Abdel Nasser left our world.

Although, I was born on 23 September 1979, 5 days before the 9^th anniversary of his death, but I'm still living on his glories.

A lot of Egyptians miss him. How much we need a man like him in these black days!

To his crystal spirit, I present this song:

I have an urgent letter to you – Singing: Om Kalthoum in Nasser's funeral, 1970

ISNB in Egypt

The International Standard Book Number or ISNB is a number given to a book and often placed on the back cover to protect the book from the plagiarism & quotation. It guarantees the copyright for the author & the publisher because this number is unrepeated ever like the fingerprint!

By ISNB, you can verify your intellectual property, if someone plagiarized your ideas.

Locally in Egypt, beside ISNB, there is The Legal Deposition Number that is given to the books by The National Documents & Books House.

But as usual, getting this local number is a costly thing and takes long procedures.

After the digital or electronic publishing & eBooks became widespread on the internet, Digital Rights Management or DRM appeared.

Back to School in Egypt

Ramadan Kareem

Today, Wednesday 11 august 2010, Ramadan 1431 A.H. started.

Happy Ramadan for all Muslims around the world!

Fasting, hotness, moisture & pregnancy will make Ramadan this year is very difficult as for me, but Allah helps us always.