LIVING DEAD

Experiencing love is a very strange feeling that we human cannot explain in terms of words, which indicates the functions of our brain and senses are more than what we can explain in terms of any known language.  Many research findings indicate a normal person uses on...

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FROM NOW ON

After the first contact was made with one of my niece’s daughters (Afaf), she was inspired and her emotions took over her mind and soul.  She wrote me two poems and one of them is entitled “Nothing is impossible from now on.”  It is written in Arabic and therefore...

MEMORIES

Every now and then, a melody would stick in our head and we keep repeating it over and over without getting tired of the repetition for hours and hours.  Occasionally, we recall events happened to us during our childhood and we wonder why these events pop up in our...

A SHORT LULLABY FOR A FALLING LAD

To be a man without a soul is a condemned corps until the end of time. To be a man with a soul is something you can crow about. To be a man and you know your soul resides in Bani Naim is a celestial blessing. I left my soul in Bani Naim To attend the high school...

I DREAM OF BANI NAIM

Sometimes it is hard to imagine that I would leave this world without closing the cycle by going back to the place of my birth, Bani Naim. Even though I am physically too far away from this place, I still dream of Bani Naim very often.  These dreams are becoming vivid...

SEEK KNOWLEDGE EVEN IF IT IS IN CHINA

Through history the Arabs and Muslims were fascinated with all kind of developmental knowledge in China ranging from astronomy, philosophy, and science. The messenger of Islam encouraged his followers to seek knowledge even if it is in China. There are two...