Sailing the NILE...

What:
The Sailing the Nile Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals, is a UN initiative. The Millennium Goals are among the top priority of the United Nations and were galvanized in 2000 where 189 Heads of Government (including Egypt) signed a declaration to end poverty by 2015. Since 2006, 18 UN Agencies, the Egyptian Government, civil society and the private sector joined efforts in this innovative campaign to raise awareness and trigger local action around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

When:
The campaign will be launched on October 18th, and will continue until December 20th, 2008.

Why:
The Sailing the Nile campaign has two main objectives: to raise awareness of the Millenium Development Goals and to integrate the concept of volunteerism into MDG-related projects that are currently being implemented by development partners.

How:
The 2008 MDGs Campaign combines three different means of transport: feluccas, buses and train. The activities of the campaign will follow an itinerary across the country that will serve as the backbone of the project. All activities will be implemented along the stops of the itinerary that the feluccas, buses and train will follow between 18 October and the 20 December, 2008.



Email: sailthenile.alex@gmail.com
Office: www.sailingthenile.org/
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Facebook: www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=37383440849&ref=mf

El Eid Gather Us...

Just few days and the holy month of Ramadan will end, Muslims all over the world will celebrate the festival which will last for 3 days called Eid Elfitr and its so important that you can find Egyptians busy in the last days of the month baking cookies and making Delicious food and sweets and buying new cloths for their children...

In the Eid, people start their day with going to pray in the early morning, after that they go back home have breakfast and get ready either waiting or going to meet family and usually in big families people gather to have lunch together and spend the day speaking and chatting….

Usually Muslims Donate money for poor people to make sure that those people will have the ability to celebrate the Eid…

Egypt during those days looks great as people go out in the gardens and streets spending their time with their children and families…

In the End I wish you all Happy Eid and Hope Peace for all over the world.

The last 10 days pray in Ramadan "Alexandria"

Eid ElFitr Pray infront of Dom of Rock, Jerusalem, Palestine

Around the City

Lighting up Ramadan...

Muslims around the world are celebrating Ramadan, a month-long period of religious reflection and devotion.

Ramadan marks the month the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have had the holy book, the Koran, revealed to him by God.

The holy month is observed by a large proportion of the world's estimated 1 billion Muslims, and has been observed for centuries in roughly the same way.

It occurs during the ninth month in the lunar calendar, which is different from the internationally-recognised solar calendar.

Muslims cannot eat and drink at all in the daytime during this period, breaking their fast when the sun sets, by drinking kamr el din, and eating again before the sun rises.

They are expected to spend much of their day in prayer and reflection, during which they learn how life can be a mixture of body and soul - of spiritual faith and the reality of life.

It is regarded by many as a month-long exercise in practising how to be a pious, religious person throughout the rest of the year.

The number of worshippers making pilgrimages to two of Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, increases during Ramadan - especially during the last 10 days.

But the holy month is also a social occasion, which has developed over time into a festival.

After sunset, families break their fasts by sharing festive meals of special Ramadan treats, such as Konafa, an Egyptian dessert made of shredded wheat and syrup, or Katayef, sweets stuffed with nuts, which are a popular dessert among Palestinians.

But most important are dates, which, according to Islamic teachings, were eaten by Prophet Mohammed at the end of each day of the fasting month. These are seen as a spiritual reminder of the reason behind the fasting and feasting.

Many Muslim countries change their hours of business during Ramadan, and this year in Egypt, the government has gone one step further and declared an additional day off every week to make the lives of workers easier.

The streets of the Egyptian capital Cairo are currently alight with special festive lanterns. These have been used to light up Ramadan nights there since the Fatimids - a North African Shiite Moslem dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 969 to 1171.

Sources: BBC, Wiki, DAD...

I was scared, I was afraid, but I did it.. :D

Ever feared u dreamed of something and then when ur dream comes true, u have like a second thoughts about it??

well that happened to me ," A LOT" , but this situation should be remarked.

I always dreamed to go to my college by bike, and to just ride on the corniache in peace and quiet, the sea by my side, and I even talked with my friends about it. Me, Abdallah El Wakil, and Rania Ghallab, and 2 other of my friends, and we all just loved this idea....

and since I heard the idea after that with a while from Peter, I couldn't just believe it,I even thought, well I know how will it ends, we will just gather and do nothing.

But totally opposite to my expectations, I found them actually agreeing on a day, and where we r going to rent the bikes and everything else...

I couldn't even believe it..we gathered, the first day was on 8\8\2008 :D, i won't forget it my whole life, since I actually was toasted from the sea the day before, and I was riding the bicycle with my hands hurting me so much...

But nothing , really NOTHING, can actually hurt me anymore since just riding by the sea, and watching the streets and the air blowing in ur face , just makes u hope this day never ends....

This day we went from Stanly bridge to the BA, the best trip in my whole life, of course I won't forget my embarrassing situation in the end, since (cold water+ my empty stomach = u can imagine the rest...)
:(( not pretty cool believe me....

I returned home, feeling so HIGH, that I kept smiling all the day long, even mom and dad thought that I got ran over by a car, and my bro fixed me somehow... but I will never forget the first day I ride by the sea...I even talked with dad and took my bicycle to fix it....

