<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256</id><updated>2011-11-01T11:31:44.776+02:00</updated><category term='الحرب'/><category term='Hamra'/><category term='الحمرا'/><category term='Mapping'/><category term='Arab Women'/><category term='Egypt'/><category term='Arabic'/><category term='Beirut'/><category term='civil war'/><category term='بيروت'/><category term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category term='Sharon'/><category term='Palestinian refugees'/><category term='War'/><category term='abortion'/><category term='memory'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='عربي'/><category term='Israel'/><category term='photos'/><category term='Arab Men'/><category term='Short stories'/><category term='لبنان'/><category term='Palestine1936'/><category term='rain'/><category term='academia'/><category term='نهر البارد'/><category term='قصص قصيرة'/><category term='Lebanon'/><category term='activism'/><category term='Children&apos;s Rights'/><category term='Gaza'/><category term='St. George'/><category term='Justice'/><category term='Summer 2006 war'/><category term='jellyfish'/><category term='AlKhidr'/><category term='Palestine'/><category term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category term='reconciliation'/><category term='love'/><category term='المنارة'/><category term='13 April'/><category term='الأخلاق'/><title type='text'>Hakaya  -  حـكـــايـــا</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>63</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-3884618633552784371</id><published>2011-07-01T22:10:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T21:41:10.850+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>هربا من بلالكو</title><summary type='text'>
حاولت عاملة بنغلادشية التخلص مما تعانيه، عبر الهروب اوالانتحار من الطابق الرابع من مبنى سنتر الريحاني في كورنيش المزرعة اليوم الجمعة ۱ تموز حوالي الساعة العاشرة صباحا. فيما يلي وصف لما رأته وسمعته صديقة كانت في المحيط:
"من مكان عملي على الطابق الخامس من المبنى نفسه، سمعت ضجيجا وأصواتا قادمة من الشارع. ذهبت إلى النافذة لمعرفة ما يجري، ورأيت عدداً كبيراً من الرجال يقفون على الرصيف ينظرون ويشيرون </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/3884618633552784371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=3884618633552784371' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3884618633552784371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3884618633552784371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post.html' title='هربا من بلالكو'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PpIruW_d-uY/Tg9jDF8QegI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/4-7JbL6nIE4/s72-c/IMG_9870.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-1008098645990308666</id><published>2011-06-21T14:20:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T14:22:13.087+03:00</updated><title type='text'>When Walls Speak:  Memoirs of a house</title><summary type='text'>When Walls Speak: Memoirs of a house&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;This text is dedicated to Maha, who gently held my hand and walked me thru the narrow streets and the old houses of 3ein Mreisseh, when we first met.The seaI remember the first time I saw the sea in 1926. I didn’t understand the dynamic nature of what appeared in front of me since I was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/1008098645990308666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=1008098645990308666' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1008098645990308666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1008098645990308666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-walls-speak-memoirs-of-house.html' title='When Walls Speak:  Memoirs of a house'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-827784127113368086</id><published>2011-05-23T21:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T21:31:29.934+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine1936'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><title type='text'>Now that we have a stamp...</title><summary type='text'>.. all we need is the state. 


This stamp for the State of Palestine is now available for travellers to the country. It is neither legal nor  official, but sure is legitimate. Khlaed Jarrar, the guy who made it, is stamping visitor's passports and sharing updates here. 
My favorite update was a comment sent to Khaled by a traveller with a "State of Palestine" stamp on his passport after going </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/827784127113368086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=827784127113368086' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/827784127113368086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/827784127113368086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/05/now-that-we-have-stamp.html' title='Now that we have a stamp...'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MN5MX7OgInQ/TdqheffloCI/AAAAAAAAAOE/QFOpyecebfM/s72-c/240183_223998514292911_100000482928968_922989_3019661_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8770302420828995060</id><published>2011-04-24T17:54:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T17:54:36.882+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><title type='text'>ليه ضروري تنزل النساء على المظاهرات بالبلدان العربية؟</title><summary type='text'> ١. لأنه لحد الآن الثورات الي شاركت فيه النساء بكثافة (تونس ومصر) هي الوحيدة اللي نجحت.
٢. لأنه وجودهم راح يضاعف عدد المتظاهرين.
٣. لأنه الإعلام بيحب شكل النساء بالمظاهرات، وراح يغطيها اكتر بوجودهم.
٤. لأنه وجود النساء بيأكد انه المتظاهرين مش "عملاء ومندسين" وبيميز المظاهرات المحقة عن مسيرات "الشبيحة" و"البلطجية" (شفتولكم بهالمظاهرات شي "عميلة" او "شبيحة" انثى؟).
٥. لأنه بعد في عسكر ما بيقبل يضرب</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8770302420828995060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8770302420828995060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8770302420828995060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8770302420828995060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html' title='ليه ضروري تنزل النساء على المظاهرات بالبلدان العربية؟'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8654309137842238602</id><published>2011-04-18T22:46:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T22:48:19.475+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='academia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>Bitter Words</title><summary type='text'>I love learning you see, I always did.. in fact it is one of my most consistent sources of motivation.. even more than love, ambition, and definitely more than any earthly desire. So why then am I resisting it? Why is it that instead of reading about corruption and the state (which I really do want to learn about) am I looking up the words fro Sheikh Imam's song "dour ya kalam"? If my desire was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8654309137842238602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8654309137842238602' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8654309137842238602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8654309137842238602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/04/bitter-words.html' title='Bitter Words'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-1559716773912737353</id><published>2011-03-29T14:52:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T14:52:57.830+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Palestinians in Lebanon: Representation or Voice?</title><summary type='text'>Sunday a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of sitting alongside hundreds of supporters of the Palestinian cause in the 7th Annual Conference of the SOAS Palestine Society in London. Listening to the vibrant experiences of activists from the west bank, Gaza, Israel, the US and Europe, I felt excited and empowered. Still, I could not but agonise about the absence of the voice of Palestinian </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/1559716773912737353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=1559716773912737353' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1559716773912737353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1559716773912737353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/03/palestinians-in-lebanon-representation.html' title='Palestinians in Lebanon: Representation or Voice?'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qMxMIR4v8fc/TZHEZIjFDEI/AAAAAAAAAOA/AzZqn2cpcag/s72-c/pal.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-3879169623451250932</id><published>2011-03-03T02:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T02:08:42.850+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Egypt'/><title type='text'>خبيصة</title><summary type='text'>بهالثورات، خابصة هويتي منيح معي.. مش عمبعرف، يعني كفلسطينية ركز على موضع التمثيل الفلسطيني ولا التصور الشعبي الشبابي، ولا حملة انا ٤٧.. ولا كلبنانية على اسقاط النظام الطائفي، ولا على مصر اللي جاي النيوليبرالية تاكلها؟ ولا على ليبيا اللي جاي الامبراطورية تنيكها؟ ولا على البلدان اللي عمتشتغل على التغيير برواق مثل البحرين؟ ولا علي اليمن اللي ما حدا دريان فيها؟ ولا على وضع المرأه بكل هالمعمعة؟ ولاعلى</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/3879169623451250932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=3879169623451250932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3879169623451250932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3879169623451250932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html' title='خبيصة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6192936157844355518</id><published>2011-02-25T18:12:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T18:28:24.887+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Egypt'/><title type='text'>نجمة</title><summary type='text'>يقف الظابط مذهولاً امام الحشود. 

