The Rexonian (January 2014)

Volume VII; Issue 1 January 2014 KIng’s academy, manJa - madaba, Jordan

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Locked Out of HeavenThe Cygnus, a constellation that lies north of the

Milky-way galaxy, is Greek for “Swan”. The constellation consists of 9 major stars, one of which is “Geinah”, or “Janah” in Arabic. Found by an Arab astronomer, “Ja-nah” is the major star found on the wing of the swan. It is named Janah because it means wing in Arabic.

In the Cygnus, Janah is the wing of the swan. In King’s, the Janah girl dorm is the north wing of the Su-lafat boy dorm. With only around twenty girls living, Janah is a very small, cozy dorm. A dorm of seniors, juniors, and sophomores, Janah is replete with many

types of personalities. The smart, funny, outgoing, shy, and whatever you could think of could be found in Ja-nah.

Walking into Janah with the scent of the lemon trees and sight of an enormous swan greeting you, the dorm becomes a second home. Unlike all of the broth-er-sister dorms, Janah stands independent. Unlike oth-er dorms, Janah has an astounding view of both the sunrise and sunset. It is on the edge of King’s, making it a more peaceful dwelling. The dorm’s characteristics are found in each of girls. With only one month of co-

habitation, the girls became an extended family with the mother Farah, father Imad, and the aunt Alli. And of course, not forgetting Mrs.Cassie, Mrs.Gertrude, and Mrs.Emily’s homey presence in the dorm. If you haven’t stopped by, then you are missing a lot.

It has only been a month and yet the dorm is devel-oping its own unique identity. Although Janah is the smallest dorm, it will keep on rising to the top.

Quotes:“I love how the dorm is small

enough that we are very close with each other and provides a very cozy atmosphere.” –Aseel

“I love how it is the smallest dorm on campus. Whatever something bad is said about it, makes the dorm look good. It is just unique.” –Rawan

“With only twenty girls, the bath-rooms are clean.” –Rawan

“It is so cozy and homey. Oh and Rawan’s vacuum every morning….” -Raghd

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Dear readers,

Happy New Year! We here at the Rexonian look forward

to bringing you the news every month. Due to technical

issues, we were unable to publish last fall. We hope you will

enjoy this issue and look forward to bringing you the news

every month. Best,

The Rexonian.

the rexonIan WorLdThey Released the Hummingbird

Google has just attacked; they have released their hummingbird to solve our homework, prob-lems, and to sort our lives. Sept 27, 2013 is the day when the world’s smartest “person” celebrated his birthday; it was Google’s birthday!!! Google have launched its new algorithm, the “Hummingbird” on its birthday, as its gift to the world. Project Hummingbird is the most radical development in Google’s algorithm since the past 12 years; it reshaped Google, and it made it human. Now Google can make sense of what you say, compare things for you, and in the process, became much more efficient. “15 years on, we’re just getting

started” says google, and believe me, they mean it.

Google “Ice-cream Vs. Cake” and see what happens, you get a chart that compares the fats and carbs in an ice cream with that in an average cake. How cool is that? Project Hum-mingbird modified how Google functions, and made Google under-stand what you are asking for. For example, if you searched for some-thing about World War I, and move on to search “Germany”, Google used to simply give you information and links to sites about Germany and related topics. Now Google will figure out that you are searching

for Germany in World War I, and the results focus on that combined topic. The old Google used to search the word inquiry and match things togeth-er to get you the best results, but now it thinks, makes sense of your words, and then searches the results. And thus the Hummingbird tries to pro-vide you with more relevant and accurate search results that will make your life easier. And here we face the question, “Is Google really making our lives harder by simply making it easier in the short run?”

In fairly recent discussions of Google, a contro-

versial issue has been whether Google is making our lives harder or not. On the one hand some ar-gue that Google is simply making our lives harder by giving us access to a huge chunk of sorted data without any effort. Think about it, how did a stu-dent 20 years ago research things? They used to spend a lot of time going through books in the li-brary, reading, and analyzing obscure texts. Do you even remember when you last personally went to the library for research? I don’t. Nicholas Carr, the writer of “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, claims that Google is actually making us stupid, as it makes us change the way we read, so hungry for fast and accurate information that we denounce spending time reading books and articles, thus affecting our “ability to concentrate”.

So, is Google making us dumber? I believe that Google provided the world with a tool that makes research much easier and more efficient. This al-lows you to get more information in less time, and more accurate/relevant info with less reading. And NO, I don’t think it make you dumber. Getting more information and knowledge makes you more cog-nizant. Furthermore, this new tool makes teachers and professors expect more from us as students now that it’s much easier to get access to info than 20 years ago. So ask yourself, would you rather live in a world with or without Google? Would it make a difference for you?

