<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048</id><updated>2012-01-05T18:55:15.879+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Family in Baghdad</title><subtitle type='html'>mother: Faiza, sons: &lt;a href="http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com"&gt;Raed&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com"&gt;Khalid&lt;/a&gt;
, and &lt;a href="http://me-vs-myself.blogspot.com"&gt;Majid&lt;/a&gt;
writing down their diaries. Father: Azzam is not interested. </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Raed Jarrar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12157031557369876729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/2/1618067_34a4217ed5.jpg?v=0'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>703</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4034486242802504790</id><published>2012-01-04T17:08:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T18:55:15.886+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A year in Egypt....</title><summary type='text'>Saturday,December 31, 2011Peace be upon youThis is the last day in this year. No doubt, it has been a very special year. I spent most of the year in Egypt. I have finished two semesters in the American University in Cairo.  Now I am spending the winter break in Jordan with my family… I love Cairo and I love the people there too. There are similarities between them and the Iraqis. They are so </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4034486242802504790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4034486242802504790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2012/01/year-in-egypt.html' title='A year in Egypt....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7651192609927130732</id><published>2012-01-01T19:19:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T10:06:28.916+03:00</updated><title type='text'>سنه في مصر ...</title><summary type='text'>السبت 31 ديسمبر 2011  السلام عليكم ,هذا هو اليوم الاخير في هذه السنه, وكانت سنة مميزه بدون شك , حيث قضيت معظمها في مصر , وانهيت فصلين دراسيين في الجامعه الامريكيه في القاهره , والان عندي استراحة عطلة الشتاء اقضيها في الاردن مع العائله ...احببت القاهره كثيرا والناس ايضا احببتهم , رأيت فيهم أشياء كثيرة تشبه العراقيين , نفسهم طيبه وكريمه ويحبون الضيف ويحترمونه وماعندهم تكبر وعجرفه , وعندهم تدين أكثر</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7651192609927130732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7651192609927130732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2012/01/31-2011.html' title='سنه في مصر ...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BgBl09V0qDw/TwFXazlh_RI/AAAAAAAABJQ/01-9tfton0U/s72-c/101_3664.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2324892585063124215</id><published>2011-12-27T13:00:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T10:05:08.218+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The American University in Cairo...</title><summary type='text'>Dear All,I have just finished the second academic semester in the AUC, where I persue my Master studies in Public Policy and Adminstration.I left to Jordan, to have short vacation with my family.Also I would like to share with you this reserach paper about education reform in Iraq after 2003. Hopefully it will help many people to know more about facts on ground in Iraq. Hopefully will have enough</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2324892585063124215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2324892585063124215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/12/american-university-in-cairo.html' title='The American University in Cairo...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJWaYGJx79o/TwFXGnND7CI/AAAAAAAABJE/UQAhqakdQsc/s72-c/101_3605.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4451590974268812550</id><published>2011-09-15T12:27:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T17:32:12.235+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A letter from a community group in Utah</title><summary type='text'>Good afternoon Faiza!I wanted to take a moment to commend you on the Family in Baghdad blog.  What a fascinating blog!  I really appreciate and enjoy the blog posts made by yourself and your family members.  It is a really enlightening look at a culture with which I have very little experience, and I enjoy reading about your various experiences and view points.  I particularly enjoyed your recent</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4451590974268812550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4451590974268812550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/09/letter-from-community-group-in-utah.html' title='A letter from a community group in Utah'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-799931781838829992</id><published>2011-06-11T09:46:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2011-06-11T10:29:16.173+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Research paper/ Education sector in Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Dear All, I have just finished my first semester in the American University in Cairo, where my master study about public Adminstration and public policy was started last Febrauary 2011.I wrote this research paper about Public Policy regardding Education sector in Iraq since 1970.I know that the paper was not perfect 100% due to lack of refernces sometimes, but I did my best to be honest and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/799931781838829992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/799931781838829992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/06/finished-my-first-semester-in-auc.html' title='Research paper/ Education sector in Iraq'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qBknel0hp4o/TfMYTQz3DQI/AAAAAAAAA78/COif8UNtAm0/s72-c/101_3557.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4284411540117226280</id><published>2011-04-15T13:37:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T13:44:01.354+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Useful Experiences…</title><summary type='text'>Part  1Peace be upon you…I am still in Cairo, busy and dedicated to studying. My life here is very quiet and only filled with studying and researching. I don’t have any social relationships except with my school colleagues. We meet twice a week at the campus. I might go one more day to the University to spend sometime in the Library…This world is much more comfortable than work experiences. Work </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4284411540117226280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4284411540117226280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/04/useful-experiences_15.html' title='Useful Experiences…'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMYy_ohwPx8/Tagg-Ch1lYI/AAAAAAAAA2I/podXFYwneTI/s72-c/azhar%2Bpark%2B-%2Bpurple%2Blanterns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7717962665969650882</id><published>2011-04-15T13:35:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T13:36:36.212+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Part  2I said to myself, these local organizations are losers. Maybe the international organizations have a better system, more reliability and more auditing…In 2009, I received an email from an Iraqi lady who lives in America and of course she is a US citizen. She runs an organization for women and has 8 branches in all over the world including Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in Africa. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7717962665969650882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7717962665969650882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/04/part-2-i-said-to-myself-these-local.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6625856397659784159</id><published>2011-04-10T13:27:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-10T17:04:26.226+03:00</updated><title type='text'>تجارب  مفيده .....</title><summary type='text'>الاحد 10 نيسان  2011 السلام عليكم ,انا مازلت في القاهره ومشغوله ومتفرغه للدراسه , حياتي هنا هادئه جدا وليس فيها سوى الدراسه والبحوث , وليس عندي اي علاقات اجتماعيه سوى زميلاتي في الدراسه , حيث نتقابل مرتين في الجامعه  اسبوعيا  , وربما اذهب للجامعه يوم اخر لقضاء الوقت في المكتبه ..هذا العالم اكثر راحة من تجارب العمل , العمل متعب ونضطر دائما للعمل مع أناس لا ننسجم معهم كثيرا, ربما في سلوكهم او في </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6625856397659784159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6625856397659784159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html' title='تجارب  مفيده .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GecP-SESFGY/TaG42IrGjdI/AAAAAAAAA10/1DgbjyjMhM0/s72-c/azhar%2Bpark%2B-%2Bpalm%2Btrees%2Bon%2Ba%2Bwindy%2Bday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7965209540281348077</id><published>2011-02-18T22:18:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T22:21:12.001+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7965209540281348077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7965209540281348077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_18.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xY5kCgZ-hfk/TV7Glq6KFKI/AAAAAAAAAyA/PkMPS7ii-iw/s72-c/azhar%2Bpark%2B-%2Bcairo%2Bskyline.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1091485076236149061</id><published>2011-02-18T22:17:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T22:18:30.901+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Between Baghdad and Cairo....</title><summary type='text'>Sunday, February 13, 2011Peace be upon you…I am currently in Cairo. I arrived two months ago and applied to the American University. I was admitted in a graduate study program that will last for at least two years. It saddens me of  to be away from Iraq. However, studying is a break for me from the suffering I experienced in Iraq during 2010 when I worked there for ten months. I was exhausted </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1091485076236149061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1091485076236149061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/02/between-baghdad-and-cairo.html' title='Between Baghdad and Cairo....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2988984210391009360</id><published>2011-02-13T20:45:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T22:23:47.268+03:00</updated><title type='text'>بين بغداد والقاهره .....</title><summary type='text'>الأحد  13 شباط 2011 السلام عليكم ...انا حاليا في القاهره , جئت الى هنا منذ شهرين حيث قدمت للجامعه الامريكيه  وتم قبولي في الدراسات العليا , وسوف تستغرق عملية إكمال الدراسه مالايقل عن سنتين ..طبعا يحزنني ان اكون بعيده عن العراق , لكن هذه الدراسه هي استراحه من معاناتي في العراق سنة 2010 حيث عملت هناك لعشرة شهور متعبه مع منظمات المجتمع المدني  , و اريد الأن   استغلال الوقت في الدراسه في تخصص  حول </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2988984210391009360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2988984210391009360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html' title='بين بغداد والقاهره .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H0RmfRr40A4/TV7HNi4b6vI/AAAAAAAAAyM/FsTiDWmf388/s72-c/azhar%2Bpark%2B-%2Bold%2Bcairo%2Bview2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4690103384890176188</id><published>2010-09-20T05:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T05:40:12.601+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Overview on Iraq now....