Tag Archives: Because I Believed in Me (My Egyptian Fantasy Came True)
We all strive for success in our lives. It can come in many forms from our biggest lifetime dreams to the small daily achievements that make us feel fulfilled and happy. According to freedictionary.com, success is defined as the following:
suc·cess (sk-ss)
n.
1. The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted: attributed their success in business to hard work.
2.
a. The gaining of fame or prosperity: an artist spoiled by success.
b. The extent of such gain.
3. One that is successful: The plan…..
How other people perceive us is important to most of us. As children, we seek the approval of our parents and our childhood friends and try so hard to be the best we can and not disappoint them. When we become adults and marry, this desire to please is transferred to our spouses and our children. We want to be the best wife or husband and mother or father, and in this process we often lose the vision of who…..
The majority of Islamic ladies proudly wear hijabs. What is a hijab? A hijab is a scarf or head covering that covers a female’s hair and often is wrapped around her neck below her chin. The wearing of a hijab as traditional clothing has its roots from the religious text of Islam called the Koran (Quran) which instructed that both Muslim men and women dress in modest ways. However, the hijab is worn for other purposes…..
One of the messages of my book revolves around that all important word LOVE. Every day on television and radio and in newspapers and magazines, we are exposed to so many examples of HATRED and crimes committed against innocent people. It has gotten to the point that I try to avoid this exposure to the news whenever I can. It always saddens me because I try to remain as positive as I can each and every day…..
As I grow older, more and more I realize the importance of keeping my mind as active as possible and my body as fit as I can. Without both of these, it would be difficult and maybe even impossible to achieve all of the things that I am doing now and plan to do in the future. Thus, like everything in my life, I schedule time each day to maintain both my mental and physical health.
My body is definitely…..
I do not really believe in the idea of reincarnation, but many times in my life I have felt as if I could have been part of another life or another time period. I say this because of my overwhelming attraction to Egypt most of my life. Even as a child, I dreamed of visiting Egypt as I have stated in previous blogs. I have always felt the need to be a part of this culture and…..
As a new author who has published her first book, I have learned so much. Often, the process was stressful, perplexing, and even painful at times. Being a novice in the publishing world, I decided to self-publish which is the trend for most new writers. Waiting for a traditional publisher could take many years due to the thousands of books sent to these companies each year, and then the publisher could request rewrites which also slows down the process…..
Having many Egyptian friends, I have begun to understand some of their dreams and hopes for their future in their new democratic Egypt. However, I continued to be interested in their thoughts so I literally posted a Facebook Questionnaire to obtain their specific dreams and goals. These were the questions and the assignment I gave to them:
I want to do a blog about your future dreams and plans since Egypt has become a democracy. Please answer…..
I knew when I composed the last word of my book that it needed something more—some special touch–to tell my story. Happily the answer to this quandary was instantaneous. I had literally taken thousands of photos during my three visits to Egypt, and some of them were quite picturesque and noteworthy—even unique. Thus, I immediately started scrutinizing the many albums I had created for Facebook from 2011 thru 2012 and rummaged through my old photo album from 1996. I…..
All of us have favorite authors, favorite genres, and favorite subjects we enjoy reading. One thing that determines or influences our tastes is the writer’s style of writing. This includes his choice of words, his sentence structures, his type of organization, his motivation or purpose, and of course, his personality which plays an important role, too.
During my many years of teaching, I taught many kinds of writing—creative writing, such as poetry and short stories; letter writing;…..