<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048</id><updated>2009-07-09T22:21:01.931+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Family in Baghdad</title><subtitle type='html'>mother: Faiza, sons: &lt;a href="http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com"&gt;Raed&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com"&gt;Khalid&lt;/a&gt;
, and &lt;a href="http://me-vs-myself.blogspot.com"&gt;Majid&lt;/a&gt;
writing down their diaries. Father: Azzam is not interested. </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Raed Jarrar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12157031557369876729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>672</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6753409470153669011</id><published>2009-07-09T21:24:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T22:21:01.944+03:00</updated><title type='text'>الفيل الكبير في الغرفه .....</title><summary type='text'>الخميس  9 تموز 2009السلام عليكم....كنت في زيارة لاميركا  استمرت حوالي شهر, ذهبت مرة اخرى لحضور دورة عن صناعة السلام وحل النزاعات في معهد بولاية فيرمونت , SIT.eduوهو معهد خاص غير حكومي , عنده برامج كثيرة  للدراسه ومنها برنامج حل النزاعاتومرة اخرى تعرفت على ناس جدد وتعلمت اشياء كثيرة , يبدو ان الانسان مخلوق حتى يتعلم  ويبقى هكذا حتى آخر لحظه في حياتهوهذا شيء جميل يجعل الحياة قابله للتجدد***</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6753409470153669011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6753409470153669011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html' title='الفيل الكبير في الغرفه .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2926442313918551921</id><published>2009-07-01T03:42:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T04:18:06.408+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sovereignty Day in Iraq ....</title><summary type='text'>Today all the occupation troops pulled out from Iraqi cities , to stay in military bases only.Hope it will be the beginning of a real Iraqi sovereignty ,and the right way towards national reconciliation , then the country can have peace and start the reconstruction process soon.Our political Iraqi leaders should act as national leaders , no sectarian no ethnic discourse we want to hear any </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2926442313918551921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2926442313918551921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/sovereignty-day-in-iraq.html' title='The Sovereignty Day in Iraq ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Skq5LCH7FAI/AAAAAAAAATI/y_SArYMfhOs/s72-c/map+of+iraq.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2776633205274615988</id><published>2009-06-24T04:08:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T04:23:36.199+03:00</updated><title type='text'>in SIT school , Vermont</title><summary type='text'> </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2776633205274615988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2776633205274615988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-sit-school-vermont.html' title='in SIT school , Vermont'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Skq6il0kI2I/AAAAAAAAATQ/VeCgBb1-_Jc/s72-c/101_1659.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6454419605632551727</id><published>2009-06-17T05:13:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T05:32:25.582+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace building....</title><summary type='text'>Good Evening..sorry for being away since long time,I am in the State these days to visit my son Raed, and to attend summer course about peacebuilding, in SIT school, in Vermont.planning to start my ceritificate study for one year about conflict transformation,then the second stage is studying for another year ,to gain Master degree about sustainable development.I guess ,Iraq needs professional </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6454419605632551727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6454419605632551727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/06/good-evening.html' title='Peace building....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6224128955679219770</id><published>2009-04-01T20:56:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T04:34:20.647+03:00</updated><title type='text'>An issue that kept me awake....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 30, 2009Good morning…I work as a volunteer with an organization to send water-purifying systems to Iraq, for two or three years now, (http://www.iraqwaterproject.org/), the work is excellent; we sent many systems to hospitals, clinics and schools, in many known and unknown Iraqi towns and villages. Now I started working on another project; supplying sewing machines to groups of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6224128955679219770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6224128955679219770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/04/issue-that-kept-me-awake.html' title='An issue that kept me awake....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Skq8_o7SvxI/AAAAAAAAATY/4vfkswXDI3Y/s72-c/9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-335583158951488734</id><published>2009-03-30T08:24:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T08:54:43.882+03:00</updated><title type='text'>موضوع يؤرقني</title><summary type='text'>صباح الخير...