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• August 17, 2008
• 7:36

  WP: Blackwater guards served target ...

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  WP: Blackwater guards served target letters....

• 6:26

  הרוסים יציבו טילי שיוט גרעיניים בסוריה, בים התיכון, ובים הבלטי.

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  תיקדבקה: צעדי תגובה גרעיניים רוסיים כולל במזרח התיכון: צבא רוסיה יציב טילי קרקע-קרקע מדגם 'איסקנדאר' Iskandar, בסוריה, ובמובלעת קלינינגראד Kaliningrad. אוניות הצי הבלטי הרוסי בים הבלטי, ובמזרח התיכון, יחומשו בראשי חץ גרעיניים.

  המקורות הצבאיים של תיקדבקה, מדווחים, כי לאחר הניצחון בגיאורגיה, מרכזים הרוסים עתה את עיקר התגובה הצבאית שלהם נגד המערב בנקיטת צעדים נגד פולין, ובקרוב גם נגד אוקראינה. עוד מוסרים המקורות שלנו, כי בצמרת הפוליטית והצבאית הרוסית נשקלים עתה גם צעדיה הבאים של רוסיה במזרח התיכון, במטרה להעניש את ישראל על חלקה באימון וציוד צבא גיאורגיה.

  בין שאר הצעדים הנשקלים במוסקבה: הקמת בסיסים צבאיים, ימיים ואוויריים רוסיים בסוריה, ואספקת מערכות נשק מתקדמות לטהרן ולדמשק.

  לפי תוכניות אלה נשקלת במוסקבה האפשרות, כי איראן תקבל עוד השנה מערכות טילי נ''מ מתקדמים מדגם S-300, ואילו סוריה תקבל את טילי הקרקע-קרקע קרקע מדגם 'איסקנדאר' Iskandar, שהם למעשה טילי שיוט המסוגלים לשאת ראשי חץ גרעיניים.

• 5:19

  Is Condoleeza Rice stupid?

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  Is Condoleeza Rice stupid?

  

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• 5:16

  Good as Golda?

   » ‎ JPost.com Front Page Top Stories
  While highlighting former PM's positive attributes, Burkett busts myth of sentimental Jewish grandmother.
• 5:15

  Parashat Va'et'hanan: Mourning and rejoicing

   » ‎ JPost.com Front Page Top Stories
  Even at weddings Jewish couples smash a glass to commemorate the destruction of the Temple.

• 5:12

  Deal May Be Near in Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks

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• 5:12

  Draft of Impeachment Charges Against Pakistani President Finalized

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• 5:12

  Kurdish Troops To Withdraw From Restive Iraq Province

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• 5:12

  6 Shi'ite Pilgrims Killed in Baghdad Bombing

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• 5:12

  Iran to launch 1st domestic satellite soon - Ahmadinejad

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• 5:12

  Ukraine Ready To Work With West On Missile Defense

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• 5:12

  Ukraine seeks integration into European missile defense

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• 5:12

  Poland Signs U.S. Missile-Shield Deal

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• 5:12

  Pakistan Says 460 Militants, 22 Troops Killed in Bajaur

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• 5:12

  Ukraine proposes drafting Black Sea fleet deal with Russia

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• 5:12

  CNO & MCPON Visit Sailors in Afghanistan

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• 5:12

  US and Afghan Troops Kill Dozens of Militants in Afghanistan

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• 5:12

  President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia

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• 5:12

  Remarks by Secretary Rice to the Travel Pool

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• 5:12

  Russian President Signs Georgia Peace Plan

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• 5:12

  'Brilliant And Brutal Display' Of Russia's National Game, Chess

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• 5:12

  Russian troops prevent arms smuggling to S Ossetia

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• 5:12

  Russia supports S.Ossetia, Abkhazia

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• 5:11

  08/14/08 DoD Brief on Aid to Georgia

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• 4:59

  Evangelical Faceoff 3 - The Wrap-Up

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  With almost 2,000 comments in the first two threads, here’s a wrap-up open thread...

