Comments on: Ezbat Abu Gamal

By: r

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:06:25 +0000

A thousand apologies most wise and well-fed Hajj. Please don’t misunderstand my intentions. I, like many other foreigners, am rendered literally speechless by the way you govern the Ezba, and foolishly broke my silence to draw attention to your acheivements. I realize now that I went too far, so speechless I shall remain. How I wish I had been born in the Ezba and not the horrible Zereba I call home…

By: Abu Gamal

Abu Gamal — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:50:55 +0000

You made me angry Mr. Arabist. I can’t imagine the amount of manipulation you are faking all around about my little Ezba. You may got me wrong. We are not a paradise, but we somewhat directing to. As a Haj who perfectly know and fear Allah, and who has never stolen a penny from any villager of my Ezba (I may cut a bit of land from this or that for amusing myself, but this shouldn’t be considered as theft, it is a bit ma7aba), I’ll swear that I don’t understand the word Jamutratia that my beloved son and his blessed and guarded mother imposed on me. I hope you and any one else to tell me the meaning of that thing, but with one condition, don’t tell me that villagers will monitor and evaluate my whims and actions. This is the thing I name, Zerebit El-Mahtoul, where every animal is doing what he likes and goes where he likes.

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Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:37:31 +0000

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By: r

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:15:38 +0000

try increasing the text size in your browser

By: N.S

N.S — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:50:15 +0000

Anyone know if it possible to enlarge the arabic font. I’m having trouble trying to read it because it is so small. thanks

By: babelbedia

babelbedia — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:14:13 +0000

I see you’ve inserted Arabic in html alongside the English.

Do you know how to insert comment boxes in Arabic? I’m interested in inserting both English and Arabic comment boxes on a web page.

By: political forum

political forum — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:04:20 +0000

I can’t understand a word that’s written on the constitution.

By: zazou

zazou — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:07:37 +0000

Am passing this on to zaouji, and friends back in the bled- too funny! Thanks!

By: SP

SP — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:38:08 +0000

Been giggling over this blog for days, it’s pure genius.

Great to see you blogging, R!! Your boys did a nice job pulling themselves out of that early mess, btw.