A simple thought

How different is too different?

Moroccan Female Journalists doing beautiful things

This post is a tribute to 2 of my friends to whom i have a tremendous amount of respect and unconditional love. They're both journalists, and they're both doing beautiful things. The Moroccan Media scene might seem crappy and amateur but my folks out here are fighting to get the best out of it, to make the best of it. I'm proud of both of you, and i'm wishing you the successful career you've always dreamed of.


Najlae Benmbarek;


a smart quick-witted young lady with a lot of wisdom and an unshakable value system. Taught me a lot, but mostly to respect her. Najlae has just graduated from the Journalism Graduate school at UC Berkeley in California. She also "co-made" a film about the US soldiers stationed in Subsaharian Africa which was lately braodcasted on CNN's primetime program of Anderson Coopers.

The video can be watched by clicking on the following link : http://noflyingmonkeys.com/video/Anderson_Cooper_360.avi

Najlae has a must-visit blog : www.najlae.info


Hasna Boufkiri;


a 21 year old hardworking sharp lady, with an exceptional sense of humour and a stricking simplicity. She's a graduate of the Journalism school of Rabat (ISIC) and is now holding the positiong of Assistant Managing Editor at the "RTM", one of the 2 Moroccan TV channels. Hasna was lately nominated among the 50 future Moroccan leaders by the controversial and bestselling Moroccan magazine "Telquel". ( http://www.telquel-online.com/246/couverture_246_1.shtml )

Hasna also has a blog: http://www.blog.ma/hasnaboufkiri/



Keep the good spirit:)

I eat thus i exist

Eating schedule

Monday:
Breakfast> Lipton
Lunch>Chips and Omelette
Dinner>Litpton, bread and butter

Tuesday:
Breakfast> Lipton/Coffee
Lunch> Chips and Eggs
Dinner>Lipton and some kind of sweets

Wednesday:
Breakfast> Lipton/Coffee
Lunch>Chips and Omelette
Dinner>Litpton, bread and butter

Thursday:
Breakfast> English Tea
Lunch> Chips and Eggs, and Orange Juice
Dinner>Lipton/Yogurt

Friday:
Breakfast>Coffee with cream
Lunch>can't remember
Dinner> some juice and Yogurt

Saturday:
Breakfast> Fresh bread, cheese, potatoes, some chiken, Yogurt, and flavored Tea
Lunch> Kebab at Baalbek ( a Chawarma restaurant)
Dinner> Vegetarian Pancakes at Manekin (a cute artistic Restaurant)
Bonus***: a smile

Sunday:

Breakfast> Fresh bread, cheese, potatoes, Yogurt, some coffee

Lunch> Vegetarian Pancakes at Manekin
Dinner> Yogurt, Bread and Cheese, and a warm Tea
Bonus***: another smile


Prayer of the day:

"May all of your days be weekends" :)))

Back to school!!

Bydgoszcz 07 2006

My normal working day starts at 8.00 am. Students normal day starts at 7.45 with a 15 minute group prayer. The prayers are lead by a professor of theology who happens to be a priest, assisted by 2 new students everyday (democracy at work:)). yeah, it's a catholic school, a very respected one in the city, and a very respectFUL one.

All teachers are kind and helpful. Magda (my favourite) is just amazing, providing all kind of support, logistical and psychological. Most students are well behaved, and all are excited to see someone with a darker complection than theirs:). i think i've become their new attraction, everyone saying "good morning" in english, lots teaching me some polish word, and some inviting me to play football with them (not very useful with my 5 Kg Boot bought from Souk Leghzel:)). In 2 days i had to answer more questions than i've done in my lifetime exams. I even answered more questions than in JFK's US customs where i was "interviewed" for 4 hours:))... but unlike JFK's all questions were pleasant to hear and pleasant to answer... ranging from the name of my pet to the size of my shoes :)))... ( i refused to answer the latter because size is always an embarassing issue for me :))))...