Nilly's Diary

Showing posts with label Ramadan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ramadan. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

عمر

I wish people would open their minds before their eyes to understand the messages that this show is trying to convey. This writer was able to say the words that were jamming in my throat when I read comments opposing it. Will we learn....I don't think so! but this show is worth every minute of my time.
If we want to improve, outperform, and surpass other nations, we all should watch it.
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أعترف أنني كنت "أتفلت" على كتابة هذا المقال منذ شهرين أو أكثر، وأن كثيرا من العبارات التي سأستخدمها كنت أهلوس بها ليلا نهارا، بعدما قرأت وراقبت وتألمت كثيرا، للسجال الذي خلقه إنتاج مسلسل "عمر"، وأودى في كثير من الأحيان، بالمنطق والمعقول إلى حافة الهاوية!عمر بن الخطاب؟ الفاروق العادل الحكيم الشجاع القوي الحنون الطيب الجسور، بطل أجمل القصص وأكثرها درامية، نختلف على مشاهدة سيرته؟ نتعرف عليه؟ نعلمه لأبنائنا؟ نشتاق لرؤيته؟ نعم.. هل نشتاق لرؤية هذا الرجل الذي ضاقت به الأزمان، ورحب به الخيال، لنتصور شكله وهيئته وطوله وعرضه وصوته؟لماذا نصر على تأليه الشخوص، التي هي في بداية الأمر ونهايته شخوص إنسانية طبيعية، أو غير طبيعية، من لحم ودم وقلب وعقل وهفوات وخطايا، ومكارم وسجايا؟ لماذا نسمح لأنفسنا أن نرسم لهم ملامح في مخيلتنا، ونعتب على إنتاج تلفزيوني ضخم، يقربنا من الصورة أكثر؟ أوليست الدراما خيالا هي الأخرى؟ أم أن خيالنا المشوش حلال، وخيال المختصين ومشقتهم في نقل القصة بالألوان حرام؟أبو بكر وعمر وعثمان وعلي وحمزة وخالد وزيد وآخرون رضي الله عنهم، ممن تفاخر بهم السيرة الإسلامية والعربية، شخوص خلدتهم أعمالهم ومجدتهم بطولاتهم التي غيبها الزمان لردح من الزمان، حتى بتنا أمة بلا خالد، أمة بلا بطل، أمة بلا مثل!ما أجمله من عمل ذلك الذي نجتمع نحن وأسرنا حوله، في التوقيت ذاته لأعمال ماضية، وفي الشهر الكريم نفسه، ولكن بدل أن ينتشي أولادنا ببطولات وهمية للزعيم والعقيد ومعتز وغيرهم، جاء الوقت لأن يعرفوا تماما ما معنى أن تكون زعيما وعقيدا وعزيزا في قومك، وقوم ليسوا قومك."أين المروءة ومكارم الأخلاق؟ أليست هذه عند العرب دينا؟"، جملة قالها "عمر" في الحلقة الثالثة، من ضمن جمل أعتبرها دروسا في الخلق الكريم، سبق حتى ظهور الإسلام، وأشار بإصبعه إلى العرب حيث يلزم أن يكونوا.هذا الإنتاج التلفزيوني الضخم، وبهذه الإمكانات الكبيرة وباجتماع ممثلين، من الأقطار العربية كافة، إضافة طبعا إلى مؤلف العمل الدكتور الرائع وليد سيف، ومخرج العمل المبدع حاتم علي، والصوت.. صوت الممثل والمؤدي الأردني العميق أسعد خليفة، هذا العمل جاء في وقته تماما! وكأنه الصفعة التي يتلقاها صريع إغماءة طويلة، حتى يفيق للحياة من جديد. هذا العمل الذي يعلم أجيالنا الثائرة على الظلم والهوان، كيف يكون العدل والحكمة كائنا حيا ناطقا باللغة العربية الفصيحة. يعلمنا ويعلم من يلينا أن الحرية والعدالة الاجتماعية، ليستا حلما بعيد المنال، مادام على رأس القوم "عمر"، ومن يقترب من دائرة "عمر"!هذا العمل، يركز -وبعناد أحترمه جدا- على قضية الأخلاق، التي تسبق الدين والعرف والعادة "خاب من ظن أنه لا يكسب الحرب إلا بخسارة أخلاقه" جملة ولا أحلى، قالها "عمر"، وعلينا أن نرددها في بواطن عقولنا، وظواهر أفعالنا.لم تكتمل المشاهدة بعد، ولكن الجدل القائم حول بث حلقاته، ما يزال يتصدر قائمة السجال على المدونات والمواقع الإلكترونية وجداريات التواصل الاجتماعي. وحقيقة لا أفهم كيف نجادل في مشاهدة عرض، ينحني أمام أنفتنا النائمة، وعزتنا المغشي عليها، ويطبع على جبينها، قبلة الحياة.
  