اعمل متطوعه  مع منظمة لارسال منظومات تعقيم مياه للعراق منذ سنتين او ثلاثه ,www.iraqwaterproject.orgالعمل ممتاز, ارسلنا منظومات لمستشفيات ومستوصفات ومدارس , في قرى ومدن عراقيه معروفه وغير معروفه,والان بدأت العمل على مشروع ثاني , تجهيز مكنات خياطه لمجموعات من نساء مهجرات , في الاماكن التي تم  ارسال منظومات تعقيم مياه لهم ,الان ارسلت مكنات خياطه لمجموعتين او ثلاثة , وقد ارسلت ايميلات </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/335583158951488734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/335583158951488734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_30.html' title='موضوع يؤرقني'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7248676424708243824</id><published>2009-03-21T23:12:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T23:14:46.077+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq; Six Years of Occupation</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 16, 2009Peace be upon you…I cannot believe it has been only six years that passed upon us since the 2003 war. Why does it seem like it happened twenty years before? Why did sorrow accumulate upon our hearts as if we have never lived in comfort and happiness before, as if the beautiful events of our lives were just dreams gone by, leaving nothing but memories…We got used to comparing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7248676424708243824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7248676424708243824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/iraq-six-years-of-occupation.html' title='Iraq; Six Years of Occupation'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7679051111252107143</id><published>2009-03-17T00:59:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T01:09:16.513+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vacation in Cairo...</title><summary type='text'>Sunday, March 08, 2009Peace be upon you…I am now in Egypt, on vacation with my son, who is studying here. I do not know how long I will stay; perhaps a month, perhaps less, but I need a rest after I have finished my work in the project where I used to work as a general coordinator between a Jordanian women’s organization and the High Commissary of Refugees in Jordan, (UNHCR).I worked at the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7679051111252107143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7679051111252107143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/vacation-in-cairo.html' title='Vacation in Cairo...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4876731036250325867</id><published>2009-03-16T15:38:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T17:08:55.735+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق بعد ست سنوات من الاحتلال ...</title><summary type='text'>الأثنين 16 آذار 2009السلام عليكم ...لا اصدق انها ست سنوات فقط مرت علينا منذ حرب 2003لماذا تبدو وكأنها حدثت منذ عشرين سنه ؟ولماذا تراكمت الاحزان على قلوبنا كأننا ما عشنا في سعادة وراحة وكأن الاحداث الجميله في حياتنا كانت مجرد حلم انقضى ولم يتبق منه سوى الذكريات ...صارت كل الاحداث تتم مقارنتها بما حصل بعد الحرب,يعني حين اتذكر أمي وأبي رحمهما الله , حين اتذكر طفولتي و حياتي في المدرسه والجامعه , حين</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4876731036250325867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4876731036250325867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html' title='العراق بعد ست سنوات من الاحتلال ...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-9155293181846101585</id><published>2009-03-08T21:12:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T23:17:59.862+03:00</updated><title type='text'>إجازة في القاهرة</title><summary type='text'>الاحد 8 آذار 2009السلام عليكم ...انا الان في مصر , في اجازة عند ابني الذي يدرس هنا ,لا ادري كم سأبقى ربما شهر ربما أقل, لكنني بحاجة للراحه بعد نهاية عملي في المشروع الذي كنت اعمل فيه كمنسقة عامه, بين منظمه نسائيه اردنيه وبين المفوضيه العليا للاجئين في الاردن UNHCRعملت في المشروع لمدة سنه , وقد ارهقني واستنزفني كثيرا , لكني اكتسبت خبرة كبيرة بالعمل مع المنظمات غير الحكوميه , وتنفيذ البرامج , </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9155293181846101585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9155293181846101585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/8-9002.html' title='إجازة في القاهرة'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5011435203488850038</id><published>2009-01-10T10:20:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T10:22:00.877+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The ordeal of Gaza......</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, January 8th., 2009Peace be upon you...My heart is sad about what is happening in Gaza and its people for two weeks now, and wondering about the lowliness of this world we are living in? There are cruel people, and there are cowards; cruel people who bomb by warplanes and kill the unarmed civilians with all malice and a dead conscience… and cowards- the neighbors who watch, condemn, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5011435203488850038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5011435203488850038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/ordeal-of-gaza.html' title='The ordeal of Gaza......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6567151917639776265</id><published>2009-01-08T23:09:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:55:39.254+03:00</updated><title type='text'>محنة  غزة ....</title><summary type='text'>2009 الخميس 8 كانون الثاني ....السلام عليكم ...قلبي حزين على غزة وأهلها وما يحدث لهم منذ حوالي اسبوعين ,ومتعجبه من انحطاط هذا العالم الذي نعيش فيه ؟هنالك قساة وهنالك جبناء ,قساة يقصفون بالطائرات ويقتلون المدنيين العزل بكل حقد وضمير ميت ...وجبناء من الجيران الذين يتفرجون وينددون ويستنكرون بكلام فارغ لا معنى له ...وملايين من المدنيين حول العالم يقومون بالمظاهرات والاعتصامات وحرق الاعلام ورفع </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6567151917639776265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6567151917639776265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html' title='محنة  غزة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5646969554511298597</id><published>2009-01-04T18:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T18:08:19.410+03:00</updated><title type='text'>End of the year, End of the project.....