</title><summary type='text'>Monday 13 September 2010Peace be upon youLet’s continue our description of new Iraq as a post war community.  What are its characteristics and the threats that women, men and young people are facing? What is stored for it in the future?And what is the influence of foreign interferences: Military, Politics and civil organizations. What are the pros and cons so far?I will try to write my thoughts </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4690103384890176188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4690103384890176188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/09/overview-on-iraq-now.html' title='Overview on Iraq now....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-731387261556744961</id><published>2010-09-19T18:25:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T18:26:51.297+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sad Story of Iraq is Endless....</title><summary type='text'>Friday 10 September 2010 Peace be upon youI apologize for not writing for months as I was busy due to work and traveling. Working is much enjoyable than talking, but experiments and experiences must be documented from time to time hoping that it may be useful to people. I have been observing people and their behavior during my visits to Iraq in the past months, during my work with local and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/731387261556744961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/731387261556744961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/09/sad-story-of-iraq-is-endless.html' title='The Sad Story of Iraq is Endless....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6873697014757475451</id><published>2010-09-15T17:05:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T17:23:47.947+03:00</updated><title type='text'>نظرة عامه على العراق الان ......</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 13 ايلول  2010  السلام عليكميله خلينا نكمل الكلام عن وصف العراق بحالته الجديده كمجتمع مابعد الحرب , ما هي صفاته وماهي التهديدات التي تواجه نساءه ورجاله وشبابه ؟ وما هو المستقبل الذي ينتظره ؟وما هو تأثير التدخلات الخارجيه فيه  : من عسكريه  وسياسيه او منظمات مجتمع مدني وماهي الوجوه السلبيه والايجابيه لحد الان ..ساحاول ان اكتب افكاري هنا ملخصه وواضحه قدر الامكان , لعل في هذا مايفيد القاريء </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6873697014757475451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6873697014757475451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post_15.html' title='نظرة عامه على العراق الان ......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4998743532026943909</id><published>2010-09-10T12:03:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-10T12:07:25.263+03:00</updated><title type='text'>قصة العراق الحزين لا نهاية لها ......</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 10 سبتمبر  2010 السلام عليكماعتذر لانقطاعي عن الكتابه منذ شهور , وذلك بسبب انشغالي بالعمل والسفر,الذي يعمل يجد متعة اكبر من  الكلام , لكن لابد من كتابة التجارب والخبرات من وقت لاخر , عسى ان تفيد الناس ,ومن واقع زياراتي للعراق خلال الشهور السابقه , وعملي مع منظمات محليه واجنبيه , ولقاءاتي مع الناس من كل الفئات العراقيه , من بسطاء وفقراء ومسحوقين  , الى برلمانيات ووزيرات وناشطات في منظمات </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4998743532026943909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4998743532026943909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html' title='قصة العراق الحزين لا نهاية لها ......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6266226183024908022</id><published>2010-06-14T16:05:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T16:37:19.348+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dear All,sorry for not posting on my blog since long time,we are all fine and doing well, but busy with study and work, as usual.I am working now with an NGO in Baghdad to serve Iraqi women.Iraq now is a postwar society,and it needs huge efforts to fix everything.the occupation forces will pull out soon, and will leave Iraq in the middle of darkness and loss.we need decades to fix what the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6266226183024908022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6266226183024908022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/06/dear-all-sorry-for-not-posting-on-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3892063078243461579</id><published>2010-01-12T21:58:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T21:59:28.589+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hard Times in Sad Iraq .....</title><summary type='text'>Sunday, 13 December 2009Peace be Upon You…Iraq is passing through very hard and critical times. The conflict over power is now at its peak. Of course it is so obvious and explicit due to the fact that presidential and parliament election is very nearby.  These days are crucial to the future of the country for four years to come. The powers that are fighting for power in Iraq are not pure Iraqis. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3892063078243461579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3892063078243461579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2010/01/hard-times-in-sad-iraq.html' title='The Hard Times in Sad Iraq .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1674995186561839166</id><published>2009-12-13T17:19:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T10:41:20.890+03:00</updated><title type='text'>الايام الصعبه الان في العراق الحزين 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7355938733463099360</id><published>2009-12-12T13:18:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-12-12T13:19:31.320+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The steps to Transform ....</title><summary type='text'>Tuesday, December 8, 2009   Peace be upon you… I am busy will my studies and I have no time for writing,Studies provide me with excellent reading material about the roots of conflicts among societies and how it can be taken advantage by extremist leaderships who work either alone or in coordination with external allies to stimulate ethnic and tribal riots in return of political gains such as the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7355938733463099360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7355938733463099360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/12/steps-to-transform.html' title='The steps to Transform ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6496656014493052654</id><published>2009-12-08T09:28:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T09:48:07.547+03:00</updated><title type='text'>خطوات التحول من حال الى حال ....</title><summary type='text'>الثلاثاء  8 كانون الاول 2009  السلام عليكم ...مشغوله مع الدراسه  ولا وقت لدي للكتابه ,الدراسه وفرت لي قراءات ممتازه عن جذور الصراعات في المجتمعات وكيف يمكن ان يستغلها قيادات متطرفه لوحدها او بالتنسيق مع اطراف خارجيه  لاثارة فتن طائفيه وعرقيه من اجل تحقيق مكاسب سياسية مثل الهيمنه على السلطه ومصادر الثروات في البلاددرسنا نماذج الصراعات في افريقيا , هذه القاره الحزينه والمسلوبه الارادة منذ قرون </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6496656014493052654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6496656014493052654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post.html' title='خطوات التحول من حال الى حال ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6030763058679384742</id><published>2009-11-07T16:26:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T16:27:40.369+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Knowledge is Light...</title><summary type='text'>Monday, September 28, 2009 Peace be upon you…The month of Ramadan has passed and the Eid followedDays are passing quickly…And I am busy studying…I have to study a specific subject every week, and then I have to write a post in each week end as a home work.This year, my online studies are about conflict transformation. It will take a full study calendar year. If I decided to continue the Master </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6030763058679384742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6030763058679384742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/11/knowledge-is-light.html' title='Knowledge is Light...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-9147394285571391546</id><published>2009-09-29T14:25:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T14:47:10.919+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العلم نور والجهل ظلمات ....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 28 ايلول 2009  السلام عليكم :مضى شهر رمضان ثم أيام العيد , الايام تمر بسرعه ..  وأنا مشغولة بالدراسه..  فقد بدأت القراءة للمواد المقرره لهذه السنه , كل اسبوع له مادة محددة ينبغي دراستها ثم كتابة تعليق على مادرسناه , على الموقع الخاص بالمعهددراستي هي اونلاين لهذه السنه عن تحويل النزاعاتConflict transformationوهي سوف تستغرق عام دراسي كامل ,  ثم اذا رغبت ان أكمل الدراسه  الماستر للسنه </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9147394285571391546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9147394285571391546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.html' title='العلم نور والجهل ظلمات ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1982487778418659413</id><published>2009-09-15T16:11:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T23:46:12.872+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The full speech of Muntader after he was released</title><summary type='text'>My Flower to Bush, the OccupierThe Story of My ShoeBy MUTADHAR al-ZAIDI    Mutadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi who threw his shoe at George Bush gave this speech on his recent release. In the name of God, the most gracious and most merciful.Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war.Firstly, I give my thanks and my regards to everyone who stood beside me, whether inside my country, in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1982487778418659413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1982487778418659413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/09/muntader-was-realeased-today.html' title='The full speech of Muntader after he was released'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Sq-S5ZS26rI/AAAAAAAAAYo/azHFHiTquzo/s72-c/MUNTADAR.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8623319767861052444</id><published>2009-08-29T11:22:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T11:27:57.732+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq , in need of National Salvation Front....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, August 24, 2009       Peace be upon you…   The observer who follows the daily news in Iraq sees how events accelerate in violent, bloody directions, before the parliamentary and presidential elections early next year… a follower of the news stumbles between hope and frustration, between light and darkness, among tens of confusing questions that needs a quiet session to collect facts on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8623319767861052444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8623319767861052444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/iraq-in-need-of-national-salvation.html' title='Iraq , in need of National Salvation Front....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-409913978308949000</id><published>2009-08-24T17:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T17:40:57.643+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق بحاجة الى جبهة انقاذ وطنيه ....