by rchakaki | Jan 17, 2013 | Ramblings
A powerful TEDTalk by a model. She says she won a genetic lottery and speaks of her insecurities. She reminds us that her images in magazines are created by a team of professionals. And yet, I look around and see her image everywhere in the place I live. What chance...
by rchakaki | Apr 4, 2011 | Ramblings
In a recent conversation where a colleague made sweeping generalizations on what Arab women want, I remembered a movie..”what women want” Mel Gibson takes us into the world of a PR agency that hires a women to unleash the secrets of marketing to women. I...
by rchakaki | Jan 10, 2011 | Recollections
Our neighborhood resembled the United Nations. Families from Germany, Holland, England, the USA, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, and a few other European and American nations lived in homes lining a central paved circular road, and rubble and dirt roads extending off the...
by rchakaki | Jun 14, 2009 | Ramblings, Recipes
POAG (Promise of a generation) hosted a film preview followed by a panel discussion on “Marriage: The good, The bad and The Ugly”. The film was excellent, entertaining and thought provoking. The discussion was honest airing pain, frustration, hope,...
by rchakaki | Aug 31, 2008 | Ramblings
“Fast and you shall be healthy“ said the profit PBUH. “Live simply, so others may simply live”. To observe Ramadan, is to bring silence and peace to the body, mind and spirit. Ramadan is a month of discipline; performed right, you emerge with the feeling of having...
