Archive for October, 2006
10 Things Authentic Leaders Do
By: Robin Sharma, Chief Visionary Officer, Sharma Leadership International
What would your life look like if you had absolutely no fear? What kinds of things would you do if you lived from a frame of reference that your thoughts literally could form your world? How brightly would your light shine if you stepped out of the [...]To die for …
You know something?
I have stuff people want to kill me for.
And instead of trying to get rid of that stuff, I’d rather hold on to it pretty tightly.
Since you’re dying to know… cliquez ici …ÂBlogroll Update: New Links
Added Br. Junaid Mirza’s blog Concepts in Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF). Very interesting site, makes for good cursory reading if you are interested in Islamic economics and finance (1400 years of it makes for a very deep subject). The attendant bibliography is also a great platform from which to start reading more about the [...]
Girl Power!
She’s only a six year old Lebnaaniyeh … masha’allah.
French Doctor Thierry Arnaud found Anoushe Timuti, age 6, trying to dig her brother out of the ruins of the family’s house. The doctor spoke little Arabic. Through an interpreter he explained that Anoushe’s brother desperately needed a blood transfusion or else the little boy would die. [...]You are not alone.
Know that the hearts of the mu’mineen are one, and that inside these four walls, you are not alone. On any night and on Laylatul Qadr, in the last third of the night, in sujoud, our hearts and our minds are with you, asking Allaah to shower His Mercy on you and place a beautiful [...]
Say what?
Interesting report from Newsweek on new terms being used by Bush and his pack. Language fatigue starts setting in the more you use a term that doesn’t fit, and now apparently they’ve moved on to other terms. The most recent mis-step is probably on the same magnitude as his usage of the word “crusade”, as [...]
You are what you eat…
Good article from Joseph Margulies of the WashingtonPost entitled The More Subtle Kind of Torment.
Margulies elaborates on how during the Korean War, mental torture was inflicted upon American POWs by their Korean captors in order to make them confess to crimes they didn’t commit. And in a sad twist of history, Americans now use [...]Dreaming …
… of pomegranates. *ahh* what I wouldn’t give for a tree of pomegranates in my backyard right about now … big, juicy, dark red pomegranates.
Mommy, when I grow up I’m going to name my daughter Anaar so when I kiss her rosy cheeks I’ll be saying Yum Yummm like I wanna eat some!!
(Put me in [...]Smoked Salmon!
Yes mommy, I wear my heart on my sleeve.
What a crime.
Anybody want some freshly steamed n’ smoked salmon??! Come and get it!
Dry. Just dry.
Oh God. So dry.Shikwa wa Jawaab el-Shikwa - Part One
Shikwa wa Jawaab el-Shikwa
Complaint and the Answer to the Complaint
Originally By Allama Muhammad Iqbal.Mention this Iqbal classic to anyone who has read the classical Arabiy, Farsi and Urdu works and you get this dreamy look in their eyes, as if they’re reminiscing about old times. With good reason: this poem - circa 1918 - is [...]