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Minggu, 30 Oktober 2011

Good Reads (10/31/2011)



WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE


Husband donates kidney to stranger in remarkable six-way organ swap to save his wife


Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al-Qaeda carry out 9/11 attacks, claims new book



Gripping Black and White Portraits of the Homeless by Lee Jeffries

 The rape of men

  

Beyond Abolition: Ending Slavery in Mauritania












Kamis, 18 Agustus 2011

50 Best Websites of 2011


Do you love lists? 
I adore them :) 



So here are some...


50 Best Websites of 2011 
According to time magazine. 



11-15 Sports

16-20 Best News&Info:
Big Think  " amazing site"




36-40 Best Social Media: 
Google+
Klout
Pinterest 

41-45 Games

46-50  Best Education :


More Lists 

Best Blogs :
More here

Best I Phone apps :
Angry birds
scrabble
plants v. zombie
more here



All-TIME 100 Gadgets

and many more lists 

World including :

The Middle East in Revolt 
A Brief History of Women Protest 
Top 10 Heroes of London Riots
and many more.. 

Travel including :
Time's Summer 60
25 Essential Apps for Travel
and many more..

Internet including:
The Best Blogs of 2011
Top 10 Twitter controversies 
and many more...

Education including: 
What Makes a School Great
Back To campus
and many more...

Tech including:
15 Fantastic Gadgets for Father's Day
top iPhone Application
and many more..

Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes 
Top 10 Big, Bad Blizzards 
and many more...

Religion including:
Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ramadan
Summer Journey 2011
and many more..,

Top 10 Berlin Wall Movies
Pack Your Book (Bag)
and many more...


Enjoy them while you can :)

Jumat, 08 Juli 2011

Friday Good Reads


old article that might be still interesting :)

Religion:-
-Women , feminism and Islam in Bangladesh. Feminism Muslims? The View From Bangladesh. 

-Every heard of the Feast of the Black Nazarene. In Manila it's a big festival.  Feast of the Black Nazarene



Health:-
- Do you stay up late ? do you have insomnia? Are you a sleep deprived person? . Maybe you are just Addicted to Being Awake




politics:- 
- why was the Tunisian revolution called the Jasmine revolution?. How 5 revolutions got their names



Jumat, 14 Januari 2011

Friday Good Reads (1/14/11)


Photography:-


Patricia Lay-Dorsey lives with multiple sclerosis for 20 years before taking the self-portraits that appear in the series, Falling Into Place. Some images from Falling Into Place




-  For many rural Zimbabweans, cash remains so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows its patients to barter goods like peanuts, chickens and goats for medical care. Bartering for Health

-Beautiful pictures thats shows some of the countries we don't hear a lot about, Mongolia. Gucci in the Land of Genghis Khan


Other :- 


- How to explore the world: Developing a sense of wonder can be its own reward.Cultivating Curiosity 

- How strange is our brain !! . 10 Amazing Things People's Brains Have Done

- A short interview with Tariq Ramadan. Epiphanies from Tariq Ramadan

Jumat, 10 Desember 2010

Friday Good Reads (12/10/10)


Women's issues:-

- Amina Wadud performing the Hajj and writing about it here :-

- From TED Women, this beautiful poem by Suheir Hammad. Text of “What I Will” by Suheir Hammad.

- Another beautiful poem, She Doesn't Know Her Beauty by Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo.


Miscellaneous
- Fact or fiction, 5 Lost Cities.


- The Top 10 Everything of 2010 from Time.com. A recap of everything from 2010.






Stefan Bladh has been following a Turkish nomadic family for seven years. This is his work . The Family



Psychology:-





Video:-
TEDWomen cohost Pat Mitchell, the President of the Paley Center for Media, sits down for an intimate Q&A with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. Here.



Arabic Articles:-
جميل ماقاله الدكتور خالص جلبي في مقالته الحج للمرة السابعة عشرة



Photography:-

Kamis, 25 November 2010

Friday Good Reads (11/ 26/10)


Survival :-
-No ones knows what's life holding for us, good or bad, don't think it wont hit you. Read these Ultimate Survivor Stories1, 2, 3, 4  just in case.

-how did the 33 Chilean miners survive ? a glimpse into that with Mario Sepulveda's first interview.

- A look at the life inside Gaza. Inside Gaza – The Contradictions of Determination.



Miscellaneous:-
-Seven years after the invasion of Iraq, two opposite stories. Bittersweet memories of life in Iraq during invasion.

- we spend our times doing millions of things, but life can be a lot easier if we decide what is worthy of our time and not. Attention. 

- what it means to be a partially blind. Amazing look into this in If bridges look like this, you could be going blind

-Four million children are wearing the wrong-size shoes, according to new research. Why don't children's shoes fit? an important article for parents.

- the United Nations' cultural organization (UNESCO) is worried about historical and traditional sites. But here are some of traditions that might need protection !!  . 10 Traditions You Never Thought Needed Protecting


Religious issues:-
-Pakistan's treatment of minority is taking attention because of the death sentence issued against a Christian, but what was happening before that sentence.Sentenced to death: On Pakistan’s minorities

- How does Saudi Arabia trying to improve its image during the Hajj. Saudi Arabia less rigid with Muslims during haj


Pain:-
-It's never in my head when i talk period's pain. Can Menstrual Cramps Change Your Brain?

- This one pain can not be identified easily and it's the worst during the period. "Living" With Endometriosis

- Some pains need to be paid attention to. Here are 10 Mysterious Pains You Shouldn't Ignore


Women's issues:-
- It is more dangerous to be a woman than to a soldier in modern war. Scary, right? then read this article Women, War, and Peacebuilding, D’OH!  

-Great idea from an Israeli activist campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking. ‘Women for Sale’: An Israeli Campaign Against Trafficking

- an interview with four young Muslims ladies and their fashionable Hijab. Four hip hijabis talk about their relationship to the headscarf and fashion 

- Nearly half of London men aged 18–25 think sex with women too drunk to know what is going on is not rape. Mona Altahawy and  Why Are We Still Blaming Women For Rape?


Photography:-
-Liu said he wanted to show how city surroundings affected people living in them.
He added that the inspiration behind his work was a sense of not fitting in to modern society and was a silent protest against the persecution of artists.A look at the invisible man artist. I'm just trying to blend in: Can YOU spot the 'invisible man' artist

-All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.- Leo Tolstoy. Check this beautiful Family Love: Oil, Cement, Music gallery.

- Great collection from this year National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 from the Boston Globe's /The Big picture. 

- Children should care about nothing, have fun and just play but not all are that lucky. Sad pictures in Children of the Mines

- Afghanistan in the past, a lively country. Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan...

-It's maybe too early but Reuters have issued some of the year's best in pictures. Best of the year


Arabic Articles:- 
كيف يتفاعل الصحافي مع قراءه  حينما يرفض المسؤول التجاوب, هالة الدوسري تروي ذلك في من أطفأ الضوء