January 11 2006

Freedom Clothing Project T-Shirts

The extremely modest Joe Turner of Freedom Clothing Project has kindly showed me a new design of his project T-shirts.
I had this itch to share it with you all, aren’t they just beautiful!


COPYRIGHT OF Basel Almisshal
So expressive, so brave, so meaningful, so elegant and convey a message in a simple classy way…

The designs were especially made for the Freedom Clothing Project
by the very talented Palestinian designer Basel Almisshal, who retains copyright, so please make sure to contact himif you wish to use his designs.
The Design comes in different sizes and are more than affordable, don’t miss the chance!

The project idea by itself fascinated me, and now witnessing its results I must admit I’m out of words…

Again my thanks to Joe Turner for his efforts, wishing him the best of luck and all the support in his project.

Read more about the project here.

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January 11 2006

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January 10 2006

Eid Adha Mubarak

Wishing all Muslims around the world a happy and blessed Eid Al Adha.

[Card Source:Sunna Info]

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January 5 2006

Freedom Clothing Project: Dressing for a better world

With the economic situation worsening in Palestine every passing day, and unemployment increasing like never before, one can’t but feel this urge to help Palestinians, offer them employment opportunities, and revive their name in a world that has almost forgotten their existence.

Finally, the dream is coming true, now for the first time ever: t-shirts with a ‘Made in the West Bank and Gaza’ label will be available for purchase.
All the thanks to the Freedom Clothing Project, a not-for-profit co-operative working with suppliers in Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank.
The aim of the project is to bring work to some of the estimated 500 clothing manufacturers in the area and to assist them find new markets for their products.

Freedom Clothing Project uses organic cotton, and provides healthy & environment-friendly working conditions.
But that’s not all: for every item purchased from Freedom Clothing Project, they will donate a minimum of 10 percent of the money they make to a “charity pot.”

I’m so thrilled!

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January 4 2006

Huda T.V. … A Light In Every Home

Huda T.V. is a relatively new Islamic channel. It’s actually one of my favourites because of its clarity in explaining Islam, the true Islam that the Holy Quran and The Prophet (pbuh) carried all the way long… not the ugly version some extremists try to spread.
Another reason why I love that channel is the fact that it’s a 100% English speaking channel, which will guarantee that Muslims all around the world regardless of their nationality, will be able to learn more about their religion. Not only that, but it will also help English speaking non-Muslims know our religion the right way and show them what Islam is all about.

Another thing that makes this channel very special is that the contributors are not only Arabs but also non-Arabs. Some are born Muslims, some have converted to Islam since a long period of time, some are extremely new Muslims. So you get the chance to see Islam from different Angles and to see its culture through different visions.

The channel talks about different aspects of Islam: its basics, its rules, its connection to our every day life, its relation to other religions, and many other topics.
The channel shows a variety of excellent and informative programmes, which reflect the simplicity of Islam and its great spirit.

I encourage you all to check it out, below is the frequency of the channel:
Satellite Nilesat
Frequency 11747
Polarization Vertical
Symbol Rate 27500
FEC 3/4

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    December 28 2005

    Wanna Talk religion?!

    “A few public girls’ schools in Jeddah submitted requests to have gymnasiums built, but their hopes for introducing physical education classes were dashed after the Ministry of Education announced that physical education for girls would not be allowed.
    the Ministry of Education stated that it “would not introduce physical education in girls’ schools” and requested that the media “respect religious, literary and national responsibility” in this regard.
    Source: Arab News

    With all my respect to the Saudi Ministry of Education, but, really, till when are they going to handle people as fools!
    Why does it always have to be in the name of religion?! Please explain to me in what way did Islam ever prohibit females from practicing sports?!
    Just tell me what “religious, literary and national responsibility” are they talking about?!
    Since when has taking responsibility meant forbidding and ignoring!

    When are they going to have the courage to admit that they’re using religion to apply rules they –personally- believe are the best!
    Didn’t Islam call for the equality of women and men? Didn’t Islam urge parents to educate their children of both sexes equally!!

    What religious responsibility are you talking about for God’s sake?! Does that mean that all other Muslim countries that proudly give women the right to physical education do not respect their religion?!! Come On!!

    Saudi women are like any other women in the world, they’re smart, creative and ambitious, and why are you forcing them to give up their rights, why are you deleting their role in society?!!

