9.5.11

TEDx Musact 2

Referring to my old post here


I've receive an invitation to TEDx Muscat and yeah i went.... the whole experience was fascinating

Our journey to Al Musunha (mu9n3ah) where the event conducted started at 7:30, my friends picked me up and we went as a bunch of group in 2 cars (The most exciting thing is the grouping point was at my house)

We reached there at 9:00 a.m.,  in fact we were too slow, and as we enter the lobby of the millennium hotel we were stunned by the number of people who already arrived and we found some old friends from university....

Then we registered and took our batches and headed to eat breakfast which was quite good... i only drank cup of tea in fact...

Then the event started with an introduction about TED organization and TEDx events and the host of the program was a known Omani actor (surprisingly)who tried to be funny but unfortunately he failed (at least from my point of view)

HH. Faisl bin Turkey Al Said spoke for 5 mins (He sponsored the event)....

The event was scheduled as the following: two speakers, a video from previous TED event and then a coffe break and at the middle they offered a lunch...

The first talker was Jim Stolze and his topic title was "Digital Stress or Virtual Happiness"

The other talker is a story teller  called Firas Abouzeid, i loved his talk and i enjoyed it so much .He spoke about "Doodles Vs Digital Point". He mentioned good points about purposes and how to define yours but what i mostly liked is this quote form his speech: "Know yourself..Define your purpose.. Be Authentic.. Be spiritual.. Are u ready for the change?? Protect the Doodle""

ok.... this post is getting too long and if i write about each speaker you will get bored... so shourtcut the things, i will be brief as much as possible...

The surprised thing in the whole event (as Dhofari girl) that among the speakers there was a dhofari girl called Tuffol Al-Dhahab... hooray for us looooooooool....
I'm so proud of her though her presentation was quite boring *duh*. She spoke about the "Impact of online social media: changes and developments" and she mentioned AlSabla as an example, which some of the audience disliked it i don't know why... talking a little bit about Tufool, i will quote her biography from the brochure spread at the event:
Tuffol Al-Dhahab
"Tufool Al Dhahab is currently working as a Marketing Team Leader at Information Technology Authority (ITA) in the Sultanate of Oman. Tufool works with her team to develop innovative marketing campaigns to serve the ultimate purpose of the e.oman mission. Tufool Al Dhahab was selected as a Young Women Leader through LAU and MEPI."

Keep it up Tuffol, you are amazing and your language is excellent... as per as i know she lived in USA for a long time as her father was the ambassador there...

Back to the event....

I would like you to see one of the videos displayed and almost everyone like it... here it's:



 It's hilarious loooooooooooooooooooooooool and it was the bessssssssssst ever.....

Another Omani lady was a speaker at the event too... i lovvvvvvved her language, presentation, work she done so far... I'm really really really proud of her.... her name is Eman Rafay, her biography is:
Eman Rafay


"Eman graduated from the University of York with a BA Hons in Social Policy, from the school of Social and Political Science. Her passion to give back to society resonated within her from a young age and is highlighted by her work for international charities such as Oxfam. A noted addition to her experience is her work for a London based think tank; The Centre for Social Justice. Eman believes in the responsibility of citizens to actively contribute to the welfare of society. She is also an advocate that the youth of Oman and women alike possesses a unique potential a vital resource to the ongoing prosperity of our country and economy, through the provision of community based vocational educational activities. She is founder of the first youth incited national campaign 2010 OMANI WOMEN and community initiative capacity building initiative IQRA."

her presentation was about: "Defying moments... experiencing empowerment" which was fantastic... she told a story about Ana which now her signature is on every american dollar... Eman believes in Omani women and she's trying to help women by conducting different workshops to develop their skills and spread awareness between ladies from poor and uneducated families... she has very strong message and her mission won't be easy...

Go Eman we are all behind you girl.....

