Shoot 4 The Moon,: blood

Before 27 years, Israel invaded Lebanon and killed over 2000 innocent civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps with cold blood on the 17th of September, 1982. The striking thing is totally ignored by the west. Try a web search for "Sabra and Shatila" and look for western sources. For example, the Time Magazine website just headlines the invasion as "Israel Strikes at The PLO" and barely mentions the massacre!. Yet everyone agrees that it took place.

The massacres at Sabra and Shatila provide an clear comparison to the September 11th tragedy. Both killed thousands of innocent people (although the exact count at Sabra and Shatila may be slightly higher). Both were probably guided by men with a history of terrorism. However, while Sepember 11th is remembered in the west -and all over the world, Sabra and Shatila are largely ignored. why?

I leave the floor for your elaboration, and share a short report from Al Jazeera English Channel that illustrates what happened..

I'm sorry, but this is what a delicious dish of fish may cost you!

For more details you may visit my wife's blog!

This morning Allah enlightened our life with the birth of JOOd -my eldest and only daughter!

Stay tuned to this blog to enjoy watching and browsing Jood impressive photos and videos since the very early moments of life!

Bless you little Jood :)

Well... I'm not that much brave when it comes to blood and sugary :), but I decided to make it and donate a blood unit when the blood bank caravan landed 50 meters away from my office at Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship.

My workmate Basel was there too, we went to the clinic first to make the necessary blood test. The blood test was really painful :( (but I acted as "don’t care" مش فارقة). They've cut my finger (couchhhhhh!!!!) and pulled my blood out into 3 tubes containing special chemicals that indicate blood type and concentration of hemoglobin. My blood type is "O+" and I figured out that the concentration of hemoglobin is 16.6, which is considered to be very good.. hamdullah (touch the wood) :)

I moved to the caravan … laid on a cushioned bench and extended my arm. The doctor smiled, when I told him: "I'm a soft hearted person.. I hope you would reduce the pain as much as you can!", then he placed a cannula in my vein, and asked me to keep opening and closing my hand to help speed the blood withdrawal process… I felt the flux of blood :( for the first time!

Right after I've finished, I have been kindly asked to set down for a while drinking sweet juice… to recover back some of my energy…

I LOVED the experience:), even though I felt a little bit tired afterward. And I encourage you ALL to do it, not just because it is good for your health, but also to express your good intention to help people and rescue their lives… you have to feel it, when you donate blood ... really you do.

Make sure when you donate blood… you give it from the bottom of heart…