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 24 آب 2009   السلام عليكم ...المتابع لاخبار  العراق اليوميه يرى كيف تتسارع الاحداث  باتجاهات  عنيفه دمويه  قبل مجيء الانتخابات الرئاسيه والبرلمانيه بداية العام القادم ...والمتابع يتخبط بين الامل والاحباط , بين النور والظلام , وبين عشرات الاسئله المحيرة , والتي تحتاج الى جلسة هادئة وتجميع الحقائق على الارض , لتحليلها  والخروج بنتائج منطقيه واقعيه , لفهم ما يحدث  , والاجابه عن الاسئله مثل </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/409913978308949000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/409913978308949000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_5155.html' title='العراق بحاجة الى جبهة انقاذ وطنيه ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5552718306134813189</id><published>2009-08-21T21:20:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T21:22:05.028+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tomorrow is Ramadan...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5552718306134813189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5552718306134813189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/tomorrow-is-ramadan.html' title='Tomorrow is Ramadan...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/So7ltpArL3I/AAAAAAAAAW4/cKbfxAAb1M8/s72-c/%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2717152827318632900</id><published>2009-08-21T21:15:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T21:19:57.651+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraqi women in prisons....</title><summary type='text'>Sunday 16 August 2009Peace be upon you…For about a year now I’ve heard about Iraqi women held in prisons, sentenced to death or long-term imprisonment, but nobody knows the details of their stories; people always asked what their crimes were, what are their conditions, why aren’t their faces and stories shown on TV and newspapers so we can learn the truth about what is happening, so we can decide</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2717152827318632900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2717152827318632900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/iraqi-women-in-prisons.html' title='Iraqi women in prisons....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1296561609180261279</id><published>2009-08-16T22:02:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T22:05:30.777+03:00</updated><title type='text'>نساء عراقيات في السجون .....</title><summary type='text'>الأحد 16 آب  2009 السلام عليكم... منذ عام تقريبا , كنت قد سمعت  عن نساء عراقيات معتقلات ومحكوم عليهن بالاعدام  او احكام بالسجن لسنوات طويله , لكن لا احد يعرف تفاصيل القصه ,  دائما الناس تتساءل ماهي جنايتهن وماهي ظروفهن ولماذا لا تعرض وجوههن وقصصهن  على التلفزيون والصحف حتى نعرف حقيقة ما يجري,  وحتى نعرف كيف نتصرف , مع قرار العقوبه ام ضدها ؟وكنت سألت صحفيا قادما من بغداد قبل اسابيع عن حقيقة </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1296561609180261279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1296561609180261279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_16.html' title='نساء عراقيات في السجون .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7812680277631038139</id><published>2009-08-11T19:00:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T19:07:25.445+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق على ابواب الانتخابات ...</title><summary type='text'>الثلاثاء 11 آب 2009 السلام عليكم ...ما زال المتتبع لاخبار العراق اليوميه يرى الانفجارات وسفك دماء المدنيين الابرياء  عادت الينا  كأنها  طقس يومي لابد منه,والناس في الشارع العراقي تلقي اللوم على المشاركين في العمليه السياسيه حاليا , والذين  تفسخت  تحالفاتهم وتحولوا الى اعداء بسبب  تضارب المصالح والتناحر على الكراسي والمناصب والامتيازات , وعندما يتحدثون امام كاميرات التلفزيون ويكتبون  للصحف ووسائل </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7812680277631038139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7812680277631038139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_11.html' title='العراق على ابواب الانتخابات ...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5093953471336316599</id><published>2009-08-01T11:14:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T14:51:31.334+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق ينادي ....</title><summary type='text'>السبت  1 آب 2009صباح الخير...ما يحدث في العراق الآن من انقسامات و صراعات على السلطه بين الاحزاب المشاركه في العمليه السياسيه , وتفجيرات وسفك دماء للمدنيين الابرياء , يحزن كل من يحب العراق , وقلق على مستقبله ..الناس هناك صارت  متعبه وفقدت الثقه بكل الاحزاب والقيادات السياسية وخطاباتها الفكريه, ان كان هنالك ثمة فكر , خطاباتها صارت بالنسبة للناس ليست سوى كلام فارغ وكاذب لا معنى له , بعد اكثر من  6 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5093953471336316599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5093953471336316599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html' title='العراق ينادي ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6077307550184705916</id><published>2009-07-17T20:12:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T20:15:08.632+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Big Elephant in the room...</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, July 09, 2009        Peace be upon you….    I was on a visit to America that lasted about a month; I went again to attend a course about “  Peace building and Conflicts transformation”, in an institute at Vermont, called (SIT.edu), which is a private, non-governmental institute that has a lot of programs for study, among them is a program about solving conflicts. Once again I was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6077307550184705916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6077307550184705916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/big-elephant-in-room.html' title='The Big Elephant in the room...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6753409470153669011</id><published>2009-07-09T21:24:00.013+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T10:14:33.754+03:00</updated><title type='text'>الفيل الكبير في الغرفه .....</title><summary type='text'>الخميس  9 تموز 2009السلام عليكم....كنت في زيارة لاميركا  استمرت حوالي شهر, ذهبت مرة اخرى لحضور دورة عن صناعة السلام وحل النزاعات في معهد بولاية فيرمونت , SIT.eduوهو معهد خاص غير حكومي , عنده برامج كثيرة  للدراسه ومنها برنامج حل النزاعاتومرة اخرى تعرفت على ناس جدد وتعلمت اشياء كثيرة , يبدو ان الانسان مخلوق حتى يتعلم  ويبقى هكذا حتى آخر لحظه في حياتهوهذا شيء جميل يجعل الحياة قابله للتجدد**</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6753409470153669011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6753409470153669011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html' title='الفيل الكبير في الغرفه .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Slg7tSsFt5I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/Uscm-1hF6UE/s72-c/elephant+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2926442313918551921</id><published>2009-07-01T03:42:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T04:18:06.408+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sovereignty Day in Iraq ....</title><summary type='text'>Today all the occupation troops pulled out from Iraqi cities , to stay in military bases only.Hope it will be the beginning of a real Iraqi sovereignty ,and the right way towards national reconciliation , then the country can have peace and start the reconstruction process soon.Our political Iraqi leaders should act as national leaders , no sectarian no ethnic discourse we want to hear any </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2926442313918551921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2926442313918551921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/sovereignty-day-in-iraq.html' title='The Sovereignty Day in Iraq ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Skq5LCH7FAI/AAAAAAAAATI/y_SArYMfhOs/s72-c/map+of+iraq.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2776633205274615988</id><published>2009-06-24T04:08:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T04:23:36.199+03:00</updated><title type='text'>in SIT school , Vermont</title><summary type='text'> </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2776633205274615988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2776633205274615988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-sit-school-vermont.html' title='in SIT school , Vermont'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Skq6il0kI2I/AAAAAAAAATQ/VeCgBb1-_Jc/s72-c/101_1659.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6454419605632551727</id><published>2009-06-17T05:13:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T05:32:25.582+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace building....</title><summary type='text'>Good Evening..sorry for being away since long time,I am in the State these days to visit my son Raed, and to attend summer course about peacebuilding, in SIT school, in Vermont.planning to start my ceritificate study for one year about conflict transformation,then the second stage is studying for another year ,to gain Master degree about sustainable development.I guess ,Iraq needs professional </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6454419605632551727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6454419605632551727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/06/good-evening.html' title='Peace building....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6224128955679219770</id><published>2009-04-01T20:56:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T10:07:22.773+03:00</updated><title type='text'>An issue that kept me awake....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 30, 2009Good morning…I work as a volunteer with an organization to send water-purifying systems to Iraq, for two or three years now, (http://www.iraqwaterproject.org/), the work is excellent; we sent many systems to hospitals, clinics and schools, in many known and unknown Iraqi towns and villages. Now I started working on another project; supplying sewing machines to groups of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6224128955679219770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6224128955679219770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/04/issue-that-kept-me-awake.html' title='An issue that kept me awake....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tdhc4Lx_nCI/Slg5gtdpcvI/AAAAAAAAAVA/Sp6f4KSdcWU/s72-c/9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-335583158951488734</id><published>2009-03-30T08:24:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T08:54:43.882+03:00</updated><title type='text'>موضوع يؤرقني</title><summary type='text'>صباح الخير...