In between the presentations and @ the coffee breaks, i found the chances to talk to the speakers in personal and discuss their views and that was the best in TEDx... Even if you don't get involved in the discussions, people will definitely come to you and open a topic and discuss the presented ideas. The whole networking things at the breaks was great and added something to TEDx Muscat....

 At the end, the experience was very good, hope the coming events will be more organized specially the registration part...

For more information visit: http://tedxmuscat.com

さようなら :)

12.4.11

بمناسبة يوم ميلادي او عيد ميلادي اللي يعجبكم

بمناسبة يوم ميلادي (او عيد ميلادي اللي يعجبكم)

- اهني بابا قابوس (!!!) وماما وبابا وحبوبتي (= جدتي) لانها ساعدت في ولادتي او بالاحرى هي اللي ولدت ماما والنرس (الممرضة) اللي قصت شريط الافتتاح (الحبل السري) واهني اختي الكبيرة واقولها فزتي في السباق واممممم.... وبابا قابوس (من جديد) والمنتخب العماني وبالتحديد علي الحبسي وفوزي بشير...
- ومن بعد؟
- اهني الشعب العماني كله واقول له كل عام والشعب بالف خير
- نسيتي حد؟
- امممم امممم اهني يوري جاجارين لانه اختار هذا اليوم عشان يصعد الى الفضاء واقول له صورتك في كتاب الاسترونمي مش حلوة ظلموك واحليلك
- ها بعد حد؟
- امممم اهني نفسي وبابا قابوس (!!!) اهني نفســـــــي مرة ثانية وأنا واهني ظلي زيدا والأنا العليا ومعها الضمير واقول للأنا السفلى وقريني: "غيبوا في اسفل السافلين"
- مش زين هذي عيد ميلادهم زيدة!!!
- انزين انزين.... اهني نفسي وكلي على بعضي .... كذا زين
- لا تكوني نسيتي حد غيرهم؟
- لا لا بس انحرف مني انت الثاني


خربشة يوم الميلاد....

10.4.11

TEDx in Muscat

Yes, it's true... they are coming to muscat, the famous TEDx will conduct a talk here in Muscat...
hooooray but first if you would like to attend, you have to fill a form in the link below:
http://tedxmuscat.com/?page_id=8#cforms_captcha3
and there will be an approval process to accept your request to attend :(....

and for those who don't know TED pls read this:
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

and you might watch this video (I guess everyone see it years back from now, it was highly speared) :

last thing is that you are welcome to submit your idea or invention and TEDx will spread it around the world in such events like this one... 

I'm so exiceted to go... all the best to you all... the seats are limited so hurry up :)

bye ^.^

17.3.11

Miscellaneous topics

Don't know from where to start hmmmmmm Ok... I have a lot to talk about but i have no time for that, i'm working hardly these days.... i will start with news from Salalah

1. Finallllllllllllllllllllllly McDonald's is in Salalah.... yeah to all MC lovers and i know there is a lot  of ppl in SLL who adore McDonald's and they can' wait to visit MCT just for the sake of a cheese burger :p .... so where it will be??? it will locate at the new Lulu hyper market... so enjoy ppl but let me advise u 'Fast food ain't healthy at all' specially this one down there in the photo... it ain't healthy at alllll i'm warning ya Doharis don't get so excited and eat it everyday :p...bon appetit


2. This week the employee in our company organized a protest... i supported them, in fact all the Omanis participated in this protest except 2 girls who declared clearly that Omanis are stupid - i wonder which passport they have?- anyhow the owner came to the company and talked to us saying that all the demands are legal and easy to implement (strange!) and in 10 days he will conduct a meeting to announce the new changes... We are waiting????

3. Searching for a new job become harder these days... everyone want to hire job seekers who have no career... however i'm so glad coz many will find jobs but i can't believe that the salaries of the offered jobs are too low... 300 for Bachelor *_* oh... yes Nawras offered 300 rial for those who pass the assessment and interview... I have no idea how much did Omantel offer.. anyone knows? how they will live in Muscat with these 300, The prices are increasing rapidly and 300 will not give a decent life here.... Ministry of Man power has to be aware of that, as it might cause new issues Oman are not prepared to handle them at this starge...