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A Nuclear Futureby SUN WOO KIM’15Assigning editor

It has been around two and a half years since the Fukushima disaster of 2011 in Japan, during which the tsunami of the Tohoku earthquake caused equipment failures that ultimately result-ed in nuclear meltdowns and radioactive mate-rial release. The issue has been brought back to limelight this October, when it was revealed that toxic water and radioactive materials were leak-ing into the Pacific Ocean, two years after the ac-cident. This catastrophic incident has ever since raised questions in both the political arena and the scientific community about whether nuclear energy can be relied on as the future of energy production.

From a political perspective, nuclear energy is a dying fire. Just weeks after the accident, the number of people who “would approve build-ing nuclear facilities in the US” decreased to 43%

(from 57%). With waning public support for nu-clear energy, many governments are heading to policies that will reduce reliance on nuclear facili-ties. The former Prime Minister of Japan Koizumi recently claimed that the country should rid itself of nuclear facilities and switch to other sources of energy. Korea is supporting a “One less nuclear plant” campaign to reduce national reliance on nuclear energy.

However, with carbon emissions growing at an uncontrollable rate, the issue of energy pro-duction is one that cannot simply be determined based on public consent. The line between irra-tional fear and prudence must be clearly drawn. In fact, the NAIIC, the independent investigation commission for the Fukushima accident, classi-fied the accident as a “man-made disaster” that “could and should have been foreseen and pre-

vented.” There are also leading health experts who have concluded that the radiation from the meltdown is relatively harmless when compared to the regular levels of radiation we are exposed to on a daily basis. Thus, while some argue that a possible accident poses too great a cost to pursue nuclear fission energy, others argue that benefits rooting from providence and foresight coupled with further scientific research can offset the costs of a possible accident, and provide clean, sustainable energy.

Happily, the “man-made” disasters can be al-leviated by men. The issue of radiation leakage and nuclear disasters can be mitigated through cautious governmental measures and prepara-tion. Furthermore, nuclear fission energy already provides about 13% of the world’s electric con-sumption. It produces minimal greenhouse gas,

and does not require fossil fuels to sustain. It would be imprudent to forgo such a large sector of the en-ergy market. Thus, at our current peak of energy con-sumption, discrepancies between hard science and policy must be brought down, and policy makers must unite science and policy to create an effective plan for a nuclear future while mitigating the risks of a possible disaster.

January 2014

Frustrated by d i c t a t o r s h i p s ,

human rights abuses, political corruption, unemploy-ment, extreme poverty, people across the Arab World and North Africa have demanded more of a say in their countries policies.

When a street vendor set himself on fire in protest in the Tunisian capital it was pictured on cell phones and broadcasted on the Internet. His act touched Tu-nisians and Arabs across the region.

Since then dictators have been removed from power in Tunisia (Zine Al-Abidine Bin Ali), Egypt (Presi-dent Hosni Mubarak and President Mohammed Mor-si), Libya (Muammar Qaddafi), and Yemen (Ali Abdul-lah Saleh). Violent protests have surfaced in Bahrain and Syria. Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan have also seen demonstrations.

Since the dictators in the three countries were removed, the countries have held fair elections. The people of these countries are also expressing their opinions much more freely – another sign of reform. In Jordan, protesters have clashed with the security forces but the country has seen nothing like the vio-lence in neighboring Syria.

In Jordan, as a result of the popular call for electoral reform, the parliament has been granted more pow-ers, and the prime minister has been chosen through elections, not appointed by the King. The citizens are also demanding more employment opportunities and lower prices of general commodities.

Unfortunately since 2011, when the Arab Spring started, the chances of democratic reform have di-minished. Even the first demonstrations in Tunisia, the Middle East and North Africa remained the” least free in the world,” according to Freedom House. (Around

72 percent of the countries and 85 percent of the people don’t have basic political and civil rights)

In Egypt, an elected president, Moham-med Morsi, was removed and replaced by

the army-chosen president, General Sisi. The country is deeply divided with partisans of ousted Morsi clash-ing daily with the incumbent army. Syria is undergo-ing a bloody civil war, and Libya and Yemen remain unstable and weak.

Watching events in 2013 makes people wonder if the Arab Spring is turning into the Arab Winter. There has been a decline in living standards, more violence, and more death since it has started.

However, the path to democracy has never been easy, as had been seen in previous historical struggles for democracy (France, Italy, etc.), where the blood of the clash between radicals and reactionaries eventu-ally paved the road to the democracy we see today. Some even argue that the bloodshed is necessary in order to root out the authoritarian roots, and tone down the initial radicalism. It is obvious that achiev-ing true democracy will not be easy or quick in the case of the Arab Spring. Clearly, we have taken the first step through the removal of the dictators, but the question of how long, and how many more lives this process will take remains.

