Eid Al-Adha Mubarak

DEAR ALL,
KOL 3AAM WA ANTUM BI2ALF KHAIR!
MAY THIS EID BE A BLESSED ONE.

and let us remember in our prayers people who are in need of some cheer…
 

Gaza’s reality

A psychologist in Gaza made the chilling assertion that ‘most of the children of gaza have lost the will to live‘

more on the expansion of the universe…

Hubble only observed around 46 galaxies. His experiment has been redone with more advanced telescopes, including the space-based hubble telescope.
Again you (qwaider) have hit upon a good point in saying that the data may be deceptive… in science we can never declare a theory ‘proven’ we can only declare it to have ’strong supporting evidence’, [...]

In response to Qwaider: the expansion of the Universe etc.

“I’m a little bit skeptic of expanding, static, contracting, ever expanding, accelerating expanding universe being finalized at any point. For all we know, the universe is moving, but might not necessarily be expanding. Maybe particles are moving in all directions like water in a balloon, and that we haven’t examined all possibilities yet.”
To determine the [...]

I can so relate

You think you cracked it… u get an amazing feeling of elation, u trot off home, and just as u are nodding off, realise the BIG mistake u made in ur calculation…

how to increase your publication list…

LOOOL!!! this is SO true! I have seen this happen even with well renowned scientists, they will redo an equation with sliiiight modification… and call it ‘exploring parameter space’ u gotta love it!

Ah, so you dont think Jews deserve a homeland?

This is somehow considered an argument when speaking of Palestine… you go through the historic facts, the expulsion of Palestinians, the lack of legitimacy for the establishment of the state of Israel, the current hellish conditions the Palestinians live under… and they (zionists) cough and say ‘Ah, so you don’t think that Jews deserve a [...]

How to handle a zionist confrontation…

While in university I orchestrated the establishement of a Friends of Palestine Society. It started off with an idea, then with a near manic compulsion to see the idea flower into reality.
It was hard, there were only a few of us, only 2 of us was palestinian, and she was much younger than me, so [...]

Yippee! My first comment!

OOh! I got my first comment today (thanks Ola!), and i had about 12? views. Really quite exciting!
I actually partially overcame my mindblock today, and wrote an entire section. It was all there but I had ended up hating my thesis so much that I couldnt bare to look at it never mind work on [...]

mind block

being honest, it has been over a week since i touched my thesis… i just bring myself to even look at the evil monster. Not many understand my situation, people assume I am the boss of my thesis when in actual it has a life of it’s own, and has gradually developed a demonic personality… [...]