Saturday, March 25, 2006

مسابقة "الحلم المؤجل" عن الحقوق المدنية في الشرق الأوسط

لقد استلمت بريداَ من شخص ما لدخول هذه المسابقة، ولكني للأسف لست مؤلهة لذلك (بسبب العمر)لذا لكل من يرغب بأمكانهم الحصول على معلومات من خلال الموقع الألكتروني أو الضغط على الصورة أدناه:


عبر عن رأيك في الحرية في الشرق الأوسط و أربح 2000 دولار!





يأتي إسم المسابقة من قصيدة كتبها لانجستون هيوز سنة 1951 عنوانها "ماذا يحدث لحلم مؤجل؟" و قد ساعدت القصيدة في تدعيم حركة الحقوق المدنية في الولايات المتحدة. اليوم، و نأمل أن تلهمك لوصف أحلامك المؤجلة بخصوص منطقة الشرق الأوسط التي تصفها الأمم المتحدة بأنها أقل مناطق العالم حرية.



تتكون مسابقة الحلم المؤجل من جزئين: الأول، لشباب الشرق الأوسط تحت سن الــ 25 و الآخر للشباب الأمريكي تحت سن الــ 25 . كل ما عليك فعله من أجل المشاركة هو كتابة مقالة (من600 إلى 2000 كلمة) متناولاُ فيها إحدى الأسئلة التالية.

سيربح الفائز جائزة نقدية مقدارها 2000 دولار مع جوائز أخرى للمقالات ذات الترتيب العالي.



المؤتمر الإسلامي الأمریكي یقدم:


مسابقة "الحلم المؤجل" عن الحقوق المدنیة في الشرق الأوسط
ما الذي یجعل حقوق الفرد مھمة؟
كیف تساھم الحملات السلمیة للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان في جعل مجتمعات الشرق الأوسط أكثر إنفتاحاً؟
ما ھو "حلمك المؤجل" أي رؤیتك لمجتمعك حیث یمتلك فیھ الكل حقوقھم المدنیة؟
عبر عن رأیك في الحریة في الشرق الأوسط و أربح 2000 دولار!

قواعد المسابقة

كل المقالات یجب أن تتألف من 600 إلى 2000 حرف باللغات الإنجلیزبة، الفرنسیة، العربیة، الفارسیة. تفتح أبواب المسابقة لكل من لم
یتجاوزعمره ال 26 سنة من المقیمین في دولة عضو في الجامعة العربیة و إیران و الولایات المتحدة.

الجوائز
سیحصل الفائز الأول من الشرق الأوسط و الولایات المتحدة على جائزة مقدارھا 2000 دولار
سیحصل الفائز الثاني من الشرق الأوسط و الولایات المتحدة على جائزة مقدارھا 1500 دولار
سیحصل الفائز الثالت من الشرق الأوسط و الولایات المتحدة على جائزة مقدارھا 500 دولار
و یمنح أصحاب المقالات المتمیزة كتباً كجوائز تشحیعیة.
مواعید المسابقة

31 مارس 2006

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Thursday, March 23, 2006

blogs and business البلوغ وعالم الاعمال التجارية

مدونة فى المدونة الخاصة بى لمن يحب الاطلاع

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

UNICEF - Making it happen


Here you go people..

Here's a link to the song I'm Innocent, which is a song that is being created for the UNICEF fund here in Oman by my friend Neil Monteiro.

You can download it as many times as you want to for 30 whole days, after that the link is inactive.

But a request from me to you all.. download it, burn it onto a CD and pass it on to everyone else you know but before you hand a copy of the song to the other person make sure that they donate a small sum of money - no matter how big or small - towards the UNICEF.

Please.. Please.. Please.. we need to make sure that everyone we know who can access this file has to download it and pass it on and make a small donation for the UNICEF.

Make it happen.

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I'm Innocent

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

الحاخام منخايم فرومن

لقد نشرت هذا المقال في مدونتي الخاصة و أردت أن أعرضها عليكم هنا. إنها منقولة عن صحيفة إنغليزية.


I hate the Daily Telegraph.

They publish pictures of Iraq as if it was Ireland. They are quite out of touch with anything South of Dover. They appeal to people who eat Fish wrapped with their paper.

I was bored today at work, but in our kitchen we sometimes have the Telegraph, and I read this article which is quite fascinating and should be re-published especially amongst the Arab and Muslim worlds. click here for article.