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, December 19, 2008   Peace be upon you….The year is moving towards its end, and so is the project I am working on; this period is the most tiring, as the instructions to finish all the required activities accurately and efficiently increase, there is also the budget to follow up and watch, so that we do not cross the line in any item there… the supervision increases from every side… work </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5646969554511298597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5646969554511298597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-year-end-of-project.html' title='End of the year, End of the project.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3472115642204321638</id><published>2008-12-19T18:14:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:57:03.913+03:00</updated><title type='text'>نهاية العام , نهاية المشروع ....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 19 كانون الاول 2008السلام عليكم ....السنة تقترب من نهايتها والمشروع الذي اعمل عليه يقترب من نهايته,وهذه الفترة هي أكثر فترة مرهقة ,حيث تتكثف التعليمات من أجل انجاز كافة النشاطات المطلوبه بدقة وكفاءه,ايضا ملاحقة ومراقبة الميزانيه وأن لا احد يتجاوز خطوط اي بند فيها,وتتكثف عملية الرقابه من كل الجهات ...العمل يبدو مثل المشي في حقل الغام , الحذر واجب في كل خطوه....لا أقدر ان أصف كم ارهقني هذا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3472115642204321638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3472115642204321638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post_19.html' title='نهاية العام , نهاية المشروع ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2891286050278094084</id><published>2008-12-15T21:22:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T21:32:25.861+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The feast and other matters.....</title><summary type='text'>Wednesday, December 10th., 2008Peace be upon you…Today is the third day of Al-Adhaa Feast, which is the big feast for Muslims; the Feast of Hij and Sacrifice; and these are rituals mentioned in the Holy Quran, in connection with "Ibraheem"; the Father of Phrophets, may he be blessed; when he saw in his dream that he was sacrificing his son. He believed in that vision, and moved on to sacrifice </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2891286050278094084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2891286050278094084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/feast-and-other-matters.html' title='The feast and other matters.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1490748363950177020</id><published>2008-12-10T19:03:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T19:25:24.645+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العيد  ومواضيع  اخرى .....</title><summary type='text'>الاربعاء 10 كانون الاول 2008السلام عليكم ..اليوم هو ثالت ايام عيد الاضحى , وهو العيد الكبير للمسلمين , عيد الحج وذبح الاضحيه , وهي طقوس مذكورة في القران الكريم ولها علاقة بسيدنا ابراهيم ابو الانبياء عليه السلامحين رأى النبي ابراهيم عليه الصلاة والسلام مناما انه يذبح ابنه فصدق الرؤيا وتوجه ليذبح ابنه اسماعيل لكن الله شكر لهما الطاعه وفدى اسماعيل بذبح عظيمهذه فكرة الاضحيه في عيدنا هذا ...وكل طقوس </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1490748363950177020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1490748363950177020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html' title='العيد  ومواضيع  اخرى .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4750440270887879301</id><published>2008-11-12T07:18:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T07:19:26.174+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama and many hopes....</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, November 06, 2008Peace be upon youI know that people's heads are aching from the many reports and political analysis about Obama's victory to be the new president elect for America, but I would like to talk about this issue as an Iraqi, and what is my viewpoint about the subject?Of course, at the beginning we used to say they were all the same; Bush or Macain or Obama, but after the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4750440270887879301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4750440270887879301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-and-many-hopes.html' title='Obama and many hopes....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1432994711739364701</id><published>2008-11-06T21:25:00.014+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T22:20:24.275+03:00</updated><title type='text'>اوباما وآمال كثيرة ....</title><summary type='text'>الخميس 6 تشرين الثاني 2008السلام عليكم ,اعرف ان رؤوس الناس قد تصدعت من كثرة التقارير والتحليلات السياسيه عن فوز اوباما ليكون الرئيس المنتخب الجديد لأميركالكنني أحب ان أتكلم عن هذا الموضوع بصفتي عراقيه , وما هي وجهة نظري في الموضوع ؟طبعا في البدايه كنا نقول انهم جميعا نفس الشيء , بوش او ماكين او اوباما ,ولكن بعد ظهور نتائج الانتخابات ووقوف اوباما على المنصه بعد فوزه , والكلمة المختصرة التي القاها </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1432994711739364701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1432994711739364701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html' title='اوباما وآمال كثيرة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5184766868564558798</id><published>2008-09-06T11:48:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T12:24:13.235+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraqis are  tossing over burning ember....</title><summary type='text'>Saturday, August 30, 2008Peace be upon you…I know my writings are becoming less frequent and at wider intervals; perhaps because the pressures of the daily work are tiring me, all revolving around the Iraqi refugees here,their problems and limitless suffering; going from the worries of illegal residency, looking for a job and an income for the head of the family, the fear of being pursued by the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5184766868564558798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5184766868564558798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/09/iraqis-are-tossing-over-burning-ember.html' title='Iraqis are  tossing over burning ember....