اعمل متطوعه  مع منظمة لارسال منظومات تعقيم مياه للعراق منذ سنتين او ثلاثه ,www.iraqwaterproject.orgالعمل ممتاز, ارسلنا منظومات لمستشفيات ومستوصفات ومدارس , في قرى ومدن عراقيه معروفه وغير معروفه,والان بدأت العمل على مشروع ثاني , تجهيز مكنات خياطه لمجموعات من نساء مهجرات , في الاماكن التي تم  ارسال منظومات تعقيم مياه لهم ,الان ارسلت مكنات خياطه لمجموعتين او ثلاثة , وقد ارسلت ايميلات </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/335583158951488734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/335583158951488734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_30.html' title='موضوع يؤرقني'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7248676424708243824</id><published>2009-03-21T23:12:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T23:14:46.077+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq; Six Years of Occupation</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 16, 2009Peace be upon you…I cannot believe it has been only six years that passed upon us since the 2003 war. Why does it seem like it happened twenty years before? Why did sorrow accumulate upon our hearts as if we have never lived in comfort and happiness before, as if the beautiful events of our lives were just dreams gone by, leaving nothing but memories…We got used to comparing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7248676424708243824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7248676424708243824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/iraq-six-years-of-occupation.html' title='Iraq; Six Years of Occupation'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7679051111252107143</id><published>2009-03-17T00:59:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T01:09:16.513+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vacation in Cairo...</title><summary type='text'>Sunday, March 08, 2009Peace be upon you…I am now in Egypt, on vacation with my son, who is studying here. I do not know how long I will stay; perhaps a month, perhaps less, but I need a rest after I have finished my work in the project where I used to work as a general coordinator between a Jordanian women’s organization and the High Commissary of Refugees in Jordan, (UNHCR).I worked at the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7679051111252107143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7679051111252107143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/vacation-in-cairo.html' title='Vacation in Cairo...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4876731036250325867</id><published>2009-03-16T15:38:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T17:08:55.735+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق بعد ست سنوات من الاحتلال ...</title><summary type='text'>الأثنين 16 آذار 2009السلام عليكم ...لا اصدق انها ست سنوات فقط مرت علينا منذ حرب 2003لماذا تبدو وكأنها حدثت منذ عشرين سنه ؟ولماذا تراكمت الاحزان على قلوبنا كأننا ما عشنا في سعادة وراحة وكأن الاحداث الجميله في حياتنا كانت مجرد حلم انقضى ولم يتبق منه سوى الذكريات ...صارت كل الاحداث تتم مقارنتها بما حصل بعد الحرب,يعني حين اتذكر أمي وأبي رحمهما الله , حين اتذكر طفولتي و حياتي في المدرسه والجامعه , حين</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4876731036250325867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4876731036250325867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html' title='العراق بعد ست سنوات من الاحتلال ...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-9155293181846101585</id><published>2009-03-08T21:12:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T23:17:59.862+03:00</updated><title type='text'>إجازة في القاهرة</title><summary type='text'>الاحد 8 آذار 2009السلام عليكم ...انا الان في مصر , في اجازة عند ابني الذي يدرس هنا ,لا ادري كم سأبقى ربما شهر ربما أقل, لكنني بحاجة للراحه بعد نهاية عملي في المشروع الذي كنت اعمل فيه كمنسقة عامه, بين منظمه نسائيه اردنيه وبين المفوضيه العليا للاجئين في الاردن UNHCRعملت في المشروع لمدة سنه , وقد ارهقني واستنزفني كثيرا , لكني اكتسبت خبرة كبيرة بالعمل مع المنظمات غير الحكوميه , وتنفيذ البرامج , </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9155293181846101585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9155293181846101585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/8-9002.html' title='إجازة في القاهرة'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5011435203488850038</id><published>2009-01-10T10:20:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T10:22:00.877+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The ordeal of Gaza......</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, January 8th., 2009Peace be upon you...My heart is sad about what is happening in Gaza and its people for two weeks now, and wondering about the lowliness of this world we are living in? There are cruel people, and there are cowards; cruel people who bomb by warplanes and kill the unarmed civilians with all malice and a dead conscience… and cowards- the neighbors who watch, condemn, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5011435203488850038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5011435203488850038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/ordeal-of-gaza.html' title='The ordeal of Gaza......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6567151917639776265</id><published>2009-01-08T23:09:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:55:39.254+03:00</updated><title type='text'>محنة  غزة ....</title><summary type='text'>2009 الخميس 8 كانون الثاني ....السلام عليكم ...قلبي حزين على غزة وأهلها وما يحدث لهم منذ حوالي اسبوعين ,ومتعجبه من انحطاط هذا العالم الذي نعيش فيه ؟هنالك قساة وهنالك جبناء ,قساة يقصفون بالطائرات ويقتلون المدنيين العزل بكل حقد وضمير ميت ...وجبناء من الجيران الذين يتفرجون وينددون ويستنكرون بكلام فارغ لا معنى له ...وملايين من المدنيين حول العالم يقومون بالمظاهرات والاعتصامات وحرق الاعلام ورفع </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6567151917639776265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6567151917639776265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html' title='محنة  غزة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5646969554511298597</id><published>2009-01-04T18:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T18:08:19.410+03:00</updated><title type='text'>End of the year, End of the project.....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, December 19, 2008   Peace be upon you….The year is moving towards its end, and so is the project I am working on; this period is the most tiring, as the instructions to finish all the required activities accurately and efficiently increase, there is also the budget to follow up and watch, so that we do not cross the line in any item there… the supervision increases from every side… work </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5646969554511298597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5646969554511298597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-year-end-of-project.html' title='End of the year, End of the project.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3472115642204321638</id><published>2008-12-19T18:14:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:57:03.913+03:00</updated><title type='text'>نهاية العام , نهاية المشروع ....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 19 كانون الاول 2008السلام عليكم ....السنة تقترب من نهايتها والمشروع الذي اعمل عليه يقترب من نهايته,وهذه الفترة هي أكثر فترة مرهقة ,حيث تتكثف التعليمات من أجل انجاز كافة النشاطات المطلوبه بدقة وكفاءه,ايضا ملاحقة ومراقبة الميزانيه وأن لا احد يتجاوز خطوط اي بند فيها,وتتكثف عملية الرقابه من كل الجهات ...العمل يبدو مثل المشي في حقل الغام , الحذر واجب في كل خطوه....لا أقدر ان أصف كم ارهقني هذا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3472115642204321638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3472115642204321638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post_19.html' title='نهاية العام , نهاية المشروع ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2891286050278094084</id><published>2008-12-15T21:22:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T21:32:25.861+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The feast and other matters.....</title><summary type='text'>Wednesday, December 10th., 2008Peace be upon you…Today is the third day of Al-Adhaa Feast, which is the big feast for Muslims; the Feast of Hij and Sacrifice; and these are rituals mentioned in the Holy Quran, in connection with "Ibraheem"; the Father of Phrophets, may he be blessed; when he saw in his dream that he was sacrificing his son. He believed in that vision, and moved on to sacrifice </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2891286050278094084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2891286050278094084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/feast-and-other-matters.html' title='The feast and other matters.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1490748363950177020</id><published>2008-12-10T19:03:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T19:25:24.645+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العيد  ومواضيع  اخرى .....</title><summary type='text'>الاربعاء 10 كانون الاول 2008السلام عليكم ..اليوم هو ثالت ايام عيد الاضحى , وهو العيد الكبير للمسلمين , عيد الحج وذبح الاضحيه , وهي طقوس مذكورة في القران الكريم ولها علاقة بسيدنا ابراهيم ابو الانبياء عليه السلامحين رأى النبي ابراهيم عليه الصلاة والسلام مناما انه يذبح ابنه فصدق الرؤيا وتوجه ليذبح ابنه اسماعيل لكن الله شكر لهما الطاعه وفدى اسماعيل بذبح عظيمهذه فكرة الاضحيه في عيدنا هذا ...وكل طقوس </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1490748363950177020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1490748363950177020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html' title='العيد  ومواضيع  اخرى .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4750440270887879301</id><published>2008-11-12T07:18:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T07:19:26.174+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama and many hopes....</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, November 06, 2008Peace be upon youI know that people's heads are aching from the many reports and political analysis about Obama's victory to be the new president elect for America, but I would like to talk about this issue as an Iraqi, and what is my viewpoint about the subject?Of course, at the beginning we used to say they were all the same; Bush or Macain or Obama, but after the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4750440270887879301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4750440270887879301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-and-many-hopes.html' title='Obama and many hopes....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1432994711739364701</id><published>2008-11-06T21:25:00.014+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T22:20:24.275+03:00</updated><title type='text'>اوباما وآمال كثيرة ....</title><summary type='text'>الخميس 6 تشرين الثاني 2008السلام عليكم ,اعرف ان رؤوس الناس قد تصدعت من كثرة التقارير والتحليلات السياسيه عن فوز اوباما ليكون الرئيس المنتخب الجديد لأميركالكنني أحب ان أتكلم عن هذا الموضوع بصفتي عراقيه , وما هي وجهة نظري في الموضوع ؟طبعا في البدايه كنا نقول انهم جميعا نفس الشيء , بوش او ماكين او اوباما ,ولكن بعد ظهور نتائج الانتخابات ووقوف اوباما على المنصه بعد فوزه , والكلمة المختصرة التي القاها </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1432994711739364701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1432994711739364701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html' title='اوباما وآمال كثيرة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5184766868564558798</id><published>2008-09-06T11:48:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T12:24:13.235+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraqis are  tossing over burning ember....</title><summary type='text'>Saturday, August 30, 2008Peace be upon you…I know my writings are becoming less frequent and at wider intervals; perhaps because the pressures of the daily work are tiring me, all revolving around the Iraqi refugees here,their problems and limitless suffering; going from the worries of illegal residency, looking for a job and an income for the head of the family, the fear of being pursued by the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5184766868564558798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5184766868564558798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/09/iraqis-are-tossing-over-burning-ember.html' title='Iraqis are  tossing over burning ember....