January 2011
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Confession 8: I like books more than people
Like for reals.
Deal with people and their drama and mood swings orrrrrr curl up under my blanket with an awesome book READING about people and their drama and mood swings? Umm, I’ll take reading about it.
Plus, books let you travel and meet amazing people and go on super awesome adventures without getting all sweaty and stuff.
So yeah, books are my best friends in real life.
Everyone...
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Day 1: Introduce yourself
My name is Sagira (sa-jee-rah) but everyone has a different nickname for me, I have so many I can’t even keep up with them. Most people call me Gigi or Gira.
I misspell my name, it’s supposed to be Saghira (sa-gheer-rah) - little one in Arabic :)
I am 20 years young, turning 21 this year (woot! actually it’s not that exciting, lol)
I live in the FREEZING northeast in Upstate...
Just a quick rant
I don’t know how many times people have to be told that not all Muslims are terrorists or in league with Al- Qaeda. I’m pretty sure none of the Muslims I know are in anyway related to Osama Bin Laden, as much as some people would like to believe that. It’s so dumb. I heard a man say today that the Egyptians got/are getting what they deserve. Really? For what? Being Muslim? Not...
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his...”
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Egyptian medical sources said 13 people had been...
They did not specify whether they were protesters or police who were killed, or how they died.
They said 1,030 had been wounded in the protests in Cairo, up from an earlier estimate of 870.
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must...”
– Elie Wiesel
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What's going on in Egypt is amazing...
Watching people stand up for their rights and make a change is astounding to witness. I will keep them in my prayers and I hope that they receive the help, hope and FREEDOM that they deserve. It is rare to see something like this happen right before your eyes, a tyranny being toppled by its people .. so many of us complain but do nothing about it. These people are fighting for the change, not just...
دعم شعب مصر
momonwi:
Support the people of Egypt
“Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother...”
– These lyrics seem so appropriate right now with all the protesting and war going on in the world these days. May God protect and help us all.
NewsFlick: Biden: Mubarak Should Not Step Down →
sufigeek:
newsflick:
Vice President Biden, issuing the Obama administration’s most definitive statement to date on the turmoil in Egypt, said President Hosni Mubarak should not step down and downplayed the protests spreading across the Mideast as generally unconnected.
He described the unrest as an expression of…
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Anonymous asked: What do you think about men marrying more than one woman? That's allowed in your religion, right?
Anonymous asked: what is qalb?
What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is...
Anonymous asked: What is your favorite part of being Muslim?