Yousuf (with a mouth full of cake) and I celebrate my 28th birthday together at a Gaza restaurant. The staff surprised me with a cake, the really loud obnoxious Egyptian style "happy berth-day to you" song, and sparkers. I was ready to bury my head under the table (especially given there were several ministers in attendence in election dialogue)
posted by Laila @ Saturday, January 21, 2006
18 Comments:
Happy Birthday
Cute. Kol saneh o inti salmeh :)
happy b-day laila!
Happy Birthday Dear Laila :-)
Thank you guys!!! I have TO ADMIT i was really not in the mood to go out and was so busy covering the elections, but I really did have fun!
A heartfelt Happy Birthday to you, Laila. Your little one is adorable.
Happy Birthday Laila!!!
Happy Birthday, dear Laila!!!
Happy Birthday Laila! I hope you enjoyed the cake as much as Yousuf seems to have done.
hey, I had a look at the parties websites you listed. It was quite interesting. Some unimportant observations...
* Hamas site (http://www.pal-election.com/)is really dazzling - their web-designer is perhaps a little bit too energetic: there's so much text, updates and images flying in all directions, it really gave me a headache!
* dress code: while it seems all other parties go for men with suits and ties, I noticed Hamas is more casual - most candidates are tie-less. I've not seen any in Sheikh Yasin's style traditional dress. And on the other hand, they really went for the baseball cap! That's not very Islamic is it? well it is green I guess.
* I might be wrong but there seems to be a kind of uneasy balance between the Islamic symbols (the flag with the shahada) and the Palestinian national flag, with the latter seeming a bit out of place and second in importance.
* Very interesting to read the interview with Dr. Eyad Seraj on Waad's website (http://www.waad.ps/news.php?id=6629) I've heard about him a lot but never read him.
Thanks for the links!
Happy belated birthday :)
Happy birhtday Laila; Inshallah will c u in alquds one day. God bless you and yousef
happy birthday laila! you and Yousuf look so cute, mashaAllah! Any plans to visit dubai?
marilene
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SALMA
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Um Yussef!
I have just learned about your blog. It's really interesting to read. I am also raising Zayd in Montreal. I am Tunisian and my husband is Palestinian/Jordanian.
I have a question for you. I am looking for children books or songs from the Palestinian Culture for Zayd. Would you have any suggestion?
Salam!
Kul saneh ou inti salmeh!
Wishing that your son and mine will live in peace one day.
Women alone would be capable of achieving this.
Kool sanneh ou inti salmeh.
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