Monday, November 29, 2010

Another Qatari wedding (Arab wedding)

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So I've done the occasional post about a Qatari friend of mine who was getting married -- well the time has come! He is getting married ...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

malaysia and switzerland

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Okay, I'm back from my tour of Switzerland and Malaysia. Switzerland was for work and had its ups and downs (as it is I got there I cra...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

travel

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Sorry I haven't posted for a while everyone, I had to go away on a business trip and, as usual, had to work late and on the weekend to m...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Doha Tribeca Film Festival -- part two

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Okay, back to the movies I saw last week at the film festival... Africa United Attendance: about 90% A movie about some kids in Rwanda chasi...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

A Qatari Wedding (Arab wedding)

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Remember how I was mentioning that a wedding was coming up, and that Qataris don't advertise a wedding too far in advance? Well I recei...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Doha Tribeca Film Festival

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The second annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival has started so I have once again got tickets to a wide variety of films. I've always liked ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Happy birthday Aiden!

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It is my nephew Aiden's birthday today and I've been told that he and his sister had a party earlier this week. I'm going to gu...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Museum lectures, part two

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The second lecture at the Museum of Islamic Art, on great Arab thinkers, was on a Sufi aesthetic from the eighth century -- Rabia al-Adawiyy...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A quick trip to England

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I was away in England for four days visiting a friend and picking up a few things. Weather was pleasant, did a bit of shopping, did a nice l...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Museum lectures

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So I forgot to mention that the Museum of Islamic Art has started their lecture series again. This time they're having a series of five ...
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Saturday, October 02, 2010

An arabic gift

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When I got back to Canada a Qatari friend of mine had a gift for me. Here it is: A set of a prayer beads known as a misbaha (prono...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Qatar updates

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Okay, it has been a busy week. First, I would just like to mention this local news article on a recent Science Camp for children. http:/...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

I'm back!

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I'm back from my vacation in Canada. Had a great time of course, I was there for my sister's wedding and everything went great, nei...
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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...