4. What's happening in Japan is so sad...  i feel sorrow and can't predict what will happen next specially with the explosions in the nuclear stations? i'm so scared :(

5. Saudis Military and UAE entered Bahrain.. the situation there is becoming worse day after another... Iran might interfere too, and if that happen the Gulf won't be the same anymore... Iran also refused the says which claims that her interfere might be due to sectarian reasons but at the same time why we don't see the same from Iran toward what's happening in Libya or what happened before in Egypt and Tunis????

6. Talking about Oman, Protests are everywhere in Muscat... In my way to my job i viewed many.... though our company did one but this situation is really annoying.. yes it's chaos...  if things  continue like that i might run away to Salalah seeking for peace that we always we lived in... I luv our peaceful country and can't stand the new Oman.... 

7. Last thing, the new minister alSaadi turns that he had forged his age in the official papers in order to be able to nominate to Majles Al shoura... and guess what he won... to whoever don't know him before, AlSaadi was a member in Al Shoura Council before he become a minister... the details and evidence have been published in this blog:
http://altowayyah.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_4632.html?spref=tw

Do u think he's a trusted person to be a minister @ this critical stage??? 

c ya :)

9.3.11

Today, I'm a Muslim

Kim "she's soooo beautiful ^.^ "

p diddy

Times Square :'Today I am a Muslim Too”

Media in a move to counter the fierce campaign launched by the forces of extreme right-wing American Islam, it was announced, dozens of famous art and cinema U.S. participation in a demonstration led by the product and the famous American author Russell Simmons

, Which was held on Sunday, March 6 in the largest areas of New York.

Under the slogan "Today: I am a Muslim too," declared Americans did many of the celebrities that they are "Muslims for a day," a declaration of solidarity with Muslims and that any abuse of Islam is the personal abuse them as well.

Participated in this demonstration more than 75 U.S. organization with the participation of many priests and Jewish rabbis who reject the insulting Islam

They consider that an insult is an insult to Islam, Christianity and Judaism and all the religious in the world.


One of those who declared their solidarity with the campaign "today: I am a Muslim too," a lot of Hollywood celebrities, led by Kim Quierdchian and singer P. Diddy and Rachel Roy Kimura Lee and actress Susan.

This demonstration comes at a time of intense debate over a meeting of the Senate, which will discuss the issue closely linked to American Muslims to terrorism"  

 8 March 2011

i found this article about some Hollywood celebrities who declare their Islam for a day in a protest... What u think? I guess it's soooo odd :s

15.2.11

Body Odor

"Smelly Cat, Smelly cat what are they feeding you?
Smelly Cat, smelly cat it's not your fault..."
 
I guess everyone knows this song... but this time it's not a cat which should we call
smelly, this time i'm taking about human...
 
 
Have u ever meet someone stinky??? off-course we have a lot in Oman... I've been working with someone who smells awful, his body odor is so stinky but i was so shy to tell him that. i'm pretty sure he's not using deodorant nor taking a morning path... I really don't know how to deal with these ppl.. I studied at SQU and during that period i met a lot of girls who are convinced that deodorant is 7aram (forbidden), i tried to argue with them but it was useless.... they said that Sheikh AlKaleley stated it in one of his lecture in SQU and deodorant has a perfume in it and guys might smell it and as per the Prophet it's forbidden (that's true no argue) but there are many medical types of deodorant this is not an excuse at all *duh*.... some of them also claimed that deodorant may cause allergy, helllooo back to the medical ones and in our culture we have an organic substance which may replace the regular deodorant (it's "sheba").... if these girls said that it's forbidden in Islam a woman to get out in public with a perfume on her, then they have to know that Islam also deny the stinky smells and in fact you can't enter the Masjid if your smell is bad (if you eat garlic or onion)....Islam also  forbid harass ppl and your stinky body odor are doing that.... The prophet always encourage ppl to be clean and smelling good... and the Muslims are the ones who invent the soap and use it in their famous paths which were the only ones in the whole world... stop putting irrational excuses, i hated that... 
Back to my colleague, his body odor defeated my perfume 'Carolina Herrera 212 Vip', i tried to spread it allover the room after he left but it was useless :(...


what you think??? what would you do if you meet or work with such a person????