حنان كامل الشيخ

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Hal Helaloo

I love this song!! It makes me cry and happy at the same time. I cry that I have missed 12 Ramadans away from Amman and that my kids have missed that special atmosphere for Ramadan.
Husam and I try to create that atmosphere around our house, but it's only us and few other families but the rest of our surroundings have nothing to do with our holy month.
It makes me happy because I feel very charged with positive energy and I try to pass it to the kids :)

Monday, August 8, 2011

Ramadan in our house


I was planning to put this post earlier in Ramadan. What stopped me was the sad news that happened with Naysan made everything seems worthless to talk about.  May Allah be on your side Naysan. My heart and prayers are with you dear!!
I found these lights in a store here in Fayetteville a long with the lantern. I used to do a lot more when we first came to the states and my oldest girls were young. I went above and beyond to create that special atmosphere about Ramadan. Now that they are old enough to have had some background about the holy month and are able to fast for few years now, I stopped paying attention.
This year and since Zayna and Kareem still need to pick up that habit, I decided to bring back the old traditions to our household. So here I am sharing with you what I did :)





What do you guys think!!

Monday, August 1, 2011

رمضان كريم

I know this is a little late, but it was weekend and I don't usually blog or do any internet during a weekend.
May you all have blessing in your time during this blessed month!!



تقبل الله صيامكم و قيامكم

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

My Family in the Newspaper

We were interviewed for a local newspaper :)
Today, I read this poem about being thankful to Allah S.W.T.

حمداً سأحيا خالقي... حمداً وأرجوك الثبات 

سأظل أدمن قولتي... ماخاب يوماً من رجاك

Yesterday, I decided to change my blog's back ground. Hope y'all like it. I love this color, it gives me fally feeling :)

Take Care

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

My days...

• Since the last 10 days of Ramadan have started yesterday, I started joining my husband in going to do Tahajjod and Qyam Ellayel at the Masjid. I am SO thankful to Allah S.W.T for giving me the chance to do it. It feels so great and I am actually not as tired as I thought I might be.
• My work is going great. I love it with all my heart; it makes my life look, feel, taste, and move SO different.
• I miss my mom deeply.
• I miss Lebanon.
• I feel that I am doing a very bad job with cooking this year and I don’t know why. Even though I have the same preparation and menu items that I used to have in the past such as: soup, fatoosh, appetizer, and main dish. I still feel that there is something missing :(
• People around the office are still torturing me by bringing all types of delicious food :(
• I am back on track in reading y’all blogs. It makes me feel like I am looking at life through a new window.
• Now for the picture of the day :)

Miss happy-all-the-time this morning @ 6:45


in fornt of our house; Zuzu, Kareem, and Baba waiting for Zuzu's bus. 9/1/10


Love...

Monday, August 30, 2010

Good morning and have a nice day :)

Salam
As I mentioned in my last post, kids have started school last Thursday. It was a good start, Al7amdulellah. Farah is going to 11th grade, Nour is 8th grade, Zayna is 3rd, and little prince Kareem is going to Bubbles Day Care :D
Everything is organized now and life is back to the status that I like, routine.
I stopped the cleaning girl that used to come to clean my house. She wasn't doing a good job. So, I will try to add some chores into my schedule and the girls as well, let’s see how that works. Ramadan has been going pretty well around our house. Husam is helping me a lot with preparing the meals and adding some of his own touches around our daily menu :)
This week end was busy but full of fun. Friday night we had a pot-luck Iftar with our friends at our house. It was a very nice evening. Me, H., the kids had good time.
On Sturday, we had one of H. friends and his family for Iftar. It was nice, but they have babies so it wasn’t the best time for them though. When I see mothers and families with small babies I thank Allah that mine are all grown up ;)
I need to start thinking about Eid shopping for me and the kids. Talking about shopping I went to the mall this weekend and got some nice things for my house. The girls got hoodies since the weather is getting chillier in the morning. Here is Nour trying the hoody that she ended up buying.


Last night, we had one of our friends’ daughter’s who is studying Journalism at the university. She is writing an article about Ramadan and wanted to observe a Muslim family during Ramadan, and she picked us :)
It was pretty good and a new experience. She went and interviewed each one of us and then she broke her fast with us and took some pictures. I will post that article as soon as it’s published. We will be famous :D
Off I go….LOVE



Wednesday, August 11, 2010

رمضان كريم


Hope you will be showered with blessings and forgiveness from Allah SWT in this holy month.

تقبل الله طاعاتنا و طاعاتكم

With love,