Path to Democracy: Arab Spring

Moving to Mars

Though Coldplay continues to create an ingenious creation of songs and works, a new innovation has sur-faced perhaps taking Coldplay’s song too seriously. Bas Lansdrop, co-founder of a nonprofit Netherlands based organization of Mars One has announced the move to Mars, in which they hope that half a million applicants will apply to. Mars One aims to form a colony on Mars by 2023. 202,586 people have already registered for their one way trip to Mars with an application fee ranging from $5-$75. Of the half a million applicants that Mars One hopes will apply, only twenty four applicants will be selected to move to Mars.

The selection of the twenty four applicants will not be random, the applicants are scheduled to go through four rounds, after each round the selected com-mittee decides which applicants will pass through to the next. The first round consists of an online application, a motivational letter, a resume and a one minute video in which the candidates explain why he/she should be among the first to colonize Mars. In the second round, the candidates are required to submit a medical state-ment showing that they are in good health, and attend an interview. The third round might become a televised reality show, in which 20-40 contenders will be chal-lenged to validate their survival on Mars. The audience will then vote for a single winner per region, and the Mars One committee will select contestants to fill in the vacant spots. The final round will be an international one, in which all participants will speak in English. Inter-

national groups will be chosen by the Mars One committee from the remaining pool ap-plicants. Through diffi-cult circumstances and harsh living conditions, the applicants must prove themselves wor-thy. They will receive short term training in an environment mim-icking the Mars base. The first round of train-ing starts this year, after which six groups of four will become astronaut corps. During the whole training process, applicants may be rejected according to their performance.

Mars One has estimated that to send a mere number of four applicants to Mars, the cost would be six billion US dollars, which roughly converts to 4,200,000,000 JDs. The cost includes all hardware op-erational expenditures and margins. Although the de-sign studies have been completed, the project still lacks funding to cover the entire cost. Once benefactors have been found, the price and calculations of the total price will be calculated more precisely. Thus, they will be able to appeal to possible sponsors.

Mars One plans to have a reality show of the

applicants on Mars, and perhaps in ten years we will all be glued to the television watching a Martian reality show. This whole procedure sounds just like a spinoff of Andrew Niccol’s screen play of The Truman Show. Yet, instead of starring Jim Carry, it may star your friend’s cousin, in Mars. Yet, the essential question remains. Is it worth it? Applicants will be training for ten years after which a trip of nine months awaits them, just to reach Mars. Imagine the isolation, a morning without the chirp of a bird. A winter without the white of the snow. A sum-mer without the coolness of an iced drink in your hand. A night not with one moon, but two. Would you be able to endure it? Would you be able to live on Mars?

by FARAH SAMAWI’15stAff Writer

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Egypt on the road to democracy… Or Napoleon’s dictatorship

The overthrow of the Egyptian President Mo-hammad Morsi by the Egyptian army- or as some say by the people’s revolution, struck a lot of con-troversy. Almost immediately after the Army’s intervention, civilians flocked into the streets to either support or condemn the actions of the Egyptian army. The USA was hesitant in calling it a coup, and many Arab states expressed their support of the Minister of defense, General, and Commander-in-chief of the Egyptian forces-Mr. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. However, does the support from the Arab world and the non-interventionist policy of the United States mean that Egypt is on the right track? Does Morsi deserve what hap-pened to him? Were the crimes which he was ac-cused of by the opposition true?

Egypt has its share of challenges. Its econo-my is deteriorating, and the people have turned against one another. The army seems to have the upper hand- which means that nothing has re-ally changed for them. The Egyptian forces have always interfered in Egyptian affairs. Mubarak himself was the Air chief marshal of the Egyptian Air forces and the monarchy was removed by the free officers movement in 1952.

The Egyptian forces reminded us of its influ-ence in the country’s politics (which was under-mined during Morsi’s reign as President) with the military coup in July this year. The July events had several fallouts, and eventually led to the army storming Rab’a Al Adawyah square in Cairo and slaughtering protesters all over the country.

What we have seen in the last two years was not a very peaceful transition of power. A high death toll accompanied the Egyptian population in its strive to freedom. But what is it exactly that caused all this? And what should Egypt do in the future?

