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Posted: October 20th, 2012, 7:29pm UTC by Dee
Many things have been/are getting hijacked, and I am not saying that this is one of the really important ones but it has pissed me off on a couple of occasions in ...
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Posted: October 19th, 2012, 7:43pm UTC by Dee
خسارة ما تبقى من أمل ضئيل عقب التعرف على شخصين امريكيين يعملون في مؤسسة إنجاز العرب – محاولة التفكير باسم جديد للمؤسسة بائت بالفشل منطقة الشميساني، الساعة التاسعة صباحا، ...
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lib·er·ty /ˈlibərtē/ Noun: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, the quality or state of being free: a : the power to ...
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Posted: July 20th, 2012, 5:59am UTC by Dee
Perspective...
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Posted: May 31st, 2012, 7:23am UTC by Dee
“The West Asia – North Africa (WANA) Forum is a non-governmental, civil society initiative, voluntary in nature, which brings together regional stakeholders from different backgrounds to work towards addressing social, environmental and ...
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 8:05am UTC by Dee
I’ve been following this website called GOOD for a while. I now get ‘one good thing a day’ straight to my inbox after subscribing, and I must say I was ...
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Posted: January 5th, 2012, 11:30pm UTC by Dee
I swear I’m writing. Not here no. And not as much as you want me to. But I am writing nonetheless. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lately I’ve only been able to think when ...
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Posted: January 1st, 2012, 6:36am UTC by Dee
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 report for my blog. I must say it’s quite interesting, and reminded me how little I’m blogging. Here’s an excerpt: The concert ...
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Posted: December 6th, 2011, 12:38am UTC by Dee
According to Ganzeer here, Zine El-Arab is the first pan-Arab ‘zine. Ganzeer is working on this alongside Makan and the amazing Nidal El Khairy and it will published once every ...
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Posted: November 26th, 2011, 4:09am UTC by Dee
لاتبك ِ فأحزان الصغَر تمضي كالحلم مع الفجر وقريبا ًتكبرُ ياولدي وتريدُ الدمع َفلا يجري – – – إنْ سهرتْ أمطارٌ معنا أو غطى البردُ شوارعنا فالدفءُ يعمّرُ أضلعنا ولهيب ...
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Posted: October 28th, 2011, 8:49pm UTC by Dee
Being a strong believer in the importance of education (both formal and informal) in the rise -and fall- of communities and nations, I can’t say that I wasn’t totally excited ...
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Posted: October 20th, 2011, 5:08am UTC by Dee
I’ve been away for some time now. A mix of not having time, a -temporary- change in priorities as well as my incoherent string of thoughts have all come between ...
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Posted: August 6th, 2011, 3:24am UTC by Dee
They had apparently met before or something. They were all taking pictures and I just stood there not really knowing how to interact. A beautiful female then looked at me ...
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Posted: August 6th, 2011, 11:05pm UTC by Dee
In my previous post I wrote about the Charter for Compassion, how it started and what it’s about. All things remain as ideas until we act upon them, and I ...
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Posted: August 1st, 2011, 2:28am UTC by Dee
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. One of the very few things that I personally think all of humanity agrees upon. During a TED talk ...
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Posted: July 8th, 2011, 7:45pm UTC by Dee
It has been a very busy month, wasn’t easy at all to pick a few images only. First a few images from Darat Al Funun See the sign: Al Rai, ...
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Posted: June 26th, 2011, 5:55pm UTC by Dee
My blog is 2 years old. I can’t believe it’s been this long. This blog and the internet in general have introduced me to the most amazing people in my ...
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Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 6:18pm UTC by Dee
I know it’s been 6 days now, and what I say or not say is of little importance. To most, the Jordan Youth Forum is old news now. I personally ...
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Posted: June 20th, 2011, 9:39pm UTC by Dee
This post is a continuation to the previous post that has my comments sub sessions I attended. I am also quoting the final suggestions from the closing ceremoney. The second ...
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Posted: June 20th, 2011, 9:19pm UTC by Dee
This post will be about the sub sessions I attended in day 1. I will try to remember what we came up with and compare it to the final suggestions ...
