About: Requiem

Normal

He was rushing, through the traffic jam, making a quick path to the building. It was a tall grey building, carefully engineered for efficiency, precisely symmetric in every possibly way. He passed quickly through the front glass door spotting a “No pets” sign. It was calm, there were people walking steadily, distracted by their task [...]

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Cultural Segregation

With the upcoming “Beirut Rock Festival 2009”, certain schools ended up distributing papers addressed to parents that mainly request that their children do not attend such an event. Although this wouldn’t seem troubling if the school actually cared for the students, but this is more of a cultural attack on a certain culture, and especially [...]

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Baking the Earth (Blog Action Day 09)

Note: This post is part of the global effort of Blog Action Day,  an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day which aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. This year Blog Action Day is about Climate Change. Global Warming, defined as [...]

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Political Decay

Wretched dark figures appeared in the sky, And towards the earth spat drops of hate, On the mountain people build dams so high, To undoubtedly feast of that which came Drunk, corrupted, they slowly decayed Undead they walk, blinded by hate, Vision tainted, conscience faded, Wells of darkness they became

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NDU: A bad fall for Fall 09

“I feel that the university has betrayed me !!” (A CS student) As the new semester starts at NDU, students line up to register their courses, eager to pick a schedule that would fit most of their time. However if you have been signing up to FALL09 one big disappointment awaits you. I do understand [...]

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Conquest of the CurrentLife

I was wandering what is the importance of the Afterlife and how most people (and possibly most religions) keep thinking about it and I have to say it got some good buzz along the years. This post is not about whether or not this afterlife exists, its more about focusing on what we can control [...]

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Sensor Ship

Note for the readers: It’s been a while since I wrote an article. This is article is “pretty” long  I understand that some people dislike reading long posts (I tried to concise it the best I could) but I believe this post is worth reading for all the victims, blood, and traumatized people that are [...]

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A smile in the dark

A shattered cry in the distance, A face with a forgotten smile. The child who lost her brilliance, Hides alone in the night. Tell me why is it everytime, That your past is revived Silence can be heard, And you weep alone overnight.

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Distorted Memories #1: Darkness

Laughs and chatter are loose in the air, As children wander buzzing like bees. Leaning on a wall,  a child could be seen… His head drowned by a lonely embrace. Denied of the sky, stripped from his sight Gazing at darkness, right in the eye.. Slowly tortured, whispering a silent cry And on his cheek, [...]

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ParadoX: One of the Many

I have been always amazed by the originality that one human being can have, be it intelligence, creativity, charisma and many amazing skills. But the question asked, is why not all men are like that, why do people often seem to find nothing to distinguish themselves from the rest, is it something that is acquired, [...]

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