"من اين اتى هؤلاء، اين كانوا، وهل غابت عنهم بصمات الأعوام الثلاثين التي قضيت اغلبها اتدرج زاحفاً الى رتبتي هذه؟  كنت انتظر ترقيتي آخر هذا الشهر بعد انتظار اعوام اربعة. ربما تمكنّي زيادة الراتب أن استكمل جهاز ابنتي او اشتري للصغار جهاز الكومبيوتر الذي يحلمون به. ربما كانت لتضيف النجمة الجديدة على كتفي هيبة تستشعرها زوجتي التي منذ ما يشابه القرن باتت تتمنع كلما </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6192936157844355518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6192936157844355518' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6192936157844355518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6192936157844355518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html' title='نجمة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6257400657439672883</id><published>2011-02-10T15:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T15:50:14.062+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Egypt'/><title type='text'>War, dictatorships, and enemies of enemies..</title><summary type='text'>In the year 2003, and when people were marching in the millions against the imminent war on Iraq, I chose a demonstration in Beirut that was one of the smallest. Organized by groups of leftist youth, around three thousand demonstrators walked under the banner “no to war, not to dictatorships”. Some criticized the slogans for equating the “War led by the US” with “Saddam who was one of our own”.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6257400657439672883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6257400657439672883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6257400657439672883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6257400657439672883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/02/war-dictatorships-and-enemies-of.html' title='War, dictatorships, and enemies of enemies..'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8435421473455577299</id><published>2011-01-18T17:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T17:35:50.025+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>Love on auction?</title><summary type='text'>I looked for Love on ebay - I wanted some and that is where I seem to be getting everything I need these days - and found 808,837 items! I did find less than 45,000 when I searched for sex; seems after all that there is more love on offer in the market than sex. Sorted them by price (lowest first of course, I am on a student budget) and found - for less than 5 pence:
- heart beads, 
- butterfly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8435421473455577299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8435421473455577299' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8435421473455577299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8435421473455577299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2011/01/love-on-auction.html' title='Love on auction?'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4056540212997492582</id><published>2010-09-01T02:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T02:39:55.604+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='الحرب'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reconciliation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civil war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>كل  الحق على ايلي حبيقه</title><summary type='text'>
بما ان لغز انقطاع الكهرباء ما زال معلق - كما اسلاك سرقة الكهرباء من الجيران- ما بين البواخر، والجباية، وتجار المولدات والمازوت، يتبدى لي، ان المسؤولية كاملة، ومن دون ادنى شك، تقع على كاهل وزير الموارد المائية والكهربائية السابق ايلي حبيقة.  ومع ان خبرات وتجارب العديد من وزرائنا السابقين واللاحقين تتشابه وتجربة السيد حبيقة فإن المسؤولية تقع طبعاً عليه دون غيره، لأنه اولاً، خدم الفترة الأطول في </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4056540212997492582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4056540212997492582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4056540212997492582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4056540212997492582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html' title='كل  الحق على ايلي حبيقه'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-7277592522812246894</id><published>2010-08-20T01:12:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T01:12:47.834+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>صديقي اسماعيل</title><summary type='text'>البارحة صباحاً، يوم الخميس ١٨\٩ تم اعتقال صديقي اسماعيل.. على حاجز للجيش اللبناني في منطقة العبدة وهو في طريقه لاجتماع في مخيم نهر البارد. اسماعيل، الناشط الدؤوب بمصداقيته وأفكاره المثالية  ما زال سجيناً، وقد تمت احالته الى المحكمة العسكرية .. صديقي اسماعيل لم يخرق القانون.. بل كتب في مقال نشر في صحيفة السفير منذ ثلاثة اشهر (لقرائة المقال) عن مهزلة ما يجري في مخيم نهر البارد، الذي ما زال، ثلاث </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/7277592522812246894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=7277592522812246894' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7277592522812246894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7277592522812246894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post.html' title='صديقي اسماعيل'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/TG2sO9-M9uI/AAAAAAAAANk/DXwj7UwsK4Q/s72-c/IMG_3563_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-502126046210478022</id><published>2010-08-17T14:47:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T14:47:31.367+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Beirut's De(con)struction</title><summary type='text'>