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-6262156482681212460</id><published>2008-08-30T18:29:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T14:17:35.975+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراقيون يتقلبون على الجمر .....</title><summary type='text'>السبت 30 آب 2008السلام عليكم...أعرف أن كتابتي صارت قليلة وبفترات متباعدة,ربما لأن ضغوطات العمل اليومي تتعبني ,وكلها تدور حول العراقيين اللاجئين هنا ومشاكلهم ومعاناتهم التي لا حدود لها , بين هموم الاقامه غير الشرعيه, وهموم البحث عن عمل وايجاد دخل للعائله, والخوف من ملاحقة الشرطه لانه لا يحق لهم ان يعملوا ان لم تكن اقامتهم شرعيه,وبين التفكير بالعودة للعراق والتردد والخوف, وبين طلب اعادة التوطين </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6262156482681212460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/6262156482681212460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/30-2008.html' title='العراقيون يتقلبون على الجمر .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2817080795433030650</id><published>2008-07-03T09:11:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:45:20.176+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good morning,those words below, are from an American reader, not from me.sad America, where are you going , in what direction?Faiza************************************I just finished reading your last blog. Your words penetrate my heart. You are very well spoken. My heart cries out when i read your words.Here in America, things are getting worse by the day. Each day we read about how yet another </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2817080795433030650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2817080795433030650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/07/good-morning-those-words-below-are-from.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5449234206942828640</id><published>2008-06-24T20:32:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T20:34:47.610+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraqis, still in the darkness, looking around, confused...</title><summary type='text'>Friday, June 20, 2008Peace be upon you…I don't know why sometimes the disturbing news pile upon me, unsettling my mood. I long very much for Baghdad; I wish I can book a one-way ticket to her, tear up my passport, and remain to live and work there, till death comes to claim me….By God I am tired of being away, from the hard daily work, from seeing the anguish of the Iraqis here everyday, and I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5449234206942828640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5449234206942828640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/iraqis-still-in-darkness-looking-around.html' title='Iraqis, still in the darkness, looking around, confused...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2846691623060417851</id><published>2008-06-20T23:52:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:59:41.841+03:00</updated><title type='text'>مازلنا وسط الظلام نتلفت حائرين....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 20 حزيران 2008السلام عليكم...لا أدري لماذا تتراكم علي احيانا الاخبار المزعجة ويتعكر مزاجي , وينتابني شوق شديد الى بغداد , اتمنى ان أحجز تذكرة بإتجاه واحد الى هناك, وأمزق جواز سفري, وأبقى أعيش وأعمل هناك حتى يأتيني ملك الموت....والله تعبت من الغربه , والعمل اليومي الشاق, ورؤية عذابات العراقيين هنا كل يوم , ولا أقدر أن أساعد الجميع..يعني لو مسألة 50 دينار او 100 دينار ممكن أساعد , لكن الاف </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2846691623060417851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2846691623060417851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html' title='مازلنا وسط الظلام نتلفت حائرين....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4111374211831714221</id><published>2008-05-21T08:18:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-22T07:28:59.846+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Time  for Writing ....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, May 16, 2008Peace be upon you…By God I miss writing, I haven't written since a long time; I've been busy, busy, busy…My new job is exhausting, and interesting, at the same time; with long hours of work, and many tasks, so I seldom sit down and find myself without something to do for a day…Days and weeks pass by quickly, and I await a suitable day off to sort my thoughts and start writing…</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4111374211831714221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4111374211831714221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/05/time-to-write.html' title='A Time  for Writing ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-543457869187403204</id><published>2008-05-16T19:16:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T19:32:29.889+03:00</updated><title type='text'>وقت للكتابة ....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعه 16 أيار 2008السلام عليكم...والله مشتاقة للكتابة ,لم أكتب منذ زمن بعيد , مشغوله مشغوله مشغوله...عملي الجديد مرهق وممتع في نفس الوقت , ساعات عمل طويله , ومهمات كثيرة نادرا ما اجلس وأرى نفسي بلا مهمات ليوم واحد ..الأيام والاسابيع تمر بسرعه وأنتظر يوم استراحه مناسب حتى أرتب افكاري وأبدأ الكتابه ....الحمد لله , اليوم قررت البقاء في البيت خلال نهاية الاسبوع لكتابة شيء عن اخر اخباري ولماذا أنا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/543457869187403204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/543457869187403204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/05/16-2008.html' title='وقت للكتابة ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8878584409557953099</id><published>2008-03-29T19:54:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-03-29T20:21:43.109+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Five years after occupation of Iraq.....</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, March 27th, 2008Peace be upon you….Keeping a diary is no longer one of the daily rituals of my life, like it was while we lived in Baghdad… or even after I left Baghdad to Jordan in 2005.I don't know; perhaps because of the big amount of calamities I witnessed among the Iraqis here, or listening to the silly news from inside Iraq everyday; all these things made me feel tedious from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8878584409557953099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8878584409557953099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/03/five-years-after-occupation-of-iraq.html' title='Five years after occupation of Iraq.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4874548572905199826</id><published>2008-03-28T08:16:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T08:20:03.490+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>الحمد لله انه مازال في العراق رجال شرفاءيرفعون رؤوسهم ويقولون كلمة الحقنسأل الله أن يثبتهم وينصرهم على القوم الظالمينآمينhttp://www.alsharqiya.com/data/mainstory/2008/03/715.wmv</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4874548572905199826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4874548572905199826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/03/httpwww.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2066602415068320384</id><published>2008-03-28T00:38:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T00:40:31.391+03:00</updated><title type='text'>بعد خمس سنوات من احتلال العراق...</title><summary type='text'>الخميس 27 آذار 2008السلام عليكم....ما عادت كتابة اليوميات طقسا من طقوس حياتي كما كانت ونحن نعيش في بغداد...أو حتى بعد ان غادرتها الى الاردن 2005لا أدري فربما كثرة المصائب التي رأيتها  بين العراقيين هنا, أو سماع الاخبار السخيفة القادمه من داخل العراق كل يوم , قد جعلتني أشعر بالملل من الكتابه, وزادت قناعتي أن مساعدة الناس هي أفضل وسيلة لعمل التغيير الايجابي على الأرض, بدلا من إضاعة الوقت في الكلام </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2066602415068320384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2066602415068320384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post.html' title='بعد خمس سنوات من احتلال العراق...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8729326517240439941</id><published>2008-02-18T00:17:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T00:19:15.451+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Going  among small worries, and big....</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, February 14th, 2008Peace be upon you….These days I am in Cairo, visiting my son who is studying here…I love Egypt very much, especially Cairo, for there are so many common things between people here and Iraq; the people's faces here beam optimistically, specially with visitors, they welcome and respect them, like the Iraqis used to do before the war. But now, woe unto any Arabic citizen</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8729326517240439941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8729326517240439941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/02/going-among-small-worries-and-big.html' title='Going  among small worries, and big....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-872292191609783434</id><published>2008-02-15T00:33:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2008-02-15T00:58:22.929+03:00</updated><title type='text'>بين الهموم  الصغيرة والكبيرة  ....</title><summary type='text'>الخميس 14 شباط 2008  السلام عليكم....هذه الأيام أنا في القاهرة , أزور إبني الذي يدرس هنا...أحب مصر كثيرا , وخصوصا القاهرة, فثمة أشياء مشتركه بين الناس هنا وبين العراق,الناس هنا وجوههم ضاحكه مستبشرة ,وخصوصا مع الزائر , يرحبون به ويحترمونه , كما كان يفعل العراقيون قبل الحرب, اما الان فيا ويل أي مواطن عربي من دول الجوار لو دخل العراق لزيارة, فثمة بغض وتحريض ضد جيراننا العرب حصل بعد الاحتلال الامريكي</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/872292191609783434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/872292191609783434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.html' title='بين الهموم  الصغيرة والكبيرة  ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3402972360348711258</id><published>2008-01-23T06:59:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T07:12:50.164+03:00</updated><title type='text'>CRP...Not Anymore.</title><summary type='text'>Dear Readers:This is an official announcment:I am no longer related to the Collateral Reprair Project, Starting of Jan the 1st of 2008 i stopped working with CRP and cut all ties with it.The reason behind this is that differences emerged between me and some of the staff, based on a different vision in our assesment to the priorities and needs of the Iraqi families.The CRP got new people to work </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3402972360348711258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3402972360348711258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/01/crpnot-anymore.html' title='CRP...Not Anymore.'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2858756159795252279</id><published>2007-12-07T16:59:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-12-07T17:30:23.211+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Reality Tour</title><summary type='text'>Monday, December 4th, 2007Peace be upon you…I spent last week with a delegation of the American Organization: "Global Exchange", as they came for a tour in Jordan and Syria which they call: A Reality Tour; meaning- to see things in reality concerning the Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. The program was crowded; meetings with organizations offering services to the refugees, then meetings with some </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2858756159795252279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2858756159795252279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/12/reality-tour.html' title='The Reality Tour'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7926950198117248733</id><published>2007-12-05T00:27:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T00:30:37.349+03:00</updated><title type='text'>رحلة الحقيقة .....