Friday, July 07, 2006

Philanthropy 101

We boast being such a philanthropic society and part of the Islamic Religion - People are obliged to give Zakat and encouraged to give "sadaka" to the poor.

That said, would anyone imagine, someone from this part of the world to replicate what Warren Buffet plans to do:

Donating $37 billion to Charity!!?!?!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5115920.stm

Just a thought for those who preach against the west and the ill values they seem to put upon us!!!

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

The Inner Door Handle!!!

Whenever I enter a public bathroom, whether at work or at a restaurant, I hate to touch the door leading to the toilet seat. Worse than that the inner door handle!!

If you think about the action that goes on - A person enters (assuming his hands are clean) and shuts the toilet's door. He takes care of business (whether no.1 or no. 2, it does not really matter) and then touches the door handle with that dirty hand as he exits, washes his hands (hopefully) and leaves the bathroom.

When the next person comes in and shuts the door from the inside, he is in fact touching that dirty handle and transferring that dirt to himself.

Imagine how dirty this handle must become as the day goes by!!!

How should one avoid this situation besides the obvious:

Avoiding public bathrooms, or using a tissue when touching anything in the bathroom!

Shouldn't they have some sort of anti bacterial / viral spray above the door handle?

We really need to do something about this !!!

Sunday, January 15, 2006

God Bless His Soul

The Amir of Kuwait passed away earlier today.

A sad day for Kuwait, as the only Amir we ever knew has left us.
He was a good man and a kind hearted soul.

May God bless Baba Jaber's soul and may God protect Kuwait from its enemies and the greed of some of its people.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Interesting Movie

A friend sent me this link:

The Fifth Pound

I thought the producer was so bold in introducing such a topic to the Arab World.

People need to wake up and realize that covering up, enforcing censorship and introducing strict laws will never make us better people!!!