  

• 4:56

  CNO & MCPON Visit Sailors in Afghanistan

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• 4:56

  US and Afghan Troops Kill Dozens of Militants in Afghanistan

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• 4:56

  President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia

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• 4:56

  Remarks by Secretary Rice to the Travel Pool

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• 4:56

  Russian President Signs Georgia Peace Plan

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• 4:56

  'Brilliant And Brutal Display' Of Russia's National Game, Chess

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• 4:56

  Russian troops prevent arms smuggling to S Ossetia

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• 4:56

  Russia supports S.Ossetia, Abkhazia

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• 4:56

  Russian president signs Georgia peace plan

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• 4:56

  Ban Ki-moon confers with advisers, diplomats on Georgia

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• 4:56

  Bush: Breakaway Regions Must Remain Part of Georgia

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• 4:56

  Russian FM: No Timetable for Pullout From Georgia

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• 4:56

  Deal May Be Near in Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks

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  Negotiators suggest they are close to reaching a power sharing deal between Zimbabwe's president and the leading opposition group.
• 4:56

  Draft of Impeachment Charges Against Pakistani President Finalized

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Members of Pakistan's ruling coalition say they have finalized a draft of impeachment charges against embattled President Pervez Musharraf.
• 4:56

  Kurdish Troops To Withdraw From Restive Iraq Province

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region has agreed to withdraw troops from a neighboring Iraqi province and hand over security in the area to forces of the central government, a Kurdish official said.
• 4:56

  6 Shi'ite Pilgrims Killed in Baghdad Bombing

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Iraqi police say a car bombing in Baghdad has killed six people and wounded at least nine others in the latest attack targeting Shi'ite pilgrims.
• 4:56

  Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Rear Admiral Romano from the Pentagon

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• 4:56

  Iran to launch 1st domestic satellite soon - Ahmadinejad

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added in his press interview in Istanbul Friday that Iran would in near future launch its first domestic satellite to the space.
• 4:56

  Ukraine Ready To Work With West On Missile Defense

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Ukraine says it is ready to make its missile warning systems available for Western countries after Russia announced it was pulling out of a long-term missile defense agreement.
• 4:56

  Ukraine seeks integration into European missile defense

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Ukraine may integrate its early warning missile system with Europe or propose other countries use its missile defense capabilities, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
• 4:56

  DoD News: Contracts for August 15, 2008

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• 4:56

  Byrd Makes Debut Visit to Guam

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• 4:56

  Poland Signs U.S. Missile-Shield Deal

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  The Polish government has signed a deal to host U.S. missiles to complete an antimissile shield the United States says will protect it and Europe from attacks by rogue states.
• 4:56

  Pakistan Says 460 Militants, 22 Troops Killed in Bajaur

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least 460 al-Qaida-linked militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan
• 4:56

  Ukraine proposes drafting Black Sea fleet deal with Russia

   » ‎ GlobalSecurity.org
  Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko sent an urgent proposal to Russia on Friday to draft a bilateral agreement on the Russian Black Sea fleet deployed in Ukraine.
• 4:56

  President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia

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• 4:56

  South Ossetia Conflict Holds Lessons For Kyiv

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• 4:56

  Georgian President Signs Truce, But Rhetoric Continues

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• 4:56

  Georgia/S Ossetia Conflict & Humanitarian Concerns

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• 4:56

  Did Russia Plan Its War In Georgia?

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• 4:56

  US Warns Russia To Halt 'Invasion' Of Georgia

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• 4:56

  Medvedev: Breakaway Regions Not Likely to Return to Georgia

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• 4:56

  Georgia Conflict Casts Shadow Over US-Russian Relations

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• 4:56

  Russian Convoy Moves Deeper Into Georgia

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• 4:56

  UN High Commissioner for Refugees to Visit Georgia, Russia

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• 4:56

  Serbia Requests ICJ Opinion on Legality of Kosovo Independence

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• 4:56

  Iraqi President Undergoes Heart Surgery in US

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  Iraqi officials say President Jalal Talabani has undergone heart surgery and is recovering in a U.S. hospital.

• 4:52

  Iran Mullahs' Blame Game

   » ‎ Persian Journal
  Iran Mullahs' Blame Game
• 4:52

  Iranian basketball player has major NBA hopes

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  Iranian basketball player has major NBA hopes
• 4:52

  ABOUT RUSSIA, GRORGIA, AND IRAN

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  ABOUT RUSSIA, GRORGIA, AND IRAN
• 4:52

  More Pressure On Iran

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  More Pressure On Iran
• 4:52

  Sanctions hurting Iran economic activity, says IMF

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  Sanctions hurting Iran economic activity, says IMF
• 4:52

  Iran rejects Western charges of bank illegalities

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  Iran rejects Western charges of bank illegalities
• 4:52

  Iranian minister's Oxford degree apparently fake

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  Iranian minister's Oxford degree apparently fake
• 4:52

