<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575</id><updated>2012-02-16T23:13:57.807-05:00</updated><category term='Personal experiences'/><category term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category term='Books and reading'/><category term='My Banned Arabic Articles'/><title type='text'>Hala_in_USA</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-4390327262711159249</id><published>2008-05-06T13:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-07T09:59:58.487-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I'VE MOVED, VISIT ME HERE...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='related' href='http://hala1.wordpress.com/' title='I&apos;VE MOVED, VISIT ME HERE...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/4390327262711159249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=4390327262711159249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4390327262711159249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4390327262711159249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/05/ive-moved-visit-me-here.html' title='I&apos;VE MOVED, VISIT ME HERE...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-7680759382612295575</id><published>2008-04-24T16:44:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T17:32:19.934-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was wonduring how come nothing works...</title><summary type='text'>Haven't you ever wondered why we're taking ages to finish anything around there, and when we do, it doesn't seem as intended at all? why change is soooo difficult to endorse? I guess now some mystery is finally revealed...I definitely admire Saudi men sense of self-worth, it's quite amazing...equal to but in the opposite direction to Saudi women self esteem...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/7680759382612295575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=7680759382612295575' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7680759382612295575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7680759382612295575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-wonduring-how-come-nothing-works.html' title='I was wonduring how come nothing works...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SBD6gbaNsnI/AAAAAAAAAMI/0aEk0u6z8DE/s72-c/3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-554153882059446749</id><published>2008-04-20T17:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T18:07:17.974-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love Moroccan food...</title><summary type='text'>I'm lucky because a Moroccan friend of mine cooks us some delicious Moroccoan dishes, the best one for a pasta and bread person like me is "Ragheef", a real delicious type of bread that you can eat with almost anything you desire and still tastes great (not for weight watchers though like most Arabic food), my friend here used my new breadman maker to prepare the dough, saying that this saves </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/554153882059446749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=554153882059446749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/554153882059446749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/554153882059446749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-love-moroccan-food.html' title='I love Moroccan food...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAu98E0PB_I/AAAAAAAAALo/QoauZnP-HnQ/s72-c/Grilling+Ragheef.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-7270229910883091286</id><published>2008-04-20T15:09:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T15:26:53.769-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><title type='text'>The Black Sheep...</title><summary type='text'> You're only given a little spark of madness.  You mustn't lose it."--Robin Williams....It's quite true that those few who act, think and feel different than their family members, their school mates and community members end up with a unique personality, this is the great landmark that the person is thinking outside the box instead of being a follower of the traditional beliefs...Black sheep is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/7270229910883091286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=7270229910883091286' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7270229910883091286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7270229910883091286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/black-sheep.html' title='The Black Sheep...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAuW6U0PB9I/AAAAAAAAALY/WrixMGC7tpw/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-3445160049501306993</id><published>2008-04-18T01:28:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T02:20:07.188-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Polygamy, the sad story of women fates...</title><summary type='text'>A Big story erupted in USA after the police received a call for help from 16 years old woman, the abused woman claimed she was forced to marry an older man and conceive his child as one of his many wives. The Mormon ranch in Texas was raid by the state police and all the children were taken to state custody. Women appeared on news while fighting for the custody rights of their many children. They</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/3445160049501306993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=3445160049501306993' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3445160049501306993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3445160049501306993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/polygamy-sad-story-of-women-fates.html' title='Polygamy, the sad story of women fates...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAg6tYwCxgI/AAAAAAAAALQ/KYCKYWdUX5U/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-726948000249119097</id><published>2008-04-16T23:33:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T01:56:16.120-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><title type='text'>The pen is mightier than the sword???</title><summary type='text'>Now that's confusing, In our Arabic heritage the sword is mightier but there's another version of the truth...Apparently, the ancient civilizations as well as the western literature believes that the pen is mightier, this is a very popular quote that was used heavily everywhere...The fact that the holy book "Quran" affects the lives of millions proves very supportive of the pen, so here goes </summary><link rel='related' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword' title='The pen is mightier than the sword???'