First Newspaper Publication

Hello All :) this is the first cartoon of mine published in a newspaper :) to read the article go to www.alalam.ae . I don't write the articles i just draw the cartoons:)

Btw the newspaper comes out every Wednesday and is FOR FREE :)

So if u are in dubai.. pick one up and maybe u will find a cartoon by moi

yeay

il HijjaB il Cool

I recently did another freelance cartoon that i enjoyed drawing. It shows the different hijab styles. The "modern" shakira/ britney hijab and the right muslimah hijab.

Recently i feel there is a misconception of the concept of hijab. You find a girl with her boyfriend holding hands, exchanging kilmat fi bo2 ba3d :S.

Missing prayers that is IF they pray at all. I see all sorts of styles the funniest to me is the one with the high boots and short skirt! lol come on girlies?
Fakhdeh = 3awra

Oh and there is another new style of hijjab where the girls raise there hair up so high under the hijjab.(the Camel-Hump Look).

Or even add weird things under it to make it puff up and they put the hijjab on just enough to cover the Jabal on their head and ofcourse there is always the perfectly blowdryed "ghurra" bangs that shows.

It's not just about covering skin its also about not wearing something so tight that it seems like it was sprayed on you. It is not about bringing attention to yourself.

I am not in a place to give lectures to anyone. But it is also my duty as a muslim to deliver this message to the world.

Hijab is not just a piece of cloth on your head. It is an honor. It is a flag telling the world you are a muslim. Your actions now represent ISLAM. So please think twice before you become the reason people have more and more misconceptions about hijab.

The clothing must be thick enough so as not to show the color of skin it covers or the shape of the body.

The Prophet (SAW) said that in later generations of his ummah there would be, "women who would be dressed but naked and on top of their head (what looks like) camel's humps. Curse them, for they are cursed." (Muslim)

" صنفان من أهل النار لم أرهما بعد : رجال معهم سياط كأذناب البقر يضربون بها الناس ، ونساء كاسيات عاريات مائلات مميلات على رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت المائلة ، لا يدخلن الجنة ولا يجد ريحها ، وإن ريحها ليوجد من مسيرة كذا وكذا

May God help us all always to live up to the name of ISLAM.

Meen Famous??

ANIiii :)

For the first time my blog is mentioned in a magazine :) ARABAD magazine. I couldn't find it in the uae. But they sent me a copy :)

When i am a famous cartoonist i will 2a3zimkom all on MANSAF :)

BTW i also got my first freelance cartoonist job with ALALAM newspaper. SO if you are in the uae you better start BUYING IT :) Finally my work will be published somewhere.

It's a start! Btw i am currently teaching myself flash and am doing my first animated BAGARA cartoon! Can't wait to post it!! Yipeeee!

*dino skipping away

LOOOOOL

this guy's cartoons are amazing i didn't know he had animations!! He has inspired me to start my own animations! CHeck this "3alarasi" video out! hahahahahahahaha

Soon i will be posting one of my VIDEOS starring BAGARTI

BABY KHILFEH TALK

So just when i thought i got those " bidkeesh titzawajee?" people off my back! A new group appears and this group is called " Bidkeesh tkhalfeee?"

Oh oh and the question i hate the most " MUSH MKHABYALNA ISHI?"
hmmm awalan it's not a GIFT for you for me to HIDE wa when you say " MKHABYA-LNA"
does it mean when the baby is born you will be the one staying up all night breast feeding and changing diapers??


or when they say "bidkeeesh tjeeebelna baby nil3ab 3alieh?"

HELLO?! Go to jbeeiha il3abi as much as u want! Babies are not a TOY!

I see mothers who spend the whole day complaining about their kids and how getting babies ruined their bodies and their marriage! Then after an hour of complaining they say...

BIDKEESH TJEEEBILNA BABY?

Dont get me wrong i love kids and inshala someday i will have my own kids. BUT STOP ASKING ME! When i do get one i'll probably have a big fat post about it!!

:)

TECHNOLOGY = OBESITY

Did you ever feel like you were "JAAAHLEH"? (ignorant) I remember the first time i had to use those automatic water taps that work by sensors. I remember thinking " HOW DOES THIS WORK? WISHO hatha?" i felt like a had just come from the farthest desert when the lady in front of me looked at me and laughed and said " hayk" as she very elegantly swayed her hand under the water faucet and OMG WATER CAME OUT!

