The Syrian Brit
| Happy Birthday, my sweet little girl.. | |
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Today is my daughter’s birthday.. She turned 24, but she is still my sweet little girl… (and what’s more, she still has me wound around her little finger!!..) Hala was born while I was working / training / studying in Beirut.. |
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| Of Humility and False Pride | |
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My friends, I want to share with you a rather humbling experience that I had today.. Those of you who have taken the trouble to check my profile will know that I work in a Teaching Hospital in the North West of England, and that I am involved in medical education and training. |
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| Forgotten in the mayhem - the Red Sea ferry disaster | |
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In the mayhem that followed the publication of the now-famous cartoons, the World has (almost) completely ignored the awful tragedy of the Egyptian ferry, that sunk with the loss of 1,000 lives.. A thousand lives lost.. |
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| Not in my name | |
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I despair… What the hell is wrong with our People??... What on Earth do they think they achieve when they burn flags and torch embassies??... |
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| The ballot box is mightier than the sword | |
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The World is just about coming to terms with the events of the last few days in Palestine.. the shockwaves are still rippling through the Middle East and the rest of the World... The Palestinian Legislative Council elections have demonstrated the frustration and despair amongst the Palestinians. |
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| A glimpse of the Levantine Dreamhouse | |
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Abu Kareem, I have just paid a visit to your blog, which I found genuinely interesting.. You said in your latest post (http://levantdream.blogspot.com/)a lot of what goes in my own mind about the intricate relationship between Syria and Lebanon, and the Syrian People and the Lebanese People.. |
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| Pity The Nation | |
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I was tidying up my office this afternoon. I came across a sheet of paper on which I had, a while ago, printed up this poem by Khalil Gibran, from his book, 'The Garden of The Prophet'.. How true it is today, as it was seventy years ago.. Pity The Nation ”Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. |
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| Eid Al-Adha | |
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So, it is Eid al-Adha today.. I went to the local mosque with my son this morning.. it is a small terraced house converted to a mosque.. a far cry from the grandeur and the splendor of the Great Ommayyad Mosque in Damascus.. I listened to the Khutba, half in Arabic, and half in Urdu (which I do not understand at all).. |
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| A new kid on the Blog | |
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I am the Syrian Brit.. and this is my blog.. I want it as a forum for all Syrian ex-pats, living away from home.. I welcome postings from anybody. However, I am particularly interested in hearing from fellow countrymen (and women) living in the UK.. As you may well have guessed, I am very new to the game of blogging.. |
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