| أجمل تجربة عشتها في استراليا كانت زيارتي لالبرلمان .حضوري في جلسة مجلس النواب و زيارة مجلس الشيوخ حقاً تجربة مذهلة شفت فيها عن قريب أحد التجارب البرلمانية المتقدمة حسيت فيها بنكهة الديمقراطية وحلاوة الوطنية خاصةً ،في خذم هاك النقاشات الحادة بين النواب إلي كلها تصب في مكان واحد : مصلحة استراليا والاستراليين... نشاطهم وحماسهم فكرني في نوابنا الراقدين الناعسين، اناقتهم ونظافتهم فكرتني في بعض الساقين الممدودة بلاش صبابت، الجدية فكرتني فاللوبان والتليفونات والchat إلخ.إلخ.إلخ... أكثر كلمات تكرروا على مسمعي : "المستقبل" ،"غداً"،" ابناؤنا"،" الجيل القادم" .. و جلب انتباهي كثرة التلاميذ والرحالات المنظمة للمدارس الإبتدائية والثانوية إلى البرلمان إلي يستقبل أكثر من 100،000 تلميذ سنويا...يا سيدك بن سيدك البرلمان فيه مكتبة و مركز تعليم خاص بالتلاميذ والطلبة "The Parliamentary Education Office ". الهدف من إنشاءهم هو حرصهم على تزويد صغارهم بالثقافة البرلمانية و تعريفهم بالعملية التشريعية لتنمية مهاراتهم الدستورية من خلال طرق تدريس ممتعة تقوم على اللعب والتمثيل وتهدف إلى فهم وترسيخ المفاهيم ولا فقط على حفظها عن ظهر قلب كالببغاء.هذا يدل على تفكيرهم في الغد و إمانهم إنو تلامذتهم هما المستقبل. وزيد كيف تحب ترتاح وتتفرهد، تلقى مقهى وحديقة واسعة وعريضه ومحل بيع الهدايا التذكارية وكذلك مجموعة فنية كبيرة مزينة المجلس وتمثل قيمة تراثية تاريخية ثقافية كبيرة. حتى الصحافة عندها قدرها وأخذت نصيبها، فما مكان مخصص للصحافيين و لخدمات البث الإذاعي والتلفزيوني المباشر من غير ليطردهم أحد ولايهاجمهم ... المبنى فحد ذاته تحفة سياحية بموقعه و هندسته المعمارية الرائعة والمناظر الطبيعية الخلابة من الجهات الكل ، الحاصل، البرلمان أبوابه مفتوحة لكل الاستراليين مالكبيرللي يدبي على الحصير لسبب واحد إنو "ملتقى الامة: The home of Australia's Parliament and the meeting place of a nation "... |
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Countdown to Hijri New Year... What is it? QuickFacts 1. The islamic calendar is called Al-Hijri calendar 2. Each numbered year is designated either "H" for Hijra or "AH" for the Latin anno Hegirae ("in the year of the Hijra") 3. It is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 days. 4. The Islamic New Year begins on the first day of the first month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram, the month in which Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE (the Hijra). 5. The Hijri months are as follows: 1- Muharram 2- Safar 3- Rabee’ Al-Awwal 4- Rabe'i al-Aakhir 5- Jumaadaa al-Oulaa 6- Jumaadaa al-Aakhirah 7- Rajab 8- Sha’baan 9- Ramadan 10- Shawwaal 11- Thul-Qi’dah 12- Thul-Hijjah Happy New Hijri Year 1436 AH. ! Today Hindus celebrate Diwali. Diwali, also known as Deepavali or the Festival of Lights, is an important festival for Hindus. It is celebrated on the 15th day of Kartika, according to the Hindu calendar, to honor Lord Rama's* return from 14 years of exile to his kingdom Ayodhya after his defeat of the demon king Ravana. During the festival, families gather together, share sweets, wear new clothes, and illuminate their homes, streets and skies with diyas (clay lamps), candles, fireworks, electric lights and bonfires. This is what makes Diwali the brightest, most colorful and most exciting festival in Hinduism. The illumination of homes signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and hope over dispair. Moreover, it is believed that the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, roams the earth on this day and enters the house that is pure, clean, and bright and that she cannot enter a house which is not lit up. Regardless of faith, Diwali has become an official holiday celebrated by Hindus as well as Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains in many countries including India, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Singapore, Fiji, and Bangladesh. *Rama (राम Rāma) is the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu and the king of Ayodhya in Hindu scriptures. Happy Diwali to all those who celebrate it! من أتفه الاساتذة والمعلمين عندي إلي نهار كامل إبستيو في أوراق تلامذتهم واخطأهم بش إفرهدوا الناس ويضحكوهم!! دوركم يا سيدي مش هذا، أعطي درس ، أعطي إمتحان ، إصلاح وتصبح على خير! من مستوى بعض الأستاذ تفهم مستوى تلامذة الله اعينهم. القسم لازمو اكون بيئة آمنة بش يتبادلوا الأفكاربكل ثقة بالنفس وراحة مش اولي خايف كان يغلط يتضيحكوا عليه!!!