Morsi’s opposition made some surprising ac-cusations against him. Friends of mine who live in Egypt claimed that Mohammad Morsi’s agenda wanted to ban music, theatre and all other kinds of art. Some even went on to say that he wanted to impose a ban on alcohol and enforce the hi-jab. Other accusations included banning couples from walking in public and freeing criminals who are loyal to the brotherhood. The list goes on forever, however when looking at the freedom and Justice party’s platform, you don’t see any of

these claims clear. You don’t even see links to it. In fact, when compared to all the other Islamic parties who took part in the elections, you see that the freedom and Justice party was the most moderate. Some of the accusations also do not make much sense. My cousin got married and spent a part of her honeymoon in Egypt while Morsi was in power. I am positive that the couple would not have picked Egypt as their destination if Morsi banned couples from appearing in public together.

So, could these accusations just have come out of thin air? Or is there something on which they are based? The truth is as follows. By look-ing at the streets of Cairo, you may as well have believed those anti-Morsi activists. Radical and extremist-fundamentalist supporters of Morsi did in fact make claims such as the banning of al-cohol and the banning of theatre performances. Conversely, we do not see such laws imposed by the government. Those people are not involved in the government. You cannot claim that Morsi’s platform had some hidden goals just because a few lunatics mentioned that on the street.

Likewise, it seems to me that the opposi-tion to Morsi are more closely affiliated with the Egyptian media. They had a wider scope of audi-ence than you might think. This enabled them to spread their propaganda quickly, which is one of the reasons why the opposition was successful at rallying so much support. Morsi’s government made a number of mistakes by arresting activists and satirists like Bassem Yousef during a period of time during which the situation in Egypt was closely observed by the local and international community. This bad timing led to even more unrest than what would normally arise from the capture of an activist or a world-renowned come-dian.

I personally believe that the army should be held responsible for the way things turned out since the elections. The way in which the Egyp-tians rushed into the elections was not a particu-larly good idea. And it was the army who led the way to these elections, confident that the party which they supported was going to win. Then, when the Morsi won the elections to Ahmad Shafiq by that very close margin, the army began to sulk and complain.

Holding elections during such a sensitive peri-od of time could only lead to trouble. The people are still full of energy and still ready to start over if things did not turn out their way. Of course, a democratic system of elections will never satisfy every person in the population. It serves to sat-isfy the majority.

To make things simple, Egypt rook the wrong step by approaching elections at such a delicate period of time. We do not want Egypt to end up taking one hundred years to make the transition like France did. It will also not succeed in a year and half like Tunisia, but that does not mean the only option is to wait a hundred years and suf-fer under dictatorships and military rule like the French under Napoleon.

Now that Egypt is back to where it was on the 11th of February 2011, with military rule and hopes of doing it right this time, I think Egypt should approach a new way of formulating a suc-cessful transition into power. Instead of rushing into elections, the army should carry out a non-interventionist policy and non-bias. That could only work by loosening and eventually removing its grip over Egypt’s internal affairs. Political de-bate between the 24 parties which took part in the elections while the police maintain internal stability and the Armed forces maintain the bor-ders- especially those with Gaza and Israel. The army should realize that if there is any chance to reach an agreement between the parties, it is if they act and speak for themselves. They should be backed only by their civilian supporters. If need arises, the dialogue between the parties could be facilitated, but by a non-military orga-nization. It should also take as long as it wishes. Deadlines should be set for dialogue on certain topics, not the entire process. This way, the dead-lines can be more loosely dealt with. They could be moved easily and it would not cause such a great uproar if the deadline is passed and no re-sult is agreed on. Egypt needs to take its time and settle its problems using patience and by finding common grounds on which the 24 parties could be condensed into 4 or 5 and therefore be able to lead the way to what we all hope to be Egypt’s transition into democracy and the return of its prosperity.

Although the food in the dining hall has been getting bet-ter, ordering food has become a very popular trend amongst King’s Academy students. A plethora of students are con-stantly ordering food for dinner on weekdays, and for lunch, as well as dinner, on weekends. Some students directly order from the restaurant themselves, and others use taxis to trans-port the food over from Amman. From shawerma to pizza, students can order whichever food stimulates their taste buds. Here’s a list of the most popular restaurants amongst students at King’s with their phone numbers. Please make sure you order before study hall starts. Buy food, go local!