2008 - From my balcony


2010 - From my balcony

The beautifully calligraphed verse of the Quran in the horrendous gold frame has been hanging on that same old nail sine sometime in the late 70’s. It was bought by your aunt after the week you spent in the hospital, to protect the family from the evil eye. It was, with no doubt as she says, the cause of the series of illnesses all of you had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/502126046210478022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=502126046210478022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/502126046210478022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/502126046210478022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/08/beiruts-deconstruction.html' title='Beirut&apos;s De(con)struction'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/TGpxFIPtu5I/AAAAAAAAANA/tvqcyFbo-z0/s72-c/Kuntari_20081209_001_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4103047157944968563</id><published>2010-05-03T17:55:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T18:56:03.769+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jellyfish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><title type='text'>The Jellyfish Attack</title><summary type='text'>The events in this text took place in the right side of the brain of the writer; a pure random and imaginative act.  Any resemblance to real events, characters, names, and places is a mere coincidence.The text is inspired by the film "Dr. Strangelove" by Stanley Kubrick. A Hot Sunday in June&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;The public &lt;?xml:namespace </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4103047157944968563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4103047157944968563' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4103047157944968563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4103047157944968563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/05/jellyfish-attack.html' title='The Jellyfish Attack'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-7307828849538327540</id><published>2010-04-07T17:08:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T17:13:46.863+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><title type='text'>Beirut and the discontinuity of happiness*</title><summary type='text'>I chose to return to Beirut, yet living here is not painless.  The every day struggle to have a regular day of problems is energy, nerves, &amp; pills-consuming.  My eyesight has shrunk from daily tensions.  The Dalai Lama would curse in Beirut.   In the middle of the electricity breaks, the car honking festivals, the summer water cuts, the dirty floors of the ministry of Labor, there exist instances</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/7307828849538327540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=7307828849538327540' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7307828849538327540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7307828849538327540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/04/beirut-and-discontinuity-of-happiness.html' title='Beirut and the discontinuity of happiness*'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-3282176840179199046</id><published>2010-03-31T12:18:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T12:18:43.741+03:00</updated><title type='text'>جنس</title><summary type='text'>...على شرفتي، دون حياء...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/3282176840179199046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=3282176840179199046' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3282176840179199046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3282176840179199046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_31.html' title='جنس'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/S7MS7-xMMaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/dYXYV9p-7AM/s72-c/Kuntari_20080910_15_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6766185506301221610</id><published>2010-03-29T19:16:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T01:04:09.744+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='الأخلاق'/><title type='text'>حكم الماضي في مرآة الواقع - محاولة قراءة</title><summary type='text'>من أين تـنبع القيم والأخلاق؟ وكيف تتدفق في حياتنا اليومية لتكون المرجع والميثاق والبوصلة؟
هذان السّؤالان نطرحهما دائمًا، مع أصدقاء لنا، عند تقويمنا للوضع العام والراهن، أمام فشل الدولة ومؤسساتها، وتردّي الأوضاع الإقتصادية، وغياب الرّقابة، وانعدام المساءلة والعقاب. نتساءل عن دور الأخلاق حيال الغلاء المعيشي وفقر المواطن، في وجه غنى البعض الفاحش، وتفشيّ شتّى أساليب النّهب والاحتيال والغش وتبييض </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6766185506301221610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6766185506301221610' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6766185506301221610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6766185506301221610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post.html' title='حكم الماضي في مرآة الواقع - محاولة قراءة'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8539574251241706939</id><published>2010-03-19T18:46:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T18:53:11.822+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>About Negotiations &amp; Grey Colors</title><summary type='text'>(Fiction based on real facts)The Sunday afternoon was as clear as a civilian fighting occupation.  The sun, with the elegance of a feudal lord, made winter disappear.  And the old café by the sea, devastated- few days ago- by rainy storms, has reclaimed his charm.  So we sat down, and awaited our friends to arrive for a nice relaxing gathering in preparation for a busy working week to come.He </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8539574251241706939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8539574251241706939' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8539574251241706939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8539574251241706939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/03/about-negotiations-grey-colors.html' title='About Negotiations &amp; Grey Colors'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5912685736293330219</id><published>2010-02-08T13:00:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T14:47:24.578+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='الحرب'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>بحثاً عن سلام</title><summary type='text'>كُفي يا رفيقة، لقد تعِبت. فلتهدئي قليلاً، أو فلتسمحي لي الابتعاد عن صخبك. تعِبت، غير أنه، بقدر رغبة الخلاص منك، بي شهوة لكِ، كشهوة إمرأة لزوج يعنفها، أو رغبة سكّير بمزيد من الخمر. أشتهيكِ وأبغضكِ في آن. كيف لا، وأنت ما زلت عصية على مداركي؟ كلما اقتربت منكِ احترقتُ وان ابتعدت تهت. هكذا انتِ، كرجلٍ ينأى عن الناس بهدوئِه وصمتِه، فيشدهم إليه بوتر الغموض. لكني ان تبِعتُكِ تألمت، وان تمنعتُ عاد إلي </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5912685736293330219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5912685736293330219' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5912685736293330219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5912685736293330219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html' title='بحثاً عن سلام'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/S2ytLRh-KDI/AAAAAAAAAMA/F2rNDesJ2j8/s72-c/2342599776_606c5c70f2_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5679952705495370368</id><published>2009-12-04T16:23:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:32:34.146+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>عن المعلومات و فروعها في العالم العربي</title><summary type='text'>اشارك اليوم في اطلاق كتيب وفيلم عن استخدام المعلومات - خاصة عبر الوسائل التقنية الحديثة - في العمل المطلبي والمناداة. الكتيب والفيلم يعرضان لخبرات العديد من الناشطين والناشطات في العالم ونسبة جيدة منهم تعمل على قضايا خاصة بالبلدان العربية، كالتعذيب في مصر، حرية التعبير في تونس، والنزاع مع اسرائيل من لبنان. الاطلاق يتم اليوم في لندن، لكن بيروت ايضاً على موعد لاطلاق الكتيب والفيلم الذي ترجم الى </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5679952705495370368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5679952705495370368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5679952705495370368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5679952705495370368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post.html' title='عن المعلومات و فروعها في العالم العربي'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2664355381500083116</id><published>2009-11-13T17:19:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:03:51.862+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>عن الرحيل وشياطين اخرى</title><summary type='text'>شيطانان يتحكمان بتحولاتنا، احدهما يدعى الطموح، والآخر الحبحكاية الراعي والملك، لا فونتين
 اسابيع قبل رحيلي، كنت قد شبهت ما امر به بدخولي نفقاً مظلماً، أدرك ان نهايته ليست ببعيدة ولكن عتمته كانت قد بدأت تلفني. لماذا ارحل؟ لماذا ارحل والمدينة كلها ملكي، والاصدقاء كثر من حولي؟ لماذا اغادر احبائي، فأخسر حكمة كبيرهم، دلال صغيرتهم، و ما بينهما. عتمة ذلك النفق الذي اقطنه من شهر او اكثر، لا تمنع الرؤية. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2664355381500083116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2664355381500083116' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2664355381500083116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2664355381500083116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html' title='عن الرحيل وشياطين اخرى'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sv13fx9CR1I/AAAAAAAAAL4/g1y1MahRW4I/s72-c/Kuntari_20080107_006-A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-1851924407379448907</id><published>2009-11-13T16:34:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T16:39:14.946+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><title type='text'>Thought of the Day</title><summary type='text'>I attended a lecture of a French philosopher who spoke for one and half hour:I understood every word he said, but only a few sentences.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/1851924407379448907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=1851924407379448907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1851924407379448907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/1851924407379448907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/11/thought-of-day.html' title='Thought of the Day'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-836773205271811837</id><published>2009-11-02T11:01:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T02:54:50.495+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Quote of the Month - قول الشهر</title><summary type='text'>المجتمع زى الرصيف..
وسخ ..
ولازم يتكنس
فيه ناس بتعرق ع الرغيف..
وفي ناس بتعرق م التنس 
فؤاد قاعود
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/836773205271811837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=836773205271811837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/836773205271811837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/836773205271811837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/11/quote-of-month.html' title='Quote of the Month - قول الشهر'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6449379393770139922</id><published>2009-10-31T16:18:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T16:20:28.780+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Encounters with the first fall of September Rain (Sketches)</title><summary type='text'> Sketch 1:  Somewhere in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;North California (based on Hollywoodian influences)&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; They are sitting on green grass.  It is late in the afternoon, a breeze comes their way and interrupts their conversation.  They don’t pay attention to the warning; </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6449379393770139922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6449379393770139922' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6449379393770139922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6449379393770139922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/encounters-with-first-fall-of-september.html' title='Encounters with the first fall of September Rain (Sketches)'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8854074523353896971</id><published>2009-10-24T17:46:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T02:55:46.720+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>20 clues for a Riddle: Who am I?</title><summary type='text'>Salam to All,
Muzna has invited me to join Hakaya.  I will be publishing stories once a week on Saturdays.
I am very happy and nervous to share my stories.  I am looking forward to your comments and opinion.  Fianlly, Thank you Muzna, 3anjad, for giving me a chance to touch people somehow.

