hajj

The Hajj or Haj is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, "Makkah") and is the fifth of the "Five Pillars of Islam". Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.



The Hajj or Haj is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, "Makkah") and is the fifth of the "Five Pillars of Islam". Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.

The government of Saudi Arabia issues special visas to foreigners for the purpose of the pilgrimage, which takes place during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah. Entrance to the city itself is forbidden to non-Muslims, and the entire city is considered a holy site to Islam.

Preparations

Many people go to Mecca in groups with their friends or family, or friends from the local mosque, in order to save money. Some airlines have special package holidays for Muslims going to Mecca. A woman is encourged to go to Mecca in the company of a male relative (father, husband, or brother), but the Saudi government permits an unaccompanied woman to go provided that she travels in a group with other women and has written permission to do so from a male relative.

While in Mecca for the Hajj, male pilgrims are required to dress only in an ihram, a garment consisting of two sheets of white unhemmed cloth, the top draped over the torso and the bottom secured by a belt; plus a pair of sandals. The ihram is intended to show the equality of all pilgrims in the eyes of Allah, as there is no difference between a prince and a pauper when everyone is dressed equally. The ihram also symbolizes purity and absolution of sins. Many female pilgrims traditionally wear a simple white or black dress with a headcovering.

While the pilgram is wearing the ihram, he may not shave, cut his nails, or wear jewelery. An invocation known as the talbiyah should be chanted as the pilgrim is donning the garment.

Performing the Hajj

Umrah

Upon arrival in Mecca, the pilgrim ('Hajji') performs a series of ritual acts symbolic of the life of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and his wife Hagar (Hajarah), and of solidarity with Muslims worldwide. These acts of faith are:

Perform a tawaf, which consists of circling the Kaaba four times at a hurried pace, followed by three times, more closely, at a leisurely pace, in a counter-clockwise direction.

Rapidly walk seven times back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwah. This is a re-enactment of Hagar's frantic search for water, before the Zamzam Well was revealed to her by Allah.

These rituals complete the umrah, sometimes called the "lesser hajj". Although not a part of the ritual, most pilgrims drink water from the Well of Zamzam when the umrah is completed. Also, men and women trim off approximately one inch of hair. At this point, the pilgrim can change from the ihram to regular clothes, that is known as Mut'ah of Hajj.

Optional journey to Medina

Though it is not required as part of the Hajj, after the Umrah, pilgrims often travel to visit the city of Medina and the Mosque of the Prophet (PBUH). Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH)tomb is enclosed by the mosque, as are the tombs of Abu Bakr and 'Umar.

Completing the Hajj

After spending a night or more in Medina, the Hajj continues. The pilgrim dons the ihram once again and performs the final three acts of faith. This is known as the Al Hajjul Akbar, or "greater hajj." The duties of the greater hajj are:

Journey to the hill of Arafat and spend an afternoon there. The journey usually takes three to five days for the full round trip. At the plain of Arafat, the pilgrim stays from afternoon until sundown. No specific rituals or prayers are required during the stay at Arafat, though many pilgrims spend the time praying, talking to Allah, and thinking about the course of their lives.



Upon returning from Arafat, pilgrims travel to the city of Mina just outside of Mecca, and participate in the stoning of the devil. This requires collecting a number of pebbles from the ground on the plain of Muzdalifah (various Hajj accounts list the number of pebbles as between 49 and 70), and throwing the pebbles at the three pillars at Mina, which represent the devil. All three pillars represent the devil: the first and largest is where he tempted Abraham against sacrificing Ishmael, the second is where he tempted Abraham's wife Hagar to induce her to stop him, and the third is where he tempted Ishmael to avoid being sacrificed. He was rebuked each time, and the throwing of the stones symbolizes those rebukes.

Perform a second tawaf around the Kaaba. This completes the requirements of the Hajj. After stoning the devil, many male pilgrims will then shave their head; women may cut off a lock of their hair. This is a symbol of rebirth, signifying that their sins have been cleansed by completion of the Hajj.

