Freedom, is one of the biggest gifts that have been bestowed upon us as a human race. The ability to shape our future, and control our own destiny. We get to make choices, and steer our own fate, as we create our future. A concept many fail to see. Sometimes it is difficult, to be in control. Sometimes we look at what others have, rather what they don’t, or what we do. We make excuses, because essentially nobody likes to fail. Continue Reading »
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People are much like computer programs, except that they write their own code. They spend much of their youth refining this code, until at some point they hit the “compile” command, and that’s it. Mission accomplished.
The problem however, is that most (if not all) programmers make mistakes. Continue Reading »
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Beirut
Beirut. Switzerland of the Middle East.
Beirut. The capital of kindness, and hospitality. And simplicity.
Beirut, the one I returned to after my many years of travel.
How I miss you. How I miss the naivety and good nature over flowing from your people. What happened to you? Where did it all go wrong?
I used to rest my head on my pillow every night, thinking of you. The memory of you would bring a smile to my face, and I would slip into a trance, visualizing myself walking your Continue Reading »
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For as long as he could remember, it was his shelter. It was where he went when he was sad, sick with fear, or shaking in anger. It was where he found family even though by now all his relatives were officially dead. It was his fortress. And now, as he grew older nothing changed. He still headed to this fort of his whenever he had no where else to go, no more Continue Reading »
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Photo of Wadi Rum by: Javier Camacho Gimeno (http://javiercamachogimeno.blogspot.com.es/)
The concept of time is becoming ever more elusive to me. As an 11 year old, the 5 minutes I used to take enjoying my glass of milk on the balcony, while I watched cars pass me by now seem to escape me in a mere second. The magical days I used to spend in sleep overs at friends houses, now pass me by in the blink of an eye. In this age of wonders, and revolution where everybody is connected to everything, all the time, I cannot help but feel distant. Outdated, and out of touch, like an old relic from the past.
I was in Jordan last week, on a business trip. And something happened over there that shook me profoundly. That awoke me; so to speak.
It was night time, and we were sitting in a man made oasis in the middle of the desert. Audio speakers blasting with Continue Reading »
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I once read that if u ate 10 spiders everyday, for 10 days, u develop some spider-like sense, aka u will start to become Spiderman. That of course is a scientific impossibility, and consequently most definitely not true, right?
Well my 7 year old brother begs to differ. 110 spiders down the road, he started
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Ahmad Al Charif 