Here is the first one.  It is a riddle.  So try to guess...

20 clues for a Riddle:  Who am I?
 
Like the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8854074523353896971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8854074523353896971' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8854074523353896971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8854074523353896971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/salam-to-all-muzna-has-invited-me-to.html' title='20 clues for a Riddle: Who am I?'/><author><name>Abdul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13678550976939786665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2514284637061897465</id><published>2009-10-17T20:19:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T20:33:37.630+03:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog is changing - Whose stories should we be telling?</title><summary type='text'>I am leaving the lovely city of Beirut. 
In a week's time, I will be on a plane to London where I will stay for a while to write too long of a document that might get me a "paper" of some sort (I think people call it a PhD). Meanwhile, I will do my best to continue with stories from there. But, lest the "Hakaya" loose their LebnesoPalestinian accent, my friend Abdul has accepted to allow some of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2514284637061897465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2514284637061897465' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2514284637061897465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2514284637061897465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-blog-is-changing-whose-stories.html' title='This blog is changing - Whose stories should we be telling?'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-3383475630103715302</id><published>2009-10-14T12:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T12:40:15.888+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>The pumkin carriage</title><summary type='text'>This lovely old Toyota in Hamra, which in the spring was a flower shop, has now transformed itself, and sells pumpkins. Wonder what it might have this winter, chestnuts maybe? 




 
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/3383475630103715302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=3383475630103715302' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3383475630103715302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3383475630103715302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/pumkin-carriage.html' title='The pumkin carriage'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/StT8LZDgSzI/AAAAAAAAALY/6KohNAQ2biE/s72-c/Beirut_2009_05_09Image036_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4849757000315030750</id><published>2009-10-12T23:29:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:04:18.912+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>منازل معلقة</title><summary type='text'>في الاعتصام
اعلام فلسطينية وخطب طويلة والكثير من الكوفيات

شبان يبحثون عن فتيات اقل احتشاماً من جاراتهم، ورجالٌ يزعجهم اعتلاء زميلاتهم للمنابر

صحفيون يتوقون لقصة لم يكتبوها بعد، ونساء يُتقنّ الرواية لأن الحكاية لم تكتمل

اطفال يجدون في الساحة التي تبعدهم عنها عزلة مخيماتهم، مداً فقدته ازقتهم

ممثلون عن الفصائل والاحزاب والمنظمات وما يكفي من المصورين، فالتوقيت صائب: نلتزم بدوام عملنا مدفوع الأجر
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4849757000315030750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4849757000315030750' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4849757000315030750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4849757000315030750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post_12.html' title='منازل معلقة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/StOSwZ5HpqI/AAAAAAAAAK4/3iXreDAnDlQ/s72-c/Image015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-7152185062726105052</id><published>2009-10-12T03:03:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:07:56.770+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>في البارد بيتي</title><summary type='text'>آمال الناس في اعادة بناء بيوت لهم دمرتها حرب الجيش مع مسلحي فتح الاسلام عام ٢٠٠٧، يدمرها اليوم صمتنا وقبولنا بأن يبقى عشرات الآلاف من اللاجئين الفلسطينين اللذين لهم علينا واجب حقوقي دون مسكن. شاركوا اليوم في اعتصام تضامني مع نهر البارد.. او زوروا مدونة نهر البارد للمزيد من المعلومات   

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/7152185062726105052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=7152185062726105052' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7152185062726105052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7152185062726105052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html' title='في البارد بيتي'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-112075423143951751</id><published>2009-09-14T19:22:00.016+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:04:53.041+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='الحمرا'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>غزل في شارع الحمرا</title><summary type='text'>
بالعَتمة    ناطر ما بتحكي
 وحيد،    حزين، ومعصََّب
عالبار،    مع كاس الويسكي
 بتقللي    بعيونِك مُعجب
بحسّ،    انا وحدي ما في غَيري
 بتداوي    قلبك المعذَب
"شعرِك،    صوتِك، هزة خصرِك
 عطرِك،    غِنجِك، رنة كعبك"
 بتتغزل    فِيّ، ما بتتعب