The umrah can be performed at any time of the year, but the "greater hajj" must take place during the month of Dhu al-Hijjah and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Most pilgrims will perform the "greater hajj" because of the difficulty and expense of traveling to the city of Mecca. For many pilgrims (especially ones who had difficulty travelling due to health or finances), the journey to Mecca is a once in a lifetime event.

Spiritual aspects of the Hajj

The pilgrimage structures the entire life of the sincere Muslim. A believer is required to make the pilgrimage at least once in his or her life time. A devout Muslim's whole life is directed towards this spiritual goal; all of life becomes a pilgrimage.

The pilgrim, the haji, is honoured in his or her community. For some, this is an incentive to perform the Hajj. In some communities, a person that has done the hajj can be nicknamed "haajji" or "haajjaah" - which can be translated as "honorable pilgrim".

The Hajj rituals have a deep psychological significance for Muslims. The pilgrimage is usually a veryprofound experience for those who participate in it. When life is lived according to the precepts of Islam and the mind is in a suitable condition, the pilgrimage can spiritually transform the individual.

In spite of the physical hardships for some, pilgrims who complete the Hajj consider it one of the greatest spiritual experiences of their lives. Many Muslims regard the Hajj as one of the great achievements of civilization, because it brings together people from one-fifth of the population of the entire world and focuses them upon a single goal: completing the Hajj.

source:islamonline.com

عاطف عبيد من قطار الخصخصة الى قطار التطبيع

منذ فترة قصيرة ثارت قضية هجرة بعض الشباب الى اسرائيل

واتضح بعد تفجر هذه القضية أن اغلب هؤلاء الشباب قد سافروا الى اسرائيل فى عهد حكومة عاطف عبيد التعيسة. وسواء كان ذلك نتيجة سوء الحالة الاقتصادية او بسبب تسهيل اجراءات السفر لاسرائيل فان حكومته تتحمل هذه المسؤلية الخطيرة
وما اتضح بد ذلك من بعض المسؤلين فى تلك الفترة ان رئيس الوزراء كان يأمر بتسهيل تلك الاجراءات। ومما يؤكد أن ذلك لم يكن مصادفة هو تواتر معلومات وشهادات لمسؤلين ووزراء فى وزارته بأن عاطف عبيد كان له دور كبير فى تمللك رجال اعمال يهود لبعض المشروعات الكبيرة ومنها مشروعات سياحية فى مناطق تمس الأمن القومى
وبالطبع هذا الانجاز يضاف الى انجازات وزارته العديدة ابتداء من تراجع الاقتصاد المصرى واستشراء الفساد فى جميع اجهزة الدولة انتهاء ببيع ممتلكات الشعب المصرى بأبخس الاثمان فى عهد حكومة كانت اشبه بمجموعة من السماسرة والدلالين لم تقدم للشعب المصرى سوى مجموعة من الوعود الكاذبة.
والسؤال الملح : اذا كان هذا المسؤل قد قام فعلا بهذا الدور المشبوه الذى يصل لدرجة العمالة , فلصالح من يتم التستر عليه وعدم محاسبته ؟ ولماذا تم تكريمه بعد كل ما حققه من فشل اقتصادى وسفه سياسى دفع ثمنه الشعب المصرى؟

نتائج أنابوليس فى أبو غنيم

لم تمضى أيام قليلة على انتهاء مؤتمر انابوليس (لاحياء) عملية السلام
حتى جاء الرد الاسرائيلى الواضح بالاعلان عن مناقصة لبناء وحدات سكنية جديدة
فى مستوطنة ابو غنيم "هارحوما" بالقدس الشرقية فى اكبر تحدى للقرارات الدولية ,والاتفاقات التى وقعتها اسرائيل والتعهدات التى اعلنتها سابقا.لكن المثير والمحزن أن هذا الموقف ليس بجديد, فمع كل مبادرة عربية او خطوة تطبيع يقدمها العرب تشجيعا
لاسرائيل على الانخراط الجدى فى عملية السلام نجد الرد الاسرائيلى فى منتهى الوقاحة والاستهزاء بالمواقف العربية الضعيفة.
فمتى يتعلم العرب الدرس ولا يقدموا الهدايا المجانية لاسرائيل؟!