Tal3et il deir: 0799303282Darna: 0795111640Pizza lover: 0797993535

Ordering food.BY TALA KASIH ‘15

Contributing Writer

by MOHAMMAD ABU HAWASH ‘15Contributing Writer

oPinion

Vine is a (relatively) new app for phones used by millions of people of all ages around the world. The point of this app is to film short videos that are, at most, 6 seconds long. These 6 seconds are used very wisely. In order to gain the followers users yearn for, they must create exceptionally entertaining videos. The amount of creativity, time, and effort users put into a single Vine is substantial. Users show off their musical talents, artistic talents, and most of all their humor through their Vines. Similar to Twitter, Vine users can become “Vine verified”. The difference is that solely famous people (actors, singers etc.) can

be verified on Twitter; while on Vine, anyone that has a significant amount of followers and prevalently popular Vines can be Vine verified. This app seems to allow predominantly “normal” people to become Vine famous. Many Vines prove that users will do almost anything to please their followers. Users commonly say, “do it for the vine,” except in one instance, “don’t do it for the Vine,” when a man was hit by a speeding car while shooting Vine. Some popular and funny vine users are Brandon Calvillo, JEROME JARRE, and Jordan Burt.

Vine

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by NEVEAN DEKAIDEK ‘15stAff Writer

“Orange Is the New Black” is a new show released by Netflix with 13 episodes in the first season. OITNB centers around an average blonde woman, played by Taylor Schilling, who gets caught for committing a crime and is sentenced to federal pris-on. The show deals with the different encounters and stories of the main character Candy Chapman as well as the other female prisoners. It showcases the complexi-ties of federal prisons and what goes on behind bars. It’s meant to intrigue a mature audience and is laced with dark humor as well as lighthearted female drama.

Series Review:Orange is The New Black

by FARAH KHANFAR‘15CoPY editor

Songs of The Issue

1- Awkward- San Cisco 2- What Would You Do? - Bas-titille 3- Atlas Hands - Benjamin Francis Leftwich 4- Knee Socks - Arctic Mon-keys 5- Buzzcut Seasomn - Lorde 6- Slip Away - Josh Garrels 7- Nantes - Beirut 8- Bahr - Mashrou’ Leila 9- Landfill - Daughter 10- Hey Brother - Avicii

If you have any suggestions for our next issue do

not hesitate to contact us! :)

by LARISA ABU GANAM‘14editor-in-Cheif

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1.Tell me about yourself? a.23 b.Graduated from Yale University in may c.It his second time in Jordan. His first visit was for one day but

this is his real time being in Jordan. d.He is very excited to be here e.He really enjoys doing Yoga and loves singing f.He was in an acapella group called Spizzwinks at Yale 2.How did you know about King’s Academy?a.He attended a job fair in Philadelphia and was asked for an

interview b.Also knew about it from Mister John Wolf, a colleague from

Yale University. 3.What was your first impression of: a.School :i.“This place is so beautiful” ii.It fades away quickly as time passes by iii.His first day was awesome, he felt that this place is very nice

architecturally. iv.“The breezeway is grand, it’s awesome” b.Students: i.“They are awesome” ii.“first students I met were proctors. They looked happy,

thoughtful, mature, friendly and passionate. iii.“I am very impressed of the hard work in which students pay

effort in each of their studies. They are engaged, and they are ex-cited to learn”

iv.“I love the student’s positive energy” 4.Favorite activities: a.Glee club: “Makes me happy each week and whenever I finish

the rehearsal I feel energized and ready to continue my week” b.Hikes! He loved the Wadi Hidan hike and he says “It made him

feel good because the kids were also excited and everyone had a good time.”

5.How do you spend your day? a.Teaching and thinking about teaching “Grading papers, pre-

paring for class and reflecting.” b.His days are mainly busy because they are filled with activi-

ties and dutiesc.Spends his days with other teachers, talking to friends and

catching news from his family and friends back home. 6.What did you think of Jordan before coming and

did it change when you came? a.“I was not totally shocked, I expected what to see” b.“Hospitality here is awesome”c.“I love how now cities from all around the world are being

kind of similar but here, the arab culture is still in everyone’s life and it still exists”

d.“Also, The small cultural things make Jordan unique” e.“Jordan has a very strong identity in the middle east and it is

very well known because people here are proud of their identity and their country”

7.What are some advice you got from old teachers here at king’s that you would like to share with new fac-ulty?

a.Engage students not only in class, but also outside b.Excitement has no limit. How much you are enthusiastic

about a topic the students will be too. “Class responds to your enthusiasm”

c.“If you care, students care more” d.“Students, and people in general, find it really funny to talk in

Arabic. At least for me!” 8.What are some advice you give to students?a.Ask for help when you need it. “Teachers here are amazing,

and if a student asks for extra help that makes me think that this students cares about this subject and is actually interested”

b.“I love it when students ask for help”

by DAILA AL-JAWAMIS ‘14Photo editor

LifeMister Ben Watsky

interview Volleyball

by JOSHUA CLAxTON PGContributing Writer

A 1.8-million-year-old skull uncovered in the Republic of Georgia might change the way we view ancient human evolution forever. The different ancestral species we know today include Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and many others. However, the finding of this ancient skull, older than any skull we have ever found, shows that all of these species may be variants of a single species. Basically, the different spe-cies that we have thought to have existed, might all be of the same species, just in different shapes and sizes.