دُم تك،    دُم تك، دُم دُم تك تك..  عتختك،    ببيت مكركب..***   

شي ليلة    بعد، بنفس الباروحدَك    بالعَتمة، والصبايا كتاربتقللن    عن شَعرُن، عن صَوتُن، عن</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/112075423143951751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=112075423143951751' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/112075423143951751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/112075423143951751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post_14.html' title='غزل في شارع الحمرا'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq5v6xQRJvI/AAAAAAAAAHs/aipFmY0foiI/s72-c/Perla_20060916_32B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4452497598411764474</id><published>2009-08-24T14:43:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:06:48.589+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>متاهات اخلاقية بيروتية</title><summary type='text'>الأحد صباحاً. تمنعت عن مشاريع عدة، بحراً وجبلاً بسبب العمل المتراكم. على الرغم من حرارة ورطوبة صباح آب، انا في منزلي وفي نيتي العمل. انا في منزلي ولكن منزلي بدون كهرباء. ليس انقطاع الكهرباء في موعده وقد تعدى الثلاث ساعات التي اعتدناها. كما الأحد الفائت. بل كما الجمعة، السبت، والأحد الفائت - ثلاثة ايام دون مصعد (ومنزلي في الدور السادس)، دون ماء لأن مضخة الماء تحتاج للكهرباء لتصل الى الطوابق </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4452497598411764474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4452497598411764474' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4452497598411764474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4452497598411764474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html' title='متاهات اخلاقية بيروتية'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SpKA4nwmmMI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Ktsie2so5NY/s72-c/3227217272_dfaabfd45e_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5094856101496302657</id><published>2009-08-19T13:38:00.020+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T17:53:15.688+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. George'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AlKhidr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Beirut, its patron and the dragon</title><summary type='text'>Trying to dig into the stories Beirut is made of. At first, very little comes to mind but then starting the search and the questioning, it feels like I am entering a maze of interconnected stories.I could talk about Abu el-Abd, the famous Beiruti character, but a quick internet search about him found me only the well known jokes and some photos of Ismail Haniya of Hamas, who also appears to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5094856101496302657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5094856101496302657' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5094856101496302657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5094856101496302657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/08/beirut-its-patron-and-dragon.html' title='Beirut, its patron and the dragon'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sovzx1UiiSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/JqycpI2ct28/s72-c/189879445_cd5c700455_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5881227614768598836</id><published>2009-08-14T15:37:00.022+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T17:02:44.139+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Twisting the arm of the garbage man</title><summary type='text'>She was throwing the garbage out of the bag and into the street, the lady who works in the small shop next to my office. She is in her late fifties maybe, but her health is not at her best. She explained it to me when I made one of many facial expressions on which I have very little control:- "He wouldn't pick my trash bag", she said. But wasn't she supposed to take it to the large container up </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5881227614768598836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5881227614768598836' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5881227614768598836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5881227614768598836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/08/twisting-arm-of-garbage-man_14.html' title='Twisting the arm of the garbage man'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SoViNLLKhsI/AAAAAAAAAGk/-GSElt0nwF0/s72-c/3429336845_e65770f7c0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2235512047369791718</id><published>2009-08-02T20:38:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T21:20:34.421+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='المنارة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Red Sails on the Beirut Side of the Mediterranean</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2235512047369791718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2235512047369791718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2235512047369791718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2235512047369791718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/08/red-sails-on-beirut-side-of.html' title='Red Sails on the Beirut Side of the Mediterranean'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SnXYuQlfbaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/nC6Vz8XdgvM/s72-c/Image064_B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2204011310307908919</id><published>2009-07-27T16:57:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T19:40:57.780+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Obscure Beirut</title><summary type='text'>So turns out that there is are a few ancient enormous sewage pipes that run through Beirut, from its city center all the way to Manara, or somewhere close to the "Long Beach", "Sporting Club" and Nejmeh club’s stadium. The pipes I am told date back to the Ottoman period, and appear to be in good condition, though it is hard to understand why is it that they would have them extend all the way to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2204011310307908919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2204011310307908919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2204011310307908919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2204011310307908919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/07/obscure-beirut.html' title='Obscure Beirut'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8736655748878561399</id><published>2009-06-24T19:24:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:06:48.589+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>ميزان</title><summary type='text'>ثلاثة أطفال.ثلاثة أطفال وعملان، احدهما صباحي، والآخر مسائي.ثلاثة أطفال، عملان، وزوجة لم يعد يحبها.ثلاثة أطفال، عملان، وزوجة، والعديد من العشيقات، لكن قلبه ملك لإحداهن فقط.حبيببة واحدة.حبيبة واحدة، وحين يتكلم عنها اوحتى حين يستحضر صورتها، ترتجف شفته السفلى، ويتعثر صوته.حبيبة واحدة، لكن حضوره معها، كمجالسة أم لوحيدها يحتضر.حبه لها يؤلمه ويؤلمها. حب محكوم بلانهائية الغرام، إن وئِد ولم يحظى - بتغير </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8736655748878561399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8736655748878561399' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8736655748878561399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8736655748878561399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post_24.html' title='ميزان'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-258549951341323944</id><published>2009-06-19T18:52:00.011+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:07:32.949+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BeirutShiMa7al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>Beirut Flower Shop</title><summary type='text'> </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/258549951341323944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=258549951341323944' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/258549951341323944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/258549951341323944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/06/beirut-flower-shop.html' title='Beirut Flower Shop'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sju0xKeAB4I/AAAAAAAAAEg/zNi6_TM-CpA/s72-c/Beirut_2009_05_09Image036.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8102177715307153945</id><published>2009-06-19T13:45:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:02:13.665+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='الحمرا'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>سلطان الباذنجان</title><summary type='text'>يروى عن رجل من هذا الزمان، معيل أسرةٍ، وأب لطفلان. كان لصديقنا في شارع المرجان مكان، بيبع فيه ما لذ وطاب، لكن هواه كان للباذنجان. يشويه او يقليه ويطيبه برب الرمان. خلوقاً كريماً كان، فأحبه الناس وذاع سيطه على كل لسان.

