This article was in the newspaper last November. Much to my surprise, someone emailed me a scanned version of the article yesterday morning.....:)))))
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Jeddah, Red Sea Mall Calligraphy Graffiti Contest
“We had 99 participants and each participant chose one name. We started and planned the competition very early and for the past one month young artists called and registered. We hope our hard efforts will bring excellent results. We chose the 99 names of Allah for the competition because then the artists will learn not only the best Arabic calligraphy and graffiti but also the names as well.”
She added they also wanted to convey the beauty of the Arabic language and graffiti through this competition.
“The Arabic calligraphy starts or came from the Qur’an. It’s our heritage and a way to show our talent. We should spread our talent and beauty of art throughout the world. Al Hosna 99 is another way of reminding young people of the beauty we have in our Islamic culture and how sailing into its beauty makes you appreciate its uniqueness more and more ”
One bystander who claimed to have visited the mall to watch the contestants five days in a row said, “I watched my way into a creative world that was thought to be beyond anyone’s reach, giving me hope that you just have to have an imagination and make it run wild.”
Children were encouraged to join the contest while shopping with parents and were the highlight of the contest. Red Sea Mall’s CEO, Mohammed Al Alawi, said the mall hosts such events out of its social responsibility toward the country’s youth and to help them to discover their hidden talents.
“We also have a social responsibility toward everyone’s taste in art which is why we try to elevate it by presenting different kinds of art all the while creating master pieces of the mall’s grounds”. Workshops on the basics of Arabic calligraphy were conducted by calligrapher Ibrahim Al Arafy who was supervised by Tarik Gazzaz and Nahar Marzoogi.
Source:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120705129050
Friday, July 6, 2012
ANOTHER HOCUS POCUS EMAIL DOING ITS ROUND...
No one in the party knew why he was doing this?
Then he admitted into the Hospital, the doctor said he`ll be blind permanently because of the contact lenses that he had worn.Contact lenses are made by plastics, and the heat from the charcoal melted his contact lenses.
DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES WHERE OVERHEATING AND FLAMES ARE CONCERNED.... OR WHILE COOKING...!
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THE EMAIL ABOVE IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!!
"We were unable to locate any verifiable instance of a single case of this occuring and with millions of contact lens wearers worldwide, if such an injury could occur, it would have happened many times - and presumably not only limited to barbecues but to other heat emitted devices such as stoves and heaters - but alas there are no recorded instances of such injuries happening.Simply put, the amount of heat one would face standing a normal distance away from a barbecue is just not hot enough to cause any damage to a contact lens and if it were, then it would most likely cause damage to the eye itself thus effecting non-lens wearers.In fact, if such a relatively mild heat quantity could cause such serious injury, contact lens simply would not be available for risk of injury."
In fact this story is just a variant of a long running urban legend that according to Snopes dates back to the 80's with welders, not "barbecuists" as the focus of the story.
The message is utter nonsense and should not be circulated.
DON'T FORGET TO SHARE :)
Source:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/cornea.asp
Friday, June 29, 2012
Saudi stunt 'drifter' to be beheaded
A Saudi court has sentenced a stunt “drifter” to death by decapitation for inadvertently killing two people, while performing a car stunt near the capital Riyadh.
"The court of Onaiza (a central region north of Riyadh) handed down a sentence to kill the drifter 'Mutannish' by beheading as punishment for his heinous deed and to deter others who tamper with the nation's security," Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting Saudi newspaper Al Watan.
Identified as "Mutannish" or "he who ignores" in Arabic, the middle-aged joyrider fled the scene after reportedly killing the two men while performing the stunt. He, however, was later arrested by the police.
Faced with limited options for entertainment, Saudi men have turned to "drifting," a pastime, in which drivers make their cars spin and skid at high speed.
The kingdom’s unwritten penal code defines drifting-related deaths as criminally-negligent homicides.
In 2005, a Saudi naval officer, convicted of killing three minors in a stunt-driving accident, was handed down death sentence, which was later commuted to 3,000 lashes and 20 years in prison.
Last year, Saudi Arabia executed 82 people, most of them by beheading, according to Amnesty International.
"The court of Onaiza (a central region north of Riyadh) handed down a sentence to kill the drifter 'Mutannish' by beheading as punishment for his heinous deed and to deter others who tamper with the nation's security," Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting Saudi newspaper Al Watan.
Identified as "Mutannish" or "he who ignores" in Arabic, the middle-aged joyrider fled the scene after reportedly killing the two men while performing the stunt. He, however, was later arrested by the police.
Faced with limited options for entertainment, Saudi men have turned to "drifting," a pastime, in which drivers make their cars spin and skid at high speed.
The kingdom’s unwritten penal code defines drifting-related deaths as criminally-negligent homicides.
In 2005, a Saudi naval officer, convicted of killing three minors in a stunt-driving accident, was handed down death sentence, which was later commuted to 3,000 lashes and 20 years in prison.
Last year, Saudi Arabia executed 82 people, most of them by beheading, according to Amnesty International.
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