Many people know very little about the Arab and the Muslim Worlds. This lack of knowledge can be a barrier to effective interaction and communication with people from the region. It is a bit disturbing, for instance, how many people think that the words “Arabs”, “Muslims” and “Middle Easterns” are pretty much interchangeable. This is not true. In fact, the intertwined history of the Arab and Muslim worlds has made them two inseparable concepts like two sides of the same coin. This confusion might hinder the ability to develop relationships with these communities and to engage in discussions about current affairs. The Arab world The Arab world, also known as the Arab nation, consists of the 22 Arabic-speaking countries of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the West to the Arabic Sea in the East, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the North to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the Southeast. These countries include: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Comoros, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and the State of Palestine. It is worth mentioning that not all inhabitants of the so-called Arab world are of Arab origin. This vast area encompasses many diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic groups. These include Berbers, Kurds, Persians, Turkmens, Tuareg, Turks, Circassians, and others. In Morocco, for instance, The Amazigh, also known as Berbers, constitute as much as 40% of Morocco’s population. Sudan, one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, is believed to be home to 600 ethnic groups and Arabs estimates around 39% of the population (source:http://nationencyclopedia.com ) The Arab world should not be confused with the “Middle East”, a geopolitical term first used by The United States Naval officer Alfred Thayer Mahan in 1902 to designate the region between Arabia and India. Geographically, the term denotes the crossroads of three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia) and used to mean Southwestern Asia and sometimes Northeastern Africa. Yet, this geographical area has no precise borders that defines its boundaries, hence it remains a matter of disagreement mainly for Sudan, Egypt and Turkey. It should be remembered that the Middle East region encompasses non-Arab countries as well such as Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Muslim World The Muslim world consists of the 49 Muslim-majority countries. The map below shows the countries in which Islam is the majority religion of the people. The two terms “Arab” and “Muslim” are usually intertwined or even used interchangeably as if all Arabs were Muslims and all Muslims were Arabs. According to Pew Research Center, Arabs accounts for only 20% of the world Muslim population. The country with the world’s largest Muslim population is Indonesia followed by Pakistan with approximately 204.8 million and 178 million, respectively. There exists no majority Muslim country in Europe or the Americas. According to the same source, about 23.4% of the world population is Muslims. Of these, around 62% live in Asia-Oceania. 20% in the Middle East & North Africa, 15% in Sab-Saharan Africa, around 3% in Europe and 0.3% in the Americas (2010) On the other hand, it is wrong to believe that all Arabs are Muslims. Christianity constitutes the second largest religion in the Arab League with over 20 million adherents mostly living in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. The Jewish community, however, remains small compared to other religions, mainly because many Arab Jews moved to Israel after its founding in 1948. Other minor religious groups include: Baha’I, Coptic, Durze, Yazidi,etc. To conclude, the Arab world is not necessarily equated to the Muslim world. To be an Arab refers to the ethnic identity, whereas to be a Muslim refers to religious belief/affiliation of someone who adheres to the teachings of Islam. Cliquez pour établir le HTML personnalisé Tomorrow Muslims celebrate the holiday of Eid Al-Adha, The feast of The sacrifice!
Eid Al-Adha is a the biggest religious holiday celebrated by Muslims each year to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismaël as an act of submission to God's command. God then intervened as Abraham was about to kill his son and placed a lamb under his hand to sacrifice instead. Happy and blessed Eid to all Muslims all around the world! Platzspitz, where Sihl and Limmat merge, was a favorite location of the Irish Author James Joyce during his Zürich time (1915-1919). The names were also integrated in his oeuvre Finnegans Wake: "Yssel that the limmat?" and "legging a jig or so on the sihl"
Der Platzspitz, wo sich Sihl und Limmat vereinen, war ein Lieblingsort des irischen Autors James Joyce in seiner Zürcher Zeit (1915-1919). Die Namen flossen auch in sein Werk Finnegans Wake ein: "Yssel that the limmat?" und "legging a jig or so on the sihl" |
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