Yes it’s that time of year when some of the students we sponsor get turned loose for their "praktik". We put them through a course and then let them work "live" on the site.
Yes it’s that time of year when some of the students we sponsor get turned loose for their "praktik". We put them through a course and then let them work "live" on the site.
We’ve got some very kind enquiries over the last few days asking if we’re well or has something happened. Well a lot has happened – there was the heatwave, some of us have taken holidays in August and of course the new orphanages and schools as well as our other work and some new projects are taking a lot our time.
And of course it’s Ramadan! — So yes we are still here and will resume blogging in English in September.
It is so nice that people have asked – thank you for caring
Happy Ramadan to all our Muslim readers! With love from Baghdad.
Umm Fatima
O God, forgive our living and our dead, those who are present among us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our males and our females. O God, whoever You keep alive, keep him alive in Islam, and whoever You cause to die, cause him to die with faith. O God, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and sound and forgive him, honour the place where he settles and make his entrance wide; wash him with water and snow and hail, and cleanse him of sin as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. O God, give him a house better than his house and a family better than his family. O God, admit him to Paradise and protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of Hell-fire; make his grave spacious and fill it with light. O God, do not deprive us of the reward and do not cause us to go astray after this.
Here is the (slightly delayed sorry about that) list of links to articles and postings in English made on Gorilla’s Guides between March 1st 2010 and March 31st 2010. I hope you find it useful.
Suheila
Here is the list of links to articles and postings in English made on Gorilla’s Guides between February 1st 2010 and February 28th 2010. I hope you find it useful.
Suheila
As you can see our main page, and most of our postings are in Arabic. We remain committed to providing some coverage in English. We’ve recently received a few mails from readers saying that the bilingual nature of the site can be confusing and asking us to make it easier for our English language readership to find articicles in their language.
So without further ado:
On the righthand side of the screen there is now a section called "Latest English Language Articles" this contains a clickable list of the last 10 articles in the English language.
The very large screenshot below should clarify all :-)
Suheila Jamil,
for the Team at Gorilla’s Guides.
On behalf of all the team allow me to welcome you to the first in the series of Gorilla’s Guides’ English language roundups. Although the overwhelming majority of our visitors are from Muslim countries and are interested only in our Arabic language coverage we decided as a matter of principle to try to continue to provide at least some English language postings. As part of this we’ve decided to give a monthly list of links to articles and postings in English. We hope you find it useful.
Nur Hussein Ghazali
In common with our brothers and sisters in Islam throughout the world we are celebrating this auspicious occasion. We send our especial love to our fellow Irakis driven from their homes by the violence unleashed by the invaders. We pray that next year with the help of God you will celebrate here with us.
With love,
Mohammed Ibn Laith,
Nur Hussein Ghazali,
Ali Ibn Hussayn,
Haleema Al-Azzawi,
Hussein Al-Bayati,
Maryam,
Um Thalit,
Suheila Jamil,
Fatima, Fatima, and Fatima :-) ,
Saba Ali,
And all the rest of us here at Guides.
عبر المواطنون عن أملهم في أن يكون عيد الاضحى المبارك بداية لصفحة جديدة من تاريخ العراق، متمنين ان يعم الامن والاستقرار جميع المناطق. الساحات العامة والمتنزهات في العاصمة بغداد فتحت أبوابها أمام المواطنين وبدأت بإستقبال اعداد كبيرة من العوائل وسط اجراءات أمنية مشددة.
وفي محافظة اربيل استقبل المواطنون عيد الاضحى المبارك بتبادل التهاني والتبريكات بهذه المناسبة العزيزة متمنين ان يعم الامن والاستقرار جميع محافظات البلاد.
اما محافظة كربلاء فشهدت توافد الاف الزائرين من محافظات مختلفة وعدد من البلدان العربية وغير العربية لاحياء زيارة عرفة وسط إجراءات أمنية مشددة.
هذا ونشرت شرطة المحافظة اربعمئة سيطرة تفتيش ودورية في مناطق مختلفة من كربلاء ضمن الخطة المتبعة خلال عيد الأضحى، داعية المواطنين إلى التعاون مع الأجهزة الأمنية والإبلاغ عن كل ما يثير الشكوك. واكّد قائد شرطة كربلاء اللواء الركن علي الغريري في حديث الى السومرية نيوز أن هذه الإجراءات تسهل تعامل قيادة الشرطة مع الحالات الطارئة ، موضحا أن العدد الكبير للزائرين الذين يحيون عيد الأضحى قد يغري الإرهابيين الذين يهدفون إلى إشاعة القلق وأعمال العنف في المدينة ، مبيناً في الوقت نفسه أن هذا الأمر يتطلب جهوداً مشتركة من قوى الأمن والمواطنين لحفظ أمن المحافظة.
وللعيد طقوسه المتميزة التي ترتبط بموروث أجتماعي وديني ولعل أبرز هذه الطقوس تقديم الاضحية وصناعة المعجنات الكليجة، كما ان العيد لا يمر من دون حصول الاطفال على العيدية والذهاب الى المنتزهات ومدن الالعاب.