Knowledge.

What about your knowledge?? This question is moving around in my head since days.

The main reason for me thinking about this was seing how my classmates have a basic idea about almost each topic that comes up in class. I do not mean the knowledge from out course books. I mean the knowledge that we gain from reading newspapers, different books, listening to documentations and other types of programs.

To be honest, i feel embarassed of my general knowledge. Although i am reading a lot and i am trying to know more but it seems not to work out with me.

I am willing to read and to know more but nothing wants to stay inside my mind, all the information that i am reading seem to vanish after some days.

What execuses do i have? Let's see:

Not enough time to read.

Not really concetrated.

Not interested.

Busy with house, family and studying.

Are these really sufficient reasons? No, they are not.

Mainly in Libya you see people forcing their kids to study their school books and learn them by heart, but do they encourage them to understand what is written in those books? Or do they encourage them to ask questions and try to find the answers else where? No, not everyone is doing that. I am looking here at the different kids and i am trying to follow how they are teaching them. They are actually teaching them to think on their own, and not to follow the adults. They don't keep them silent because it might seem (3eib) in front of the others. They do not teach them to be rude, instead they are well behaved but at the same time questioning everything. i want my kids to grow up with this attitude. And i want to teach it to my self too.

Be Carefull !!!!!

Working on this project about security you can say that i am shocked. I knew that we have to be carefull while surfing in the internet but i never thought that we have to be sooooo carefull. One can not imagine what threats there are in the internet world and how costy this can be. Computer viruses, worms, trojans, hackers, internet thieves, it is amazing and scaring at the same time.

I wanted to remind you of these basic things that you should take care of as an internet user.

• Never leave your PC connected to the internet when you are not using it to minimize the time that your computer is connected.


• You have to install a Firewall, there are some free softwares available online such as zone alarm and make sure that it is always up to date.


• You have to install an Anti virus and also be sure that it is up to date.


• If it is possible install an anti spyware so that no one can take information from your PC.


• Never leave one of the messengers always connected, when you are not using it sign off and close it, it is a big hole where intruders can come into your pc with.


• Never open any ads on websites, you never know if there is a wrong software installing itself on your pc while klicking on it.


• Only brouse websites that you trust and always be carefull of how much information you want to make available.


• Never leave your webcam connected to the PC when you don't want to use it.


• Change your e mail password every once in a while.


• Be carefull when you use downloading programs such as napstar, e mule or limewire.


• Run your scanning programs from to time to make sure that your computer is free from intruders.

Update:

I forgot to mention

• Be carefull in opening any attachement you get, mainly if it is from poeple you don't know but also sometimes from people that you know, sometimes hackers can spoof e mail addresses.
• I would suggest that you download and install firefox internet browser instead of Internet Explorer due to some vulnarabilites from the IE.

Also A.Adam has added some notes in the comments area.

Sad but True.

Sad but True, I don't have a lot of trust to Libyan doctors any more. I don't want to sound unfair, I know that there are hardworking, their job loving, honest and kind doctors out there. But what I have seen and heard has shown me that there are no more a lot of them in the Libyan hospitals.
Let's speak openly, there are thousands of students in the medical faculty alone in Tripoli, and there are ten thousands of already graduated doctors working in the hospitals and in clinics in Tripoli. Out of this statistics, there should be some of them more than excellent, some of them very good, some good, some normal and only a few that are not good enough, but the actual case is that the majority is normal and not good enough. I am here not speaking only about the medical knowledge, in a doctor this is not enough, important is the fear of God in their work, and their behavior.
What is happening there? Why aren't there perfect clean hospitals, with kind and good nurses, and very good doctors? Every one there is complaining about the conditions there, but almost everyone has a doctor in his family, but no one is thinking of making a change, they follow the wave, why is it possible for the same doctors to work perfectly, following the rules, coming on time and without being rude in foreign countries?
We are Muslims, we have to fear God in everything we do, mainly in dealing with people and working for people, isn't it a shame that you hear a Libyan doctor saying about another doctor that he is " 7mar " because he had another opinion? Isn't it a shame when you see how many Libyans are going abroad to see other doctors starting with Tunis?

Back to blogging.