الأمير لم يعجبه أن يكون لغيره السلطان. أمير القصر على التلة، الذي يجمع المال والأعوان، رغب بشراء الأرض التي تستضيف الدكان ليبني مكانه لزواره خان. لكن السلطان يقدر اعتياد الزبائن </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8102177715307153945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8102177715307153945' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8102177715307153945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8102177715307153945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html' title='سلطان الباذنجان'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5056425291263509285</id><published>2009-05-23T14:45:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:06:48.591+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civil war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='13 April'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>الحرب الأهلية.. في شارع الحمرا فقط</title><summary type='text'> في ١٣ نيسان من كل عام، نستذكر حربنا الأهلية التي عايشناها ١٥ عاماً. السنة أخذت بعض الصور لجدران المدينة التي استذكرت معنا، وإن كنت ما وجدت التضامن إلا على جدران الحمرا.. هل شوارع الحمرا فعلاً وحدها التي تتذكر، وتنسى الحرب شوارع المدينة الأخرى؟  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5056425291263509285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5056425291263509285' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5056425291263509285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5056425291263509285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_23.html' title='الحرب الأهلية.. في شارع الحمرا فقط'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2876855346317842958</id><published>2009-05-01T16:45:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.297+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='المنارة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beirut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='بيروت'/><title type='text'>فنجان القاضي</title><summary type='text'>تزدان الطريق من المنارة الى الى الروشة في مثل هذا العام بزهرة اعرف من أسمائها "فنجان القاضي" أو "ورد الحصان" .. لقد ازهرت ايضاً هذا العام، مع كل الامتنان لمساحات قليلة في بيروت مازالت تسمح لها بالظهور</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2876855346317842958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2876855346317842958' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2876855346317842958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2876855346317842958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html' title='فنجان القاضي'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sfr_cchmPSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/XWmttog5Xx8/s72-c/Flowers_20060522_048B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-5144931122778420374</id><published>2009-04-11T21:09:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.298+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>ياسمينة</title><summary type='text'>كان يملأه رجفة ذاك الصراخ. يشعر وكأن قلبه يرتعش داخل أضلعه كأغصان الياسمينة الرقيقة الرابضة في زاوية الشرفة. ما زال بإمكانه ان يستحضر هذا الشعور اليوم، فيعود طفلاً في الثامنة. هي اليوم مثلها، وكأنه، هو الهارب من ضجة منزل والديه، اختار إعادة تشكيل تلك العائلة في منزله الجديد. بل كأن العلاقات الزوجية، كالأمراض، نتناقلها بالوراثة.لم يفهم يوماً القلق الساكن فيها، رغم انه ربما يعرفها أكثر من أي شخص. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/5144931122778420374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=5144931122778420374' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5144931122778420374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/5144931122778420374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html' title='ياسمينة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6364280388656203275</id><published>2009-03-24T21:49:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.299+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='قصص قصيرة'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>قط وزواج</title><summary type='text'>لم تعد تحبه. لا تدري ان احبته يوماً. تدرك انها في زمن ما كانت تخافه. ربما سكن بينهما بعض من الحنان يوماً، ربما. واليوم، عقود بعد ارتباط حياتها بمزاجه، بات يذكرها بقطها الأسود المرقط. يجلس في زاوية منزل لهما، مستكين ضعيف، كثير الطلبات، فيمنحها سلطة التذمر. كيف كان وكيف اصبح! كيف كانا وكيف اصبحت!قبل ان تغادر منزل اهلها، تلك المرة الأخيرة النهائية التي رسمت معالم حياتها، سكن قطٌ فناء المنزل. رغبتها </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6364280388656203275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6364280388656203275' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6364280388656203275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6364280388656203275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_24.html' title='قط وزواج'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4347922950107090864</id><published>2009-03-21T12:45:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.299+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>كعكة الجزر والمشاع الإبداعي</title><summary type='text'>عندي من امي دفتر صغير بخط انيق، ممتلئ بخبرة ٣٠ عاماً على الأقل، قدم لي دون اي مقابل .. ودفترها، المزين بالطحين والزيت، ممتلئ بوصفات استعملت مئات المراتوعندي خط ساخن، مفتوح دوماً للاتصال بأختي، او زوجة عمي العزيزة.. كلما فكرت بتحضير طبق من الطعام فيه من التعقيد القليل مما يفوق شوربة العدس..ومنهن، وغيرهن من الأحبة والصديقات، علب بلاستيكية امتلأت يوماً بالكثير من الحنان، اعيدها (وقد لا اعيدها) فارغة</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4347922950107090864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4347922950107090864' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4347922950107090864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4347922950107090864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html' title='كعكة الجزر والمشاع الإبداعي'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/ScVBvJZW_mI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Iix6Snoqif4/s72-c/CarrotCake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-3621261575584179072</id><published>2009-01-24T06:07:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.300+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mapping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>وأيضاً ... نهر البارد</title><summary type='text'>مرة أخرى نعود الى مخيم نهر البارد.. قاعدة بحرية يقرها مجلس الوزراء اللبناني، ومازال المخيم مدمر، وأهله مهجرون. فيما يلي نص الرسالة التي ارسلها اهالي نهر البارد الى رئاسة المجلس ووزرائهرسالة موجهة من أهالي مخيم نهر البارد الى  مجلس الوزراء اللبنانيمخيم نهر البارد في 23 كانون الثاني 2009 نحن أهالي مخيم نهر البارد المدَمر، نتوجه إليكم معترضين بشدة على قرار مجلس الوزراء اللبناني الأخير بتاريخ 16 </summary><link rel='related' href='https://kharita.wordpress.com/' title='وأيضاً ... نهر البارد'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/3621261575584179072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=3621261575584179072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3621261575584179072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/3621261575584179072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_9612.html' title='وأيضاً ... نهر البارد'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8124589144180529579</id><published>2009-01-24T05:35:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:09:19.301+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mapping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><title type='text'>غزة - خريطة كثافة القصف والضحايا، ٢٧\١٢ - ١٨\١\٢٠٠٩</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='related' href='http://kharita.wordpress.com/' title='غزة - خريطة كثافة القصف والضحايا، ٢٧\١٢ - ١٨\١\٢٠٠٩'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8124589144180529579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8124589144180529579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8124589144180529579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8124589144180529579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_24.html' title='غزة - خريطة كثافة القصف والضحايا، ٢٧\١٢ - ١٨\١\٢٠٠٩'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SXqN2hWS5TI/AAAAAAAAADo/-1xFTeoyLOQ/s72-c/Gaza_map_180109arab2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-583275929926222768</id><published>2009-01-18T05:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:40:21.317+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mapping'/><title type='text'>Gaza - Map of Bombing Intensity &amp; Casualties, Dec. 27 -12 Jan, 2009</title><summary type='text'>Download the Map as a PDF: Gaza - Map of Bombing Intensity &amp; Casualties, Dec. 27 -12 Jan, 2009</summary><link rel='related' href='http://kharita.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/gaza-map-of-bombing-intensity-casualties-dec-27-12-jan-2009/' title='Gaza - Map of Bombing Intensity &amp; Casualties, Dec. 27 -12 Jan, 2009'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/583275929926222768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=583275929926222768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/583275929926222768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/583275929926222768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/gaza-map-of-bombing-intensity.html' title='Gaza - Map of Bombing Intensity &amp; Casualties, Dec. 27 -12 Jan, 2009'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SXKei-fX27I/AAAAAAAAADY/35ksDSyOJgY/s72-c/Gaza_map_120109%283%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-2557609044045992353</id><published>2009-01-17T01:29:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:12:49.729+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Mothers in Lebanon - الأمهات في لبنان يعزين أمهات غزة</title><summary type='text'>الأمهات في لبنان يعزين أمهات غزة  قدّمن المواساة والعزاء لأمهات وعائلات غزة   مع أطفالكنّ  مع شموعكنّ  مع يافطاتكنّ  باللباس الأسود  تضامنّ مع أخواتكنّ في غزة    المكان:  كورنيش رملة البيضاء    الزمان:  يوم الأحد 18 كانون الثاني،  5 - 7 مساءً   - منى، لبنى، ريما، رملة، مزنة، مها، ربى، أمال، هبة، ألين، نجوى، صونيا... -----------------------------------------------------------------------  Mothers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/2557609044045992353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=2557609044045992353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2557609044045992353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/2557609044045992353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/18-5-7.html' title='Mothers in Lebanon - الأمهات في لبنان يعزين أمهات غزة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/SXEbO8wCFbI/AAAAAAAAADQ/Lt0IoRkcIDE/s72-c/3145672644_288164d1c8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-6846120973369384012</id><published>2009-01-11T13:50:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:12:49.731+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reconciliation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>شارون وفلسطين الجديدة</title><summary type='text'>عندما تنتهي حربنا هذه، وبعد بضع من سنين، حين نعود دولة واحدة، اسمها فلسطين، يعيش فيها الفلسطينيون العرب، واليهود ممن يرغب، جنباً الى جنب، ماذا سنفعل بشارون الذي ما زال في غيبوبته؟السؤال ربما يبدو صعباً، ولكن دعوني اوضح ما أظنه من المسلمات:١. سوف تنتهي الحرب على غزة، ربما بعد الكثير من الألم، وما زال في غزة مقاومة ومقاومين.٢. بعد سنين ليست بالكثيرة، سوف تدرك حكومة اسرائيل، ان لا طائل من صراعها مع </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6846120973369384012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6846120973369384012' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6846120973369384012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6846120973369384012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html' title='شارون وفلسطين الجديدة'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8386717729824213260</id><published>2009-01-06T03:17:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:07:07.062+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><title type='text'>In Gaza as in South Lebanon</title><summary type='text'>Those of us who have lived the 2006 summer Israeli war on Lebanon, claim that we would understand more that any others what the Gazans are going through today. We make that claim, but to tell you the truth, I really don't know. Like most others with a Lebanese passport, I have never been to Gaza, and the few Gazans I know told me very little. 

