The village of Laynah north of Saudi Arabia is famous for its miraculous water wells that go back to the reign of Prophet Suleiman. The legend has it that the wells once reached 300 in number, and that they were carved in in the solid rocky soil in Laynah by King Suleiman’s army of jinn to provide water… Read More »
Ivividly recall how being in Jerusalem felt like a flow of back-to-back powerful and often overwhelming experiences. Clichés can get boring with overuse, but while in Jerusalem in June 2012, I kept thinking about my hometown and the popular expression “Sarajevo is Europe’s Jerusalem.” It felt true while walking on different streets and observing the architecture in the… Read More »
PRAISE FOR THE WEARY GENERATIONS ‘Altogether a brilliant work: one of the great fictional portrayals of the Raj and a sobering, very moving human document.’ — Kirkus Reviews, USA ‘Hussein is a wonderful storyteller … the narrative moves at an exciting pace, with its brief, unusual lives of the socially insignificant. These vignettes also evoke the volatility and… Read More »
Friends, after a very long time I have come across a beautiful short story that I felt like sharing with you all. I am not aware of the name of the author, therefore I am crediting it to “Anonymous”. I hope you all will like it, the way I did. A man was commissioned to paint a boat.… Read More »
100 Direct instructions by Allah in the Quran for mankind Allah (Subhana Wa Ta`ala) has directly given us 100 instructions through Al Quran : 1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159)2. Restrain Anger (3:134)3. Be good to others (4:36)4. Do not be arrogant (7:13)5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)6. Speak to people mildly (20:44)7. Lower your… Read More »
Translation and interpretation is the branch of communication. In Arabic tradition of translation it is one of the human activities that have existed since ancient times. It aims at interpreting the meanings contained in texts and converting them from one language (source language) into texts in another language (the target language). This point of view is similar to… Read More »
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia—died February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg) was a Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction. Dostoyevsky is usually regarded as one of the finest… Read More »
John D. Rockefeller was once the richest man in the world, the world’s first billionaire. At age 25, he controlled one of America’s largest oil refineries. By the age of 31, he had become the world’s largest oil refiner. By the age of 38, he had refined 90 percent of the oil in the United States. For 50… Read More »
I have always loved the story of the Potter and the Clay found in Jeremiah. It speaks of Jeremiah going down to the potter’s house and there, hearing the Lord speak to him. He watches as the potter takes the clay and makes it into a vessel that seemed good for Him. Then the Lord says to Jeremiah… Read More »
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” ~ Mike Tyson A bit violent of a quote for a yoga pose, I know. But man is it spot on. Not in a literal sense. But a life sense. 11 years ago. My life was on a path that felt like a dream. I was back… Read More »