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6262156482681212460</id><published>2008-08-30T18:29:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T14:17:35.975+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراقيون يتقلبون على الجمر .....</title><summary type='text'>السبت 30 آب 2008السلام عليكم...أعرف أن كتابتي صارت قليلة وبفترات متباعدة,ربما لأن ضغوطات العمل اليومي تتعبني ,وكلها تدور حول العراقيين اللاجئين هنا ومشاكلهم ومعاناتهم التي لا حدود لها , بين هموم الاقامه غير الشرعيه, وهموم البحث عن عمل وايجاد دخل للعائله, والخوف من ملاحقة الشرطه لانه لا يحق لهم ان يعملوا ان لم تكن اقامتهم شرعيه,وبين التفكير بالعودة للعراق والتردد والخوف, وبين طلب اعادة التوطين </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6262156482681212460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6262156482681212460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/30-2008.html' title='العراقيون يتقلبون على الجمر .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2817080795433030650</id><published>2008-07-03T09:11:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:45:20.176+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good morning,those words below, are from an American reader, not from me.sad America, where are you going , in what direction?Faiza************************************I just finished reading your last blog. Your words penetrate my heart. You are very well spoken. My heart cries out when i read your words.Here in America, things are getting worse by the day. Each day we read about how yet another </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2817080795433030650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2817080795433030650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/07/good-morning-those-words-below-are-from.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5449234206942828640</id><published>2008-06-24T20:32:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T20:34:47.610+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraqis, still in the darkness, looking around, confused...</title><summary type='text'>Friday, June 20, 2008Peace be upon you…I don't know why sometimes the disturbing news pile upon me, unsettling my mood. I long very much for Baghdad; I wish I can book a one-way ticket to her, tear up my passport, and remain to live and work there, till death comes to claim me….By God I am tired of being away, from the hard daily work, from seeing the anguish of the Iraqis here everyday, and I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5449234206942828640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5449234206942828640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/iraqis-still-in-darkness-looking-around.html' title='Iraqis, still in the darkness, looking around, confused...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2846691623060417851</id><published>2008-06-20T23:52:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:59:41.841+03:00</updated><title type='text'>مازلنا وسط الظلام نتلفت حائرين....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 20 حزيران 2008السلام عليكم...لا أدري لماذا تتراكم علي احيانا الاخبار المزعجة ويتعكر مزاجي , وينتابني شوق شديد الى بغداد , اتمنى ان أحجز تذكرة بإتجاه واحد الى هناك, وأمزق جواز سفري, وأبقى أعيش وأعمل هناك حتى يأتيني ملك الموت....والله تعبت من الغربه , والعمل اليومي الشاق, ورؤية عذابات العراقيين هنا كل يوم , ولا أقدر أن أساعد الجميع..يعني لو مسألة 50 دينار او 100 دينار ممكن أساعد , لكن الاف </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2846691623060417851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2846691623060417851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html' title='مازلنا وسط الظلام نتلفت حائرين....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4111374211831714221</id><published>2008-05-21T08:18:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-22T07:28:59.846+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Time  for Writing ....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, May 16, 2008Peace be upon you…By God I miss writing, I haven't written since a long time; I've been busy, busy, busy…My new job is exhausting, and interesting, at the same time; with long hours of work, and many tasks, so I seldom sit down and find myself without something to do for a day…Days and weeks pass by quickly, and I await a suitable day off to sort my thoughts and start writing…</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4111374211831714221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4111374211831714221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/05/time-to-write.html' title='A Time  for Writing ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-543457869187403204</id><published>2008-05-16T19:16:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T19:32:29.889+03:00</updated><title type='text'>وقت للكتابة ....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 16 أيار 2008السلام عليكم...والله مشتاقة للكتابة ,لم أكتب منذ زمن بعيد , مشغوله مشغوله مشغوله...عملي الجديد مرهق وممتع في نفس الوقت , ساعات عمل طويله , ومهمات كثيرة نادرا ما اجلس وأرى نفسي بلا مهمات ليوم واحد ..الأيام والاسابيع تمر بسرعه وأنتظر يوم استراحه مناسب حتى أرتب افكاري وأبدأ الكتابه ....الحمد لله , اليوم قررت البقاء في البيت خلال نهاية الاسبوع لكتابة شيء عن اخر اخباري ولماذا أنا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/543457869187403204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/543457869187403204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/05/16-2008.html' title='وقت للكتابة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Arji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04048360901624916207'/></author></entry></feed>