ALLAHU AKBAR! *dino stands mouth wide open staring at the magic water
* dinos starts doing tricks by seeing how good the sensors are
*people stare at dino when she uses her foot in the sink
* dinos is taken away from the bathroom with bodyguards after being reported as a "weirdo"

Anyway.. This whole automatic thing has become more and more common. Everything is automatic even the FLUSH! i mean come on are people that LAZY? Even the soap comes out as soon as you place your hand at the sensor!

My friend heard a man who most probably was Jordanian in the mall and he was also as amused as i was with this technology. he was like " YA ZALAMEH HAATH IL SAboon BINZAL HOWN MARGHI KHAAALIS"

3anyway i sense people are only becoming more lazy depending on technology in everything in life. They move less and eat more. Which brings me to my new Jowhara theory which is that
TECHNOLOGY WILL ONLY LEAD TO BAGRANEH! :)

HEATH LEDGER vs GAZA

You know i was thinking maybe the death of HEATH LEDGER was a conspiracy! They wanted to distract the world from what is happening in GAZA! Hmm how would we let the people forget about GAZA? yeah well lets focus o HEATH LEDGER!

Don't get me wrong i think he was a good actor and his death was sad because DEATH itself is sad especially when it's someone young who dies. But what makes his life worth more than than the lives of thousands of Palestinians and Iraqis dying everyday?

Millions of groups on facebook mourning the death of Heath ledger! Discussing whether he died on an overdose or whether he committed suicide! Ya3ni he is dead lets all please GET OVER IT!

Imagine if there was a group for every palestinian who died in palestine! bisaker facebook min the overload of groups!

*sigh

Igliboo wijihkin

It's one of those days you wake up not on the wrong side of the bed but rather on the wrong side of the Shibshib! :S I dunno liesh but everything seems to be getting on my nerves! The slightest whisper sounds like a chipmunks scream! Anything said to me today is followed by this reaction :

*dino carries shoe and say " EISH EISH GASDIK EISH EISH??"

opps another jordanian slip up

It's like i don't only have one chip on my shoulder but Kyaaas CHIPS KTEER! And the only comfort to my soul today is the thoughts that go through my head every time i am annoyed by someone. * dinos imagines she is a giant stepping on everyone that annoys her

I'm warning you.... telling me things like " you look tired are you sick?" or " " did you gain weight" might lead to severe damages.

bagoora akalat katleh today :P

hahahah JUST PASS ME THE CHOCOLATA ALREADY!!!

Zikrayat Iyam sa3eeeede

*singing "3al 2alb 2areeebeeeeeeeh! Ma3 Dino Kibro il wlaaad zghaar tghazoo saroo kbaa -aa -aar!"

The older i get the more i look back at those toothless years. Those days where my problems in life revolved around how to let go of my baby tooth or whether i should buy " pizza thips" or "tha3tal thipth". Those days when your worries were as little as you were.

When i was a kid i used to have a habit of biting people. When people used to ask me "Dandoon sho your hobby?" i'd proudly say " 3udo 3udo" *displaying my front teeth and making the"im gonna bite you" move :P

I used to bite everyone who visited us. hehe 3anyway. Point is. The older we get the bigger our problems and worries. So i think maybe 10 years from now these days will be my NIDO days. I might as well enjoy them. :)

Meen Birthday Girl? Ani ANi Ani!

On this day 25 years ago ( dino hears someone correcting her and saying 26) she glares at that person and throws a shoe and says more threatening manner.. 25 years ago a cute kalbooza baby was born.( someone yells fat baby) again she throws a shoe and says.. An anorexically challenged chubby baby was born 4.5 kg.

Now she is all grown up. ( someone yells YEAH RIGHT)

Dino has run out of shoes and throws the nearest person at that annoying voice in the crowd.

So... people.. yes.. i'm getting older.. yet cuter.. he3 he3

I was thinking of a special post today. I thought of the person who delivered this pudgy baby. The person who i owe everything to. Mama 7ayati :) So i made her a card that i want to share with the world :) She keeps asking me what i want for my birthday not knowing that she is my gift :) mama ana ba7obbek :) Allah ma yi7remni minik

Dream$

I love sleeping. Going to bed and getting under the covers on a cold day! I somehow feel protected. Maybe it was because when we were kids mama used to make us all cuddle in bed and we would play the game of " IJA IL WOLF" ! How do we play that game ?

