Some people in the west think that we Arabs have no motor vehicles, that we ride camels and live in the desert. That is, of course, not true. If it were true, such would be the usual morning conversation in any Arab family. Son: Hey dad, can I take the Camel, pleaaaaaaase??!! Father: Nooooo, you [...]
For those of you who do not know about my job, I’m a technical recruiter. I call IT consultants in the US for the available jobs that I have and that might fit their experience. My job is basically to search resumes on the web and call potential candidates to see if they fit the [...]
Hi everybody. You’re all looking good today!! I’m looking at you and I know what you’re thinking (pause): She’s short. Personally I don’t think I’m short!! Well, Ok… Not that short, but when ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE YOU MEET tells you, you are short. You tend to think: ok I’m short (with a sob) [...]
On his sixth birthday, I gave my son a very beautiful book about trees. It was stuffed with beautiful pictures of pleasant colors about trees and other plants. Very few words were included with each picture giving only the name of the tree or the plant. The book was green all over that its cover [...]
The oldest object in my home is my grandmother’s wedding dress. My grandmother gave it to my mother before her wedding, and told her to pass it along to her daughter. It was such a gorgeous dress, with dozens of shining diamonds-like stones that sparkled like the stars in a moonlit night. It was too [...]