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 4 تشرين الثاني 2007السلام عليكم...قضيت الاسبوع الماضي مع وفد من منظمة غلوبال اكسجينج الامريكيةGlobal Exchangeحيث جاء الوفد في رحلة الى الاردن وسوريا يسمونهاReality Tourيعني لرؤية حقيقة الاشياء على ارض الواقع بما يخص اللاجئين الفلسطينيين واللاجئين العراقيين ,كان البرنامج مزدحما , لقاءات مع منظمات تعمل لتقديم خدمات  للاجئين , ثم لقاءات مع عوائل لرؤية واقع الحال ورؤية معاناتهم ....التقينا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7926950198117248733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7926950198117248733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-post.html' title='رحلة الحقيقة .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1838549481968373643</id><published>2007-11-25T22:25:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T09:11:08.741+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Iraqis and an endless suffering.....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, November 19th, 2007Peace be upon you…For some time now I have been trying to snatch the time to write something new on the blog, but I have been very busy.I went to Italy to attend a conference for women from countries from all over the world, then I went back to Amman to find my American friends; Sasha and Mary waiting for me.as we collect the donations and finance small projects for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1838549481968373643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1838549481968373643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/11/iraqis-and-endless-suffering.html' title='The Iraqis and an endless suffering.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4573669249243019743</id><published>2007-11-20T00:47:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T09:12:36.660+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العراقيون ومعاناة لا حدود لها .....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 19 تشرين الثاني 2007السلام عليكم...منذ فترة طويله وانا احاول ان اقتنص الوقت حتى اكتب شيئا جديدا على الموقع , لكنني مشغولة جدا ,سافرت الى ايطاليا لحضور مؤتمر للنساء من مختلف دول العالم ,ثم عدت الى عمان لأجد صديقاتي الامريكيات ساشا وماري في انتظاريحيث نجمع تبرعات ونقوم بتمويل مشاريع صغيرة لعوائل عراقيه هنا , خصوصا للنساء , مثل ماكنة خياطه او فرن للخبز او صالون تجميل في البيت او صناعة مخلل </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4573669249243019743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4573669249243019743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/11/19-2007.html' title='العراقيون ومعاناة لا حدود لها .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5118505789634437190</id><published>2007-11-02T19:06:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:01:07.034+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Assalam Alaykom..I was in Italy , in the past two couple of weeks,to attend conferences about women who used to live in war or conflict areas,..we were in Rome, Torin, then Milan.will write about that in my next post inshallah,you can see the photos from  my trip on the link :www.picturesinbaghdad.blogspot.comall my best,faiza</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5118505789634437190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5118505789634437190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/11/assalam-alaykom.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-500230775718358655</id><published>2007-10-17T15:57:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T15:59:26.886+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Dividing Iraq....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, October 15th, 2007   Peace be upon you…The holy month of Ramada is finished, and Al-Fiter Feast is here; we exchanged congratulations with each other; in person, or by mobile phone messages and phone calls. We prayed to God that the next Ramadan and Feast would come and we are in Iraq, and Iraq would be well, basking in peace and security, without a hateful occupation…But we all realize </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/500230775718358655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/500230775718358655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/10/dividing-iraq.html' title='Dividing Iraq....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5357383083654035531</id><published>2007-10-15T16:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T16:44:01.506+03:00</updated><title type='text'>تقسيم العراق</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 15 تشرين الاول 2007السلام عليكم...انتهى شهر رمضان المبارك, وجاء عيد الفطر, وتبادلنا التهاني لبعضنا وجها لوجه او من خلال مسجات الموبايلات والاتصالات الهاتفية , ودعونا الله أن يعيد علينا رمضان القادم والعيد القادم ونحن في العراق, وهو بخير وسلام وطمأنينه وبدون احتلال بغيض...لكننا جميعا ندرك ان الامنيات لا تنجز بالدعاء وحده , العمل ضروري جدا لتحقيق الامنيات , والله يعين عبده الذي يسعى ويجد </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5357383083654035531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5357383083654035531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html' title='تقسيم العراق'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5096555587440568947</id><published>2007-09-26T21:54:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T21:56:34.357+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq is boiling....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, September 17th, 2007  Peace be upon you….Back to Iraq once more…At this period, Iraq is going through hot developments, as if the boiling point of the situation is getting near the edge of going out of control, or, a true change might take place, a change that would satisfy the Iraqis..............The American and Iraqi administrations are currently facing a big indignation carried first </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5096555587440568947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5096555587440568947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/iraq-is-boiling.html' title='Iraq is boiling....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5013520724988607742</id><published>2007-09-22T19:15:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-09-22T19:18:51.229+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lebanon and Syria.....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, September 14, 2007May peace be upon you…All the previous time I was busy with the Iraqi families here. And now the blessed month of Ramadan arrived, so I decided to take a break and a vacation, to stay at home for a few days because I am very exhausted, physically and mentally. I need to be by my self, without answering phones or opening the e-mail…At such days, I long for my home in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5013520724988607742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5013520724988607742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/lebanon-and-syria.html' title='Lebanon and Syria.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3735033873618607291</id><published>2007-09-17T19:22:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T07:08:20.174+04:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق يغلي.....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 17 أيلول 2007السلام عليكم....نعود للعراق مرة أخرى ..هذه الفترة يمر العراق بتطورات ساخنة , كأن درجة غليان الوضع في العراق تقترب من الحد الذي سيخرج عن السيطرة,أو أن يحدث تغيير حقيقي يرضي العراقيين ..............الادارة الامريكية والحكومه العراقية حاليا تعانيان من سخط كبير يحمله الشعب العراقي اولا, ثم الشعب الامريكي , عليهما , لكن بالتأكيد غضب العراقيين أكبر , لأنهم يعيشون العذاب والتدمير </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3735033873618607291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3735033873618607291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post.html' title='العراق يغلي.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5576121780218542599</id><published>2007-09-14T14:55:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-09-17T15:54:33.195+04:00</updated><title type='text'>لبنان وسوريا ....</title><summary type='text'>الجمعة 14 أيلول 2007السلام عليكمكنت مشغولة طوال الفترة السابقة مع العوائل العراقية هنا, الان جاء شهر رمضان المبارك , قررت ان اخذ اجازة وراحةواجلس في البيت كم يوم لانني مرهقة جدا , نفسيا وجسميا , ومحتاجة أن أكون وحدي , بدون أن أرد على التلفونات أو افتح بريدي الالكتروني..في مثل هذه الايام يعاودني الحنين لبيتي في بغداد , والحنين لبغداد الحبيبة والعراق وكل شيء هناك , لا أظن ثمة شيء يحزن القلب أكثر من</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5576121780218542599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5576121780218542599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/14-2007.html' title='لبنان وسوريا ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4229660142668572453</id><published>2007-09-07T16:43:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T16:48:14.264+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good evening..I have put pictures on the website :http://www.picturesinbaghdad.blogspot.com/its about our last vacation in Syria and Lebanon,I will write a new post about that,all my bestfaiza</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4229660142668572453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4229660142668572453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/good-evening.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8174662810336336657</id><published>2007-07-21T20:43:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T20:48:33.548+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Emails I have received from Iraq .....</title><summary type='text'>Peace be upon you…These are samples of the Iraqi's suffering in their own country, recorded here for history, so we can remember what the occupation did to us.These are live testimonies from inside Iraq, now.............***************************************Email No. 1 ,from Baghdad:Good morning, my dear lady:At last I managed to get out of the house. In the last four days there were daily </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8174662810336336657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8174662810336336657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/07/emails-i-have-received-from-iraq.html' title='Emails I have received from Iraq .....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3922463933092604041</id><published>2007-07-20T00:32:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T00:35:35.551+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Today  is better than tomorrow.....