A Quote.

A Quote- that deserves its own page

“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance.” 

          By Osho (an Indian spiritual teacher) 

One person commented: "After the loss of my husband in April I have had such sadness. These words are helpful!"

Quotes can heal. :)   Happy New Years! 2014 be a good one.

Carlos Latuff- a Cartoonist with a Conscience

Carlos Latuff

Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian political cartoonist and he draws anything from the Israeli occupation of Palestine to the Arab Spring movement.

He is a cartoonist with a conscience, here is his work:

Obama- Iraq to Afghanistan

Islam will survive.

                                                         Firas Buqnah, a Saudi filmmaker is jailed for his insightful short film 'Poverty in Saudi Arabia' 

Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlSBqgW5xx0 (with English subtitles)









To see more Carlos Latuff cartoons, go to his website: http://latuffcartoons.wordpress.com/ 


Thank you.

"Be happy for nothing"

Quotes to Inspire- Humanity

Quotes to Inspire

Theme- Humanity

"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity." Nelson Mandela (just wow.)

"Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity." Desmond Tutu

"Are all humans human? Or are some humans more than human than others?" Romeo Dallaire

"The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity." Leo Tolstoy

"War is a defeat for humanity." Pope John Paul II

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." Desmond Tutu 

" Free our humanity, by being kind to one another." my quote.

love one another. in memory of Nelson Rohilahla Mandela <3 

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

Nelson Mandela

1918-2013

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

We learnt to love you. Your humility, your compassion, your passion to spread peace across South Africa and consequently across the whole world.

You weren't just any ordinary person, you were gift for our time. I thank God for giving you to us. You are resting in peace.

Its strange to me, I always saw you as immortal  here to guide us through the evil in this world. But I bet you would like that. Your death was a message you were merely human like everyone else.

 

You never gave in despair, you never let yourself surrender to your lowest instincts. You gave hope not only to South Africa and to the world but also... yourself.

I am so proud to say you were released out of prison 11th of February. My birthday date.

This is a message to your spirit, to your legacy. Even though you passed on, they never will. 

It will be in our hearts, minds and souls.

C.R.I.P  - Carry on Resting in Peace

You are peace. :)

More Quotes to Love.

Quotes

     "Just because someone doesn't believe in you.
Doesn't mean you stop believing in yourself."


"You are not born with a soul. 
   You earn it with suffering, hard work and prayer."


"Well, sure life is full of pain and drudgery, but the trick is to enjoy the perfect experiences we're given in the moment."  Lisa Simpson

Comment on Quotes you <3 

Who you are. Who am I . Who the rest of the world is.

"Your whole life is about discovering who you already were."

Remember your YOU for a reason. There is a reason why we all look different but the same (in a strange but wonderful way) . I was in the bus and I turned to my left and saw a boy my age or older, I didn't know his name but I knew this..

He has cried atleast once in his life

He felt pain (physical or emotional)

He laughs

He bleeds

He feel strong emotions like sadness or anger


I know all this except his name. 

Have a wonderful day and ...

"Be happy for nothing." - my quote

Read to be Inspired: Thats all I desire

        "Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind."

      "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up." 

     "Leader is a dealer in hope."

    "Comparison is the thief of Joy"

 "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open"

" Peace and Love are compatible, they dance in an eternal dance. While, hate and evil destruct separately but together." - my quote

Somalia: Freedom is so close, yet so far

Somalia and Syria

The coincidence of the first letter, 'S' and the other thing in common is....

Both are in Civil War. 

Somalia has been in War for over 20 years. Syria has been in War for over 2 years. One article in Times magazine, Arab leaders fear 'Somalization' if Syria's peace talks fail.... they fear Syria is the new Somalia {http://world.time.com/2013/10/31/syria-could-turn-into-somalia-if-peace-talks-fail-says-u-n/  } 

Insha'allah Syria would not become Somalia but they need to put down their guns and talk, its hard to talk through a barrel.

But I hate that word 'Somalization', Somalia is more than that, it was the Pearl of Africa. Insha'allah it would restore that nickname's honour. 

Thank you.

"Be happy for nothing." 

Hate vs Love

Hate vs Love

Let's think of a time before the war in Somalia and Iraq, people were happy

If you open up an Iraqi's man heart now, there is hate...

in form of a rock-    a rock, why?

My Quote- "Bitterness is like a hard dense rock in your heart." It will corrode if you put the effort into it.

                   Let go, of hate for God has enabled us to love. Love is more beautiful, it is gentle on the heart.

                   20 years of scars in a Somali man's heart, it will take another 20 years to heal. But that doesn't                          mean its impossible. I know, us Somalis grew up in War,hatred, evil and the worst of human                          cruelty but Allah is giving us another chance, another chance of new life, of a new country

Let our country re-born, let our country be free....

Hate vs Love- who would YOU let win?

Somalia before the War- evil corroded our lives.
                                           let good heal it. 

                                        :)

Long time, no blogs

I am truly sorry that I haven't been writing my blogs, its difficult as I got exams but anyway....


Quotes to Inspire

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."- John Adams

"Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work."- William Arthur Ward

"Hope never abandons you, you abandon it." -George Weinberg

"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure."

"Marriage can wait, education cannot."- Khaled Hosseini

"Everyone wants to be happy, no-one wants any pain but in order to have a rainbow. There has to be rain"

More quotes to come. Be inspired. Be happy for nothing.:)

Martin Luther King- 50th Anniversery of "I have a dream..."

"I have a dream..."