Basically we all would be mlabteen in bed me my sis and brother and mammy. Then suddenly she would say " itkhabooooo ija il WOLF?" And ofcourse being the kids we were we would fa3fit and scream and giggle and we would all hide under the covers! Then we would try to be quiet 3ashan ma yisma3na the wolf hehe

i bet you a blanket wont save me from a wolf but somehow ever since in my head i feel that if i'm under the covers no one can hurt me! No wolf or bo3bo3 or ghost! hehe (bo3bo3 bloggger i don't mean you here lol)

Anyway again i seem to have moved away from my topic! DREAMS! i get the weirdest most unexpected dreams! Usually it would relate to something i saw or something i spoke about.
Recently i had been watching "HEROES" and you can imagine the dreams i have been getting!
Most include me moving objects with my eyes or reading peoples thoughts :S

But my problem is i get so affected by my dreams and sometimes i wake up and i cant stand some people. Or i sit their and analyze those weird dreams and wonder what they meant.

Usually people say one thing when i tell them my weird dreams. They look at me with a blank face and say " sho mit3ashyeh mbari7?" or " mthagleh shiklik 2abl ma tnaami"

heheh :P i can go on forever about my dreams. I wonder is it my thoughts that i dream about or are some thoughts a result of my dreams?

UAE GHIRKaaaT

Many of your might have already heard about the rivers in the uae streets! But well maybe not all of you will believe me when i say in the most fala7i accent ( because i feel its more expressive) GHRIKNAAAAAA!!!!! I myself was shocked to see these pics!! I mean i think dubai has planned for so many things and its funny to think they might have totally forgot about the possibility of RAIN! Even in malls i walk and see little buckets of water everywhere where the walls are dripping!!

You needed a boat to get to your car if you lived in sharjah or ajman. Then after you manage to get in your car after a long swim. Your car might float and you might need to Row your way to work. :) I LOVED the RAIN! It was kind of hilarious to how people in the uae react to FLOODS!
It's like they don't know how to deal with it and are afraid to drive over the tiniest puddles!

PEOPLE your car will NOT break down from a small puddle. IT's just the MAJOR floods that you should worry about. Anyway i heard it might rain again soon! woo hoo! maybe we will have another unexpected holiday!

*dino is singing in the ma6arat

OBinioN Nee9'e9'

Hello Everyone..

I dunno if its the first time you come across this blog or if for a weird inexplicable reason you are someone who is always reading this craziness constantly :P

i am talking to those who have read a few posts. Do you have favorite post? I have been asked to contribute to a magazine that was talking about the blogging world and well i was told to choose a post to share. wa mi7taaara

Bayne wa baynkom i feel most my posts are FADAYi7 :P heheh

So if you have a minute please tell me if you ever read anything hear that u liked or remember and think would be considered my best post :)

SANK YOU i really will appreciate this :)

3ajali Banshar

Its raining.. It's windy.. It's the perfect setting for *drums roll

DINO MASAYEB

As i left work i was told 2moro is a public holiday because 3amo bush is visiting the uae
( 7atssafar?) * dino sings "Amreeka sheeka beeka song" to make things better :P

3anyway.. maybe it was the happiness of sleeping the next morning.. maybe it was the annoying song i had playing on the radio.. " Seebni athooB fe a7thaanak mithil qit3i6 jaleeed" how cheesy is that? i mean who would want to shabih 7alo fi Qit3it jaleed? ICECUBE mfakr 7alo? msaggi3 yimkin!! ( dunno why i didn't just FLIP the channel)... Sometimes you hate a movie or a song but feel like you have ot listen to it because its like WAAAAJIB!!!

I tend to get away from my topic.. where was i... so maybe it was the unnecessary mini fatayer i had eaten in the office.. maybe it was the masa7at going back and forth making that EEE EEEE EEE sound.. or MAYBE it was that Freaking BUS that was heading my direction with no breaks!! If i was in amman i would be tempted to roll down my window and scream

" MABROOK 3aleik il shaaari3" (jk)

So.. FEAR = REACTION .. ME = BAD REACTION drove into RASEEF...

what up with my english 3arabi talking hehe

so i reached the house and hamdulila the tire was making fart-like noises all the way.. till finally i parked and Thanked God that again GAT SALEEMA!

p.s out of all the days i had forgotten my phone at home and was trying to send out an SOS to the world using TELEPATHIC VIBES! Not sure it worked though :P

What ifs?