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Posted: June 18th, 2011, 9:34am UTC by Dee
Jordan Youth Forum: Day 1 Day 2 also started off relatively badly for me, the bus was very late and we arrived to the convention center at around 11. That ...
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Posted: June 17th, 2011, 10:43am UTC by Dee
Last Tuesday was the first day of the Jordan Youth Forum, a forum that brought together well over a 1000 people, and I do not want to use the word ...
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Posted: June 15th, 2011, 6:12am UTC by Dee
GOOGLE! Are you kidding me?! Just a while ago me and a few friends were talking about how cool it would be to have this. I personally am in love ...
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Posted: June 7th, 2011, 4:56pm UTC by Dee
I love recieving things in the mail or via aramex. I like the New Think Theater invitation, much nicer than last time. TEDxDeadSea Speaker Mona Awad at Princess Sumaya University ...
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Posted: June 5th, 2011, 8:17am UTC by Dee
I haven’t held a newspaper in my hands and read one in quite a long time now. Today in the morning I saw it on the table and decided to ...
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Posted: June 1st, 2011, 7:24pm UTC by Dee
Watching her live is a bit different from this video, but it’s a very interesting TEDtalk that I suggest you watch. Filed under: Amman, Jordan, The WEB...
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Posted: May 29th, 2011, 8:31pm UTC by Dee
While attending TEDxDeadSea, one of the featured TEDtalks was one of Sir Ken Robinson. I left the Dead Sea and Googled him the second I got home. A few days ...
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Posted: May 26th, 2011, 10:10pm UTC by Dee
What with me spending most of my life online, I come across some interesting networks and communities, and they each deserve a post of their own to introduce them to ...
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Posted: May 17th, 2011, 12:05am UTC by Dee
I remain unable to write anything about Palestine in time of Nakba. With each passing year I see more obstacles and more enemies, and that kills my soul. But this ...
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Posted: May 14th, 2011, 3:46am UTC by Dee
(I have friends with wonderful tastes in music <3 ) Filed under: Palestine, Soundtrack of my life...
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Posted: May 6th, 2011, 2:01am UTC by Dee
A ‘little’ bit late with April’s Image Diary. Reasons why I am not all that worried on it being late are: 1- I rarely stick to the things I say ...
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Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 5:48pm UTC by Dee
I have no idea where to start, or even how to describe the hope an event like TEDxRamallah gave me and many others. I was lucky enough to attend but ...
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Posted: April 15th, 2011, 1:59am UTC by Dee
I’ve read the phrase ‘In the spirit of ideas worth spreading’ around a hundred times these last couple of days, and I can not even begin to think of any ...
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Posted: April 14th, 2011, 7:11am UTC by Dee
First, meet Tarek and Yasmine. “Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not) is a TV/web-series following the lives of 5 young twenty-ish Lebanese, Tarek, the thinking-too-much-feeling-too-little wannabe actor, Yasmine, ...
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Posted: April 1st, 2011, 5:26pm UTC by Dee
In the spirit of spreading good ideas, and after seeing that I take quite a few pictures on my phone all the time and they die there; I decided to ...
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Posted: March 26th, 2011, 9:39pm UTC by Dee
The biggest comment on yesterdays demonstrations was that they were blocking traffic on one of the main roundabouts in Amman and that disrupting the flow of public life is a ...
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Posted: March 21st, 2011, 4:10am UTC by Dee
تدوينة من الضيف ماهر كمال النمّري مسؤول المكتب الطلابي في حزب الوحدة الشعبية الملك: سأعمل على إزالة كل ما يحد من حرية الشباب الملك للشباب.. انتخابات نيابية مبكرة في غضون ...
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Posted: March 15th, 2011, 12:22am UTC by Dee
When will we make the move from consumers, followers, copy cats, materialistic and non creative to lead for once? Even if only in a talent show… Filed under: creative creative, ...
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Posted: March 13th, 2011, 8:12am UTC by Dee
Everyone obviously has many things to blog about this year come ‘Blog For Jordan Day’, I know I’m already late, I will probably blog about recent events and issues soon. ...
