31st|Aug|2008 6:50 PM Ramadan Kareem EVERYONE :)

I did not enjoy it much.. & for some reason, I promised myself not to have my meal from junk-food restaurants no matter what happens...

So what are my resolutions?

*) It is one of the greatest priorities to recite verses from the Holy Quran with Tadabbor until I seal it at least twice. رمضان شهر القرآن

*) Everyday it is a must to Pray Qiyam with my lil sis at the mosque.

*) Everyday it is a must to listen to at least 1 Islamic Lecture.

*) Every now and then I should pay a visit to my grandma.

*) I hope, I won't neglect my daily-walking-for-30-minutes rituals :p

لا تنسون.. للصائم دعوة لا ترد

استغلوا الفرص في الدعاء

pray to get whatever you want in this life & the hereafter :D it is all about the LAW OF ATTRACTION & Acting upon your dreams and targets... ;)

قال تعالى:

"وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلإِنسَانِ إِلاَّ مَا سَعَى (39) وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَى (40)" سورة النجم

28th|Aug|2008 5:03 PM (Me hanging out after spending 3 weeks at home)...

I am glad I could make it to hang out with my friend Unknown... I am also happy, because I did not get a lot of books from Magrudy..  I only ordered {I Capture the Castle} & bought {A Place Called Here by Cecelia}...

I was tempted by the color of the cover..

At last got the pinky one for myself..

Got this one for my youngest sis

& this is for my sis 3allaya..

The Kite Runner..

Here is my shelfarian review on The Kite Runner:

Oh, my! a resplendent Shahbas must be delivered to Khaled Hosseini on a golden plate, fragmented with a scent of a miraculous odor... & it is never enough to express my gratitude and happiness to this gifted writer. Really, it takes me to read 100 selective novels to find something as marvelous, touching, & humorous as this... As for now, I do not think that there is a novel which outweighs this one. It has become the noor of my eye ;)

The Kite Runner
The story is rich in metaphor & character development. The first plot and the secondary plot are so intriguing... The ending is so comforting...

It is about the hero Amir, a son of a great rich Pashtun, who spent his most wonderful childhood memories in Afghanistan with his faithful & loyal friend Hassan, the Hazara boy... and then one day, all the beautiful childhood dreams vanish, leaving memories which pierce Amir's heart with pangs of remorse for years. . Amir appears to be so cold & disloyal at times & he gets on my nerves, but eventually his guilt leads him to good…

Some tragedies are fated, & life goes on.

Zendagi Migzara... but can we really bury the past easily?

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Somehow, the story made me reminisce in the memories of last year - Munich, when I spent a wonderful time at the Afghan restaurant {Lemar} owned by Salim Khan's mother... My favorite dish was Qabuli, meat with rice, with Dogh, yogurt or LBAN... Yum Yum Yum.. :D it amused me to find Salim's sister working at the same restaurant, wearing american-style clothes. However, she was not supposed to smile with the german ppl and chit-chat with them.. that would perhaps stain the Nang & Namoos, honor & pride, of her family!

This year, a wonderful Afghan teacher, who had dimpled cheeks, & a lovely sense of humor, taught us some lessons about Physiology & L.I.F.E.. Guess what his name was! SALIM KHAN as well :p I will always remember how he used to talk about his father & all the Pashtuns with a tone of Pride. He used to tell us that he always feared the look of his father even when he grew older & got married... That fear came out of RESPECT...”?

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