David Lordkipanidze, the paleoanthropologist from the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, led the international team is coming up with this conclusion. The main discovery used to help the team reach this conclusion was a skull excavated in 2005 named, “Skull 5.” Scien-tists describe this skull as “the world’s first completely preserved adult hominid skull.” This skull was different because it included features that other ones did not, such as a long, apelike face, large teeth and a tiny braincase, which was about one-third of the size of ours to-day. The skull that was uncovered earlier this month includes features found in most of the skulls that we consider to be different species. Ultimately, this is what led the team in thinking that all of the skulls are variants of the “original” skull.

This discovery is revolutionary and will change the minds of his-torians and all mankind on where we came from as a race. Not only will conventional wisdom require a complete reorientation, a new di-rection will be set for scientific research regarding anthropology and archaeology. The books, case studies, and historical records will be altered forever. This is such an important discovery to the scientific community as well as the educational world as it will change the way students are taught. Evolution is covered throughout most public schools, however, the way it is taught could be all wrong, igniting the need for a change in curriculum.

January 2014 fAshionistA ofthe issue

The Most Fashionable Teacher of the Issueby DIALA AL-RABADI ‘14

Assigning editor

The fashionistas of the Rexonian have decided that Mr. Alex Funnell is the most fashionable teach-er on campus for this issue…

“As a faculty member in the states I was labeled by the student body as a “hipster”, namely because of shopping at H&M. At the same time, students start-ed wearing vests to school after a couple of years so the title of ‘campus hipster’ soon dropped. Your own style is something that you feel comfortable in, brings confidence and a smile. Have you ever tried to tie a bowtie? A difficult task for many, but the success feels amazing! Plus their fun to wear.”

“As a faculty member in the states I was labeled by the student body as a “hipster”, namely because of shopping at H&M. At the same time, students start-ed wearing vests to school after a couple of years so the title of ‘campus hipster’ soon dropped. Your own style is something that you feel comfortable in, brings confidence and a smile. Have you ever tried to tie a bowtie? A difficult task for many, but the success feels amazing! Plus their fun to wear.”

the rexonIanبية لعر ا

مفترق اال ليست الحياة الحياة. هي هذه يموت; وآخر إنسان يعيش أخرى. وتذهب أرواح تأتي اال ليست ونهواها االن نعيشها التي الحياة حياتهم. مسار به ويسلكون االحياء عليه يمر طريق

شكاوى ويرددون الحياة صعوبة سيكون من هم كثيرون قصير. وقت بعد منها سنفيق ومضة فيمضي كبيراً شأناً الحياة هذه من يتخذ من كثير لعيشها. االنفس ضاقت قد حياٍة عن األجداد السماء روعة وال النجوم جمال يعير وال فشله نجوم ويعد أفعاله سماء في يحملق عمره بقية

من نجعل البشر نحن الروحي. االنقباض سماوات إحدى في محملق انتباهه الن انتباه، أي تفنى أن بد ال التي الحياة هذه بنسمات نستمتع أن يجب أننا نفهم أن ونأبى كبارا األمور صغار

واستنباط األخطاء خبرات من يأتي الوجداني التعلم الن أخطاء ارتكبنا قد ما إذا نقلق وأال النجاة بأحبال التمسك علينا وهلة. منذ بدأناه طريق إتمام على قادرين ستجعلنا التي الدروس

وهي أرواحنا تستذكرها جميلة ذكرى حياتنا من لنجعل النفس. جوهرة تكمن حيث واالمل فيه يزين ألماس حياته من اتخذ لمن فهنيئا العليا. الجنات إلى راجعة الخالق سماء في محلقة

والذين الغرف هذه في سيعيش من نحن ألسنا ما. يوما سيذكرها التي النسيان غرف من غرفة جدرانها تغطية من بدال األلوان بأزهر نلونها ال لماذا وذكرياتها. عاداتها عبق سيتنفسون

سراحها إطالق علينا يجب داخلنا، في تكمن القوة واالستسالم. النجاح وعدم الفشل بدمويات ذكرياتنا. تعليه منبرا لتزين

النفوس أنقى الحسبان مالك

األرض. تضرب وهي السماء دموع صوت سوى أسمع فال حولي وأنظر المطر تحت أتمشى في يجول بقي عما للتعبير الوقت وحان طويل لوقت غضبها كبتت وكأنها األرض تضرب

