Thursday, August 26, 2010

Ramadan . . . the finale.

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So I am leaving for Canada. While Ramadan is 29-30 days for me it’s ending after 16. Fasting was challenging, but not as hard as I thought ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Ramadan continued...

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So a few days ago I met some friends at a Syrian restaurant for Iftar. We chose this restaurant specifically because it was close to a part...

Happy Birthday Karis!

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As I've been out at these iftars and so forth I did not have time to wish my niece a Happy Birthday on my blog, something I’ve always do...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ramadan updates

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I wound up having to change my Sohour meal. Here's what I was having before: I was eating dates, dried fruit and some sweetened cereal....
Friday, August 20, 2010

Dr. Zakir Naik

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I forgot to mention that Dr. Zakir Naik has gotten himself into a bit of trouble lately and has been refused entry into the UK. I don't...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ramadan, Day 9

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Sorry for the breakdown in posting btw, I had a computer malfunction that took a few days to sort out. I can now see why despite the fasting...

Dr. Zakir Naik - a lecture, a question, and my shoes

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Finally Dr. Naik took the stage and gave a 90 minute lecture on the media and Islam. Some highlights (I'm not quoting verbatim here and...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

A Lecture by Dr. Zakir Naik

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Last Friday the papers advertised an English-language lecture by Dr. Zakir Naik, an Islamic scholar from India whose talk was titled "I...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ramadan – Days 3 & 4 – the weekend

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The weekend was both eventful and uneventful. Because it was the weekend I could sleep in, which I definitely did to lessen the amount of wa...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Fasting -- day two

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I forgot to mention that my attempt to wean myself off caffeine was successful. Once I started fasting I had no issues with caffeine withdra...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Ramadan -- day one

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Okay, 10 minutes to go before I can start eating. I have a plate of dates and a glass of water ready and I have some rice cooking for a lit...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Ramadan 2010 has started!

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Apparently the announcement was made this evening, Ramadan has begun. So I will set an alarm for 3am for my predawn meal. Got my dates and...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

Fasting, part three

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I asked some colleagues about “sawiq” to break the fast and they told me it was not a requirement by any means to eat sawiq, in fact traditi...
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Friday, August 06, 2010

Fasting preparations -- part two

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Coincidentally the office invited a speaker from the Islamic Cultural Center (the place where I recently went to observe Friday prayers at t...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Fasting preparation and Qur'an review

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So I've already cut my coffee intake by half and I figure by Sunday I will be down to one cup a day, from there I'll switch to decaf...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Ramadan

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Ramadan is fast approaching, which is a period of about a month when Muslims fast during daylight hours, and will not even drink water. It a...
Sunday, August 01, 2010

iM iMpressed

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Apple does everything!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Qatari wedding update (Arab wedding)

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So I had a chat with my friend about marriage contracts and what typically went in them. Without going into details about what is in his mar...

Passport

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In other news I got my passport renewed today. This was a bit more challenging than you might think. Canada does not have an embassy in Qata...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

It's dang hot!

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I guess I haven't mentioned yet that summer is here and man is it hot! According to the papers this summer looks like it's going to...
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