Have you ever wondered about the choices you made in your life? The changes you went through and how the way you think changes over the years! Even the way you see things changes! Your type of friends change. Your sense of style changes.

How your experiences in life even if you regret some of them are what makes you who you are.. I personally went through a lot of changes and i was just sitting and wondering how different my life would be if i never changed! Would i be where i am now? Would i even be married? or would i be applying in "superstar"? lol Happy ? Depressed? Famous? Suicidal?

Did you ever feel that you have so much potential, so much to offer to the world? That you want to do so much but you are limiting yourself by where you are? Maybe you don't believe in yourself enough. Maybe you are not taking enough action.

What IF wake up 60 one day and wonder what i did in my life & if i made a difference and then i will look back at where i am now and wish i did something in my life.

Today i am making a decision. And i will no longer complain and wonder but i will TAKE ACTION :)

bukra bitshooofo :)

The Choco - Coffee Effect

I don't know if what happens to me is normal.. but i doubt it.. when i have any Chocolate or Caffiene intake you can TELL! This image pretty much shows you the EFFECT! It's Magical!
Only sometimes i over dose on the chocolata and well.. there are severe fadee7a consequences.. lol

MY Trip to Kuwait

I was in kuwait for 5 days visiting Ahmed's Family and well it was a nice visit! I went to visit relatives who havent seen me in 17 years... you can imagine the stories they said about me!

"inti ya dina konti 6i6na6ani fil bayt wa tghaaani ughniyet " DIN DAN DON"

amm amm didnt remember that.. but i do remember my mom saying that i used to bite everyone that visited us! I also found out many stories about 7amooda's childhood! this story i MUST share with the world!

Apparently ba3loooli was always as quiet as he is now... only when he was a kid he hardly spoke they thought he couldn't speak.. till one day some anti was mad at them and said " ra7 adba7kom bil 3asayeh" ( i will slaughter you with this STICK) <-- come to think of it that is not a nice thing to say to little kids

Anyway then.... 7amooda SPOKE! and said " il 3athaaya ma btidba7 il thekeena bath il btidba7"
" the stick can't slaughter only a knife does that "

MIRACLE CHILD! hehe ya3nii all this time he could speak but felt it was unnecessary and when he finally does say something its kalam Jawaher! mashala he skipped that gaga googoo stage to saying meaningful sentences!

not only that he skipped the crawling phase and walked as soon as his parents got him shoes!

jowzi ana khateeer! I always felt he was special:)

Anyway enough about our childhood! back to the relatives visit! You know how some people love to force you to EAT?! ya3ni u eat as much as you can.. then they start swearing
" WALLAHI la takli wala baz3al minik" and u eat some more then u think you are done and they come in with DESSERT and you are like " i wish i didnt have that knafeh sandwich for breakfast"!! And you finally reach the point of NO MORE!!! And they glare at that ka3keh in your hand and say " YALLA KOLEEEHA 2odaaaaME GHAs MIN 3anik" * gulp

YALA koleeeha 7alaft bidik iyaaani Asooooom 3 days?

*dinos thinking i wish i was fasting before this visit!

Dinos : "bas ya 3amti ma ba7ib il ka3k bi fustu2"
Anti force feeder : LA LA haaaada ghier hada zaaaki JArbeeeeh
DinoS : YA anti law akaltha 7amooot
Anti : LA LA mush mushkileh kolha mowteh ( just kidding i made this up )
YA ANti 3indi 7asaseyeh min il fustu2
* ANTI G LARES at DINA!

*Dinos looks at 7amooda for help offers the ka3keh with a puppy look and smile
*7amooda also full gives her the " ma dakhalneesh look"
* slowly dina bites the ka3keh.. feeling and tasting every crumb

Then we all ran away before they forced us to nitghada!

btw even after all that eating they were not pleased and said " ya dina btakleesh"

*dinos looks down at karsh that has suddenly popped out after visit
*faints

hehehehehehh

EID MUBARAK

After a very long post that made even my mom cry :( i have to cheer you guys up...

EID IS HERE and im off for a WEEK! Kol sana wa into salmeen!!

