I am going to give you quick instructions on how to make real diamonds to own, love, and cherish for the rest of your life. Forget about the synthetic stuff made under laboratory conditions; I am talking about the real…
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“What day is it?”, asked Winnie the Pooh “It’s today”, squeaked Piglet “My favourite day”, said Pooh. In 2017, I wrote a blog which quoted A.A. Milne writing about Winnie the Pooh who loved to eat honey as often as…
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I remember coming across the above picture (by the brilliant Palestinian photojournalist Osama Silwadi) a few years ago, featured in a Middle Eastern newspaper. I never read the article that went with it, as I preferred to spend my time…
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My special thanks to Sarah Canbel who took this amazing image of young Palestinians dancing the Dabkeh. Thank you, Maha for suggesting this joyous topic to further describe the Palestinian culture. All humanity on earth dance. It is the visceral…
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Dear reader: in this post and further subsequent ones, I will talk about a number of trees which hold special places in the culture of the Palestinian people and have a significant influence on their way of life both in…
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Special thanks to the talented Palestinian photographer ‘Ayman Abu Ramouz’ who captured the evocative image above. There are many variations to the name of this simple and popular headdress: Kufiyyeh, keffiyeh, Chufieyyeh, Hattah, Chadiyah, and many more; all refer to…
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Think about this one: When they tell you: you only have X days, months, to live. What do you do? Ignore first reactions like panic, sadness, regrets and the rest of it, what do you actually do? Just to be…
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I really did not, and still do not, want to turn my blog into a political arena, passing views and opinions on various issues that I may or may not care to think about and in the process, invite lunatics…
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Christopher Hitchens once said: ‘Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay’. Most people follow this principle and cling onto the refrain: ‘I could write a book about this or that’, knowing…
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Before you start wondering how old is my oldest friend, the ‘old’ in this case refers to the length of time we have been friends rather than his own age. I hope I cleared this up before he gets offended….
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