<?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-897029772718736395</id><updated>2012-02-16T22:12:53.775+03:00</updated><category term='Local Issues'/><category term='Philosophy'/><category term='اليابان; تسونامي; زلزال; مساعدة; تكنولوجيا'/><category term='music'/><category term='Orientalism'/><category term='fiction'/><title type='text'>Basil in Riyadh</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>باسل</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14443352386942984064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz-hLYmpRs/Tz1K3Bc1M6I/AAAAAAAAANY/HqMrVbvy0uQ/s220/man_of_la_mancha.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897029772718736395.post-6651676750037395232</id><published>2011-04-11T20:17:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T20:17:15.059+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='اليابان; تسونامي; زلزال; مساعدة; تكنولوجيا'/><title type='text'>! لنستضف الشعب الياباني</title><content type='html'>تعرضت اليابان يوم 11/3/2011 لأعنف زلزال في تاريخها، نتج عنه وفاة أكثر من 13,000 شخصاً وإصابة آخرين. كما نتج عنه تسرب نووي قد يؤدي لعواقب كارثية تجاه البيئة والناس. و يُتوقع أن تستمر الهزات الارتدادية لمدة عام من تاريخه.&lt;br /&gt;وبما أن المملكة العربية السعودية من الدول السبّاقة لفعل الخير وإغاثة الملهوف (وهو أمر مشهود لها) فإن من واجبنا إغاثة الشعب الياباني في هذا الوقت العصيب. وهذا ما فعلته المملكة بالفعل. فقد عرضت، بالاتفاق مع الصين، إمداد اليابان باحتياجاتها من الطاقة في حال جاهزية مرافئها وبنيتها التحتية لاستقبال الدعم.&lt;br /&gt;ولكن لماذا لا تتخذ المساعدات شكلاً آخر؟&lt;br /&gt;على سبيل المثال، لم لا نستقبل اللاجئين اليابانيين و ننشئ لهم مدينة كاملة على الطراز الياباني؟ في هذه المدينة سنتمكن من مراقبة طريقة الشعب الياباني في العمل والحياة. وسنفهم كيف استطاع اليابانيون النهوض بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية وتحويل دولتهم إلى دولة متقدمة في وقت قصير. وعندما يعمل السعوديون مع اليابانيين جنباً إلى جنب، فمن يدري، قد يتطبعون بطبع اليابانيين ويصبحون محبين للعمل مخلصين فيه! كما أننا سنستفيد من أسلوب الحياة الياباني بكافة جوانبه بما فيه التنظيم في التخطيط العمراني، والكفاءة في النظام المالي والاقتصادي، والمحافظة على الصحة، وأساليب التربية والعمل بروح الفريق، وغير ذلك كثير!&lt;br /&gt;قد ينتج عن ذلك إنتاج سيارات سعودية الصنع تضاهي السيارات اليابانية، وأجهزة الكترونية سعودية تتفوق على اليابانية، وقدرة إنتاجية تنافس مثيلتها اليابانية. وقد ينتج عن ذلك تحول المملكة إلى دولة صناعية متقدمة في ظرف بضع سنوات.&lt;br /&gt;قد يبدو هذا الكلام كالحلم الجميل، أو ضرباً من الخيال، ولكن من يدري ما تخبئه الأيام؟ فكل شيء جائز.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/897029772718736395-6651676750037395232?l=basilnriyadh.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/feeds/6651676750037395232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=897029772718736395&amp;postID=6651676750037395232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/6651676750037395232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/6651676750037395232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html' title='! لنستضف الشعب الياباني'/><author><name>باسل</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14443352386942984064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz-hLYmpRs/Tz1K3Bc1M6I/AAAAAAAAANY/HqMrVbvy0uQ/s220/man_of_la_mancha.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897029772718736395.post-2229466255625094115</id><published>2008-12-25T15:02:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T14:56:51.212+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiction'/><title type='text'>That place...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/SVN3NM8qtiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8K_5Cpyv1CY/s1600-h/Picasso.+1907+Trois+figures+sous+un+arbre_5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/SVN3NM8qtiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8K_5Cpyv1CY/s400/Picasso.+1907+Trois+figures+sous+un+arbre_5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283697856533411362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Tell me sir, what do you see when you go to that place?&lt;br /&gt;- Many sites. And each site contradicts the other. You see huge shiny buildings that are a few steps away from a dead desert. You see tents that are built inside peoples’ houses, and on festivals, you see people dancing in a very strange manner.&lt;br /&gt;- Strange manner? How so?&lt;br /&gt;- They, young and old, hold swords in their hands and dance with them or leave them on their shoulders. Some hold drums, and they all sing and chant ardently. And in the middle of all that, you see children’s eyes following around, trying to catch anyone who makes a stronger move or a wilder dance.&lt;br /&gt;-Oh, their festivals seem so gladsome. &lt;br /&gt;- But they do not last long, as that place quickly returns to silence and its people quickly forget their events. But somehow, when you talk to their old people, you might hear a man talking about how life was beautiful fifty years ago, and in a moment of ecstasy, he would not hesitate in describing this place as the prettiest in the world, God’s Paradise on Earth!!&lt;br /&gt;-God’s Paradise! Tell me more.&lt;br /&gt;- Their women, my dear fellow, are different from their men; their souls are different and much softer. You do not see them very often, but late at night when it is so quiet and calm, you can hear them murmuring and laughing, and their laughs turn everything into a dream. &lt;br /&gt;-Oh sir, this seems to be a very strange place.