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/726948000249119097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=726948000249119097' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/726948000249119097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/726948000249119097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/pen-is-mightier-than-sword.html' title='The pen is mightier than the sword???'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAbH0YwCxeI/AAAAAAAAALA/XwuhaqO5YU8/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-6917740950276012403</id><published>2008-04-14T23:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T00:09:40.202-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Souls are ageless...</title><summary type='text'>I think the fact that I have friends spanning in age from fourteen to fifty five is an indicative that friendship is not limited to any criteria but self demand, surely dealing with mature people may provide logical, predictable and wiser relationships than younger people but I think that there's a fire of enthusiasm in younger people that everyone should keep alive in his/ her soul... Young </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/6917740950276012403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=6917740950276012403' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/6917740950276012403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/6917740950276012403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/souls-are-ageless.html' title='Souls are ageless...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAQovYwCxdI/AAAAAAAAAK4/hUwbjw-N3mg/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-1783429197280328043</id><published>2008-04-05T14:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T15:42:37.206-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Banned Arabic Articles'/><title type='text'>الرقيب المحلي</title><summary type='text'>That's it... I think that guy had me in his list and his mind, for the second time in few weeks he bans my article with no explanation whatsoever, I guess both articles don't have anything wrong to promote or say, esp. the one about religious dialect, that's what the world is expecting anyway if you call for a dialogue...hmmm... I'm starting to think that I'm getting important to be censored </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/1783429197280328043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=1783429197280328043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/1783429197280328043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/1783429197280328043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_7947.html' title='الرقيب المحلي'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R_fHe402G2I/AAAAAAAAAHw/2esoU0BCn7U/s72-c/c.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-3755546875270533894</id><published>2008-04-05T14:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T15:40:34.277-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Banned Arabic Articles'/><title type='text'>لا تقتلوا حامل الرسالة</title><summary type='text'>لماذا نتبنى نظرية المؤامرة لتفسير مصداقية أي شخص و إن كان يحدثنا يكل ماهو ظاهر للعيان؟؟... المتأمل لموقف الدكتور محمد القنيبط في مقالاته و في أحاديثه الإعلامية و في نقده لأداء مؤسسات الدولة ورجالها ربما يتفهم كيف اتخذ الدكتور موقف المدافع عن عدم وجود سبب شخصي في انتقاداته  بدلا من مناقشتها بصورة موضوعية في حواراته الإعلامية و الصحفية، و الدكتور محمد متهم بترصد و ملاحقة وزارات معينة  كالمالية و </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/3755546875270533894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=3755546875270533894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3755546875270533894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3755546875270533894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html' title='لا تقتلوا حامل الرسالة'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-5076815947300592948</id><published>2008-04-05T14:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T15:41:17.606-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Banned Arabic Articles'/><title type='text'>حوار أم حرية؟</title><summary type='text'>أثارت دعوة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبد الله لإقامة مؤتمر عالمي للحوار بين قيادات و ممثلي الأديان السماوية تستضيفه المملكة العربية السعودية الكثير من ردود الأفعال، و بالرغم من كون تلك الدعوة حدثا غير جديد نظرا لمحاولات المملكة المستمرة -و على الأخص بعد أحداث سبتمبر الشهيرة-  توضيح مباديء الإسلام الداعية إلى السلام و نبذ العنف و قيامها ببعض الإصلاحات الهامة في معالجة التطرف الديني إلا أن الكثير</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/5076815947300592948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=5076815947300592948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/5076815947300592948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/5076815947300592948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_05.html' title='حوار أم حرية؟'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-3361463842449065260</id><published>2008-04-04T00:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T02:19:00.193-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>Treasures of American History</title><summary type='text'>A must see collections of the most valued contributions of US to the world. A wonderful and long forgotten face of US that can balance the awful effects of the current US policies, esp. for a middle Eastern like me... to name a few, Edison Light bulb, Morse-Vail Telegraph Key, Bell Telephone, George Eastman Kodak camera, the first machine that launched the computer industry, ENIAC (Electronic </summary><link rel='related' href='http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibition.cfm?key=38&amp;exkey=892' title='Treasures of American History'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/3361463842449065260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=3361463842449065260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3361463842449065260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3361463842449065260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/treasures-of-american-history.html' title='Treasures of American History'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R_XEpo02G1I/AAAAAAAAAHo/bKoXo1kNhEA/s72-c/Skooters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-8496902347725154469</id><published>2008-04-03T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T05:25:07.108-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><title type='text'>What is Normal??