فتاة القطيف

قصة فتاة القطيف لمن لم يتابع..هى فتاة سعودية تعرضت للاغتصاب من سبع شباب وبعد ابلاغها الشرطة ,وبعد أن تم القبض عليهم
وثبتت التهمة عليهم حكم عليها القاضى بالسجن ستة اشهر والجلد ، كما حكم على الجناة بأحكام سجن مخففة
تحت مبرر ان المجنى عليها اشتركت فى الذنب بقبولها التواجد فى" خلوه" مع غرباء وأن لها دورا فى وقوع الجريمة.
وهذا هو الغريب فى فى القضية والذى جعل لها صدى خارجى
لكن المثيرلدهشة بل للاشمئزازهو هذه العقلية التى تستخدم الاسلم لتبرير مثل هذه الاحكام الغريبة والمسيئة
وتقدم لأعداء الاسلام هدايا مجانية للتهجم على الاسلام وتشويه صورته وانتقاده
فالاسلام كدين يحافظ على الاعراض وعى كرامة الانسان ومث هذه الجرائم لا يقبل الدين الاسلامى التهاون تجاهها أو الرافة بالجناة تحت اى مبررات سخيفة.
وأنيصل الامر لعقاب المعتدى عيه.
قد يحلو للبعض الدفاع عن نظام القضاء فى امملكة السعودية,بل ونظام الحكم والادعاء بأنها أكثر الدول تطبيقا للشريعة الاسلامية وهو نفس ما ادعاه نظام طالبان سابقا ,
لكن تبرير مثل هذه الاحكام الغريبة و محاولة نسب مبررها للشريعة فهذا غير مقبول

كوب الماء والفكر الجديد فى الالفية الثالثة

مع انتهاء أحداث مؤتمر الحزب الوطنىوالصخب الذى صاحبه كم تذكرت صور المصريين الذين حملوا الجراكن هذا العام بحثا عن القليل من المياه ليسدوا بها احتياجاتهم وطرأ الى ذهنى سؤال مهم:ما قيمة كل هذه المؤتمرات والتصريحات وحتى التقارير الدولية التى تتحدث عن نمو اقتصادى ما دام المواطن فى النهاية لا يستطيع أن يحصل على ابسط مستلزمات الحية...كوب ماء فى بلد يجرى فيه اطول أنهار العالم!؟
وهل هؤلاءالمتشبثين بمناصبهم,ومعهم اتباعهم ومنافقيهم يعيشون فى عالم اخر لايشعرون فيه بهموم ومشاكل الشعب الذى يتحدثون عنه ليل نهار؟ أم أن هذا الشعب لم تعد له قيمة تكفى حتى لاحترام عقله ومشاعره!؟وهذا ما اتضح جليا من رد الفعل تجاه غرق عشرات المصريين الباحثين عن الهجرة والذى صادف نفس توقيت المؤتمر والذى لم يتغير من جدول أعماله أويتأثر بهذا الحادث فى تجاهل تام. فهل هذا هو الفكر الجديد الذى ينادى به الحزب الوطنى؟العمل لصالح عدة أفراد يثرون باستغلال الثروة.. والعمل على توريث الحكم بصورة مستفزة لكل صاحب كرامة.. وتجاهل كل طموح وهموم هذا الشعب ومحاولة خداعه بسلسلة غير منتهية من الاكاذيب

the Pride Remembrance

all greeting to our military forces in the rememberance of the victory day "6 october" ,and also to all the martyers and heros who saved our land and our dignity.