</title><summary type='text'>Friday, July 13th, 2007  Peace be upon you….I don't know why sometimes an old Arabic proverb comes ringing into my mind: "If you know; it is a disaster, and if you don't know, then it is a greater disaster…..". I think it is said about a person who thinks he knows everything, then he discovers he was a fool, and what was hidden was much greater…Perhaps this is how it is with most people who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3922463933092604041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3922463933092604041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/07/today-is-better-than-tomorrow.html' title='Today  is better than tomorrow.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8388894625285573828</id><published>2007-07-16T00:02:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T20:42:59.280+04:00</updated><title type='text'>رسائل وصلتني  بالبريد الالكتروني</title><summary type='text'>السلام عليكمهذه نماذج لمعاناة العراقيين في وطنهمتسجل هنا للتاريخحتى نتذكر ما فعله بنا الاحتلالهذه شهادات حية من داخل العراقالآن.............***************************************صباح الخير ياسيدتي العزيزةاخيرا استطعت الخروج من البيت، في الايام الاربعة الماضية كانت هنالك اشتباكات يومية في الاعظمية، تؤدي الى قطع اغلب الشوارع الفرعية، اما الرئيسية فشبه مقفلة دائما تقريبا، ويصل اغلب الموظفين قريب </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8388894625285573828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8388894625285573828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post_16.html' title='رسائل وصلتني  بالبريد الالكتروني'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7366952090304894769</id><published>2007-07-13T14:29:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-07-13T14:31:35.195+04:00</updated><title type='text'>اليوم احسن  من  غدا ......</title><summary type='text'>الجمعة 13  تموز 2007 السلام  عليكم....لا  ادري لماذا  يتردد في ذهني احيانا  مقولة عربية  قديمة :  ان كنت  تدري فتلك مصيبة , وان كنت  لا تدري  فالمصيبة  اعظم.....واعتقد  هي  تقال  للذي يظن  نفسه يدري عن كل شيء , ثم  يكتشف  انه  مغفل  وان  المخفي كان اعظم...وربما هذا  هو حال معظم الناس الذين  يتابعون اخبار العراق, وخصوصا الشعب الامريكي المسكين المحاط بحكومة ووسائل اعلام  تابعة لها  , تردد كل </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7366952090304894769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7366952090304894769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html' title='اليوم احسن  من  غدا ......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-1964390644437248284</id><published>2007-06-26T16:39:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T16:41:19.990+04:00</updated><title type='text'>We are from a country that floats over lakes of oil...</title><summary type='text'>Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Peace be upon you…Through my work and visits to the Iraqi families here in Jordan for some months, I found that a lot of them live here without a legal residency permit, without the right to work, the right of free education for their children, or someone to cover the cost of their medical treatment if they suffer an accidental or chronic health condition…I tried to visit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1964390644437248284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/1964390644437248284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/06/we-are-from-country-that-floats-over.html' title='We are from a country that floats over lakes of oil...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7540623694868578472</id><published>2007-06-21T20:07:00.001+04:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T20:11:44.590+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine ......</title><summary type='text'>Monday, June 18th, 2007Peace be upon you…The previous days and weeks saw acts of violence and clashes, not only in Iraq; there was a second bombing in Samara, a curfew declared from Wednesday to Saturday. But before that there were clashes in the Nahr Al-Barid Camp (= Cold River Camp), between armed groups inside the camp and the Lebanese Army, which received military logistic aid by American </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7540623694868578472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7540623694868578472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/06/iraq-lebanon-and-palestine.html' title='Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine ......'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3129233762625434715</id><published>2007-06-19T02:01:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-06-19T09:46:28.634+04:00</updated><title type='text'>نحن  من  وطن  يطفو  على بحيرات من  النفط...</title><summary type='text'>الثلاثاء 19 حزيران 2007السلام عليكم ...ومن خلال عملي وزياراتي للعوائل العراقية هنا في الاردن منذ شهور, وجدت ان الكثير منهم يعيش بلا اقامة شرعية , بلا حق للعمل, بلا حق تعليم مجاني لاولادهم , بلا احد يغطي تكاليف علاجهم اذا اصابتهم حالة مرضية طارئة او مزمنه ...حاولت ان ازور عوائل عراقية غنية من تجار ومقاولين او شيوخ او اعضاء برلمان , وحاولت ان اضغط عليهم في سبيل التبرع لهذه العوائل , لكنهم يديرون </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3129233762625434715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3129233762625434715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post_19.html' title='نحن  من  وطن  يطفو  على بحيرات من  النفط...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8376292500592939324</id><published>2007-06-18T21:15:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-06-18T21:16:43.852+04:00</updated><title type='text'>العراق ولبنان وفلسطين.....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 18 حزيران 2007السلام عليكم..الايام والاسابيع السابقة شهدت  احداث عنف واشتباكات ليس فقط في العراق وتفجيرات ثانية في سامراء  ومنع تجول منذ الاربعاء الى السبت , وانما كانت  قبلها  في لبنان اشتباكات في مخيم نهر البارد بين جماعات مسلحة داخل المخيم , وبين الجيش اللبناني  الذي وصلته امدادات عسكرية بطائرات امريكية ربما جاءت من قطر او اسرائيل او جهنم الله وحده يعلم...ثم اشتباكات بين فتح وحماس في </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8376292500592939324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8376292500592939324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html' title='العراق ولبنان وفلسطين.....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2687131859628722830</id><published>2007-05-29T16:15:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T17:11:04.375+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stories  From Sad Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007May peace be upon you…When I was in Baghdad during the war and after that, writing from that position was an important item in my daily rituals… I used to go to work every day, come back to tend to my home and family, but writing was to me an important matter I should accomplish every day or two, as if it is a part of my responsibility to tell the world what is happening to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2687131859628722830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2687131859628722830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/05/stories-from-sad-iraq.html' title='Stories  From Sad Iraq'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-247478726053408743</id><published>2007-05-24T00:00:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-05-24T00:16:59.550+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I got an Email from research professors from Texas Tech Univ. and the Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville.  they are asking for my help in informing the blog readers about their survey about the uses of blogs,especially for information about the Iraq war. If you like to participate, click on the link below. http://survey.utk.edu/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=BLOGS</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/247478726053408743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/247478726053408743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-got-email-from-research-professors.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-8091236784570667944</id><published>2007-05-23T00:30:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T17:18:26.702+04:00</updated><title type='text'>قصص من العراق الحزين</title><summary type='text'>الثلاثاء 22 أيار 2007السلام عليكمعندما كنت في بغداد فترة الحرب وبعدها , كانت الكتابة بالنسبة لي على موقعي هذا ,بند مهم من طقوس حياتي اليومية...كنت اذهب للعمل كل يوم , واعود لأعتني ببيتي وعائلتي, لكن الكتابة كانت بالنسبة لي موضوعا مهما ينبغي انجازه كل يوم او يومين, كأنه جزء من مسؤوليتي لأخبر العالم ماذا يحصل لنا وكيف نعيش أيامنا...لكن سبحان الله , الناس يتعبون من الكلام والحديث نفسه يصبح مكررا </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8091236784570667944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/8091236784570667944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post_23.html' title='قصص من العراق الحزين'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-4029986471246034785</id><published>2007-05-04T22:04:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T22:11:22.660+04:00</updated><title type='text'>we have none but patience ....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, April 30th, 2007Peace be upon you….I haven't written for a long time, I no longer have the temperament to write.I don't know; is it because of the silly, frustrating news from Baghdad, the continuance of violence, killings, the bloodshed of the innocent Iraqis, the plundering of the Iraqi wealth; or because I am busy with the people and their distress, for I receive calls from families in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4029986471246034785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/4029986471246034785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/05/we-have-none-but-patience.html' title='we have none but patience ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-371592692383718900</id><published>2007-05-01T01:42:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T01:55:39.377+04:00</updated><title type='text'>ليس لنا سوى  الصبر ....</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 30 نيسان 2007السلام عليكم....لم اكتب منذ فترة طويلة ,ما عاد عندي مزاج للكتابة ,لا ادري هل هو سبب الاخبار السخيفة المحبطة من بغداد , واستمرار العنف والقتل وسفك الدماء العراقية البريئة ونهب ثروات العراق , ام بسبب انشغالي مع الناس وهمومهم , حيث انني اتلقى مكالمات من عوائل عراقية في عمان او بغداد تطلب المساعدة الطبية او الانسانية , او مستشفيات عراقية تستشغيث وتطلب ابسط الامور مثل الانسولين </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/371592692383718900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/371592692383718900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='ليس لنا سوى  الصبر ....'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2376882373015466883</id><published>2007-04-11T11:18:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2007-04-11T11:22:43.586+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>in the 4the anniversary of the invasion:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRugtbQGA8</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2376882373015466883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2376882373015466883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-4the-anniversary-of-invasion-httpwww.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2802230482221770330</id><published>2007-03-25T07:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T08:36:50.539+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter From an American History Teacher</title><summary type='text'>This is an email that mom received and asked me to post on her site (she is safe and sound, just busy)...