I don't have a cause

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My cause revolves around me:

... What I want,
... ... What I will achieve,
... ... ... How I will go there,
... ... ... ... When will I get there!

Even the Sun is Sad!

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Caption: "We are Basma, Farha and Laila. We are three sisters, very sad because our father and mother always prefer our brother Hossam more than us. They take him to school every day on the donkey, while we have to go to the farm all day walking".


This painting is drawn by an 8-year-old Egyptian. Yassin Geassa, who lives in the coastal city of Alexandria, won a prize in the drawing competition that was organized by the European Commission.

This competition called on children in developing countries to express their vision of gender equality through a drawing. The choice of the children was mainly focused on education such as the rights for both girls and boys to go to school and to study for a profession.

Yassin goes to school in the morning, and attends an arts' school in the afternoon. Through his painting, he wanted to express his objection to discrimination against girls and to say they have the same rights as he does.

An exhibition of the winning drawings will be inaugurated in November 2009 in Morocco at the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

I am glad that some Egyptian boys think that there should be equality between boys and girls in the basic things like education and work. Hopefully there are more boys and girls like him, so that the next generation would be better and women would find better treatment in Nefertiti's country!

Photo courtesy of the EU delegation in Egypt

I am Nephthys

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“There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats”

Pablo Picasso

blaaa

I wanted to tell you so many things, but I keep stopping myself. I don't know how will you react and I dont think I will bear another setback! and here I write meaningless words knowing that no-one will read them and if any one did, they wont understand anything.

And I know you will never read them, and never understand or know how it feels now.

When I die, ...

Bury my body
&
Burn my soul!

It crossed my mind!

إخطفني ياللي تحبني ع الحصان

الدنيا قالت يوم في ماضي الزمان

إخطفني ياللي تحبني ع الـــــفرس

الدنيا قالت .. قام خطفها الشيطان

عجبي

My Tarot Card

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Extra person on a honeymoon??

50 tips for budding journalists

I found these tips here, and I liked most of them, but could not prevent myself from putting my own comments

1. It’s a vocation, not a job (oh yeah, too consuming by the way)
   
2. You are born with a news sense, you can’t be taught one (This is not true, you can develop it and you are never too old to learn)
   
3. Your duty is to scrutinise the executive and shine a torch in dark places (but the torch is not always handy)
   
4. All journalism should be investigative (yeah, but not all countries allow investigations)
   
5. You are on duty 24 x 7 (Tell me about it!)
   
6. Don’t expect to be given stories; your job is to find them (living life in constant search for news, features, interviews, ideas)
   
7. Your job is to ask questions, research information and uncover facts and then deliver those facts to the audience in the most effective way (you might end to hate anyone asking you questions, I feel irritated when anyone asks me questions no matter how innocent they are, and I tend to say actually am the one who asks the questions!)
   
8. Live your life by the rule that ‘had it not been for you the world would never have known’ (*) (this is kind of funny actually and have a high sense of ego in it!)
   
9. Always be working on your own investigation and come up with something original (trying to)
   
10. Don’t live a wires-led life (also trying to - but some wires cannot be easily cut)
    
11. Don’t follow the competition, aim to be ahead by finding your own stories and angles (oh, but this is a huge problem when the competition have more money, more people and an already established contact-list and reputation!)
    
12. Always check the fourth paragraph in a glowing industry news release; there may be job losses or other bad news which may be of more interest to your audience (Fish for interesting news)
    
13. Broadcast and publish for your audience, not for your own glory or peer group approval
    
14. Treasure, nurture and feed contacts, don’t just drain them and dump them (trying to, but not all contacts are nice, some of them deserve to be dumped in a dirty lake!)
    
15. Apply the same journalistic rigour to those with whom you agree
16. Don't have favourites (Even food?)
    
17. Don't do deals (Ethics)
    
18. Don’t accept gifts, the bill will usually end up on your doorstep one day (Ethics)
    
19. Don’t make exceptions
    
20. Respect privacy
21. Take notes and keep them safe
    
22. Look behind you when your steps retracing steps
    
23. Know your facts
24. Know your limitations
25. Check and check again (it will turn into madness- checking facts, checking the stove, checking the windows)
    
26. Be careful about thinking you have written what you think you have written (Oh yeah, dont be your own audience or you will end up being your ONLY audience)
    
27. Always get a second pair of eyes to check your copy, even if that person is not a journalist
28. Resist the pressure to work up a ‘good intro’ and sensationalize a headline; if the story is lame work on something else (Never been able to resist the temptation, but I have editors who destroy all sensational headlines I write, so i do it for the fun:)
    
29. Leave a note when going undercover, just in case (LoL, havent reached that stage yet)
    
30. Keep a diary of stories covered and follow them up in three months; if a story is worth doing it’s probably worth following up (yep, keep track of things in other newspapers as well, Background)
    
31. Keep copies of all emails, texts, dates of phone calls and be sure never to throw a notebook away
32. Trust your instincts when researching but stick to facts when broadcasting or publishing (Instincts are important)
    
33. Check the side streets when there is a fire on main street (cool phrasing of this line)
    
34. Realise that a politician will always have a script (yeah, all speakers do, but not all of them are ready to share it)
    