  The best strategy for curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions

   » ‎ Persian Journal
  The best strategy for curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions
• 4:52

  US eyes diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear programme: US envoy

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  US eyes diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear programme: US envoy
• 4:52

  US must share power in new world order, says Turkey's controversial president

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  US must share power in new world order, says Turkey's controversial president
• 4:52

  Iran Could Find A Friend In Russia

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  Iran Could Find A Friend In Russia
• 4:52

  Bloodshed Continues in Iraq

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  Bloodshed Continues in Iraq
• 4:52

  Iran training Iraqi hit squads: US military

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  Iran training Iraqi hit squads: US military
• 4:52

  Chickens Come Home to Roost in Georgia

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  Chickens Come Home to Roost in Georgia
• 4:52

  Archaeologists get a glimpse of life in a Sahara Eden

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  Archaeologists get a glimpse of life in a Sahara Eden
• 4:52

  American politics - The God question

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  American politics - The God question

• 4:52

  Getting Started: New Chapter:

   » ‎ Syria Planet
  August 14 was my last day working at Spacetoon ending exactly 1 year and a half of my employment there...so far this is the longest I’ve stayed in one place...n’ although am moving on to my dream job to a place I always promised myself I’ll get into...my “NEVER GET ATTACHED” plan didn’t work for me this time...but whatever...I’ll get over it...
  
  

  

  Before u start judging this pic. let me tell u that It is my “Farewell cake”...one of the guys drew it n’ he thought it w’d be funny ...this is the “terrorist” version of me cuz let me be clear here this is not how I dress n’ this is not how wear my scarf n’ this is definitely not my nose :D...the Canadian flag in my pocket is a hint to the new job n’ the point of covering my face is that u can still tell it’s me by looking at my shoes n’ yes this is me blowing up the building after I’ve left :D
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• 4:52

  G-FloX: GFX

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  At last! The News page is now active. It will containg MY latest news and updates. You can think of it as a Twitter outlet on my blog. Also, it will contain news about my activities that do not fit as a blog post. And, with the launch of the News page, I have started work on [...]
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• 4:52

  G-FloX: GFX

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  Finally, I have found a way to enable the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) controller driver under Windows Vista. I tried to enable it before installing Vista but couldn’t find a way to do so without using a floppy drive. Anyway, the other day I was looking for a way to enable the NCQ (Native Command [...]
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• 4:52

  Razanisms - رزانيّــــات: منه وإليه

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• 4:52

  MQabbani, Minds Talk: عنيدة , عزة نفسي , كرامتي و مابتنازل — مرأة

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  عنيدة , عزة نفسي , كرامتي , ما بتنازل

  أنا عنيدة ” مصطلح مستخدم من قبل البنات بشكل واسع و اكتيير , على عكس الشباب , مع انه الصفة بتكون موجودة فين و بشكل واضح , بس الشب ما بتفاخر فيها متل البنت , و بخبيها لحالو , و يلي ببينها تصرفاته , بس على الأغلب بحسبها احسن من المرأة

  يعني البنت لما بتحكي انا عنيدة , بتطلع معها بفخر و عزة بتإلك ” أنا عنّيييييدة ” مو على انها إعتراف بشي غير مقبل في بعض الأحيان و المواقف لأ على انه “هاد واقع” و ” بدك تقبل في” !!! و بعتبروها ميزة انها اتكون عنيدة

  المشكلة انه بتكون عنيدة بالصح و الغلط , و كل ما كبرت البنت بالعمر كل ما صار صعب اقنعها انه عندها بهاد المجال مو لصالحها , او بالأحرى التعامل مع العناد يصبح مشكلة , و يمكن هاد من احد اسباب انها كل ما كبرت , كل ما كان انشاء علاقة مع الطرف الأخر اصعب

  بس تخلص من موضوع العناد , بطلع لك موضوع عزة النفس والكرامة و سبق و كتبت عن موضوع الكرامة بين الرجل و المراة .. بتحس احيانا انه البنت عندها استعداد تنجرح من جوا و تنضغت نفسيا و بضل تألك عزة نفسي و كرامتي

  و التنازل ! هاد الشي الفظيع يلي اكتير من الأحيان عئل حوا ما بستوعبو و مو حافظين غير , المراة دائما هي يلي بتحطها واطية لرجال , و الرجل ما بتنازل ما بفهم اجدب لأنو …