خطوة للامام واربعة للخلف

"الصورة نقلا عن موقع الكرامة"

لم يتوقع اكثر المتشائمين بمستقبل الحريات والديمقراطية قى مصر
ان يصدر الحكم ضد اربعة رؤساء تحرير وبهذه السرعة و بهذا التشديد,فى تهم سخيفة وفى دعوى مرفوعة من شخص غير ذى صفة
! لكن الاسوأ أن هذا الحكم جاء مع بداية شهر رمضان
وكأنها هدية النظام للصحافة المصربة فى هذا الشهر الكريم
وما يبعث على القلق بل الرعب على مستقبل الحريات فى مصر هوان هذا الحكم يعنى ببساطة ان من حق المحاكم ان تنقب فى ضمائر المواطنين ,وانه يحق لاى شخص ان يقاضى اى صحفى اوصاحب راى اذا " رأى" انه تجاوز فى نقده لاى شخصية عامة
وانا اتعجب ممن يريدون ان يدخلوا مجال السياسة وتضيق صدورهم باقل نقد وكانهم انبياء لا يخطؤن
وكأن رعاياهم مجرد قطيع لايحق لهم ان يعرفوا أو يفهموا مايقومون به ,لهذا لا نجد فى الغالب اى رد
رسمى على اى شائعة أو مجرد تساؤل ويكون رد الفعل هو تحرك شخص مغمور
يرفع دعوى قضائية "فى دولة القانون" لنجد عدة أقلام رهن ابتزاز رخيص باسم القانون ’
ولا عزاء للديمقراطية

"HRW" AGAIN...THE TRUTH AGAIN

the report of "hrw" on lebanon war:

(Jerusalem, September 6, 2007) – Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes, not Hezbollah’s shielding as claimed by Israeli officials, caused most of the approximately 900 civilian deaths in Lebanon during the July-August 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch investigated more than 500 of the deaths.

“Israel wrongfully acted as if all civilians had heeded its warnings to evacuate southern Lebanon when it knew they had not, disregarding its continuing legal duty to distinguish between military targets and civilians,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “Issuing warnings doesn’t make indiscriminate attacks lawful.”

The 249-page report, “Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon during the 2006 War,” represents the most extensive investigation to date of civilian deaths in Lebanon during the war. In five months of research, Human Rights Watch investigated 94 cases of air, artillery and ground attacks by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to discern the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 510 civilians and 51 combatants, nearly half the at least 1,109 Lebanese deaths during the conflict. Of the approximately 510 Lebanese civilian deaths investigated by Human Rights Watch, at least 300 were women or children. Human Rights Watch visited more than 50 Lebanese villages and interviewed 316 victims and eyewitnesses, as well as 39 military experts, journalists and Israeli, Lebanese government and Hezbollah officials.

Human Rights Watch found that a simple movement of vehicles or persons – such as attempting to buy bread or moving about private homes – could be enough to cause a deadly Israeli airstrike that would kill civilians. Israeli warplanes also targeted moving vehicles that turned out to be carrying only civilians trying to flee the conflict. In most such cases documented in the report, there is no evidence of a Hezbollah military presence that would have justified the attack.

“Hezbollah fighters often didn’t carry their weapons in the open or regularly wear military uniforms, which made them a hard target to identify,” Roth said. “But this doesn’t justify the IDF’s failure to distinguish between civilians and combatants, and if in doubt to treat a person as a civilian, as the laws of war require.”

Human Rights Watch’s research shows that the IDF’s repeated failure to distinguish between civilians and combatants cannot be explained as mere mismanagement of the war or a collection of mistakes. The evidence suggests that Israeli officials must have known that their assumption regarding the absence of civilians in southern Lebanon was erroneous. There were numerous media reports of a continued civilian presence in the south, and Israel’s own experience in past conflicts showed that not all civilians are willing or able to leave their homes according to the timetables of a belligerent military force. In fact, despite IDF warnings, many civilians remained in southern Lebanon during the war, yet the IDF often seemed not to take that fact into account in making its targeting decisions. Indiscriminate attacks were the frequent result.

