November 21, 2008

Lebanese Independence Day ...We are all for our nation, for our flag and glory!

November 22 is the National Independence of Lebanon. Lebanon gained its independence in 1943 which ended the French mandate. May Lebanon always enjoy sovereignty, independence, freedom and democracy.



النشيد الوطني اللبناني

كلنـا للوطـن للعـلى للعـلم

ملء عين الزّمن سـيفنا والقـلم

سهلنا والجبـل منبت للرجـال

قولنا والعمـل في سبيل الكمال

كلنا للوطن للعلى للعلم

كلّنا للوطن



شيخنـا والفتـى عنـد صـوت الوطن

أسـد غـاب متى سـاورتنا الفــتن

شــرقنـا قلبـه أبــداً لبـنان

صانه ربه لمدى الأزمان

كلنا للوطن للعلى للعلم

كلنا للوطن



بحـره بــرّه درّة الشرقين

رِفـدُهّ بــرّهُ مالئ القطبين

إسمـه عـزّه منذ كان الجدود

مجــدُهُ أرزُهُ رمزُهُ للخلود

كلّنا للوطن للعلى للعلم
كلنا للوطن


English translation of the Lebanese National Anthem


We are all for our nation, for our flag and glory!

Our valor and our writings are the envy of the ages.

Our mountains and our valleys, they bring forth stalwart men.

And to Perfection all our efforts we devote.

We are all for our Nation, for our flag and glory!

Our Elders and our children, they await our Country's call,

And on the Day of Crisis they are as Lions of the Jungle.

The heart of our East is forever Lebanon,

May God preserve it until the end of time.

We are all for our Nation, for our flag and glory!

The Gems of the East are its land and sea.

Throughout the world its good deeds flow from pole to pole.

And its name is its glory since time began.

The Cedar Symbol—its symbol for Eternity—is its Pride.

We are all for our Nation, for our flag and glory!

November 16, 2008

15 years in prison + 1500 lashes!!!!

An Egyptian doctor Raouf Amin was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes (70 lashes per week) in Saudi Arabia for malpractice. He was found guilty of driving a Saudi princess to addiction when he worked as the family’s personal doctor in Jeddah.
He was given his first 70 lashes last week and will get 70 more this week.

OMG it is not 50 or 100 or 200 but 1500 lashes ... What a horrible and cruel justice!