And i guess no one will be singing Mary had a little lamb little lamb little lamb for a while.. it will probably be like.. sub7i thaba7 kharoof kharfan kharoof kharfan kharoof kharfan :P

ENJOY IT & here is a line from a movie i recently saw " ACCEPT THE GOOD"
i am going to accept the Good in my life :) Al hamdulilah

life life life

A couple of days ago when i was at my parents house i took a nap on my old bed. It was the same bed same covers, same room, same pillow same feeling. And i thought to myself how i wish that everything was still the same. And for a split second when i woke up i wanted to believe everything was still the way it was. That my dad was in the living room taking a nap while he was watching al jazeera. That when i walk out he will give a lecture and tell me i am lazy that i should not sleep alot!

So many changes in my life.. some are so shocking that i don't think i will ever be able to get over. I feel terribly sad yet extremely happy at the same time, its more like schizophrenic feelings. I'm happy i got married to the man i love after meeting so many psychos and weird people that made me reach the point of wondering if he will ever come along doubting that i will always be a psycho magnet.Yet, i'm so sad seeing my dad like this.

It's been 8 months now.

I feel guilty every time i laugh. I feel i should do so much more but everytime i go to visit i am so helpless. They always tell me to make him laugh and smile and i usually manage to do that by saying silly stories and making a fool out of myself.

It hurts even more to be there trying to make him smile when i personally don't think he has anything to smile about. Everytime my phone rings my heart stops because i think something bad happened. Everytime i go to sleep i dream that he walked and spoke to me again.

It's like a part of me is moving on with life and the other is stuck.

Life is getting harder by the second and i just am sick of hearing bad news all the time..

ma fi ishi bifari7!

Anyway al hamdulilah.... Allah yishfeeh wa ykhafef 3anoh.. sorry 3al nakad

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i had a long post but no one commented and i felt maybe it was a bit too long an boring ;P so i decided to change it to this...... this image is just how i imagined how it would be like if i ever had to take a mug shot with poolie :P

LIsten to Your MOM or you will be ATTACKED BY ZUBALA

ok.. you are probably thinking what is she talking about? or NOW WHAT?
listen to this.. once upon a time i was sitting having a talk with my mom and i ws telling her how i keep breaking plates and cups she said i should always wrap the broken glass with newspapers so that i don't hurt myself when i throw the garbage... Well.. then i said.. " ana fadyeh alufhum mush ra7 yseerli ishi" .. i usually am stubborn and don't like taking advice especially on how to get things done.. and so well.. YESTERDAY...... i was cleaning the kitchen.. and putting plates in their place when i found a broken pirex plate .. so i threw it away.. and as i was throw the garbage bag away... A HUGE PIECE OF GLASS hit my LEG!

AYyyyy..... i thought it was just a scratch till i felt my abaya stuck to my leg! i was bleeding!
like really BLEEDING! anyway... 7amooda got home 15 mins after that and he took care of me :) it didnt need stitches... 7amdullila.... 7amooda always saves me :) SUPER 7ameedo

Moral of the stories... ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR MOM's ADVICE especially when its about GAZAAAAAAAZ :P or one day when you are not expecting it the GARBAGE will ATTACK YOU! btw poolie my bagara fainted at the sight of my blood.. she is also fine now too:)

Dont worry about us... :)

Wayn Kondarteee?

Again another adventure to share... you probably all know about how i get lost everywhere i go! i just don't seem to have that sense of direction! Anyway since ba3li is in abu dhabi for a week i decided to go to the gym alone this time... I got lost... then i found myself in traffic i definitely had no reason to be stuck in! It's one thing to be caught in traffic but its just another thing to be caught in traffic that is UNNECESSARY! lol

So yesterday i was determined to reach the gym... let my friend draw me a map.. actually payed attention to each an every detail! FINALLY i reached!!! Got my new mp3 player so that i can workout even more! till i opened my gym bag.... and what do i find? or shall we say what did i NOT FIND?!!? MY JAZMA my OTHER PAIR OF Sports SHOES! Ofcourse working out 7afyeh was not very smart!! SIGH

*dinos is disappointed

ba3dien i thought i forget it at home or in the car... still is missing... i will look again! i can't believe someone could lose a shoe! you lose a pen! a notebook! but A SHOE?! who does that?