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Posted: March 11th, 2011, 9:17am UTC by Dee
ويل لأمة تكثر فيها المذاهب و الطوائف وتخلو من الدين وويل لأمة تلبس مما لا تنسج، وتأكل مما لا تزرع، وتشرب مما لا تعصر، وويل لأمة تحسب المستبد بطلا ، ...
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Posted: February 26th, 2011, 5:18am UTC by Dee
As part of INJAZ’s Social Leaders Program (SLP), ten students from across Jordan were matched with ten CEOs to work on ten different community related and sustainable projects. We are ...
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Posted: February 11th, 2011, 7:06am UTC by Dee
Remember this day, 11-02-2011, the day Hosni Mubarak resigned after 30 years of being president. He resigned after millions of people went down to the streets and refused to go ...
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Posted: February 9th, 2011, 1:17am UTC by Dee
Originally posted on Al Bawaba News Curiosity got the best of me the other day as I was thinking about all the sectors flourishing and booming in Jordan, Amman specifically. ...
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Posted: February 2nd, 2011, 6:09pm UTC by Dee
Here are a few images I took during a sit-in in front of the Egyptian embassy in Amman in support of the Egyptian uprising against the Mubarak regime. The people ...
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Posted: January 27th, 2011, 7:35pm UTC by Dee
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~ John F. Kennedy This is simply one of the most touching videos I have ever seen. Remember the ...
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Posted: January 20th, 2011, 2:38am UTC by Dee
I’ve been here for over a year now but this is the first time I get tagged, so thank you Hamdanism. “The Life is Good Award” is actually a scanned ...
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Posted: January 20th, 2011, 5:00pm UTC by Dee
I finally finished the first semester on the 10th, yes I know I’m not blogging properly, I suck. One of the things I intend on finishing this vacation are the ...
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Posted: January 16th, 2011, 7:11am UTC by Dee
And ironically.. that’s exactly how i feel.. Filed under: Architecture/ Design, Blogging, The WEB...
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Posted: January 13th, 2011, 8:58pm UTC by Dee
Originally posted on Albawaba News. If you’ve been on twitter recently then you might have noticed the trending topic #JordanMovies. Trending topics on twitter reflect some of the most popular ...
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Posted: January 1st, 2011, 12:15am UTC by Dee
I did not expect to have such a sad and depressing first day this year, but sometimes things get to me. Two videos I’ve been replaying over and over again ...
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Posted: December 31st, 2010, 10:53pm UTC by Dee
I have no idea where to start, absolutely no idea. It feels like this year was filled to the top and the normal thing is for it to end and ...
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Posted: November 30th, 2010, 5:39pm UTC by Dee
January: • January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on ...
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Posted: November 26th, 2010, 3:06am UTC by Dee
For those who missed it here’s “City language” Urban Art Exhibition (Part 1) with a little information about the exhibition. Filed under: Amman, Architecture/ Design, creative creative, Jordan...
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Posted: November 25th, 2010, 10:40pm UTC by Dee
Some images from the City Language urban art exhibition being held right now at Foresight32 Art Gallery and continuing till the first of December. I’ve got to say i loved ...
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Posted: November 20th, 2010, 7:11am UTC by Dee
Two or three weeks ago there was nothing there, but now this structure has truly become one of a kind in our lovely Amman. I just hope that whoever did ...
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Posted: November 14th, 2010, 4:35am UTC by Dee
كنت دائماً أخشى البكاء أمام الناس.لكني كنت أفعل.أبكي أمامهم لأن دموعي أسرع مني. كانت تفرّ قبل فراري. وكانت تسيل, لا تقطر نقطاً, تتدفق كالنهر الجارف. خطاً مسحوباً من عينيّ الى ...
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Posted: November 13th, 2010, 3:46am UTC by Dee
Today I bought Joe Sacco‘s ‘Footnotes in Gaza’. Heaven <3 (Apologies on the low quality pictures) Filed under: I read for you., Palestine...
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Posted: November 9th, 2010, 8:20pm UTC by Dee
#JoElections Filed under: Jordan, Ramblings...
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Posted: November 1st, 2010, 5:38am UTC by Dee
I wonder who did this. I wonder why he thought the smallest tree in that area would be the most suitable one to carry his weight and support that ladder. ...