After having a long break, visiting Libya, seing the changes, seing what happend to Jaraba street, and to some other places, i am back home, full of plans and hopes.
What will happen after this so called Izala? how will tripoli look like after let's say 2 years? how will tripoli look at my next visit?
What changed to my last visit was the croud in the streets, it was not so full last time i was there, you have to take into account the time you take to reach a place when you give an appointment. One friend told me masafat el sekka, normally ment with it is 10 min. but there it can be even one houre.

Eric Lafforgue

Yesterday i was playing again with my PC, in other words, searching around in the internet, when i decided to take a look at flickr, i have never heard of it before i saw a presentation about the new internet web2. Where it was shown how easy it is to share pictures of places and things all over the world, and then i started to look for pictures from Tripoli and Libya, and i found this beautifull album, i was so surprised and amazed about these pictures.

This is the link to the slideshow.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157602957244129/

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While looking around in the news, i found this article, the first part is speaking about minorities living outside and how to deal with it, the second part is actually the one that i found very alarming. I mean whenever you enter you tube or google video in arabic, you will find more disgusting videos than looking up the same sites in english or in another foreign language. I think that this is really alarming and very sad.

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=ArticleA_C&cid=1199279437165&pagename=Zone-Arabic-News/NWALayout

If tomorrow never comes

Some of you might have heard this song by Ronan Keating. A wonderfull song, very nice melody and very nice lyrics, i just remembered when i was thinking of how should i start my post. A very nice love song, but this is not the reason why i like it. It is because of the question:
If Tomorrow never comes. If i would die tonight, what will happen?
This question is making some rounds in my mind. I was wondering about it.
If this is my last day, and if i would know it what would i feel? What would i do?
I think i would go crazy, thinking of all the things that i want to do in this last houres. But really, ask yourself are you prepared to die tonight?

Did i thanked Allah today for what i have?
Did i pray so that i can meet Allah without fear?
Have i read Qoran everyday, understood it and followed what it says?
Have i done what was asked from me, so that i can close my eyes and say the Shahada?
Do i feel satisfied with my life so that i can meet Allah sub7anah and be among the ones who He will look at them with (3ein El ra7ma)?
Did i return everything i took from others so that i don't carry any Amana with me?
Does my family know how much they mean to me?
Will they know that i love them, my husbend, my wife, my kids, my parents, brothers and sisters?
Will my friends miss me because i was a good friend for them?
Will my children know that i would have given my life to see them happy?
Will my wife/husbend know that she/he are the best thing that happened in my life?
If you will be able to say yes to all of this question you will be able to die now, if not!!!!!!

Imagine this....

You were sitting at home this morning, you were angry because your partner forgot to do something for you that you asked him to. You started to fight with him, you said bad words and left him hurt. You left the house, you didn't pray nor have you thought about Allah this morning. You started your car and then....... you died in a car accident. And then what?

Will you be able to meet Allah like this?
How will your partner feel when he thinks about the last moments with you?
What will the people say? will your close ones feel sad and miss you? or will you just be another one who just died?
Did you leave a hole in the life of those you know or not?

Forgiveness.

First i want to wish everyone of you a happy 3eid, thank your for your wishes, i was trying some houres ago to post about the 3eid, i had some troubels but now it is working.

Today was 3arafa, i wished to be standing there with the Hujaj. Praying for forgiveness and feeling that great feeling of being a guest of Al Rahman. Seing that holy places and visiting my Prophets grave.

Forgiveness, this is what we ask Allah for at these days, and this is what is asked from us, it is 3eid, forgive the ones who made you wrong.

To be honest, i had some troubels last days with someone, i will not speak high about myself, but i really was nice with her, i have treated her right, and i tried to help her, but at the end, she told me things that i will never forget, she is not rational, she is not even a friend of mine, we had to work together for something, and her work was not correct, and when i told her that she started to insult me, i had only one thing for her, 7asby Allah wa ne3m el wakiel. I was asking my self today, forgiveness is not only for 3eid and then i can go back to being angry, no. But i am still very angry, she was anfair to me, and i know if i would see her again, that i will not be fine again with her after what she said, i found out how difficult it is to forgive. i am not able to do that right now. May Allah forgive me and her for what she has done to me, and may Allah help me to learn to forgive.