*someone in the crowd yells " DINA tab3an"

the sad part is that i felt emotionally attached to it! because they were the first gym shoes that didnt hurt my feet!

i will hug the one i have left to sleep tonight lol :P

id3ooli ala2eeeha! heheheheh

Gym Gym Gym

After many days of blubber mode and lack of motion i finally joined a gym with 7amooda! I want to be fit! To feel that energy boost you feel after working out!! I still cant seem to stop the chocolate addiction but at least now im moving! hehe

A lady at the gym aims to make me anorexic and says that the ideal weight for someone who is 180 should be 55! hmmm i have a skinny friend who is way shorter than me who says she is 56 so lets say i do reach that ! i will probably be a eligible for a poster for the next " the ring" movie or more like " the SKELETON KEY"

my aim is to be more fit and healthy not kill myself! So what if i'm not a model stick! So what if i appreciate chocolata! So what if i like to eat real food once in a while! if i love myself and 7amooda loves me then i don't really care about what some lady thinks.

Cow joined too :P

itza7lakit

Another day.. another adventure... another injury lol

As i was ba7oos fil ma6bakh.. i slipped... i remember things went into slow motion as i fell.. but al hamdulilah as always GAT Saleeemah.. just a few bruises here and there... nothing serious hamdulilah!

But you know what.. my imaginary cow seems to be afraid to hang around me these days and even when she does she wears a helmet... wonder why? :P

Baab Al 7ARRA 3

I think most of the world is watching baab al 7aara! i have to say i am hooked! i have started saying things like " ya allah ya allah" everytime i enter a room! i call ahmed " ibn 3ameee"!

So this year baab il 7ara will be over but next year baab il 7ara 3 will be even BETTER ! Starring the NEW za3eeeem! My bagara! And a new addition to the cast that seems to fit in perfectly because she loves the kitchen! Um Mifli7 :P

I need to send out a message to all men who watch baab il 7aara... women in the musalsal are "make-believe". Women who are treated like they are nothing but slaves and cooks and are happy about it DON' t Exist . And if they do... Allah y3eeehum 3ala hal 3eesheh

many men have thought about finding a syrian wife... and well my syrian friend says " MA 3aaaad fee hayk bi sooooriya, killon 2wayaaaaah"


EID MUBARAK EVERYONE!!!! i'll be off for a week so no posts :) take care

Chef Don Don

Don Don, Chef Don Don is the name ! I forgot to tell you all that about a week ago i had my first 3azeeeemeh! I had to cook for 7 people! I made " waraq 3inab", lazagnya, chicken with mushrooms and white sauce & fatet MaQdoos!

*pats herself on the back with pride
* dino bakhirs herself and says " ismaaaalllaa 3alaya ismallah" lol hahaha

I never knew that could be possible.. i am so used to sleeping till adan and mom having everything ready Allah ya3teeha il 3afya!! Oh i also made chocolate mouse that day!

it was all good! the sign was that the girls could barely breath or move from eating way too much. ( wait that could also be a bad sign ) lol

3anyway... As i promised i will share some secret recipes so Jeeebo waraka wa kalam wa ta3aloooo jaaaaay yamma! :)

let's start with the easy stuff...

Chicken with Corn & Mushroom

Ingredients :
2-3 tbs oil oil
1 cup water
1 onion
1 green onion
Chicken Breasts ( sliced ) no bone
1 can mushroom
1 can corn
Garlic
salt & pepper
1 maggie cube
2 small cooking creme
3-4 tbs flour ( depends on how think you want the sauce)


How to Cook it :)

Get the garlic around 4 cloves of garlic grind them
Cut the onions and chicken to small pieces.
Mix the chicken with garlic and onion with around 1 tbs oil till you feel the chicken is almost cooked

Then Add Mushroom & Corn . Mix

leave for a bit.. then add maggie cube with 1 cup water

Add Cooking creme

Mix and add corn flower to make it thicker... add much as desired and then add salt and pepper

( eat it with rice ) uncle Ben's rice tastes better with it :)


ENJOY Yummy yummy yummy

VERY EASY too!

JaraBeenOPhobia

What is "jarabeenophobia"? it is the phobia of "JARABEEN"? jarabeen = Socks in ghazawee or general falasteeni... in jordanian "kalsaat"

3anyway... so let me explain.. ever since i got married i have started doing a lot of laundry and i realized that i hate jarabeen... i hate how they hide in the ghaseel and sometimes in other clothes! What i hate is when you finish the laundry and then realize you have just one fardeh clean other lost somewhere beneath the pile! ARghhh..

i must say... jarabeen have a life of their own... at the moment mush tay2aaahum kolhum!