&lt;br /&gt;-It is. And its people are strange too. They all sing and fall in love, but in secret. No one trusts anyone. And everyone is afraid of the others. It is not only that. When they are in love, you see how confused they become. Instead of making them calmer and happier, love turns these people into beasts. Just like an injured animal, they feel that love makes them weaker and more vulnerable. Instead of enjoying their lover, they keep thinking and worrying about the day when she would pack up and leave with the tribe or with an unknown husband. And when this day comes, the whole place falls into silence, except some sobs that you hear from time to time. You see white birds flying over the horizon of the sad lover and making little screams, telling him they feel what he feels. Some people assure you that they see an angel who comes as a shiny light and prays for this place and its people.&lt;br /&gt;-But sir, don’t these people travel? Don’t they change?&lt;br /&gt;-Sometimes they travel, but they never change. Even if their appearances change, their inside is still the same, because whoever lives there and drinks from the water of that place can never change, even if they stay away for a hundred years.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/897029772718736395-2229466255625094115?l=basilnriyadh.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/feeds/2229466255625094115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=897029772718736395&amp;postID=2229466255625094115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/2229466255625094115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/2229466255625094115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/2008/12/that-place.html' title='That place...'/><author><name>باسل</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14443352386942984064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz-hLYmpRs/Tz1K3Bc1M6I/AAAAAAAAANY/HqMrVbvy0uQ/s220/man_of_la_mancha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/SVN3NM8qtiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8K_5Cpyv1CY/s72-c/Picasso.+1907+Trois+figures+sous+un+arbre_5.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897029772718736395.post-8263689054392141429</id><published>2008-12-02T19:00:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T13:38:54.160+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Local Issues'/><title type='text'>الملحن سهم يبعث الأمل في الموسيقى الخليجية</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/STVdNyoy4CI/AAAAAAAAADA/fBPonxtA6OA/s1600-h/BlogNote.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/STVdNyoy4CI/AAAAAAAAADA/fBPonxtA6OA/s200/BlogNote.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275225030046965794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;P align="right"&gt; من مجرد نظرة واحدة على الموسيقى الخليجية، ستشعر بمدى التدهور الذي وصلت إليه الحال في السنوات الأخيرة. فالأغاني، كلمات وألحان، خالية من أي تجديد أو فكرة غير تقليدية. كلها واحد. ولذلك، كانت مفاجأة كبيرة لي عندما استمعت إلى بعض الأغاني الجديدة من ملحن يلقب نفسه بــ سهم. لأنك ستشعر مباشرة أن صاحب هذه الألحان درس علم التلحين ولذلك فهو يمتلك المعرفة التقنية اللازمة له، بالإضافة إلى امتلاك حس خلاق وجرأة على التجديد. وهذا، كما يبدو لي، هو المطلوب. لعله يستمر على هذا المنوال و يمتعنا.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;أترككم مع إحدى أغاني عبدالمجيد عبدالله، وألحان سهم. اسم الأغنية لا زاد.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.6rb.com/songer/x/ksa/abd-el-majeed/abdelmajeed-lathad.ram"&gt;اضغط هنا&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/897029772718736395-8263689054392141429?l=basilnriyadh.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/feeds/8263689054392141429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=897029772718736395&amp;postID=8263689054392141429' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/8263689054392141429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/897029772718736395/posts/default/8263689054392141429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://basilnriyadh.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html' title='الملحن سهم يبعث الأمل في الموسيقى الخليجية'/><author><name>باسل</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14443352386942984064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz-hLYmpRs/Tz1K3Bc1M6I/AAAAAAAAANY/HqMrVbvy0uQ/s220/man_of_la_mancha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/STVdNyoy4CI/AAAAAAAAADA/fBPonxtA6OA/s72-c/BlogNote.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897029772718736395.post-5709639537505974491</id><published>2008-09-22T21:58:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T13:38:37.727+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orientalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><title type='text'>Orientalism, a Must Read Book.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3M0OInCEo6Y/SNfv1XcQa1I/AAAAAAAAABs/DSGTlHJbowQ/s1600-h/WomenofAlgiers.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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This approach is quite faulty, because it lacks the objective perspective any scholar research should have. When studying a culture, a scholar should try to free her/himself from their Western background and look at the field of research in a more cosmopolitan manner.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I highly recommend this book, not only to Western scholars, but also to people coming from the East, especially those who come from previously colonized countries such as &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Algeria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Egypt&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Iraq&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Libya&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and Subsaharn &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Africa.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you are not a fan of reading and prefer watching a video instead, here are some short clips that would give you a general idea of what I and Orientalism are talking about. &lt;/p&gt; 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