Culture

Eid SMS Messages

Following up from the original post about Eid SMS/txt Message in Nov ’04, let me update you with some of the messages I have received so far and challenge you into a competition: Choose the best and the corniest of the following and share you own too! 1. عيدكم مبارك Ùˆ عساكم من عوّاده 2. …

Eid Mubarak!

May Allah accept your good deeds and reward you in this and any other life He bestows on you! While it is still not assured that we will be celebrating Eid (the end of fasting month of Ramadhan) tomorrow, as that is incumbent upon someone viewing the new moon, scientifically it is, and as far …

Gnashing teeth

I feel guilty if I shorten a word to miss its vowels Are you the kind of person who grimaces every time you read a hacked up “txt”-like messages? Are you the kind of person who would rather listen to nails being dragged across chalk-boards and suffer the consequences than hack English and Aranglish words …

Calling Muharraq!

Could anyone who lives in or indeed anyone who knows about the traditional festivity of Girga’oun in the Kingdom of Muharraq please let me know where should one go to best capture the mood and festivities of this special occasion? I would very much like to travel to the Kingdom and shoot some of the …