Submitted by alaa on Sun, 2008-04-06 10:16.
Dear You
Here is the thing. Maybe I never closed my eyes to imagine me in a wedding dress next to you. I stopped dreaming of wearing that dress long time ago. But you know the places I have always wanted to go? The clothes I have been waiting to wear? The adventures that I have been reluctant to try? The whole life I have been wanting to live?
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Collective Tweets - On the Middle East's bigger picture
Because I am paying attention to Russian news/ analysis since the Arab Spring mess started. They have expected thier protests since February.
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On the things that can’t be said
There was that moment, I was lying on the floor unable to move, unable to think, unable to do anything but weeping. I wanted the whole world to freeze. I wanted to spend the rest of whatever I have in life there on the floor crying my heart out. Then it occurred to me, that my family will be back and they won’t like that scene. They will get shocked and they will ask me “what’s wrong with you”.
The idea that someone might ask me “what’s wrong with you” and care to wait for an answer past the “nothing wrong” answer was the only reason I got off that floor & stopped crying.
Re-posting - Wrong Catches
Because names changes, but the story is always the same ....
May be it is the birthday blues or just I have become addicted to mood swings.
Where are we now?
There is a joke about a man who was asked about the secret of the success of his marriage. He replied that he made a deal with his wife. That major decisions are his job & she gets to do all the minor decisions and that was the last decision he made.
On Egypt - Observations on a Revolution
This is an email that I sent to Sameh about some of the things I observed in Egypt recently. I have been avoiding commentary on the current scene in Egypt on purpose. I don't want to be part of the ongoing "talk" war on the cyber space & I am honestly avoiding inquisition.
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