Feryal and Salah, where are you and what are you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8386717729824213260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8386717729824213260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8386717729824213260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8386717729824213260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-gaza-as-in-south-lebanon.html' title='In Gaza as in South Lebanon'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/3161254872_685791deac_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4564049311057288398</id><published>2008-12-26T17:54:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:12:49.732+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abortion'/><title type='text'>عن الاجهاض و شياطين اخرى</title><summary type='text'>قد تكون قتلت طفلها اليوم تتعدد الآراء، وهي نفسها لا تدري، وان كان الشعور بالذنب لا يفارقها. شعرت بأنها أُجبرت أن تؤذيه، وأن تؤذي نفسها حُكماً خلال ذلك. أُجبِرت... لا، لم يصوب احدهم مسدساً نحوها. هي التي اتخذت القرار، وكانت تعلم في قرارة نفسها ان بإمكانها المضي في درب آخر والإبقاء عليه. كان بإمكانها اقناع اهلها وطلب مساندتهم، كان بإمكانها السفر الى بلادٍ اكثر تسامحاً وإنجابه، كان بامكانها ترتيب </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4564049311057288398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4564049311057288398' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4564049311057288398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4564049311057288398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html' title='عن الاجهاض و شياطين اخرى'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8366943263471900557</id><published>2007-06-04T15:36:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:07:56.771+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='نهر البارد'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahr El-Bared'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><title type='text'>One of my many discomforts with the state of affairs in Lebanon</title><summary type='text'>How could my friends, after paying the Palestinian cause lip service , and admitting that maybe Palestinian civilians were caught in the cross fire, argue that more Lebanese have been killed (that is Lebanese army members) than Palestinian civilians, make the claim that the army hasn't jeopardized the lives of civilians? How could they say that this was an unavoidable mishap imposed by the nature</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8366943263471900557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8366943263471900557' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8366943263471900557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8366943263471900557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2007/06/one-of-my-many-discomforts-with-state.html' title='One of my many discomforts with the state of affairs in Lebanon'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-8275933204240061346</id><published>2007-05-15T02:18:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:26:40.741+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><title type='text'>May 15</title><summary type='text'>Came across this piece as I was reading an anthropological journal article.  Fifty Seven years later (if you are tracing events since the date the poem was written),  and fifty nine years later for Palestine, it still is "water on the water".And the death of the people was as it has always been:as if no one, nothing had died,as if they were stones fallingon the ground. or water on the waterY la </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/8275933204240061346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=8275933204240061346' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8275933204240061346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/8275933204240061346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2007/05/poem-by-pablo-neruda.html' title='May 15'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-7391666095274948688</id><published>2007-05-07T16:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:12:49.732+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reconciliation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><title type='text'>كفوا عنا إعتذاراتكم</title><summary type='text'>حضرات المعتذرين عما جنته أياديكم في الحرب اللبنانية،أقرأ، أسمع، وأشاهد بين حين وآخر مراجعتكم لتاريخكم الشخصي، واعتذاركم عما اقترفتوه خلال الحرب اللبنانية ( و أعني بها الحرب التي دامت من عام ١٩٧٥ حتى ١٩٩٠)، وتعبيركم عن الندم أو على الأقل عن موقف حالي مغاير لما تبنيتموه خلال السنين تلك، ولذلك أكتب لكم راجية آن تكفوا عن الاعتذار، فبالنسبة لي لا قيمه له، بل العكس، وإن غفرت لكم أخطاء الحرب لن أغفر لكم</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/7391666095274948688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=7391666095274948688' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7391666095274948688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/7391666095274948688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='كفوا عنا إعتذاراتكم'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-60967462194197375</id><published>2007-04-27T15:07:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:12:49.733+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='عربي'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='لبنان'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>دراجة</title><summary type='text'>مساء العاشر من أيلول، ٢٠٠١ سرقت أول دراجة اقتنيتها. ليس في الخبر ما يثير الاهتمام، إلا آن أحداث اليوم الذي تلاه منعتني عن البحث عنها. ما قيمة دراجتي أمام تفجير مبني التجارة العالمي وما برره من حروب؟في ذلك العام كنت أدرس في بلدة صغيرة في ولاية فيرجينيا، ولو كان لي أن أختار من ذلك العام معلما لن أختار غير صورة تلك الدراجة. فضية اللون، بدولابين رفيعين يطلقانها للريح، فعوضت فرصة ركوبها علي طرقات </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/60967462194197375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=60967462194197375' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/60967462194197375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/60967462194197375'/><link 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It all started when Mansour sent me that old Lebanese song.. I have always heard my mother singing it and thought it was her own invention, nothing that ever really existed, “Do you love me? Do you? Do you?” on a traditional Lebanese tune.. but there they were clad youth of the 70's on the coast of Lebanon in a mawal about the “guys who caused all the trouble” not knowing what they were doing. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/6134603004865134546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=6134603004865134546' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6134603004865134546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/6134603004865134546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2007/04/war-nostalgia-and-youtube.html' title='War, Nostalgia, and YouTube'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-4101906607033090687</id><published>2007-04-05T17:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:45:33.666+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Cohabitation</title><summary type='text'>Large file size for broadband Small file size for dial up connectionsThe idea of the film emerged as I was looking for visual elements that would portray how south Lebanese, in view of the summer 2006 war they lived through, were starting the year 2007. Five months after the 2006 Israeli Attack on Lebanon, south Lebanese were struggling to erase the marks that the summer fighting has left on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/4101906607033090687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=4101906607033090687' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4101906607033090687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/4101906607033090687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2007/04/cohabitation.html' title='Cohabitation'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115970410807447836</id><published>2006-10-01T14:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:29:18.605+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Names, Technology, and