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Posted: October 31st, 2010, 4:29am UTC by Dee
يوم السبت أقام الملتقى التربوي العربي في مسرح البلد فعالية ”الإتجاه المشاكس“. وكانت هذه الفعالية حسب ما هم عرفوها ب “فرصة لنعبر عن استياءنا من المجتمع المدني بابداع وبطريقة ساخرة.. ...
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A comic by the talented John Riordan , check out his stuff, I like his style and I liked this one in particular. Filed under: creative creative, The WEB...
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July was a harsh month on Pakistan. Two months later, the situation is still the same, one-fifth of the country is under water and aid is minimal. The lack of ...
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In an attempt to get back to blogging, not just one post every couple of months, i thought i’d share with you this video. (See even when i attempt to ...
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Posted: July 31st, 2010, 7:32am UTC by Dee
I went home, after 21 years, from the 23rd to the 27th of July. I.. went…home. And right now the experience doesn’t have words attached to it yet, only pictures, ...
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Posted: July 18th, 2010, 1:04am UTC by Dee
أول مرة بكتب بالعربي. وشكلوا الموضوع مش سهل. المهم فكرت أكتب عن “زمن الخيول البيضاء” ل “إبراهيم نصرالله” بس بما انو أنا سريعة كتير كتير بالطباعة بالعربي حكيت ممكن ما ...
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Posted: June 30th, 2010, 7:46pm UTC by Dee
Rana.. ================================================================================ ================================================================================ Sarah.. ================================================================================ ================================================================================ Deema.. ================================================================================ ================================================================================ Share with me if you have any other names you think are blessed and were sung about the way Rana, Sarah ...
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 12:59am UTC by Dee
Odes – by Horas. Book 1:11 ” Don’t ask (it’s forbidden to know) what end the gods will grant to me or you, Leuconoe. Don’t play with Babylonian fortune-telling either. ...
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Posted: June 5th, 2010, 7:07am UTC by Dee
So apparently this week the United States war in Afghanistan will hit it’s 104th month, and it makes me wonder, not about Afghanistan specifically, but about how and why a ...
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Posted: May 15th, 2010, 2:48am UTC by Dee
This post is for whoever knows what today is. No introductions, no nothing. Not much i can add to what’s been said and repeated for 62 years now. Every emotion ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2010, 9:06pm UTC by Dee
Architects are late bloomers. Most architects do not hit their professional stride until around age 50! There is perhaps no other profession that requires one to integrate such a broad ...
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Posted: April 28th, 2010, 8:32pm UTC by Dee
لينا شاماميان – دعوني اجود والله زمان يا أبي ـ مرسيل خليفة البنت الشلبية – عمر بشير Filed under: Soundtrack of my life...
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Posted: April 24th, 2010, 7:13pm UTC by Dee
You knew it was coming.. expected it somehow..waited. Don’t deny that you waited..slow dancing in a burning room he said. And it was burning all right. You can sense when ...
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Posted: April 23rd, 2010, 12:10am UTC by Dee
Yes i haven’t been here in a while.. nothing much i can say to explain other than simply not being in the mood to write anything at all. A friend ...
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Posted: March 19th, 2010, 7:07am UTC by Dee
Filed under: creative creative, Life...oh life......
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:25am UTC by Dee
When one thinks about ‘Blog for Jordan Day’ one thinks of the beautiful and magnificent things we love about Jordan to share with all those both from Jordan, to share ...
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Posted: March 5th, 2010, 2:21am UTC by Dee
Will you -we- rise? Or will you forever be a coaster on my bedside table? Ta7t il anqad – Ramallah Underground Min il Kahef – Ramallah Underground Filed under: Life...oh ...
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Posted: February 27th, 2010, 5:00am UTC by Dee
At certain times i start thinking about death. Not about how it’ll be like, or what would happen to me at that moment, not even about the answers i’ll finally ...
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Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 6:56am UTC by Dee
..I’m so small.. “You’re a large work of art hung in some gallery surrounded by things i do not understand….yet.” Filed under: Architecture/ Design, My fight., Palestine...
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 6:36am UTC by Dee
I saw you for real, from far a few times, if you call someone pointing you out along the horizon while at Mount Nebo or someone telling you she’s right ...