Below you shall find a few select paragraphs, but I strongly recommend reading the whole article:

"On a windswept hilltop in the middle of the West Bank, long-bearded, quick-to-laugh Rabbi Menachem Froman is preparing to desert the state of Israel."

And it continues..

"He will do it even though it was on the craggy hills outside his house in Tekoa that Rabbi Froman says his father once had a vision of Abraham leading Isaac to sacrifice.

Yet Rabbi Froman will not be moving an inch. Rather Tekoa, and Israel with it, will be leaving him.

This week it became clear that Tekoa, an isolated settlement south of Jerusalem, will almost certainly be abandoned by the state of Israel if - as is likely - the acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert, wins the general election on March 28."

This is the same prince of a man that said that he will finalise Israel's borders by 2010. We know this includes Al-Furat (Ephrates) but will you get to the Nile in four years?
Anyway, the story continues..

"This came as no surprise to Rabbi Froman. "I know that they plan to dismantle Tekoa, just like they did Gaza," he said, referring to Mr Sharon's forced evacuation of 8,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip last summer.

"But what matters is the holiness of this land. I prefer to live here in a future Palestine than leave to live in an Israeli state."

Tekoa's outlook is indeed grim. Mr Sharon may lie comatose in a Jerusalem hospital after a huge stroke in January, but earlier this week his political successors detailed a plan to evacuate thousands more Israeli settlers from swathes of the West Bank, should they win the election."

Very interesting stuff coming from a Rabbi.... anyways back to the article:

"I am one of the founders of the settler movement," he said, strapping a tiny prayer scroll to his forehead. "But you can't claim to love the earth and not the people [Palestinians] living there."

So Rabbi Froman has spent more than 20 years getting to know his neighbours. Both the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and assassinated Hamas chief Ahmed Yassin were "friends" whom he met several times.

"I had deep connections with Arafat," he said. "I visited Yassin in jail."

So here's an Israeli and a Jew that believes in human rights. Give this guy a medal. Make him known. Where is the media?

OK, so neither Arafat or Sheikh Yassin were angels, but at least this man stands for dialogue, and that is a good thing.

Visit this page for more information about Rabbi Froman.

There is no better words to end this than with the Rabbi's own words:

"I prefer to live on the land, not in the state - to live on the land of Israel, not in the state of Israel, and I can do that if I follow the essence of my belief that I must love my neighbours, and the Palestinians are my neighbours."

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

يوم المرأة العالمي - International Womens Day




To All you ladies who inspire, help, teach & give

To All you gentlemen who don't shy away from respecting, honouring & appreciating women,

To the ultimate mother for me; mine.

To the man who taught me so much, I still learn from what he has given me, the man who has always celebrated this day and educated me on life & its secrets, my father ... I am this woman today due to the good they have given me

To all you special people , May this day and all days bring you pride, happiness and many pleasant surprises.



You may forget but

by Sappho


You may forget but
let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us




After A While

by Veronica A. Shoffstall


Sometimes referred to as "Comes the Dawn"

After a while, you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads
On today, because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn...
With every goodbye you learn



Still I Rise by Maya Angelou


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.





International Womens Day (IWD)

An international celebration of education and empowerment

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp

Around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) marks a celebration of the economic, social, cultural and political achievements for women.

The first IWD was held on 19 March 1911 in Germany, Austria, Denmark and further European countries. German women selected this date because in 1848 the Prussian king had promised the vote for women. Subsequently over one million leaflets calling for action on the right to vote were distributed throughout Germany before IWD in 1911. Now IWD is always celebrated on 8 March and is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. Women in every country, often divided by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate this important date that represents equality, justice, peace and development.

International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women seeking to participate equally in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for "liberty, equality, fraternity" marched on Versailles to demand women's suffrage.

The idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies.

Until women are fully represented at senior leadership levels of public, professional and economic life, women do not have equal rights nor an equal voice.

Following is a brief chronology of the most important events:




1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate it on the last Sunday of that month through 1913. 1910 The Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Women's Day, international in character, to honour the movement for women's rights and to assist in achieving universal suffrage for women. The proposal was greeted with unanimous approval by the conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, which included the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament. No fixed date was selected for the observance.

1911
As a result of the decision taken at Copenhagen the previous year, International Women's Day was marked for the first time (19 March) in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, where more than one million women and men attended rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold public office, they demanded the right to work, to vocational training and to an end to discrimination on the job. Less than a week later, on 25 March, the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working girls, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This event had a significant impact on labour legislation in the United States, and the working conditions leading up to the disaster were invoked during subsequent observances of International Women's Day.