[i removed the name and address of the sender, because I was not sure if he wanted to have his name posted, but he agreed to have his letter posted.]hope you all are well.oh and, pass by my blog and drop me a comment, would you? ;0)Majed*----------------Dear Faiza,Assalam Aleikom,I hope that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2802230482221770330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2802230482221770330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/03/letter-from-american-history-teacher.html' title='Letter From an American History Teacher'/><author><name>Majed Jarrar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02362165823809311743</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RYovJtkQ_gA/Si4_Il80Y4I/AAAAAAAAAFM/6Og5nZ2x5yw/S220/majedjarrar+text.bmp'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7360251199804383473</id><published>2007-03-22T20:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T20:03:50.719+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The fourth anniversary of the war on Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 19th, 2007Peace be upon you…I had no wish to write anything these days…Last week I have been ill, tired physically and psychologically; there is a small, mean stone sticking inside my ureter for three months now, and it is torturing me. I drank a lot of liquids, juices, and boiled herbs, but it didn’t break or slip down. Then I had a Sonar Scan, and found it still in place, so, I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7360251199804383473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7360251199804383473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/03/fourth-anniversary-of-war-on-iraq.html' title='The fourth anniversary of the war on Iraq'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-584081180191749454</id><published>2007-03-20T00:42:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-20T00:44:28.427+03:00</updated><title type='text'>الذكرى الرابعة للحرب على العراق</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 19 آذار 2007السلام عليكم…لم يكن عندي رغبة بكتابة أي شيء هذه الايام..كنت في الاسبوع الماضي مريضة ومتعبة جسميا ونفسيا, ثمة حصاة صغيرة حقيرة ملتصقة بالحالب منذ 3 شهور وهي تعذبني, شربت الكثير من السوائل والعصير والاعشاب المغلية, ولم تتكسر او تنزل, ثم عملت سونار فوجدتها ما زالت مكانها, فقررت ان ارضخ لقبول عملية تفتيت الحصاة عن طريق الليزر او الالتراساوند , لا ادري, ليس عندي مزاج لمعرفة هذه </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/584081180191749454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/584081180191749454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post.html' title='الذكرى الرابعة للحرب على العراق'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-5521952866353431432</id><published>2007-03-18T23:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T23:05:34.705+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good eveningI got this email today from an American  friend, her words opened my wounds...Iraq is still in chaos since 4 years, and we still out of our country, our homes.waiting, day after day, to go back home..WHY ?faiza****************************Faiza, isn't it so ironic?!if only us people, all good ordinary people ran the world, not these ugly governments. that sounds more like real </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5521952866353431432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/5521952866353431432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/03/good-evening-i-got-this-email-today.html' title=''/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-9065680090585935402</id><published>2007-03-03T18:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-03T23:39:50.723+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter to the UNESCO Regarding al-Aqsa Excavations</title><summary type='text'>The UNESCO has decided to send a technical mission to the Old City of Jerusalem, inscribed on UNESCO's Wolrd Heritage List and on the World Heritage in Danger List, to a carry out a technical assessment of the works on the access to the Sacred Sanctuary (Al-Haram al-Sharif)...Several fellow bloggers have posted this on their blogs, a plan to start a campaign of sending letters TODAY (the 3rd of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://me-vs-myself.blogspot.com/2007/03/letter-to-unesco-regarding-al-aqsa.html' title='Letter to the UNESCO Regarding al-Aqsa Excavations'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9065680090585935402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/9065680090585935402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/03/letter-to-unesco-regarding-al-aqsa.html' title='Letter to the UNESCO Regarding al-Aqsa Excavations'/><author><name>Majed Jarrar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02362165823809311743</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RYovJtkQ_gA/Si4_Il80Y4I/AAAAAAAAAFM/6Og5nZ2x5yw/S220/majedjarrar+text.bmp'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-3187705199691821954</id><published>2007-02-25T15:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T15:47:32.531+03:00</updated><title type='text'>War or Peace ?</title><summary type='text'>Monday, February 19th, 2007Peace be upon you…The news from Iraq are still annoying and uncomforting; the explosions didn't stop. It is true that they became less frequent than their numbers of some weeks ago, and it is true that the death bands reduced their presence, but people there are still controlled by fear, thinking that this is a temporary situation, due to the implementation of the new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3187705199691821954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/3187705199691821954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/02/war-or-peace.html' title='War or Peace ?'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-2466267513365402045</id><published>2007-02-19T23:56:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T08:14:18.870+03:00</updated><title type='text'>الحرب أم  السلام ؟</title><summary type='text'>الاثنين 19 شباط 2007السلام عليكممازالت الاخبار من العراق مزعجة وغير مريحه , التفجيرات لم تتوقف, صحيح انها قلت عما كانت عليه قبل اسابيع , وصحيح ان فرق الموت قللت تواجدها, لكن الناس هناك مازال الخوف يسيطر عليهم ويعتقدون ان هذا الوضع مؤقت بسبب تطبيق الخطة الامنية الجديدة , ومحاصرة قوات الاحتلال مع الشرطه والجيش العراقيين للمناطق, ومداهمة مقرات المليشيات المشبوهه المتورطه في اعمال العنف الطائفية, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2466267513365402045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/2466267513365402045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html' title='الحرب أم  السلام ؟'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-7714668826410173358</id><published>2007-02-17T09:15:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-17T10:14:34.328+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The testimony of  former Iraqi prisoner in Abo Graib</title><summary type='text'>Good morning..still we are working to hear from former Iraqi detainees or prisoners,after the invasion of our country.or is it so-called liberation?this is the testimony of the man who was in the famous photo from AboGraibprison, the man with hood , wearing black blanket, standing on a box, with electrical wires connected to his hands.want you to read with me, to see the real face of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7714668826410173358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/7714668826410173358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/02/testimony-of-former-iraqi-prisoner-in_3343.html' title='The testimony of  former Iraqi prisoner in Abo Graib'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-116974555275846143</id><published>2007-01-25T20:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-01-25T21:01:43.410+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Living in a state of waiting...</title><summary type='text'>Sunday, January 21st, 2007Peace be upon you…What does it mean for a human being to live in a state of waiting?What does it mean when his whole life is restless, unstable, and hanging from a thread?This is how I feel, and so are the feelings of millions of Iraqis inside Iraq and abroad, since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, until now…At the beginning, we used to wait for services to get </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116974555275846143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116974555275846143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/01/living-in-state-of-waiting.html' title='Living in a state of waiting...'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-116948853562201420</id><published>2007-01-22T20:52:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T00:07:53.086+03:00</updated><title type='text'>العيش في حالة انتظار</title><summary type='text'>الأحد 21 كانون الثاني 2007السلام عليكم...ما معنى ان يعيش الانسان حالة انتظار؟ما معنى ان تكون حياته كلها قلقة معلقة غير مستقرة ؟هذا هو شعوري, وشعور الملايين من العراقيين داخل العراق وخارجه منذ الغزو الامريكي للعراق 2003 ولحد الان...في البداية كنا ننتظر تحسن الخدمات , وظهور حكومة جديدة تفكر بطريقة جديدة وتتصرف بعقلية ديمقراطية , وعقلية مهنية متطورة تحسن البنية التحتية للبلاد من خدمات ماء وكهرباء </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116948853562201420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116948853562201420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post_22.html' title='العيش في حالة انتظار'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-116819631757700104</id><published>2007-01-07T21:55:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T22:46:20.086+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Re - Reading the modern Iraqi history</title><summary type='text'>TUESDAY, JANUAERY 2nd, 2007Peace be upon you…These days I'm in Cairo on a short visit, I came to spend the feast holiday with my son Majid, as he is living and studying there… the weather is warm, I ran from the cold weather and snow in Amman. People here are so peaceful and pleasant in an unbelievable way, they remind me of the Iraqis and their goodness and respect to the guests coming to visit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116819631757700104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116819631757700104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/01/re-reading-modern-iraqi-history.html' title='Re - Reading the modern Iraqi history'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161048.post-116794993237756636</id><published>2007-01-05T01:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T01:32:12.436+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The feast and Saddam execution</title><summary type='text'> Sunday, December 31st, 2006 Peace be upon you…These are the days of Al-Adha'a Eid (= the Sacrifice Feast) for the Muslims, and before that the first ten days of The Al-Hujaah passed; they are blessed days, as we fast, pray, give charity, and do all good deeds that would bring us near to God the Mighty, asking Him to forgive our misdeeds, to give us mercy, and who can forgive misdeeds but Him?We </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116794993237756636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6161048/posts/default/116794993237756636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/01/feast-and-saddam-execution.html' title='The feast and Saddam execution'/><author><name>Faiza Al-Araji</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12826702542853106760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