The IDF also targeted people and civilian buildings associated in some way with Hezbollah’s political or social structures, regardless of whether the targets constituted valid military objectives under the laws of war, also known as international humanitarian law. Under international humanitarian law, civilian members of Hezbollah lose their protected status only if they are taking a direct part in the hostilities. Hezbollah’s political and social structures may be targeted only if they are being used for military purposes and attacking them offers a “concrete and direct” military advantage.

Human Rights Watch research shows that the IDF struck a large number of private homes of civilian Hezbollah members during the war, as well as various civilian Hezbollah-run institutions such as schools, welfare agencies, banks, shops and political offices. In the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut, Israeli warplanes attacked the offices of Hezbollah’s charitable organizations and its parliamentarians, its research center, and multi-story residential apartment buildings in areas considered supportive of Hezbollah. Statements by Israeli officials strongly suggest that the IDF deliberately hit entire neighborhoods because they were seen as pro-Hezbollah, rather than specific Hezbollah military targets as required by the laws of war.

“Israel’s treatment of all parts of Hezbollah as legitimate military targets flies in the face of international legal standards and sets a dangerous precedent,” Roth said. “To accept the argument that any part of Hezbollah can be targeted because it aids the military effort would be to accept that all Israeli institutions that aid the IDF can be targeted. The end result would be a weakening of the protection of civilians.”

Human Rights Watch’s on-the-ground investigation refutes the argument made by Israeli officials that most of the Lebanese civilian casualties were due to Hezbollah routinely hiding among civilians and using them as “human shields” in the fighting. Hezbollah at times did fire rockets from, and store weapons in, populated areas and deploy its forces among the civilian population. That violated its legal duty to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians the hazards of armed conflict. In a few cases documented by Human Rights Watch, these Hezbollah violations led to civilian deaths. However, in contrast to this unlawful endangering of civilians, Human Rights Watch found no evidence in these cases of the separate legal violation of shielding, which is the deliberate use of civilians to render combatants immune from attack. The various film clips and photos published by the IDF and its allies do not provide that evidence.

Hezbollah also fired from the vicinity of United Nations outposts on an almost daily basis, which often led to Israeli counterstrikes. For observation purposes, the UN outposts tended to be located on hilltops, which also offered strategic positions for Hezbollah to fire at Israel. However, insofar as Hezbollah commanders or fighters chose those locations to launch attacks because the proximity of UN personnel would make counterattack difficult, that would constitute shielding. That the motives of Hezbollah combatants may have been mixed does not preclude that finding. Further investigation is needed in this regard.

With these few exceptions, Human Rights Watch found that Hezbollah stored its rockets in bunkers and facilities located in uninhabited fields and valleys; ordered its fighters and civilian officials away from populated civilian areas as soon as the fighting started; and fired its rockets from pre-prepared positions outside villages. In the vast majority of airstrikes resulting in civilian deaths investigated by Human Rights Watch, there was no Hezbollah military presence or activity to justify the attack.

In their investigations, Human Rights Watch researchers conducted detailed interviews with multiple witnesses, cross-checking testimony with people who had not spoken with each other and often testing it in details that would have been hard to concoct and coordinate. The researchers also conducted on-site inspections of attack sites, examining them for signs of Hezbollah presence or the types of weapons used. For each site visited, Human Rights Watch researchers photographed the site, documented any forensic evidence found, and collected the GPS coordinates. Whenever possible, Human Rights Watch researchers also visited the cemeteries where those killed in Israeli strikes were buried, to examine whether their gravestones identified them as civilians or as “martyrs” or “fighters” for Hezbollah or other armed groups. Because family members typically relished the “martyr” or “fighter” label for any loved one who died fighting, gravestones provided important evidence about who was and was not a combatant.

The report makes the following main recommendations:

Israel should revise its military policies that effectively treat all persons remaining in an area following evacuation warnings as combatants, so that in the future it targets only people or structures that constitute valid military objectives under the laws of war. Israel’s Winograd Commission, in particular, should investigate this issue.