    This is irresponsible and totally unfair.

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    December 27 2005

    Jordanian Products In Harrods

    “A recent display of Jordan River Foundation (JRF) products at a London landmark is one example of how the organisation, which turned 10 this year, is going global.

    A 50 sq.m. section of Harrods department store’s floor space was lent to JRF from November through January to market the foundation’s home accessories, which are made by rural community groups in the Kingdom.

    “It’s not just the work we are proud of. We are proud of the actual impact that these women will be gaining by having their products sold on an international level. They will have exposure, new marketing channels. It will create more job opportunities,” she added.

    The global market, JRF hopes, will also increase the women’s skills and expertise to provide quality products for department stores and boutiques.
    JRF hopes to start a broader international marketing campaign in 2006, primarily in the UK, France and US”.

    Source: The Jordan Times

    Now this is what I call a great step forward 🙂

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    December 18 2005

    Work Diaries (27): Talk about “deadlines”!

    So I took 5 workdays off to be able to go to London… from Monday to Friday.
    When I came back, first thing I did was check my emails, and what do I find?
    I find an email from my boss, who approved my days off request, and signed it as well…

    Subject: FWD: URGENT!
    Eman,
    Can you please take care of the below query, I have no time at all. Please pay attention to the deadline!

    (My Boss’s name)

    —–Original Message—-
    From: *********
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:00 AM
    To: (My Boss’ name)
    Subject: URGENT!
    Importance: High

    Good morning,

    Please, I need you to send me the ————————–.
    Please consider this a HIGHLY URGENT query.
    I expect your feedback by the end of TODAY.

    Regards,
    *********

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    December 18 2005

    Zizou On TV

    This is just a quick post dedicated to our dear friend Zizou, a fellow blogger from Tunisia who’s currently living in Lebanon.

    Today we saw him -for the second time- in the Future Arab Super Star.

    We truly are happy to see you, hope you’ll keep appearing there… and well, we all send you our best wishes.

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    December 14 2005

    Echoes from London…

    So we got back from London on Sunday, and I must say, I’ll always remember this visit.

    Besides awakening all the sweet memories I mentioned in my last post, this visit enabled me to meet many people. Few I know, and MANY I don’t. All were gathered for one reason: The Global Voices 2005 Summit. A summit for bloggers who contribute to the Global Voices, bloggers from all around the world, writing about their countries, and informing us about the hot topics bloggers from their countries are discussing.

    The summit took place on Saturday, but there was a pre-summit dinner, which turned out to be a lovely one. The very first ones I met were Rebecca and Ethan, whom I’ve already met earlier, and Haitham, the blogger I always feel is my third brother… God only knows how much my husband and I were wishing to meet Haitham, and finally we did! As expected, he turned out to be so nice, so easy going, and simply great to be around! He has a lovely sense of humour as well. It didn’t feel like the first time we meet at all! It was really wonderful meeting him!
    Afterwards we met the sweet Roba, and although it was only the 2nd time we meet, but I felt like we’re old friends. I’m so glad that we had the chance to talk and have fun. We spent the day of the summit together, and I have to say, it was so so great.

    It’s really hard to go on and list all bloggers I met, because they are a lot, but all I can say is it was very exciting, well-organized, great place –thanks to Reuters– and the discussions were also very interesting, whether on the dinner before the summit, or during the summit itself.
    We discussed many things, from the blogging phenomena in the regions represented on Global Voices to personal ambitions, to planning, translation, topics… and many many things.

    After the summit we (my husband, Roba, and I) met the extremely nice Mariam, and I’ve got to say I was shocked, she looks so different than the pic I know on her blog 🙂 As her blog, Mariam is a very nice, impressive person. Loved her way of thinking and enjoyed her company to the extreme.
    She was so welcoming, and took us on a little tour around places we didn’t go to in London.
    I have to admit, I felt a bit weird around Mariam, Roba and my husband, lol, they are Harry Potter fans, I’m not that much of a fan; they’re in love with Lord of The Rings, I’m not; they’re all book worms, I’m not… they all have R in their names and I don‎’t 😀
    We ate, gossiped a bit ;), we also discussed many issues, we disagreed and agreed on many things, it was so friendly and open-minded all the way long, so we enjoyed our time together and it sure was one hell of a night!

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