Time is passing soooo fast... Things are changing by the time... Tiiiime.... tiiimee... tiiiiime...

I came back from yemen yesterday , the country I always dreamt to visit.

I enjoyed the smell of the yemeni Jasmin and the beautiful scenary of the old buildings in Sana'a. I went to attend an international conference for education and it was successful and fruitful .

I found in Yemen the great people , the arabic originalty , the nice scent of flowers, the generousity of its people.

I love Yemen and wish to visit it again but not in work .

If I'm lucky I will be flying to Yemen on the 24th of May . It was one of my dreams to go there , but now I don't know .. I spent years dreaming of going there but when things came true I became unable to know if its good or bad thing that this wish come true...

I hope I can see the beauty of this countr which I loved for years...

Its my birthday and I am sooo happy :)

just a question ...
What will you do ? in your life ? in your career?
for the persons you love?

Till yesterday I was believing that there is a world filled with honest people and ready to make you happy whatever it will take from them ...but today I lost the hope , the trust in others .. I am totally confused how people make you beleive in lies and illusions...

I changed and I will not be stupid again because I am hurt ...no second chances never ...

juli ...

There is an expression : "Grad Students: they're Not Bad People, they Just Made Terrible Life Choices"

Nowadays Im feeling this a lot...

My thesis topic(draft) has been clear and accepted by advisor&institute since last summer, I searched and gathered informations about thesis, but only problem I cant focus on thesis, I feel so lazy, I think I lost my excitement&willing ;( even I dont want to open&read documents :S My advisor called me last day to say "are you still alive Esra, we were forgeting eachother's voice-we should speed thesis process up and you can write easily along summer & finish it end of summer"
I think someone always has to say to me: come on Esra! come on Esra! come ooooon!!!!

Caliphate? one minute, one minute…

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the hearts of millions in the Islamic world with his walkout at Davos. Love for Turkey in these countries hit a peak. And, of course, they recalled the Ottoman Empire, which ruled these territories for five centuries.

The positive memories left by this rule were recalled. Neither Turks nor anyone else has fully investigated the great contributions of the Ottoman state; I hope someday we will.

However, there are some who exaggerate Erdoğan's gesture. Some even recommend extreme actions that would raise doubts and concerns. Jihad al-Khazen, from Dar Al-Hayat, a reputable paper in the Arab world published in Lebanon, wrote: "Erdoğan made us proud as Muslims. We are ashamed of being Arab because of our timid leaders who remain silent to Israeli cruelty. Erdoğan saved our honor and respect. The Ottoman state should be rebuilt. Erdoğan should be declared sultan and caliph. He should lead the Muslim world."

Is it possible to imagine that the columnist from the Hürriyet daily who described people who vote for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) as "men who scratch their bellies" would not, after reading this, use it as an opportunity? He wrote yesterday, "His Excellency the Caliph has been found; we need to find a camel immediately."

In fact, this issue is pretty serious. There is a group in Turkey that views religious people as a potential threat and danger just because of their attachment to religious practice. This religious majority has been subjected to systematic insults and accusations since 1950, when the Democrat Party (DP) came to power. These circles became more furious after the AK Party consolidated its support base and reinforced its position in office. For instance, the prime minister's stance in Davos, endorsed by 80 percent of the Turkish people, made these elites angry. They just cannot accept the growing interest and affinity in the Arab and Islamic worlds toward Erdoğan. They have already accused him and his party of "Arabization."

When the above remarks were published in an Arab daily, they found the pretext and justification for their allegations.

For this reason, we have to consider this issue seriously and discuss what the caliphate actually is. Above all, I would like to draw your attention to how Fethullah Gülen, a distinguished opinion leader in our age, approaches this issue. He says on the institution of the caliphate: "I believe that some superpowers would like to promote this institution of the caliphate so that they can use it to ignite conflicts and clashes. For example, if this issue of the caliphate is brought up in Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia or another country, others would oppose it. Nation states have been built. Every state has its own independence. Therefore, it is obvious how they would approach this issue. Some others might have done this based on other calculations." [Mehmet Gündem, "Fethullah Gülen'le 11 Gün" (11 Days with Fethullah Gülen), Alfa Publications, pp. 165-169).

The biggest mistake made by rulers of Muslim countries is their failure to understand and read the world. The promotion of the caliphate would be one of the primary sources and reasons for conflict and disagreements in our world, where polarization and global terror are the greatest challenges and threats. In a world where democracy, freedoms, human rights and universal human values are emphasized, the goal of Muslims should be winning the hearts of others by using the opportunities of globalization. This will be possible only by representation. Turkey's state policy is obvious: to become a full member in the European Union by relying on our national and traditional values and standards.