1913-1914As part of the peace movement brewing on the eve of World War I, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. Elsewhere in Europe, on or around 8 March of the following year, women held rallies either to protest the war or to express solidarity with their sisters.

1917
With 2 million Russian soldiers dead in the war, Russian women again chose the last Sunday in February to strike for "bread and peace". Political leaders opposed the timing of the strike, but the women went on anyway. The rest is history: Four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. That historic Sunday fell on 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia, but on 8 March on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere. Since those early years, International Women's Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike.

The growing international women's movement has helped make IWD a special day for promoting women's rights and participation in political and economic processes. Increasingly, International Women's Day is a time to reflect on the progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of women's rights.

More to read: http://www.isis.aust.com/iwd/stevens/origins.htm

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

إسرائيل تسعى لاجتذاب الإماراتيين ... للسياحة

طلبت وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية من جهاز الأمن العام (الشاباك) تغيير الإجراءات الأمنية ازاء مواطني دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، مبررة هذا الطلب بالرغبة في تمكين السياح المسلمين من هذه الدولة العربية، ومن دول الخليج الغنية الأخرى، بزيارة إسرائيل وتشجيع قطاع السياحة فيها الذي تضرر بفعل الانتفاضة.
وأشارت صحيفة <<معاريف>> إلى أنه وبرغم القدرات المالية الهائلة المتوفرة في الإمارات والتي جعلتها مزاراً سياحياً للملايين، وأتاحت لها إقامة مناطق تزلج على الجليد وسط الصحراء وملاعب كرة مضرب بارتفاع عشرات الطوابق وفنادق مذهلة، فإن مواطنيها يفضلون السياحة في الخارج. وقالت إن الكثيرين من مواطني هذه الدولة يفكرون بزيارة الأماكن المقدسة في فلسطين.
وقالت <<معاريف>> إن الطلب الذي تقدّمت به الخارجية الإسرائيلية تمّ ايضاً بالشراكة مع وزارة الداخلية، المسؤولة عن إصدار تأشيرات الزيارة وإدارة المعابر الحدودية. وأكدت أنه قبل أيام عقد اجتماع ضم ممثلي الوزارتين للبحث في هذه القضية، حيث تمّ إبلاغهم أن الشاباك لم يقرر بعد كيفية الاستجابة لهذا الطلب.
وبموجب التعليمات الأمنية السارية في إسرائيل اليوم، تحظر السلطات دخول مواطني الدول الخليجية، عدا مواطني قطر، التي أقيمت فيها ممثلية تجارية إسرائيلية كبيرة. وأضافت <<معاريف>> أنه بحسب تقديرات مختلفة، فإن فتح أبواب الدولة اليهودية أمام السياح من هذه المنطقة سيتيح لعشرات الآلاف من الزوار، ومعظمهم من الأغنياء جداً، الدخول إليها وزيارة المواقع الإسلامية المقدسة.
وشدّدت الصحيفة على أن القدس المحتلة هي ثالث المدن الأقدس في الإسلام وخصوصاً بسبب الحرم القدسي والمسجد الأقصى الذي عرّج منه النبي محمد إلى السماء. وقالت إن السياح المسلمين الذين يزورون القدس يقومون في العادة بزيارة مناطق أخرى غير مرتبطة بالإسلام مثل الناصرة وعكا ويافا. كما أن بوسع السياح زيارة المدن في الضفة الغربية وخصوصاً رام الله وبيت لحم.
ورفض المتحدث باسم الشاباك التعليق على الخبر، غير أن مصدراً في الخارجية الإسرائيلية أبلغ الصحيفة أن رد جهاز الأمن لم يصل بعد، موضحاً أنه <<ليس مؤكدا أن يكون الرد لمصلحتنا. فالأمر بأيدي أجهزة الأمن وهو يدرس وفق المعايير الأمنية التي يفرضها الواقع>>.
تجدر الإشارة إلى أن <<معاريف>> كانت قد نشرت قبل ثلاثة أيام أن وفداً إسرائيلياً رسمياً زار مدينة دبي قبل ثلاثة أسابيع، وأن الوفد الذي ترأسه يعقوب كيدر ودانئيل ميرون، وهما من كبار مسؤولي الخارجية الإسرائيلية، شارك في مؤتمر دولي حول شؤون البيئة.

منقول عن جريدة السفير
2006/03/01
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