6.2.11

مصر الثقافة

الجميع شاهد (ويشاهد) ما يحصل في مصر هالأيام ومواكبة للأحداث الحالية كنت أبحث عن موضوع لكي أتحدث عن مصر أم الدنيا كما يقال... ولكن على عكس الآخرين لن أكتب عن المظاهرات أو مبارك أو الحكومة الجديدة وما إن كان مبارك سيخرج أم انi أخ` دكتوراة بامتياز في العناد، انما سوف أكتب عن مصر الثقافة مصر الفنون مصر الأدب ومع أنها غنية عن التعريف ولا تحتاج أن تكتب عنها في مدونة مغمورة إلا أن اعجابي بمشروع ساقية الصاوي جعلني أقف طويلا وأستفزني كثيرا -بصورة حسنة طبعا- بأن أكتب عنه كمنبر من منابر مصر الثقافة والفنون....
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عرفت عن هذا المركز من سنتين تقريبا - اعذروا جهلي... ومن ذلك اليوم وأنا أكن كل الاعجاب لهذا المشروع الذي حول مردم نفايات إلى مركز رائد في الفنون والثقافة واستطاع جذب الشباب وتنمية مواهبهم ومنهم هشام الجخ المشارك في أمير الشعراء الذي ابهر الناس بشعره العميق الطريف أحيانا وموهبته في الالقاء بصورة فريدة... 
ساقية الصاوي -على حد علمي- من أوائل المركز الثقافية الخاصة في مصر، وقد أنشأه محمد عبد المنعم الصاوي ابن الأديب المصري الكبير عبد المنعم الصاوي، وقد اهتم هذا المركز بجميع أنواع الفنون والأدب والثقافة واعتبر رافدا مهما يفد إليه الشباب من مختلف طبقات المجتمع المصري  دون تعقيدات الأسماء والألقاب و"البريستجيات" الاجتماعية المتعارف عليها والتي قد تغلب على صالونات ونوادي الثقافة القديمة...

يقوم المركز منذ افتتاحه بتنظيم الكثير من النشاطات الأدبية والثقافية وان كان اهتم في بدايته بالموسيقى كوسيلة لجذب كافة طبقات المجتمع والجميل أن المركز صار محطة من محطات الفنانين الكبار من مختلف اقطار العالم وخاصة المصريون منهم وبذلك استطاع ان ينتزع مكانته في سماء الأدب والفنون - اعتقد اني سوف أزور هذا المركز عندما أزور مصر وسوف أضعها في القائمة قبل شرم الشيخ هههههههههههههههههههههه..... 
موقع ساقية الصاوي:
http://www.culturewheel.com
وان احببتم تتبع اخبار المركز أولا بأول فيمكنكم الاشتراك بجروب ساقية الصاوي في الفايس بوك...
جدير بالذكر أن الساقية دعمت -ولا زالت- تدعم الكثير من المبادرات الفردية أو الجماعية كمشروع "القراءة حياة" الذي يهدف لتوزيع مئات مختصرات الكتب لتحفيز الشباب على قراءتها وهي مبادرة من الدكتور عمرو خالد لا أعلم ان كان الأستاذ أحمد المعيني ذكرها في مدونته أم لا....
and for those who can't read Arabic, they can browse the website of the Elsawy center through this link:
http://www.culturewheel.com/eng

هل سنرى ساقية صاوي عمانية؟؟؟
{لا أعرف لماذ ادخلت عمان في مقال عن مصر ولكني أطمع أن يكون لنا مثل ما لهم}