زمن. منذ خاطرها تقصد ال بأنها تخبرني السماء وكأن وجهي على للمياه الرقيق بالتساقط ألحس للسماء أنظر

فقط. بداخلها عما تعبر فهي بدموعها أحد إيذاء نقطة كل أرى عليها. المنسكب الماء على الخافت الشارع ضوء انعكاس فأرى لألرض أنظر على تنسكب بالحزن مليئة صغيرة قطرات ماء. من قبلها األرض على تواجد فيما تؤثر وهي

األرض. وأشعر السماء إلى أنظر بالبكاء. تجهش السماء وكأن غزارة تزداد بل الدموع تتوقف ال

ألحد. وجود ال وكأن تام سكون في شيء كل زال وما تنهمر بدموعها لمعاناً أرى المطبق. الصمت صوته وقاطع دّوى رعد صوت من فزعاً أقفز فجائية لحظة في البرق عند تتوقف لن أنها لدرجة غاضبة السماء بأن وأيقن السماء في األلماس لمعان يشبه

لرعد. واعن أتوقف ال تفكيري. تيار مع وأنجرف أسهو طويلة. أم قصيرة كانت إن أعلم ال للحظات أسهو

التوقف. أستطيع ال التفكير، ما أعلم ال مكاني. في أقف األفكار مشوشة التفكير. عن أتوقف وعي دون .. بيضاء بلورًة أرى

المطبق السكون وعاد اللمعان عن توقفت فقد للسماء يحصل الذي ما أعلم ال حولي. يحصل الذي له. الرعد صوت مقاطعة دون كان كما

يتسلل بالطمأنينة شعور حياتي. في رأيت ما أجمل من هي بلورات فأرى معطفي كتف إلى أنظر من نابع شعوري بأن أظن .. لماذا أعلم ال بارد. الجو أن مع داخلي في بالدفء أحس قلبي. إلى

السماء. هدوء قلبي... فهدأ السماء هدأت

من منعني قلبي في بالدفء شعوري أن أظن ببرودتها. أحس ال بيدي. البلورات ألتقط بدأت بها. اإلحساس

السماء؟ دمعة أم دمعتي أهي لكن وجنتي.. على مجراها تبلل بدمعة أحس

الشتاء فتات الطعمة حنين

الفيديو:- ألعاب هي ما جهز على عادة وتلعب الحاسوب بواسطة مبرمجة ألعاب هي الحاسوب ألعاب أو الفيديو ألعاب لعبها يمكن أو به الجهاز إيصال بعد الشاشة هذه عل تعرض حيث رقمية بشاشة موصول فيديو

الحاسوب. ذاكرة على اللعبة بيانات إدخال عبر مباشرة الحاسوب على بها:- اللعب يتم كيف

أجهزة )في األزرار أو التحكم، يد عادة هو و اإلدخال جهاز عبر األشخاص من الكثير يلعب يسمى بما األلعب أحهزة فتقوم األيام هذه وفي الفأرة، أو المفاتيح، لوحة أو اآلركيد(،

اللعب. جهاز الى إدخالها و الحركة استشعار على يعمل نظام هو و بالمحاالة الفيديو:- ألعاب أنواع

تصويب وألعاب ، جي بي واآلر والمغامرة، المنصات، ألعاب من األلعاب أنواع تختلف والتصويب والسباقات، والرياضة، الثالث، المنظور تصويب وألعاب ، األول المنظور

باإلضافة هذا اإلستراتيجية. واأللعاب األدوار، وألعاب واأللغاز، واآلكشن، والقتال، الفضائي، نفس في يلعبها حيث جماعية، ألعاب غالباً وهي اإلنترنت، عبر تلعب التي الويب ألعاب إلى

المناطق. مختلف من الالعبين من كبير عدد الوقت الفيديو؟؟؟ ألعاب تصنع كيف

وهذه المستهلك أو الالعب الى وصولها قبل أشخاص و مراحل بعدة األلعاب تصنيع عملية تمر هي:- العملية

المبرمجيون الفنانون المصممون المنتجون المراحل مصممو

المختبرون الموسيقيون والمؤلفون الصوتيات مهندسوا

الكثير األلعاب هذه أضافت فقد الجديدة األجيال لدى كبيرة بأهمية الفيديو ألعاب حظت وقد أدخلت التي و الحزن وقت في أطفالنا أبهجت التي وهي الناس نفوس الى المرح و المتعة من

