Comments on: 3000 years in 90 seconds http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/ An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while. Thu, 24 May 2012 09:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Week That Was in Bahrain http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-45846 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Week That Was in Bahrain Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:09:30 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-45846 [...] While Mahmood Al Yousif thinks that “Eid this time seems to be spread through the whole week, rather than a single day where the whole nation celebrates!”, Silly Bahraini Girl took the opportunity to express her sense of loss and total lack of achievement as she continues to sulk. “I still wake up early everyday and I seem to be busy the whole day and night but don’t ask me what I do during all this time since I really don’t have anything tangible to show for it. I suppose I have mastered the act almost all civil servants are experts at .. seeming busy without having to show anything for their wages. I don’t know what it is. I can’t put my finger on it.. but it doesn’t matter. This wasn’t the reason I logged on today. I just wanted to wish you a Happy Eid,” she rants. [...] [...] While Mahmood Al Yousif thinks that “Eid this time seems to be spread through the whole week, rather than a single day where the whole nation celebrates!”, Silly Bahraini Girl took the opportunity to express her sense of loss and total lack of achievement as she continues to sulk. “I still wake up early everyday and I seem to be busy the whole day and night but don’t ask me what I do during all this time since I really don’t have anything tangible to show for it. I suppose I have mastered the act almost all civil servants are experts at .. seeming busy without having to show anything for their wages. I don’t know what it is. I can’t put my finger on it.. but it doesn’t matter. This wasn’t the reason I logged on today. I just wanted to wish you a Happy Eid,” she rants. [...]

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]]> By: Isaac Schrödinger http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44899 Isaac Schrödinger Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:35:05 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44899 <strong>A Graveyard of Empires...</strong> Imperial History:Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs,... A Graveyard of Empires…

Imperial History:Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs,…

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]]> By: Ibn http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44801 Ibn Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:37:57 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44801 <blockquote>One thing I found amusing, however, was the fact that you can see exactly how -small- Israel is in the greater scheme of things especially considering how large it once was.</blockquote> Careful now. No need to tempt the Israelis for further expansion. Theyve done enough damage already. -Ibn

One thing I found amusing, however, was the fact that you can see exactly how -small- Israel is in the greater scheme of things especially considering how large it once was.

Careful now.

No need to tempt the Israelis for further expansion. Theyve done enough damage already.

-Ibn

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]]> By: Ethan http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44726 Ethan Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:14:14 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44726 A very enlightening view of things - simplified, perhaps because they did not include the breakup of the different nation-states. One thing I found amusing, however, was the fact that you can see exactly how -small- Israel is in the greater scheme of things especially considering how large it once was. But then again, a sense of historical perspective is usually lost in the 24 hour news cycle. Compounded with the inability of certain groups to cope with criticism.. But that's off topic. Thanks for sharing this, Mahmood. I enjoyed it immensely! A very enlightening view of things – simplified, perhaps because they did not include the breakup of the different nation-states.

One thing I found amusing, however, was the fact that you can see exactly how -small- Israel is in the greater scheme of things especially considering how large it once was.

But then again, a sense of historical perspective is usually lost in the 24 hour news cycle. Compounded with the inability of certain groups to cope with criticism..

But that’s off topic. Thanks for sharing this, Mahmood. I enjoyed it immensely!

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]]> By: -_- http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44665 -_- Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:34:32 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44665 So According to that flash animated history Ottoman Empire started around 1700! and ended around 1912! And there was an empire called Saladin! - Colors and graphics can teach history very easily but with many errors. Yes it's true those are not constant they rise and fall, but their names are written in textbooks, full of their achievements or failures, in the end they are not forgotten. So According to that flash animated history Ottoman Empire started around 1700! and ended around 1912! And there was an empire called Saladin! – Colors and graphics can teach history very easily but with many errors. Yes it’s true those are not constant they rise and fall, but their names are written in textbooks, full of their achievements or failures, in the end they are not forgotten.

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]]> By: Ali Al Saeed http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44663 Ali Al Saeed Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:26:06 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44663 **Enough morbidity for an Eid day though** I remember this today/tomorrow Eid debate between Suni and Shia ever since I could remember. And the latter group is even having debates within itself! Its sad. Well, the Just Bahraini campaign got some pretty good coverage in today's GDN Mahmood. (including my promised column). Quiet timely isnt it... Have you seen it? EID MUBARAK TO EVERYONE! **Enough morbidity for an Eid day though**

I remember this today/tomorrow Eid debate between Suni and Shia ever since I could remember. And the latter group is even having debates within itself! Its sad.

Well, the Just Bahraini campaign got some pretty good coverage in today’s GDN Mahmood. (including my promised column). Quiet timely isnt it… Have you seen it?

EID MUBARAK TO EVERYONE!

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]]> By: Ash http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44580 Ash Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:18:49 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44580 It's very interesting. There was a British TV series a couple of years ago called "A Natural History of the British Isles" that took a very long view of history and pre-history and charted these isles through endless evolution, including periods as an archipelago of tiny islands in a lagoon, desertification, tropical and subtropical periods, various Ice Ages of Arctic inhospitality - billions of years before the first people set foot here. It really gave a sense of how brief and inconsequential not just individual human lives are but also humanity itself is in the unimaginably greater picture of this planet's existence. I find it very reassuring, somehow: what a marvel this planet is, and how ephemeral and trivial are we in its long, long life. It’s very interesting. There was a British TV series a couple of years ago called “A Natural History of the British Isles” that took a very long view of history and pre-history and charted these isles through endless evolution, including periods as an archipelago of tiny islands in a lagoon, desertification, tropical and subtropical periods, various Ice Ages of Arctic inhospitality – billions of years before the first people set foot here. It really gave a sense of how brief and inconsequential not just individual human lives are but also humanity itself is in the unimaginably greater picture of this planet’s existence. I find it very reassuring, somehow: what a marvel this planet is, and how ephemeral and trivial are we in its long, long life.

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]]> By: Neil http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44503 Neil Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:15:00 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44503 The first one I've seen on your blog yet. very well done! truly a fit contribution! The first one I’ve seen on your blog yet. very well done! truly a fit contribution!

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]]> By: NomadicArab http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44449 NomadicArab Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:12:44 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44449 you're on the GDN - i wanted to be the first person point this out :) you’re on the GDN – i wanted to be the first person point this out :)

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]]> By: F http://mahmood.tv/2006/10/23/3000-years-in-90-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-44399 F Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:37:03 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=2849#comment-44399 Fascinating! Fascinating!

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