Little Baby “Alia” finally came to the world last Monday April 30th, what a wonderful creature!!!I
Actually didn’t imagine she would be that lovely!!!and though the delivery experience wasn’t that pleasant, it was one of the most physically painful experiences I’ve been exposed to, but I’m so happy to finally have her with me…

I can definitly say it was quite a special week end, just came back now from the Diwan library, Robert Fisk the British writer and Middle East correspondant for the Independant newspaper was signing his books today…Actually, I knew yesterday by coincidence when I was there taking a look at the new books, my usual monthly visit, I just couldn’t believe myself this is going to happen in Egypt, I mean Robert Fisk one of my favourite writers, I enjoy reading his articles about Middle East a lot, he’s so like us ( I mean Arabs Middle Easterns ),having same views in those local issues that usually Westerners can’t understand quite well and we usually justify this by the word Cultural issues.

I took my book the one I book a year and a half ago ” The Great war for civilization “, actually he mainly talked about this specific 1300 pages book, he started by saying that usually he takes people who buys a 1300 pages for foolish people but he had quite a lot to say about Middle East but he promises his next book will be smaller, he’s such an ordinary man, not really looking like our famous writer who insist on wearing the most expensive suits in event like that and make a huge effort to draw that Cameras smile to seem important people, but this one was wearing the usual everyday less expensive clothes, you know that kind of clothes you wear on a daily basis as you get into the bus,and go and buy your daily stuff,and keeps jocking and laughing, he’s been just so spontanuous…

Being the only western journalist who made 3 Interviews with Ussama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, that was quite impressive, and I just couldn’t help but asking myself the same question that my mother in law asked me a little while ago, ” And he didn’t go to Jail? then why did they take Tayseer Alouni ( AlJazeera reporter ) to Jail ? “, he mainly talked about Iraq, Lebanon , Palestine, he lives in Lebanon since 31 years, he even signs in arabic his books translated into arabic…

The most impressive thing is that he has the same views like us in issues representing the elements of the Middle East Crisis : The War on Terror, Lebanese confessionalism, Israel, Palestine, Iraq,..etc, Starting by the title of his book he said that there is no such thing, there’s nothing called War for civilization neither war for freedom and stuff like that, and that the most dangerous thing is that the current wars are religious war, he says that he misses the Cold war, that now you’re just obliged to take sides, besides that now they’re fighting Islamists, so it’s not an ideological war anymore you’re not fighting Communists you’re just fighting Islam.

The most characteristic thing is the event was that I was for the first one to sign her book, maybe cz I was standing just infront of him, or maybe cz I’m the only pregnant in the event..:)

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Was reviewing when was the last time I posted an entry on my TIG blog, and I was really shocked to find out that it was on November 2005, almost a year and a half....that's too much...I remember I used to write posts here on a weekly basis....

A lot of things, events, changes has happened to me, and to the world around me..:)
I'm now expecting my first baby girl in less than 2 months, Still working in Human rights actually, but to tell you the truth : Working in Human rights for almost 3 years now has changed a lot of my perceptions about Life, Political systems, peace, social justice,and.....even Human rights itself, sometimes I feel that my views is becoming too cynical in this specific issue,but I just say that it's only realistic, or maybe the Global system just became too corrupted....

I do ask myself is there really something called Human rights? Or it's only one of those terminologies being manipulated by Political systems, actually every single system abuses and violates Human rights of its citizend, just each in a different ways....

Sometimes you feel something and your face just tells a totally different thing, somethimes you care and your facial expression tells the opposite.
Sometimes you're shocked,afraid and even angry but your facial expressions tells you're but a piece of stone,a block of ice and people start blaming you for not caring, or maybe for being such a stone heart,while inside you might be having all the feelings in the world, but all your guilt is that your face shows something else, something different, and people keep on telling you: "I get what I see", and in that case they get absolutely nothing.
There's some kinds of things that need to be felt first, and then if you feel them you'll see and hear the unseen and unheard, but in this case you stil don't see, then you'll never see,there's things that you need to receive with an entirely open heart, putting your reason out of the equation...

Does it happen to any of you??I just ask myself sometimes what a weird world where we're living,everything tends to be so complicated...

Tracy Chapman: House of the rising sun

Listenning to Tracy Chapman before going to sleep,while surfing the net seeking wooden windows...Nice wooden windows!!!!
I'm having my first class tomorrow in my human rights diploma,2 classes actually: " Civil society theories" and " and "Civil society in Egypt",A strange feeling,yeah a bit weird but true, I miss studying....Anyone who's hear me now would probably say who's this crazy person,but I'm just so excited about starting to study again...

Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
Ramadan will start in a couple of days,working skeduals will change, working from 10 to 2 PM instead of 8:30 AM to 4, maybe 5 and sometimes to 8, it depends on the work load, but you know everything changes i such a holly month...
People tend to work less, sin less,families tend to see each others more,people think about god more,pray more,...etc

Pink Floyd: Wish you were here
I'm feeling a bit sleepy,looking around myself..what a messy room!!!!Clothes everywhere,books on the floor under the bed( I usually read before sleeping then put the books down on the floor), press releases I was working on are on the bed,the new Sting tape I just bought today, my diskman on the bed.....