Wijih book

So.. i think the whole world has a facebook and well i thought that i might as well make use of this website and share my cartoons and work with the world.. so if you like my cartoons join the group My Cartoons. I am also looking for freelance jobs so here is another group with some of My Work.

Enjoy :) and let me know what you think.

I will be posting some recipes and cooking tips in the next blog :)

so es es essss es

Salam o 3alieeeeeko

Wijih book

So.. i think the whole world has a facebook and well i thought that i might as well make use of this website and share my cartoons and work with the world.. so if you like my cartoons join the group My Cartoons. I am also looking for freelance jobs so here is another group with some of My Work.

Enjoy :) and let me know what you think.

I will be posting some recipes and cooking tips in the next blog :)

so es es essss es

Salam o 3alieeeeeko

Ya Lahwee Ya Lahwee

It's been a while since i blogged and here are the following reasons...

Lots of work
Lots of na3as
Lots of tabeekh & tabeekh research

i could tell you all about my new cooking adventures , accomplishments & ofcourse my new injuries.. but i would rather share a more interesting story! I also promise to share the recipes with you all inshala b4 ramadan is over..

Now.. why the ghosts in the cartoon? *dino hears wolf howling in the background of her mind and shivers and bites her nails vigorously * spits nails out because its ramdan balash tiftar 3aliehum .. ok too much info! :P

i have been having nightmares... i always dream that there are people living with us only they are not exactly "PEOPLE"...i try not to think of it because i know they can't harm you especially when you read quran and du3a2.. but its just creepy! And when i say i dont want to think of it i think of it more!

*twilight zone music

Do you guys have any creepy stories to share? yala isri3ooni kaman! ma ho na2isni :P

RAMADAN KAREEM

Sub7annallah... RAMADAN is HERE! Just felt like yesterday that we were saying the same thing! It's my first ramadan as a MADAM! The first ramadan where i do the cooking hehe

You know i'm sure most of did go grocery shopping before ramadan.. well i did.. and even though you plan on buying just a few things.. knowing its ramadan and you will be starving and you will be thinking about your "IFTAR" all day.. you end up loading your cart with all sorts of food! As if you heard that a NUCLEAR bomb is going to hit the country and you have to get as much food as possible to survive in your shelter!

Oh and that shopping trip was made on a normal day when you are not fasting... wait till you go grocery shopping when you are fasting and there is like an hour left for adaan!! AAAAH! that is what i would call " IJRAAAAM" <-- a criminal act lol so.. about cooking.. i love cooking.. seriously! i will post pics after a request from the readers but as soon as i fix my camera! It's ART! really! your tabkha is your work of art! 3anyway... so my point is.. although we tend to get carried away with food in ramadan.. it is not the purpose of the month and we should all take advantage of these few blessed days and try to focus on the true purpose behind ramadan.. its not to watch all those tv shows or to eat like never before.. it's to get closer to God to feel the spirituality of this month.. to reflect on the past ramadan and how we were then.. will we be better this yeas? we should always hope and aim to be a better muslims, better people... I think of it of a chance of repentance & self-renewal.. May God BLESS YOU ALL!

May this month be an end to all sadness ... Inshala baba will be better after we all pray4 him throughout ramadan... Al hamdulilah he is back home... recovering really slowly... but at least there are signs of recovery

May God accept our prayers & good deeds & forgive our sins and negligence throughout the years..

RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL

Ana M3aDaLLeH

Now i can say im officially married.. liesh? well.. i discovered i can cook! no seriously i CAN cook! You eat it my tabkha and not only are you alive it actually tastes GOOD! * dino pats herself on the back and says " m3addala zay maaaaamit-ha" hehe

Not only do i cook.. i also manage to always leave a memory of the tabkha on my skin.. a scar of some sort.. a cut.. a burn... i ALWAYS forget to wear those cooking glove mittens we have!!