</title><summary type='text'>One of the challenges of globalization is the continuous questioning of traditional beliefs... at many instances, questioning what you perceive as normal  might be a good step to realize your errors in thinking and behavior but then it may simply opens the Pandora box...Can a woman turn to a man because she feels like a man? and what if she decided although she's a man now that she wants also to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/8496902347725154469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=8496902347725154469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8496902347725154469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8496902347725154469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-is-normal.html' title='What is Normal??'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R_VYEI02GzI/AAAAAAAAAHU/syDvExpbolw/s72-c/20080403_108_350x263.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-7145205654980687395</id><published>2008-04-03T00:26:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T23:50:47.957-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>How did I land in here??</title><summary type='text'>I'm taking this course... It's called medical decision analysis. I have to admit that I'm not a decisive person, so if I ignore the fact that I can't stand the constant deviation from the topic in the class, the professor constant demand for our decisions on his extremely personal questions and a particularly annoying Saudi guy who was placed here -out of all other places on Earth- for a sole </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/7145205654980687395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=7145205654980687395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7145205654980687395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7145205654980687395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-did-i-land-in-here.html' title='How did I land in here??'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/SAQlTIwCxcI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CipLbOVapyg/s72-c/ep-egg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-7131930663152627004</id><published>2008-03-28T12:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:18:14.399-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books and reading'/><title type='text'>A Secret to share...</title><summary type='text'>Why people fail to reach the happiness as they conceive it although they work hard for it? because out of the 60,000 thoughts a day that go in their minds, only few thoughts are focused on what they want of life instead of their worries and fears of others or failures. So the secret of happiness as revealed through the ages by the philosophers and lately, in the book of the Australian author "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/7131930663152627004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=7131930663152627004' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7131930663152627004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/7131930663152627004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/03/secret-to-share.html' title='A Secret to share...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R-0jLY02GtI/AAAAAAAAAGY/xLzsOzhbga0/s72-c/200px-TheSecretLogo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-2457378182158840682</id><published>2008-03-26T23:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:18:48.017-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>A stranger list of longings...</title><summary type='text'>I've spent some time of my life as a stranger and I have this list which I'll be updating from time to time of the things which caused me to feel like a stranger:1. Going back home and no one is there to talk to about your days or nights2. Finding yourself in a waiting time and looking through your phone and not finding someone you can chat with to pass the time3. Every child face reminds you of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/2457378182158840682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=2457378182158840682' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2457378182158840682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2457378182158840682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/03/stranger-list-of-longings.html' title='A stranger list of longings...'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R-sg7Y02GrI/AAAAAAAAAGI/snTRlZepuok/s72-c/Stranger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-2136996240213636445</id><published>2008-03-26T01:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:18:14.399-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><title type='text'>"monkeys grasp the moon"</title><summary type='text'>Group of Monkeys saw the reflection of the moon on a pool of water from their place on a tree branch, they decided to link their arms and legs to form a link to reach what they thought the real moon in the pool, when they touched the image of the moon, the water disrupted and the image faded...the moral of the story is what we strive to achieve may in fact be an illusion...The Sackler museum in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/2136996240213636445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=2136996240213636445' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2136996240213636445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2136996240213636445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/03/monkeys-grasp-moon.html' title='&quot;monkeys grasp the moon&quot;'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R-nm9Y02GqI/AAAAAAAAAGA/E6c68t2OjS8/s72-c/monkeygraspforthemoon1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-4456110461473119193</id><published>2008-03-18T00:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T14:01:27.861-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>Ouch!!</title><summary type='text'>My article about Dr. Mohammad Al-qnabit was not published: they said it touched a "sensitive topic", I quoted his words on National TV, so what sensitive topic? but then he was relieved from all his formal positions, what a waste!!!... this put me in a melancholy state... now I'm roaming the net and I found this blogger "Saudi jeans" for Ahmad Al-Omran, a shite Muslim who studies Pharmacy in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/4456110461473119193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=4456110461473119193' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4456110461473119193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4456110461473119193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/03/ouch.html' title='Ouch!!'