  يمكن هدول الصفات يلي ذكرتن هنن من اهم الصفات يلي المرأة لازم تنتبه عليهم في علاقتها مع الرجل , و اذا عرفت تتعامل معن اكتيير بتسهل علاقتها مع الرجل

  من التعليقات يلي بتزكرها على هاد الموضوع مع بعض من الصبايا

  مافي رجل بستاهل اتنازل من اجله
  انا طبعي هيك و لازم يتقبل هاد الشي يلي فيي
  يعني يلي بدها ترتبط بدها تخسر كرامتها ؟
  الرجل دائما شايف حالو على المراة و ما بتقبل فكرة انها احسن منو
  يمكن اتنازل اذا هو تنازل
  اذا مو عاجبو انه عنيدة ليش بدو يكون يكون إلو علاقة معي؟
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  بإختصار : العدل و التوازن احلى شي , لا طخو ولا اكسر مخو , و الرجل من اكتير الأمور يلي بدايقو لما مراة يكبر راسها عليه و يشتغل الجكر و العناد … و على فكرة اكتيير من اسباب فشل العلاقات بين الأزواج هي تكبير الراس و العند و النظر إلى التنازل عن بعض الأمور الثانوية شيئ يمس الكرامة و عزة النفس

  الرجل اد ما كان عنيد و تنح المرأة الشاطرة بتعرف كيف تتعامل مع هاد الشي .. احسن من تعامل الرجل مع عناد المرأة ,

  الرجل الشرقي والمرأة الشرقية

  
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• 4:52

  Mohammad Online: عندما يصبح المدوّن مستحاثة !

   » ‎ Syria Planet
  استيقظ دادو هذا اليوم منزعجاً على صوت نيزك مرّ لتوه قريباً من نافذته المطلة على الأرض حيث يمضي إجازته السنوية في فيلته الجديدة على القمر عند منتجع ” ايرث فيو ” ، نظر إلى ساعته وجدها الساعة التاسعة صباحاً و الدقيقة الخامسة و الثانية السابعة والثالثة بالمائة بالألف من الفيمتو الموافق للسابع من إيلول سنة [...]
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• 4:52

  فتوشة: عام تدويني كامل ..

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  حكايتي مع التدوين حكاية طويلة لم تبدأ قبل عام فقط، فرغم أن تاريخ أول تدوينة هنا يعود إلى 16 آب 2007 ، لكنها لم تكن البداية، فقد كان لي عدد لا بأس بهِ من المدونات الفارغة أو شبه الفارغة قبل هذا التاريخ، واحدة فارغة تماماً على السبيس وأخرى على ...
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• 4:52

  The Blog and the Shower: Peaches

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  I was thinking several weeks ago that this would be my summer of peaches. I spent the last two summers abroad and didn’t seize whatever opportunities presented themselves there to eat the fruit that becomes available in summer, and in New York such things tend to fall beyond my budget. But peaches are widely available at fruit stands in Damascus, and at something like $1.75 per kilo, within my means. Rather than eat the salty and limp food sold at the University of Damascus cafeteria, I sometimes bought three peaches and a quarter kilo of plums at a fruit stand in the morning and ate one or two during every class break, a sweet and dripping lunch that spilled its juice all over my fingers, chin, and desk. I bought other goods from the fruit sellers, especially when the man working at the 24-hour stand in ‘Afif plied me with his salesmanship, peppering me with a constant stream of questions about which tourists sights I had and hadn’t visited in Syria while punctuating my replies with questions about the rest of the fruit he was proffering: “Oh, you haven’t visited Palmyra yet? And wouldn’t you like some figs? What about some grapes? Or some melon?” His mere questions were persuasive, appealing to a burgeoning seed of greed nestled somewhere between my eyes and my stomach for the firm flesh and rich hues of his wares. I bought these other fruits, but the peaches were the crown of what I bought. They were almost always ripe when I purchased them, especially as the summer progressed—sometimes to the point of bursting in the bag—and covered in a thicket of fuzz that I massaged off under cold water, before biting into what never failed to be a tangy and sweet respite from the dead heat of the day or the unrelenting pressure of class.

