Egypt
November 23, 2009
- “One of the sexiest women in the Arab world” is in trouble. It clearly shows that within Islamic societies there is a wide range of behaviour and disparities.Haifa Wehbe is a Lebanese pop singer and this time it is not her revealing clothes and sensuous moves that are being questioned. In her latest album, Baba fein (Where is Daddy?) there is stanza that goes, “Where is my teddy bear and my ...
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November 22, 2009
- Sunday UK Blog - The Beautiful Game Not So Beautiful Around the world Football or Soccer as it's called in America, (don't get me on about how grid iron can be called football when the foot is hardly used) is the most popular team sport. The let's call is Soccer so American's don't get confused, the "Soccer World Cup" is the second most watched sporting event after the ...
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September 15, 2009
- I recently re-discovered the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters. I'd read the first one a long time ago, but didn't remember any of the others. (if I read them at all...) I started at the beginning again and I DEVOURED THEM. Mmm... delicious books....Also--for you writers out there--Elizabeth Peters is a fabulous example of what research can do for a book, especially for ...
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July 15, 2009
- Kala Ambrose's book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled (Reality Press) is featured in Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. Summer Catalog http://arebookstore.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_6329 If you're interested in the esoteric teachings of ancient Egyptian Mystery Schools, what they taught and how you can study these lessons and use them in your life today, this book will prepare you ...
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June 10, 2009
- How old is Egypt’s Great Sphinx? Controversial author Dr. Robert Schoch, Yale-trained geologist and professor of natural sciences at Boston University, is famous for re-dating its construction to 7000-5000 B.C. His well-researched conclusion, resting on the known physics of limestone weathering, enraged establishment Egyptologists who adamantly proclaim Pharaoh Khafre’s subjects carved the ...
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June 4, 2009
- President Obama rides again! This time to Cairo, Egypt. The big question was, would he make it another apology tour? The last trip could have been summed up in Nirvana's words:Everything is my faultI'll take all the blameI'll proceed from shame- Nirvana, All Apologies - 1990The "I", of course, not being Obama, but the United States of America.So, did this happen this time, too?I will ...
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March 5, 2009
- How to Consciously Change the Energy in Your Home It must be something about being in balance, for I find that Spring and Fall are my favorite times of year and I love to celebrate the Equinox where day and night are in complete balance and symmetry. Mother Earth is a wonderful guide and the season of Spring reminds us that it is time to bloom, stretch and grow. The cycle of rebirth is here and ...
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February 10, 2009
- APOSTASIA ADVISES HER QUEEN ON PIETYWeave into linen the form of scarabaeus sacer,Trace in the sand, wide-pupiled, the udjat of ra,In thy ablutions, imitate the cleansing river,In thy observances, the dread precision of stars;Shine bounty upon thy subjects,Be a sister to thy friends, a friend to thy sisters,Follow thy lord meekly in sober procession,Make thy testament of faith,Renounce all pride ...
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January 15, 2009
- One view of the conflict in the Middle East from the Jericho Rose collection (as yet unpolished) The Virgin Speaks We had to go a different way – I suppose it was to be expected – Taking the path that snakes down into Egypt And the rufous sands of our kindred Country, shuffling the stones out of place, The vegetation, itself acicular, Resembling our abraded ...
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January 6, 2009
- Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany’s first novel The Yacoubian Building became a best seller throughout the Middle East and was transformed into a big budget Egyptian film. Now Aswany’s brilliant second novel Chicago has just been translated from Arabic into English and published in the United States.Aswany studied dentistry at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and back in Cairo has ...
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