Hezbollah should take all feasible measures to ensure that Hezbollah forces do not place civilians or UN personnel at unnecessary risk by deploying in, firing from or storing weapons in populated areas. The Lebanese government should investigate these practices. (Human Rights Watch’s report on Hezbollah’s deliberate and indiscriminate rocket attacks on civilian areas of Israel also calls for the Lebanese government to investigate those practices).


The United States should investigate Israel’s use of US-supplied arms in violation of the laws of war and suspend the transfer of those arms that have been used unlawfully, as well as funding or support for such materiel, pending certification by the US State Department that Israel has stopped using such arms in violation of the law and has changed the military doctrine behind that misuse.


Syria and Iran should not transfer to Hezbollah any material, including rockets, which Hezbollah has used in violation of the laws of war, until Hezbollah commits that it will not use them as such and in fact ceases such use.


The secretary-general of the United Nations should establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate reports of violations of the laws of war by all parties to the conflict, including possible war crimes.


The report builds on Human Rights Watch’s August 2006 report, “Fatal Strikes: Israel’s Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon.” In a report issued last week, Human Rights Watch addressed indiscriminate and deliberate Hezbollah rocket attacks on civilian areas of Israel in violation of the laws of war. In a forthcoming report, Human Rights Watch will address Israel’s unlawful use of cluster munitions in Lebanon during the 2006 conflict.
to find more, please visit:

http://hrw.org/reports/2007/iopt0807/

مع أم ضد ؟

مع اعلان وزارة الاتصالات عن النظام الجديد لاحتساب تعريفة خطوط الدى اس ال بدأت ردود الافعال مبكرة حيث اعترض الكثير على ذلك باعتباره تحايل لرفع الاسعار واعترض البعض الاخر باعتبار ذلك تقييدا لاستخدام الانترنت وتسهيل الرقابة على استخدام الشبكة فى مصرلكن فى المقابل يرى البعض تيسيرا على المستخدمين الغير قادرين على الاسعار الحلية ومحاربة لنظام الوصلات التى يشيع استخدامها فى مصرفالى اى فريق نتحاز؟

My Ballot Box هل انت مع نظام الحساب الجديد لخطوط الدى اس ال؟ نعم لا لاأجد فرق View Results

واذا كنت تنحاز للفريق المعارض فيمكنك المشاركة فى الحملة ضد هذا النظام

أضعف الايمان

لا أجد ما يمكن قوله او كتابته بينما المسجد الاقصى يتعرض لاكبر تهديد منذ الاحتلال الصليبى واكثر ما يثير الحزن والاحباط أنه فى ظل هذه الظروف نجد الشعب الفلسطينى مهموم بفتن داخلية بين مجموعة من المتصارعين على كراسى الحكم تحت شعارات مختلفة دون أدنى احساس بالمسؤلية او الخجل امام دماء شعبهم التى تسيل كل يوم وامام المقدسات التى تتعرض للتدنيس كل ساعة

।فى نفس الوقت الذى ينشغل فيه العرب بكثير من المشاكل المشابهة والمخجلة وكأن المسجد الاقصى مجرد" مسجد" على حد وصف القذافى لا فض فوه!اما مايحزننى كاغلب العرب والمسلمين هو الاحساس بالتقصير والعجز عن الدفاع عن مقدساتنا لكن اجد ان باب الدفاع عن المسجد الاقصى قد يكون متاحا باشكال اخرى وهو ما اعتبره اضعف الايمان ।ومن هذه الوسائل المشاركة فى حملة الدفاع عن القصى التى ادعوكم للانضمام اليها وباستخدام كل وسائل الدعاية الالكترونية لمواجهة حملات التزييف التى يقوم بها الاسرائيليين عبر المواقع الالكترونية والموسوعات المفتوحة مثل ويكيبيديا وعبر الكثير من البرامج والمدونات