  I discovered that peaches in America are different; the respite they provide is less intense, and not just because my days in Portland are less tiring. It was only when I picked up a certain piece of fruit today that I discovered it to be a peach and not a nectarine, so thin was the fuzz covering its skin—more like the hair on an infant’s cheeks than the light swirls on the crown of its head, as on the peaches in Syria. And more disappointingly still, when I bit into even the ripest pieces of fruit I found them comparatively bland, tending toward a fainter sour or sweet without the dazzling combination of both found in Syrian peaches. I told my observations to my mother, and she remembered having to rub the fuzz off of the peaches of her childhood, growing up on a farm in New York. Being back in America is dazzling for the availability of some of my favorite foods that are harder to obtain in Syria: pesto and olive tapenade, Marcona almonds and good brie, sushi and plum wine; but these strangely evolved American peaches, whether the result of hot-housing farming or genetic engineering or both, are not among them. I’m not sure where these peaches that I eat in Oregon come from; they might have been grown here, or been shipped halfway around the world, for all I know. But given that most of the food sold at Syrian fruit stands is what’s in season, it seems that it’s grown locally, and while it at first seems unfortunate not to be able to access all the foods I like all year round, the quality of what’s offered is compensation enough. It’s a different way of eating, but one I can get used to.

  
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  البحر العذب ... فرح: الشاعر سميح القاسم للشاعر محمود درويش

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  مضى على مضيه أسبوع … شرف الحزن يكفيني  … رثاء الشاعر سميح القاسم للشاعر محمود درويش في حفل تأبينه تَخلَّيتَ عن وِزرِ حُزني ووزرِ حياتي وحَمَّلتَني وزرَ مَوتِكَ، أنتَ تركْتَ الحصانَ وَحيداً.. لماذا؟ وآثَرْتَ صَهوةَ مَوتِكَ أُفقاً، وآثَرتَ حُزني مَلاذا أجبني. أجبني.. لماذا؟ * * * عَصَافيرُنا يا صَديقي تطيرُ بِلا أَجنحهْ وأَحلامُنا يا رَفيقي تَطيرُ بِلا مِرْوَحَهْ تَطيرُ على شَرَكِ الماءِ والنَّار. والنَّارِ والماءِ. مَا مِن [...]
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  مــــــــداد: medaad

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  كانت مجانبة الفكرة نوعٌ من تجاوز الذات لشيء أسمى وأرفع هدفاً يتجاوز كلّ الأمور الشخصية والخلافات المتبادلة بين المدوّنين - إن وجدت - ، لشيء قادر على أن يجمع (البعض) حول طاولة واحدة لا يختلف فيها القارئ عن المستمع في تخيّل الفكرة وصياغتها بشكل متبادل بين الاثنين.. لتنشأ هذه العلاقة المشتركة بينهما والاتفاق المسبق بضميمة [...]
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  مــــــــداد: medaad

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  لي من دمشقُ أغنيةٌ عتيقة.. باقة زهور.. وكأسُ زنجبيل.. ولي من ليالي الشرق.. غِواية.. وشمعدانٌ دمشقيّ قديم.. بضعة صفحات ملتصقة على جدار الحنين.. وعدّة أوراق مُبعثرة.. كإيّاي.. *** على ذاكرة الورق.. كتبتها عشقاً.. مخلّد الوفاء.. ورقصة.. زرعتها تَذكاراً على قلبي.. يومَ انسكبَ الفجرُ.. من عينيّ.. وهطلَ.. المطر.. وانهمرَ.. وانهمرْ.. متصلّباً.. متطرّفاً.. نزقاً.. سقطَ صوتي المنسوج من بحَّةٍ.. عن كاهلي.. احتسيته.. ولثمتُ جنين المطر.. تدفّق المحيط.. من حبل السرّة.. عبوراً بالطرق.. والأزقة القرميدية.. المساجد.. والكنائس.. ورنّات العود.. ودندنات السنين.. [...]
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  DUBAI JAZZ: Girls' Idols

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  Girls are so fascinated by athletes like Micheal Phelps and Ian Thorpe. It's because they are hot, they claim. That they've got the abs, the wide shoulders and the perfect sinewy body.
  
  Excuse me my dear madams, this is the absolute bullshit.
  
  What you like about both of those chaps is the 'fame' (and somehow the power) that is associated with winning so many gold medals and becoming a legend of one's country.
  
  Also, it might be the innocent look. They both got this face features like they're defenseless and in need of some immediate mothering.
  
  I mean look at Phelps for f**k sake, his horse-like upperjaw stands out as a witness to the insignificance of male facial beauty as far as the carnal desires of women are concerned.
  
  
  
  
  P.S.: I've got abs and nice muscular body build, would you idolize me instead? P.S.S: Ian Thorpe is romoured to being a closet homosexual. So there.
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  Dreaming of the Levant: The FreeGaza Boat

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