35. Watch out for those who would like to see you compromised
36. Deal with your own motives, likes, dislikes, feelings, beliefs, they should have no impact in your delivery of balanced, impartial and objective journalism (Yep, but beware not to lose tyour own beliefs at the end)
    
37. Don’t put interviewees in danger
38. Respect intellectual property, from a comment to user-generated content and always acknowledge
39. Never use ‘will have to wait and see’ or ‘time will tell’, if you don’t know how a story will end, don’t go there
40. Never say ‘the victim has not been named’, they have, soon after birth, what you mean is ‘police have not released the name of the victim’ (Looooooool)
    
41. More than = quantity, over = height
42. Don’t use long words when short words will do
43. Avoid sub clauses that may complicate and obscure the information you are attempting to relay
44. Convey a sense of urgency only when it is appropriate but remain honest and do not inflate the importance if it doesn’t merit it (*)
45. Never sweeten with respect if none is due (*)
46. People are never evacuate, buildings and bowels are (I have been evacuated .. lol)
    
47. Be sensitive when knocking on the door of the bereaved; some will want to invite you in for a cup of tea, show you precious family photos and may let you take one away with you, others will set the dogs on you
    
48. Rumours are useful for heads up on a potential story, but they are not news until they are verified (Rumours usually turn into being facts only bec they have been released in the media, though the media said they are rumours ppl take them for granted and they become facts! .. dangerous but amusing)
    
49. Be thorough and ensure your work is spot on, but don’t take too long polishing, there are people out there who need to know about the facts you’ve uncovered
50. Always get your round in - buy a drink at the bar

(*) = borrowed from a chum

It's a bit old .. but soo funny

A foreign Newspaper wants to publish a report about the life in Egypt,So they send a female reporter to interview the common citizen in egypt..when she arrives at cairo..she picks a random guy ,and starts her interview*


Reporter: Hi
Egyptian: We 3alkom el salam ya 2otta
Reporter: Do u speak english?
Egyptian: Berfect

Reporter: Do u mind if i interview u?
Egyptian: No,i dont have a mind
Reporter: What's your name?
Egyptian: Taha
Reporter: Sex?
Taha: I love it

Reporter: oh no, i meant male or female?
Taha (yelling): what do u sink?
Reporter: Its just for the sake of the report..never mind...male....
Taha: yas male..and i can brove it any time u want
Reporter: No,thanks,I'll take u for ur word...so..how do u find life here in egypt?

Taha: Egybt..very nice cantry..nice wezar..nice food..byramidz
Reporter: oh well..beside the weather and the pyramids..what else do u like in ur country?

Taha: Byramids,nice wezar,nice food
Reporter: Ok..lets move on..what do u do?
Taha: I am very well ,sank u
Reporter: No,I mean do u have a job?

Taha(looking around him and whispering): Jobat?..no i dont have any (jobat)..lessa mastaba7nash..do u have a (job) with u?..we can
esmoke it in my car..dont warry about bolice
Reprter: Oh my god,DO YOU WORK?
Taha: Yas yas..Taxi drivar

Reporter: What do u think about the traffic problem in egypt?
Taha: Very big broblem..very much cars..u see?..but za guvurment is trying to make it bettar..zey did the circle street and za me7war street..and zey make all streets one way so if u go..u cant come back..niahahaha3

Reporter: What about the economic problems in Egypt?
Taha: I do not undurstand what u say
Reporter: I mean..how do u deal with money problems in egypt?
Taha: No NO NO..egybt very rich cantry...we have alot of cotton..alot of water..and we have byramidz
Reporter: So do u make a lot of money?

Taha: No no.. it is not legal to make money..one frend i know make money at home..and he go to brizon..if u make money at home..u can only give it to za banzeena man..they take any money
Reporter: let me rephrase..since Egypt is a rich country.. do u have a lot of money?

Taha: me?! ..Not alot..but I eat and drink Al7amdulelah?
Reporter: Then where does all the money go?
Taha: Guvurment
Reporter: And what does the government do with the money?
Taha: Zey Build circle street,me7war street and make all streets one way

Reporter: well , Ok...Do u vote?
Taha: What duz zat mean?
Reporter: Do u choose your president
Taha: Mubarak?
Reporter: yes
Taha(nervously): i didnt give my voice..but if i was..i will give him my voice
Reporter: Why him?
Taha: Because he was an airoplane in za war..he waz za leadar airoplane

Reporter: But there r no wars right now
Taha: But if we have war..u see?...we know we will have a very good airoplane in it
Reporter: what about the last 26 years ?
Taha: I got marry..and have 3ala2 and Amira..and drive taxi
Reporter: No,i meant what did Mubarak do for Egypt in the last 26 years

Taha: He build circle street,me7war street and make all streets one way
Reporter: Thank you very much for ur time Mr. Taha
Taha: No broblem,only 10 bounds

Reporter: I never said i will pay u for this
Taha: Ok..just give me the (job) then..we smoke ,and make head Reporter:Grrrrrrrr
Taha: ok ok..need a Taxi?