"قناة "ر ص م

لا أدرى من هو" العبقرى" صاحب تصميم اللوجو المستفز الذى يظهر على شاشة القناة افضائية المصرية

ومن هو الاكثر عبقرية الذى وافق عليه واحله محل لوجو الهرم! ؟

وأعتقد أن هذه التصرفات العشوائية تدل على الفوضى وعدم التخطيط التى تسيطر على أجهزة الاعلام الحكومية بصفة خاصة والمؤسسات الحكومية بصفة عامة

وانك قد تفاجأ بتصرف اخرق من جهة حكومية ولا يمكنك ان تعرف المسؤل عنه ولا يمكن لاحد بالطبع ان يحاسبه

ولا توجد معايير لتحديد الخطأمن الصواب

finally !

اعتمد المجلس التنفيذي لليونسكو قرارا يؤكد على القيمة الاستثنائية العالمية لمدينة القدس القديمة وعلى ضرورة صون هذا الموقع المدرج على قائمة التراث العالمي، وذلك في جلسة عامة خصصت لهذا الموضوع، اعتمد القرار في نهايتها باتفاق الرأي

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UNESCO Executive Board adopts landmark decision concerning the Mughrabi ascent in the Old City of Jerusalem


UNESCO's Executive Board has adopted a decision reaffirming the outstanding universal value of the Old City of Jerusalem and the need to protect and safeguard this World Heritage site. The decision followed a special meeting of the Board – whose 176th session has been underway in Paris since 10 April.
Adopted by consensus, the decision also recommends that the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee hold an urgent, informal meeting, in early May, to ensure a substantive discussion on the follow-up to the report of the Technical Mission sent to Jerusalem from 27 February to 2 March by the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura. It also "requests the Director-General […] to propose to the World Heritage Committee at its upcoming meeting a mechanism to ensure the proper implementation of World Heritage Committee decisions." Commenting on the outcome of this “landmark decision”, the Chairman of UNESCO’s Executive Board, Zhang Xinsheng (China) noted that this was the “first time that Israelis and the Palestinians had worked together to ensure the protection of Jerusalem, an endangered World Heritage site common to all of humanity; and to work together constructively towards achieving consensus on this important and highly complex matter.” The decision, he said was "the fruit of an open, generous and constructive dialogue, the results of which will help to ensure that consultations amongst all parties become the usual practice.” “The ability of the parties involved,” he continued, “to achieve what, at the outset seemed unachievable, demonstrates UNESCO's unique ability – as a specialised agency within a reforming United Nations – to build bridges, generate solidarity, and, most especially, to help in our own way towards building a harmonized world, thus creating greater peace and relieving tensions in the Middle East.” In concluding the Chairman noted that “the resolution of this highly complex issue was possible thanks to the active contribution of Members of the Board, of the President of UNESCO’s General Conference and of the Organization’s Director-General." The Director-General of UNESCO also welcomed this new opportunity to reaffirm that "our determination to safeguard all cultural heritage properties - especially those in danger, wherever they may be, and in whatever circumstances - is an integral part of our mandate. The 1972 World Heritage Convention," Mr Matsuura added, "is one of our institution's most powerful symbols, a striking success of standard-setting at the service of shared universality. We have, once again, been able to show that UNESCO is a propitious forum of dialogue and peace, away from all controversy."