One man. One march. One speech. One dream

50 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr and 250,000 people joined together for the March on Washington for racial equality. This is where Mr King cried his famous speech, "I have a dream" it was the defining moment in American Civil Rights Movement and one of the most powerful speeches in 20th century.

This is the shortened version. Watch it and be inspired!


But the real question is... 

Have Martin Luther King achieved his dream to the fullest?

Before


Segregation 







Now- Integration

 What about Travyon Martin? His killer hasn't been brought to justice, Americans are still yearning for Mr King's dream.

Somalia- Step by Step

Somalia- Over 20 years of War.

Somalia has been long defined by blood
                                                       anarchy
                                                and poverty
Somalia is a failed state.

Now, 2013 Somalia has a new president, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. Now, there is a British Embassy opened in the capital of Somalia.

"Soon, Somalia will be a different place, a better place," he said.

The problems we are facing: the Al-Shabab 

“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone”

“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone” 

1962: Nelson Mandela has done it.

2012: Malala Yousafzai has done it.


And why can't we? Do it for the innocent people in South Sudan being killed
                                              
                                                                                    or
                                       Do it for the innocent Palestinians who want freedom; their                                                                       basic human right

Use your God-given voice to speak up. Do something

We all share this human experience. Whether your African to Orient, you share one community in common:

                                          The human community

So don't ever utter "Oh, this is not my problem but theirs..."

How selfish! If your a king or a servant, in God's eyes your human, your his creatures


Donate. Fundraise.   That is what I'm doing this summer '13.


Change a life (not yours!)    

Bashar Al-Assad- A ruthless dictator who doesn't say ‘yes’. The truth

Bashar Al-Assad

A ruthless dictator who doesn't say ‘yes’.

When you took over as president on 10 July 2000, after 30 years of a ruthless dictatorship led by your father, Hafez Al-Assad, both the Syrian people and the international community thought you would be a reformer, that you would bring democracy to your country. Thirteen years later, you are seen in a very different light. Ever since the Syrian uprising began in the spring of 2011, you have obstinately rejected any possibility of reform and have not hesitated to use imprisonment, torture and summary execution to silence opposition voices. In your determination to hold on to power, you have been responsible for an unprecedented bloodbath.

In his first Western interview with Barbara Walters he said. quote "There was no command to kill" He has denied his involvement with the Government and the Military forces. But answer this Assad what do you do? merely a face for Syria... if you are then leave. Stop your lies and your denials against your crimes against humanity.

You can have a fancy wife who was born in England and is educated. She can spend thousands of Syrian people's money on shopping. But remember when Syria is free I hope you are not, you will pay for the destruction of thousands of lives.

Syria deserves justice. You deserve imprisonment 

"People do not make wars; governments do." R.R

In 2011 there was peaceful protests. Now 2013 its a civil war of blood and freedom.

Racism to me at age 7.

Over a period of time, I have been  racially 'targeted' . Some of them hidden whilst others were obvious..

I was  7 or 8, its hard to remember the exact age when you only remember the feeling.

I was going to Mosque weekend school to learn Arabic and Quran. I wanted to go because of my sisters were going plus it was a new experience! Anyway, I was the 2nd Somali (black) girl in the class the other girl sat next to me which was a good thing. We hit it off, now I understand when my dad says we hang around with people like us. But.. then she went home because she wasn't feeling well she left me with a cookie even though I was alone. Have you ever felt that feeling? when you just stick out and you hear the laughter and see the smiles that your not apart of, it sucks!

However, I still had the knack of making friends (I don't know how I did it :/) all of them were Arabs with the same language, the same culture heck! the only thing I have in common with them is that I'm Muslim... even though it weren't obvious I wasn't wearing a scarf.... awkward. It was break-time and my new found friends played outside but then... all I saw was some evil girl with dark features in my opinion she looked like she came from a hole down down below , she had a  mean face I wasn't sure if she always looked like that. Then, when me and my friends well her friends came to her we asked her to join then she said, I will never forget that as long as I die, "I'm not going to play with you because your black" those 10 words will haunt me forever, at the moment she unlayered an insecure side of me that I hate till this day and I'm 15 years old. Then 'my new friend's looked shocked but then left me, I felt so lonely once again... but the difference is I felt so little.

I didn't know racism before that. I didn't know that she could of gone to prison . You want to know why I didn't tell the teacher? ...

Because I thought she was going to agree with her too. Arabs stick together!,  right?

I haven't laid this experience to rest, my sisters say "Get over it!" ... but please how can I? I wanted to bleach my skin for a long time, I wanted to be white! so she can never ever say that she won't play with me because... I'm like her!

Sorry I can't keep writing. I just feel like its happening right now.... Bye :(

They're so much we don't know about.

Hello, my name is Hana Obsiye and I am 15 years old.

I am a wannabe journalist and hopefully.. I can change the world!

Nationality: British

Ethnicity: Somali

website: http://outcastforlife.weebly.com/

My website, it is for anybody who feels alone, who needs a long-term pick-me-up because I will always be here as well as my website. I have felt like an outcast for ever but now I accept it and you should to...

OUTCAST 4 LIFE. (got a nice ring to it)

My career: A journalist and a photographer 
             
                  I want to be a political journalist, a War journalist but also a fun journalist.

I have my own quote: "Be happy for nothing."  it means dont be happy for a reason whether your mum bought you the new cute top from
Forever21 or going to a beach vacation.

Be happy because your alive. :)

Like Ellen always says be nice to one another.  I'm out.

Peace ☮. Love ♥ . Clouds ☁ and Harmony ☯