So i recently discovered that i can master the act of MULTI_FUNCTIONING.. once i was cooking lunch & dessert (nutella cupcakes) with ghaseeel bilaflef in the ghasaleh.. TV show on for entertainment... phone on speaker so i can talk while i cook... mamsa7a under my feet to wipe the mess i make.. between stirs i usually do the dishes... or anshur il ghaseel.. then lamlim the first batch of ghaseel & ofcourse somehow i manage to make time to get rid of all the lovely tabeekh smells from me and look nice before 7amooda gets home... Sometimes he comes early and i'm in the middle of this mess he3 he3 he3


AM i bionic woman or what? thinking back at the me b4 marriage i never thought i would be able to do all these things and work! But discovering the Chef Dino$ in me is GREAT! i LOVE cooking!!! yummy!

My cow refuses to stay in my kitchen while i cook and says she will not witness the cold blooded murders of any bagara... she has been trying to make me become a vegetarian... convincing me that chicken is a better choice...

bas sho 2a3mal i'm not really into beef but ya3ni generally speaking Ba7ib il la7ma!

Unforgettable Video$

look at how this kid says "BLooooooDEEEEEEEE" hahhaa too cute



And this chechen boy has a future in dabkeh in the arab world !! look at the hand moves and the turns PROFESSIONAL! hahaha love it!

HoneyGamar III

So.. as i promised you here is the continuation of the honeymoon post... i would like to see this as the highlight of the honeymoon... it was a rather different experience!

In Koh Samui there was a place with waterfalls and ELAPHANT rides! I also saw a cute yet very jarban monkey and as soon as i got close to him i think he had mistaken me for his mother girdeh hahaha if i believed in past lives and being an animal in my past life i am pretty sure this would make me think i was a girdeh!
ok did i just insult myself? lol

anyway so he hugs my foot and holds on to it even after i raise it and try to shake him off he thinks its a joy ride! i have it caught on tape lol 3anyway.. other than my lost jarban gird i dunno why i made ahmed ride an elephant with me... i remember being on a camel in 3amman and i remember thinking... WHERE IS THE SEAT BELT!

when i was a kid once i fell of a 7mar... nice sa7? brought back memories..

so there were big elephants and there was a few baby elephants... for some reason we rode the small elephant!! hmmm it's scarier than being on a camel! poor thing was probably suffering ana wa a7med are giants in thailand wa this elephant zghantoot like thailandiyeen! i think it was meant for strictly tiny people!

so... the ride began and not only was it me and ahmed on the lovely gelephant!

there was the ( shall we say ) driver who sits on the elephant's head! hehe he had some sort of painful 7adedeh in his hand and he would yell things like " EEEEEEYYYYAAAAA" or " AAAAAAAAOoooooY"
and the elephant would understand!! i learnt a few words!! i can imagine the elephant thinking " MUSh BIKAFEEE ka3id 3ala raseee kaman bitrakib 2 giants 3alay wa mush 3ajbak kol3aaa6 ykal3i6ak!!!"

haha soo then after the elephant had a few stops for breathing.. and after ahmed and i tloola7na from side to side wa sirna hayk milkshake 2ad ma nkhadayna.. the elephant decided to end the ride with a lovely "BATHROOM STOP"....

have you ever been on an elephant while he goes to the loo? ishi kteer raa2i3.. hahahah the man started saying " YOU ARE ON WATA FOO WATA FOO" i was like "whata what??"

HE MEANT WATERFALL il elephant Pee...

jameel jameeel... it was a lovely experience.. the smells were breathtaking.. literally i could not BREATH hahah

but the place was amazing! and it was soo much fun!! i loved everything!!!

In6agieeet Again :)

Been Taggeg by 3oriental and JasMinO

i have to mention at least 5 smells i really love... hmmmm khaleeni afakir... bas 5??


the smell of ti2layet il towmeh (garlic) when you cook molookhiyeh especially when you are starving!!! Of course i don't mean after you eat it and your breath smells like many unpleasant things lol




the smell of al nadafa... mostly the smell of clean clothes ( with softner )

the smell some hair conditioners & bath oils especially when it's a good hair conditioner gives you a whiff every once in a while like a sunsilk ad

ta ta ta ta taraa raaaa raaaaaa

the smell of scented candles

the smell of anything that is made out of CHOCOLATE



the smell of BAnzeeen * dina twitches wipes nose with her sleeve :P


the smell of Super glue & markers! hada ana tli3t JUNKIE!





* after this dina enrolls in a support group by the name " ana ba7ib ashim floooooomaster " then goes to " no more banzeen " group