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Posted: February 19th, 2010, 9:14pm UTC by Dee
In love with TED at the moment, which is not so good for concentrating on studying. Anyway got this video link off of someone on twitter, tab been waiting for ...
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Posted: February 16th, 2010, 10:30am UTC by Dee
Have so many interesting things going through my head to share but i don’t feel like writing nowadays, I’m more in the mood for reading right now which i guess ...
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Posted: February 6th, 2010, 8:37pm UTC by Dee
Ya3ni sa7ee7 ina sha3eb ma bit3alam. Sa7ee7 ino i7na mi3timdeen bi ta3leemna 3ala wizara hiyeh nafs-ha mish mit3almeh!!!! Walko 3alamat tawjihi ma bti3rafo ton2olo sa7 min wara2a la computer alla ...
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Posted: February 4th, 2010, 8:59am UTC by Dee
Brought to you by the one and only @Dee__B (2 underscores cause one was already taken, yea i advertise myself follow me on twitter), and in no chronological order, we ...
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Posted: February 1st, 2010, 8:24am UTC by Dee
It was in the garden of a madhouse that I met a youth with a face pale and lovely and full of wonder. And I sat beside him upon the ...
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Posted: January 26th, 2010, 7:37am UTC by Dee
Some people do this .. …so other people can do this.. .. “How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon ...
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Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:10am UTC by Dee
I’ve been postponing this for some time now, i finished this semester 5 days ago but had no idea where to start, what to comment on and what to ignore, ...
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Posted: January 18th, 2010, 12:50pm UTC by Dee
Posted in A child with layers on.., Architecture/ Design, Life...oh life......
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Posted: December 25th, 2009, 7:19am UTC by Dee
Posted in Jesus, Life...oh life......
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Posted: December 24th, 2009, 7:32pm UTC by Dee
Sometimes weird things wander around my head, at times when i become more or less robot-like with my work, those sleepless nights on AutoCAD for instance, and the more late ...
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Posted: December 18th, 2009, 6:43pm UTC by Dee
Don’t have time for a ‘real’ post, up to my head in exams and work and design and shit, weather isn’t helping much. Anywayyyy here goes something fast in the ...
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Posted: December 3rd, 2009, 3:42am UTC by Dee
I got 74 hits on my latest post ‘SERIOUSLY’. That in itself should not and is not disappointing, but what’s disappointing is that it’s the most read post on my ...
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Posted: December 1st, 2009, 11:50pm UTC by Dee
INO SERIOUSLY!! Bsharafkom ya3ni!! Youtube is now blocked at my dorm, where i spend three quarters of my time, thank you! INO WHY?! GOD! Wonder what else they’ve blocked! Posted ...
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Posted: November 28th, 2009, 4:25am UTC by Dee
Since Christmas is coming up i think i can have one small wish, it’s very small, 3.75 square meters and looks something like this. I introduce (not really me, but ...
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Posted: November 11th, 2009, 11:43pm UTC by Dee
I made a lot of mistakes before I got to you (each one honest and none that I regret). The same way a tree bends in the wind and twists ...
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Posted: November 7th, 2009, 4:13am UTC by Dee
That I would be good even if I did nothing that I would be good even if I got the thumbs down that I would be good if I got ...
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Posted: November 6th, 2009, 6:35pm UTC by Dee
Hello there..since it’s the weekend i thought i might put some effort into keeping this alive. >>> 8 deaths from swine flu so far (in Jordan), with thousands of cases. ...
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Posted: October 9th, 2009, 11:45pm UTC by Dee
The rich composition of different cultures and faiths that have settled in Amman peacefully for decades is a story to tell. Amman was originally built on seven hills that housed ...
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Posted: October 8th, 2009, 7:19pm UTC by Dee
I have no idea where i found that.. loved it though.. So not in the mood for blogging, a lot on my mind but i guess it’s not time for ...
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But as the rebuilding begins, the memory of you returns. Shaking the foundations, cracking the walls and spilling what’s left of the broken glass into the street. source. ps. i’ll ...
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Yea well i did finish like 5 days ago but was too lazy to post about it hehe. The first part is now done. My room is no longer orange ...