كل لتناسب تحديثها و الفيديو ألعاب تطوير تم فقد الغرض لهذا و فراغنا, أوقات في المتعة هي الفيديو ألعاب أجهزة طورت التي الشركات أشهر ومن تحب وما فئة كل و جيل وكل سن نينتيندو و ستايشن( )البالي طورت التي سوني و بوكس( )اإلكس طورت فقد مايكروسوفت الناس إبهاج على الشركات هذه حرصت فقد )الوي(. و د.س( )نينتيندو من كاًل طورت التي

كل في لك األنسب الحل ألنها الفيديو ألعاب تملك أن على فحرص األلعاب بهذه إفراحهم و فراغك. أوقات

الفيديو ألعاب المبيضين أحمد

يا لك نعم لك، ألكتب وقوة بعزم فأمسكته عدت بينها، من القلم فوقع يدي فارتعشت القلم أمسكت ثالث من كلمة أمي طويل. تفصيل إلى تحتاج لوحدها أمي كلمة الكتابة. عن عجزت ولكن امي

أن حاولت مهما ألني وصفك في تقصيري عن أماه يا أعذريني والحنان. الحب معنى تحتوي أحرف بقوة أتخطى من أنِت لي، بالنسبة شيء كل أنِت الحياة، في رمزي أنِت ألنِك حقِك، أؤتيك لن أوصفك

أمي يا أهديك حصدي، وترين سأحصد لسعادته، االمل بذرة أزرع من أنِت ألجله، الزمان عقبات الجنان. قدميك وتحت التوفيق برضاك من يا الحنان نبع يا صادقة كلمات

يقول بما ويعجب اللسان فيتعثر ذهني في تتزاحم كلمات األولى؟ المعلمة أنت أنك لك يقول هل

األولى؟ المربية أنت أنك يقول أو والشفقة؟ األول والحنان الحب إنك يقول أم

الحياة جمال تعلمت أمي وبِك معِك بيننا. والتعاون واألمل الحب بوجود جمااًل يزداد العالم أن تعلمت

األمالرواد مجد

لتنبت األشجار لزراعة يصلح الوطن تراب يعد ولم قبل من كانوا كما الوطن أبناء يعد لم والوفاء، العروبة أصول به اختنقت الذي بالشوك ومغطى بالدماء ملطخاً أصبح فقد أبطال،

»أنا بعنوان التاريخ من صفحات به تكتب لقباً كتفيه على حمل انسان كل بها تميز التي عروبتنا، لتاريخ تحول نقطة كانوا الذين الشهداء جبين على نقش الذي العنوان هذا عربي«،

العربي. وطننا في العثماني االستعمار انتهى يده على والذي الحسين الشريف كان فمنهم الرصاصات من شتاء اال هي ما أبنائنا يراها التي الخالبة الطبيعية مناظر فمن اليوم أما من الوطن تراب وتسقي أبنائنا على لتهبط العربي عالمنا سماء في تحلق التي الصهيونية

هذه أقل لم الصهيوني. الحصاد موسم انتهاء بعد نِتَجت أُ التي الضحايا المزارع ليحصد دمائهم الواقع يرى لكي ينهض بأن عربي إنسان لكل دافعاً ألضع بل العربي مجتمعنا ألنتقد الكلمات

لم فإن العدو، أمام يقف أن وهو أال داخله في هدفاً يولد أن يجب والذي فيه، يعيش الذي العربية الدماغية األنسجة وغسل الغرب أسر من نتحرر لن واحدة، ويداً متمسكاً وطناً نصبح

الصهيون. قيود من العربي وطننا نحرر أن نستطيع ولن

الوقت في العربي المجتمع واقع لي لحا اجبرين عمر

بها يعترف ال الذي للعربي عجبا اللغة، هذه يقدر ال لمن عجبا جدا. مهمة لغة هي العربية اللغة عليه هللا صلَّ الرسول زمن في ومنتشرة سائدة كانت لغة هى العرية اللغة االولى. لغته كونها

يتكلمها كان لغة نتكلم أن فخرا فيكفينا اللغة هذه بواسطة غيره مع يتعامل الرسول كان فقد وسلم، من أيضا فخرا فيكفينا العربية, باللغة مكتوب الكريم القران أن كما وسلم. عليه هللا صلَّ الرسول

ال الذين الناس من الكثير هنالك االولى. لغتنا أنها حيث سالسة و بسهولة تعالى هللا كلمات نقرأ أن دون من الصالة تصح ال المثال، سبيل فعلى الشيء، هذا من يعانون لغتنا يتكلموا أن يستطيعون

نحن فياليتنا . جداً ويحترمونها اللغة يتعلموا الن متشوقون الغرب معظم فان لهذا ة الكريم، القران عليها. نحافظ و بلغتنا نتمسك العرب

العربية اللغة غصيب أبو دانا

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