Hello!
I think I should share some basic info about myself with you…just to let you form a mental image about the person behind the words.
Back in 1984, I celebrated my coming to life with a cry and a slap on the butt.
I think I’m as human as they come. A humble balance of good and bad, saint and sinner…
I am a Jordanian/Circassian young woman…and I study Modern Languages (namely Italian/English/Hebrew/Japanese) … I chose this major simply because it was,at the time that I got to pick,the most reasonable option. I had had a notion some four years earlier that I would like to study Italian… well when I got squeezed I chose it. I am ever so glad I did, this major is culturally enriching in ways I never imagined possible.
I am currently in the states but I’m heading home soon… and it’s odd how much I miss home. It’s true what they say, you don’t realise what you got till it’s gone.
Enough of all the puffed up talk. I love animals. I just terribly adore them, mainly felines & reptiles… chances are I’ll have a cat or a reptile pet any time of the year.
I have a taste for the finer things in life,I love art history and mythology and I always try to read up about them..but you can never read enough now can you? Literature interests me and some of it affects me deeply, I read Arabic and English literature…Oscar Wilde and Khalil Gibran being my all-time favorites.
I must also confess that I enjoy intelligent people immensely…A good brainy conversation is such a rare thing , I’m both blessed and lucky because I came across some extremely intelligent people in my life… and they just keep me going.
Now my blog will probably contain entries that deal with issues on the personal level,be they inner thoughts and/or feelings or some events that I find personal and would like to share with you, my readership. It will contain entries that deal with life in general and others that quote articles or link to websites… I might even post some of my writings here! Just about anything and everything….
I started blogging in January,2004 on a different site. This was the right time to move my blog, I thought, a week ago, and here I am. On a last note,this is an introductory entry so don’t quote me just yet!
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August 27th, 2005 at 4:15 pm
Welcome…
August 27th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
Welcome :) Looking forward to reading more!
August 27th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
Well… I like you ;) I like people who read and who appreciate smart intellectual conversations!! I hope you’ll initiate some of those through your blog, or at least share some of the books you like!!
Modern languages is a great thing to master… I have this long-term goal of learning three more besides Arabic, English and French ;) but it must be difficult majoring in Four languages, how exactly do you do that? ;)
August 28th, 2005 at 5:12 am
Comments much appreciated! I feel the love already ;)Well,Lina, you don’t major in all four languages. I mainly study Italian and English (Language & Literature) but I have a passion for languages. So I studied some Hebrew and Japanese. I am not fluent in them,mind you :)
August 29th, 2005 at 5:39 am
Hello! Interesting posts you have made so far…what is Circassian? Just wondering.
Cheers,
Nouri
September 1st, 2005 at 12:15 am
Hi Nouri :) I hope the answer I’m about to provide will quench your thirst for knowledge about Circassians. I got this bit of info from a “trusted” site, http://www.adiga.com.( I wanted to give you a somewhat documented answer,one that is hopefully accurate )
Circassians: people of northwestern Caucasia, also referred to as the Cherkess. They are found today chiefly in the Russian republics of Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia and in larger groups in Jordan, Turkey, and Syria. Their languages belong to the North-West Caucasian languages, a non-Indo-European group. They are related in language origin to many other mountaineer peoples of Caucasia and Transcaucasia. Since the 17th century, they have been Muslims. Although Circassia was ceded to Russia in 1829, the Circassians were not subjugated until 1864, when, after fierce resistance, many left the Caucasus and migrated to various parts of the Ottoman Empire.
December 3rd, 2005 at 5:48 pm
Ah, very interesting! Thank you for the explaination.
Cheers,
Nouri