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R99MlbxDnEI/AAAAAAAAAFw/a9kzD9z7mBQ/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-2000464266023177735</id><published>2008-02-27T22:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:19:55.640-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>Ten cents for uncle Sam!!!</title><summary type='text'>It's amazing how difficult it is to get a feel of the identity of the Americans, they are like the melting pot of all the nations, a great mixture of all nations, religions, shapes and attitudes...the English you hear in the Universities or the major cities are some weired derivation of all accents and linguistics, you are not sure how to respond or whether you heard the correct word or not... in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/2000464266023177735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=2000464266023177735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2000464266023177735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/2000464266023177735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/02/ten-cents-for-uncle-sam.html' title='Ten cents for uncle Sam!!!'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R8YxS20ANvI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JVjRjBk3WNk/s72-c/starbuck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-4138807899242618568</id><published>2008-02-27T22:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:19:55.640-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>Snow!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Something about my late walks back home through campus is magnificently beautiful and peaceful, tonight it was freezing, in the dark open landscape I didn't see why? until I looked at the street lights across from me...there were millions little tiny snow droplets showering the view... how graceful and pretty... I tried touching them but they were etherical, phantoms without real bodies but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/4138807899242618568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=4138807899242618568' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4138807899242618568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/4138807899242618568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/02/snow.html' title='Snow!!!!!'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R8Yo-G0ANuI/AAAAAAAAAFg/JPm93eS9Xug/s72-c/20050221_SnowShower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-8992556136850676939</id><published>2008-02-17T05:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:19:55.640-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>How do you like the Americans?</title><summary type='text'>It's a question that I had from our hostess, a reputable professor who invited her two students -I'm not one of them- to dinner in a Mexican restaurant, and since I'm in a good mood since the driving license which didn't disappear yet, I accepted my friend's invitation to go with her to dinner, my friend is one of the students...The professor is so sweet and so as her husband who is also a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/8992556136850676939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=8992556136850676939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8992556136850676939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8992556136850676939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-do-you-like-americans.html' title='How do you like the Americans?'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7gNFdbOx9I/AAAAAAAAAEU/jZmjmTjOIgg/s72-c/thumbnail.aspx.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-8794324064835394402</id><published>2008-02-16T15:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:19:55.641-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>I can Drive!!!</title><summary type='text'>Yeahhhhhh!!!!! I can officially drive....I got my driving license, an official American one....not that I really know the directions or anything yet but still I'm happy, I can move and get my stuff and no more big NOOOOOOOOOOO to women driving, I'm lucky I guess, it's a small victory I wish I can share it with every woman in my country, every one should be able to commute and move safely without </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/8794324064835394402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=8794324064835394402' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8794324064835394402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/8794324064835394402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-can-drive.html' title='I can Drive!!!'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7dGWNbOx7I/AAAAAAAAAEA/ubH1WPs4AB4/s72-c/driving+license+old+back.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133246747438315575.post-3030662125137654881</id><published>2008-02-14T18:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T00:19:55.641-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions and Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal experiences'/><title type='text'>Happy valentine's Day</title><summary type='text'>It's a strange coincidence that I started this very day, 14th of February, the famous Valentine's day writing in my blog... In the morning, Beverly, my driving instructor asked me if ever I'm planning to get married or to have kids, I asked him why do you ask-I learn that this is the best answer to undesirable questions- and he said because then you'll have someone to take care of you when you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/feeds/3030662125137654881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=133246747438315575&amp;postID=3030662125137654881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3030662125137654881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133246747438315575/posts/default/3030662125137654881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hala-in-usa.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy valentine&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Hala</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03707251942432910765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7JTTdbOxlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2pehT7mZ5so/S220/Ayman+5.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Ax05JP9Kqc/R7e0h9bOx8I/AAAAAAAAAEM/cdcju9ZpHS4/s72-c/COFFEE+HALA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