Author(s):UNESCOPRESS
Source:UNESCO Press Release No. 2007-42

انحدار الفن المصرى بين شعبولا بعرور

فور بزوغ ظاهرة "الفنان" شعبان عبد الرحيم واشتهاره بعد أغنية " هابطل السجاير" انزعج الكثير من النقاد: ليس بسبب علمهم بما قدمه سابقاً من " روائع الفن الشعبى " لكن لان أغلبهم شعر بتجاوب الجمهور مع فن رديئ واحسوا ببدىء ظاهرة غير غير مرغوبة
وبعد ذلك أطل علينا سعد الصغير ليملأ هو الاخر الدنيا ضجيجا بصوته المزعج وأغانيه الهابطة وحركاته الرقيعة. والمؤسف أنه وجد هو الاخر من يقبل على "فنه".
لكن الاسوأ لم يمن أتى بعد .. حتى ظهر علينا "شىء" أخر اسمه عماد بعرور يتغنى بكلمات يعاقب عليها القانون وبصوت يندرج تحت مفهوم التلوث السمعى . وحتى كلمة اسفاف أجدها أرقى بكثير مما يقدمه هذا البعرور . لكن الغريب أنه هو الاخر وجد من يتبناه من "مقاولى السينما الجدد" لينشر "روائعه" من خلال السينما من خلال أفلامهم "الهادفة".
لكن هل يظل المجتمع صامتا أمام هذا العبث بأسم "الفن الشعبى" والاساءة الى كثيرين ممن قدموا الكثير لهذا الفن بادراج هؤلاء المدعين بينهم .!
وهل نترك أمثال هؤلاء يقدموا لأطفالنا دروسهم اليومية فى الاسفاف والوقاحة؟! ؟أم أنه سيكون هناك وقفة أمامهم ليقدموا بضاعتهم الفاسدة فى الأماكن المناسبة لهم فى الغرز والخمارات وليتركوناننعم بصمتهم

عادل عبد العال

بالرغم اننى قد تفاجأت ببعض المعلومات التى لم تكن معلومة عن الدكتور عادل عبد العال مثلى مثل الكثيرين

:لكن مازلت أعتقد أن الحملة ضده مفتعلة لعدة أسباب

الدكتور عادل عبد العال يقدم برامجه من فترة ليست قليلة وليس الان-

التليفزيون المصرى كان يقدم برامج الدكتور مصطفى نوفل فى -وهو ليس طبيبا-وكان يتناول تقريبا نفس المعلومات-

الحملة لم تتناول الدكتور عادل عبد العال وحده لكن تناولت الدكتور عبد الباسط وهو طبيب وباحث فى هذا المجال-

الدكتور عادل عبد العال (على حد متابعتى له) لم ينتحل صفة طبيب بل كان يقدم تثقيف غذائى يفتقده للاسف أغلب المصريين_بالرغم-

من أن أجدادنا كانوا يحسنون اختيار غذائهم وبالفطرة, كما اظنه حذر من بعض الممارسات الخاطئة التى تندرج تحت باب الدجل

والمتاجرة بالدين

!اذا لا بد أن هناك أسباب أخرى

.....اضافة الى تساءؤل اخر

لماذا يتغافل هؤلاء الغيورين على مهنة الطب عن الاف التجاوزات التى يتعرض لها الانسات المصرى من الاطباء وغير الاطباء دون أى رقيب أو حسيب!؟؟

دعوة للمشاركة

سمو الامير وكلابه

لا أفهم السبب الذى يجعل شخص مثل الامير تركى يحتفظ بتسعة كلاب فى الفندق الذى يقيم به
فاذا كان الهدف هو الحراسة ,فسموه لديه كلاب من نوع اخر, اضافة لأمن الفندق,
واذا كان الهدف هو العطف على الحيوانات فكان بالأولى به الرفق بضحايا هذه الكلاب.
لكن المدهش هو تكرار حوادث هذه الكلاب , وأن تصبح هذه الكلاب فوق القانون!
فانا أتسائل لو كان أحد ضحايا هذه الكلاب موجودا بالمملكة السعودية وقام بالاعتداء
على كلب هناك (وليس العكس) هل كان سيترك دون عقاب ويظل القانون فى أجازة؟!
والى متى يظل المواطن المصرى مهانا فى وطنه غير أمن على حياته؟!
فمرة شاب مستهتر يقتل عدة مصريين بسيارته ويغادر دون محاسبة
,وأخر يترك كلابه تنهش فى الابرياء دون أى مبالاة.
أعتقد أن المسؤلية تقع على من اعطوا القانون أجازة على حساب كرامة المصريين