A dream come true..

At least two years have passed since I saw Aboudi play a basketball game at school.  Last night, I watched the opposing team approach the court, and thought.. my God..they’re huge! they’ll crush them! Seconds later.. the EIS team walks on the court.. and...

Sipadan

Imagining Sipadan Preparations for our trip commenced four weeks prior to departure. Ernst, our trip organizer and dive instructor setup weekly meetings. The purpose was to review National Geographic Fish & Coral ID coursework, introduce team members to each other...

Baraka.is/food

Stories of generations As a young bride of 21 in the nineties, I was not prepared for the “kitchen education” I was about to receive. A day after returning from my honeymoon, my mother-in-law, a lifetime housewife and mother of six, took on the role of mentor. She...

Baraka.is/ramadan

“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...

Arrhythmia

I was at home, Razan was over with her kids for a playdate.  My heart raced at 108 for 10 minutes. Within a few minutes, the paramedics were testing my vital signs; they placed me on stretcher and took me into the ambulance.  Razan was looking at me with such...