a Degree</title><summary type='text'>I am in London, but I have to keep on reminding myself of that. There are seconds when my body sits in room 137a in Goldsmiths College’s main building, but all I could really see is Zibqeen’s valley stretching towards the place I call Palestine and they call Israel. All I could see and hear is Im Ali’s face and her timid laugh. Why am I here? I need to continually search for a convincing answer </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115970410807447836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115970410807447836' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115970410807447836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115970410807447836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/10/names-technology-and-degree.html' title='Names, Technology, and a Degree'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115569064332617989</id><published>2006-08-16T04:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:48:09.462+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arab Women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reconciliation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>On Mariam, Mirvat, and Hussein's mother</title><summary type='text'>Hussein’s mother was finally found, so were fifteen other women, children and elderly who have been missing from Ainata. He had to remove the rubble with his own hands to find her. When Hussein went to bury her today, he found that his father’s tomb was destroyed by the shelling. His father was also killed by the Israeli army, back in 1978. I leave it for you to think of what lessons he will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115569064332617989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115569064332617989' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115569064332617989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115569064332617989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/08/on-mariam-mirvat-and-husseins-mother.html' title='On Mariam, Mirvat, and Hussein&apos;s mother'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115480275286634274</id><published>2006-08-05T20:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:29:18.606+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Photos &amp; More on Hussein’s Mother</title><summary type='text'>I was hoping the blog will help me write more regularly. I need to write, for my own sanity, I need to tell the stories to be able to let go of them. I will do soon.    Below are some photos from my visit to the south, taken in the Tyre District. My internet connection is not helping and I can't download more that these two for now.  And, for those who asked; Maher and Hussein spent a harsh day </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115480275286634274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115480275286634274' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115480275286634274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115480275286634274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/08/photos-more-on-husseins-mother.html' title='Photos &amp; More on Hussein’s Mother'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115452269962551279</id><published>2006-08-02T15:37:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:58:32.765+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Stories from the South - Hussein's Mother</title><summary type='text'>I just came from the South of Lebanon. I went to Tyre, to Hannaoui, Qana, Siddiqinne, Srifa, Bint Jbeil, Ainata, and Ein Ebel and many villages on the way. I so want to write but I still have no words. This was Tyre after all, the lovely city and its beach that I always wanted to call home. These were the villages at which I made friends, aided in Tobacco harvesting and drank the best tea ever. I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115452269962551279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115452269962551279' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115452269962551279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115452269962551279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/08/stories-from-south-husseins-mother.html' title='Stories from the South - Hussein&apos;s Mother'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115422598522974653</id><published>2006-07-26T05:18:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T03:11:26.199+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palestinian refugees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>In need of a miracle</title><summary type='text'>She was almost my age, my mother, back in the summer of 1982, that summer which holds my best conserved memories. I look at myself in the mirror and I almost see her face staring back at me. The fine wrinkles on the forehead, a few grey hairs, and the new habit I am acquiring of pulling my hair up. How does one describe the changes in one’s features? Like looking at old pictures and knowing you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115422598522974653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115422598522974653' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422598522974653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422598522974653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/07/in-need-of-miracle.html' title='In need of a miracle'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115422561565813151</id><published>2006-07-19T04:51:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:29:18.607+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><title type='text'>Dreams Deferred</title><summary type='text'>en Frnacais: http://www.samidoun.org/fr/?q=node/24It is Tuesday and Mariam has a smile on her face this afternoon; something that I haven’t seen since Saturday. She finally heard from her family. They are safe, she says, after a hard trip from Tyre to Sidon. She has been staying at my house since Thursday morning, trapped in Beirut after the roads to her native village Siddiqine, just 12 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115422561565813151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115422561565813151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422561565813151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422561565813151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/07/dreams-deferred.html' title='Dreams Deferred'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869256.post-115422425153480919</id><published>2006-07-16T04:47:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:26:40.743+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children&apos;s Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lebanon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>Mohammed's Story</title><summary type='text'>en español: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=791&amp;lg=esIt is not me they should be worrying about, my friends from countries around the world who have been calling since Wednesday; after all I live in one of the safest areas of this country, next to embassies, and prime ministers. I have water and electricity, and above all internet.  If they are to worry, they are to think of the tens of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/feeds/115422425153480919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31869256&amp;postID=115422425153480919' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422425153480919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31869256/posts/default/115422425153480919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hakaya.blogspot.com/2006/07/mohammeds-story.html' title='Mohammed&apos;s Story'/><author><name>Muzna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17594780172904048335</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-XDjhXGDVu0/Sq9HWMLcMQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/xMkad9pzMIM/S220/Muzna_56.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