The second time... WOWOWOW was the SHOT and the GREATEST, from Stanly to the Fort of Qaitbay, and u can imagine the joy, I thought Niverte is actually trying to kill us, and with the whistle, NIVERTE u seriously looked like a policeman :D, but the weather was lovely, and the sea was amazing and just the whole idea made me feel like dreaming, I evened thought I'm dreaming, till I reached home and I saw the pics, then: "oh that's for real... :D"

Then, we were assured of this piece of information, Niverete will kill us ultimately, she sent us a msg of the next ride, 5 mins after that, I found everyone is calling me, WHAT????
from Stanly to Montaza, KIDDING, right??
And since we know that we can do it, we went, and with the help of the Egyptian team, they cleared the way for us, and it was extra cool :D

I can talk much, but can never describe the feeling just to ride and the sea by ur side and the Alexandria sleeping in the morning on the other side...

Thanks for all who made this dream, my dream, and the dream of million other people come true...

Thanks Abdallah for reviving this dream in my mind,
Thanks Peter for telling me about the first meeting,
Thanks Niverte for ur strength and courage to keep going on and keep every time planning and drawing our paths, I know u r tired but we will never forget this wonderful trips for u, " the whistle too " :D

Thank you all.....

P.S: Thank the ambulance car: Khaled my brother, which kept riding next to me asking for the LICENSE and the REGISTRATION of the bike...

Days riding: " Time not accurate"

1- 8\8\2008:
from Stanly to BA
starting 9 am
arriving destination: 10:45 am
Distance: 4.93 km

2-15\8\2008:
from Stanly to Fort Qaitbay
starting 8 am
arriving destination: 11:00 am
Distance: 9 km

3-22\8\2008:
from Stanly to Montaza
starting 9:30 am
arriving destination: 11:20 am
Distance: 8.45 km

Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0

Will Just make u Laugh... :D
hahahhhhahha

Dear Tech Support Team:
Last Month I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0.
I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child-processes that took up a lot of space and valuable resources.
In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activities.
Applications such as Bachelor Nights 10.3, Cricket 5.0, BeerWithBuddies 7.5, and Outings 3.6 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected.
I can't Seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications.
I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 5.0, but the 'uninstall' doesn't work on Wife 1.0. Please help!
Thanks,
"A Troubled User"
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REPLY:

Dear Troubled User:
This is a very common problem that people complain about.
Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0,thinking that it is just a Utilities and Entertainment program.
Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run EVERYTHING!! !
It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to returnto Girlfriend 5.0.
It is impossible to uninstall, or purge the program files from the system once installed.
You cannot go back to Girlfriend 5.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed not to allow this.
(Look in your Wife 1.0 Manual under Warnings-Alimony- Child Support) .
I recommend that you keep Wife1.0 and work on improving the environment.
I suggest installing the background application "Yes Dear" to alleviate software augmentation.
The best course of action is to enter the command C:APOLOGIZE because ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the system will return to normal anyway.
Wife 1.0 is a great program, but it tends to be very high maintenance.
Wife 1.0 comes with several supportprograms, such as Clean 2.5, Sweep 3.0, Cook 1.5 and Do Laundry 4.2.
However, be very careful how you use these programs.
Improper use will cause the system to launch the program Nag Nag 9.5. Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife 1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Sarees 2.1 and Jewellery 5.0
STATUTORY WARNING: DO NOT, under any circumstances,install SecretaryWithShortSkirt 3.3.
This applicationis not supported by Wife 1.0 and will cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Thanks & Regards
tech support

Vi ses Sverige...

Dear all

Through our life we meet a lot of people

People who may hurt us and they are so many,

People who cheer us and they are so few,

And people who you feel after meeting them that your whole life has been changed and those you meet them once in your life.

so the time has take us and now I have to go but before I go, I want to share with you some of what I feel, I can’t say that being in Sweden didn’t add or change me but for sure it made me saw the other side of myself and helped me to discover new skills.

But the most important is living the experience and touch the community from inside, Sweden is a great country even if it seems in the beginning to live there but as you got to know the culture you will find your self loving the place.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand the Swedish especially for someone from a total different culture but still there is a lot to learn and understand from those people and for sure you may find common points which can help.

I really got a lot of help from Urban and Diesy who clear for me so many things that I can’t count as we were all working in a really multicultural place from many place Germany, Italy and France but still we worked together for the same target to make small difference in this world.

The environment I worked in it in Köping added for me a lot by working and living with friends from different countries specially Hakan, Sandra, Nicolas, Elke and for sure my room mate Dinnes and the basketball trainer Thomas bandh who really I enjoyed working with him plus Marie who really worked hard with me to learn the language.

And I will never forget our training in Lidingo where I meet the other volunteers Antino, Eva, Iva, Graham, Peter, Tina and many others it was a real fun in Stockholm going around with you people.

anyway during my stay I really added a lot of new names to my dictionary "my brain" like( Anna, Marie, Gustav, Tobias, Andres, Thomas, Malin, Eva, and many more) but for sure I will always remember few of them who may make a different in my life as I said in the beginning.

Anyway tomorrow I will have to turn this page and start a new one exactly at 3 pm where I will stop using "Hej Hej" and start using "El salamo 3aliko".

Going back to my little city see it around meet old friends and hopefully new ones too check the sea and tell him about my story in the north and how it was so cold but nice there.

Hope to stay in contact with all of you and Plz scroll down for photos about PPL in Sweden.