This goal does not take us away from the East; you do not have to give up on the Turkic, Arab world or Islamic worlds. Quite the contrary, we have to remain close to them. We have to build strong cultural and economic ties. Our heightened image in these countries will make us more eligible for EU membership. An EU where Turkey is a member will be a real alternative in world politics. A Turkey that has strong ties in the Turkic and Islamic worlds will mean a lot for an alliance of civilizations, rather than a clash of civilizations. I think this is the only way to maintain universal peace and promote universal humane values. For this reason, we have to just say, "One minute, one minute," -- the famous slogan at Davos -- when this issue of the caliphate is brought up, regardless of any good intentions in advancing this idea.

06 February 2009, Friday
HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=166092

Turkish PM storms off in Gaza row

Turkey's prime minister has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after a heated debate on Gaza with Israel's president.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with Shimon Peres, whose voice had risen as he made an impassioned defence of Israel's actions, jabbing his finger.

Mr Erdogan said Mr Peres had spoken so loudly to conceal his "guilt".

He accused the moderator of not allowing him to speak and said he did not think he would return to Davos.

The Turkish PM stressed later that he had left the debate not because of his disagreements with Mr Peres but because he had been given much less time to speak than the Israeli leader.

Turkey is one of the few Muslim countries to have dealings with Israel, but relations have been under strain since the Islamist-rooted AK Party was elected to power in 2002.

Late on Thursday, a WEF official said that Mr Peres and Mr Erdogan had spoken by mobile telephone, and both men now considered the matter closed.

Dinner time

In the debate, Mr Erdogan was cut off as he attempted to reply to Mr Peres.

Earlier the Turkish Prime Minister had made an address himself, describing Gaza as an "open-air prison".

When the audience applauded Mr Peres, he said: "I find it very sad that people applaud what you said. You killed people. And I think that it is very wrong."

The moderator, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, had given him a minute to reply, then asked him to finish, saying that people needed to go to dinner.

"I do not think I will be coming back to Davos after this because you do not let me speak," Mr Erdogan shouted before marching off the stage in front of Mr Peres, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and an elite audience of ministers and international officials.

Mr Peres had told the audience Israel was forced on to the offensive against Hamas by thousands of rockets and mortars fired into Israel.

"The tragedy of Gaza is not Israel, it is Hamas," the Israeli leader said.

"Why did they fire rockets? There was no siege against Gaza. Why did they fight us, what did they want? There was never a day of starvation in Gaza."

He argued that Mr Erdogan would have reacted in the same way if rockets had hit Istanbul.

More than 1,300 Palestinians and 14 Israelis were killed during the three-week conflict which began on 27 December.

Mr Erdogan later complained that he had been allowed to speak for just 12 minutes compared with 25 for Mr Peres.

"I did not target at all in any way the Israeli people, President Peres or the Jewish people," he said.

"I am a prime minister, a leader who has expressly stated that anti-Semitism is a crime against humanity."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7859417.stm
Page last updated at 23:52 GMT, Thursday, 29 January 2009

If its in my hand i quit long ago , but life is not easy as it seems ...
I hope I can achieve the dream I always prayed for to happen ...

Just need support and tis support is only one word ..

yes one word can make me happy ..

Simply what will you do ?

Being Palestinian living in LEbanon I have no right to work as everybody , This is a crisis. In other words , I graduated an engineer and I have no right to work by my certificate, I graduated a doctor and I have no right to work as a doctor or to open my own clinic...this is the situation since we've been displaced from our home land Palestine to lebanon.

I joined Association Najdeh and it's a non governmental organization which works inside and outside Palestinian camps and its main goal is to empower women in palestinian society. I started to work as a translator and preparing report. The report that I had to prepare was about the right to work campaign , I was working from the bottom of my heart because its my cause and I feel it and suffered from the bad situation of being an educated palestinian trying to support your family by the minimun wages you got through illegal work in lebanon.

I can say that they must let us work because we are 75% educated society and we have so much abilities .

I love working at Najdeh and I will fight for my rights.

juli

Being happy is a good thing , but for me is so much better thing ..

I am working in new job and everybody is great , I work in non stoppable way but this gives me power to continue ..

I love my new job and this makes me creative in what i do ..

hope that god gives me strength to be satisfied and happy ..

Amen

Since three years I began working as a teacher but this summer I joined an association works mainly in empowering Palestinian women in camps .
I joined just to fill my space free time during summer and to have the ability to go out and not to stay at home for three months.
What happened was unexpected , I loved the new job and Im thinking now of quiting teaching , as if I found myself in this job . Im working as a translator even its different thing than what my major study is which is Arabic literature .

I studied political science but I was unable to continue it and moved to arabic to find job in what I studied . I love politics and in this association Im finding myself .

My parents are getting crazy cuz the salary as a teacher is better but what Im telling them that I love this new job and I can make a difference in my society ...

I used to use my mind in everything I do but this time I will follow my heart in choosing this job .. I love this job as a translator and believe that I can make a difference in what I love ..