Comments on: Childhood Diaspora http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/ Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14617 Mona Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:25:50 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14617 KSA is a very conservative but beautiful land. I was in the capital and it was gorgeous. Yes there are plenty of rules and disciplines, but life there s different. You feel the close culture and people around you and some how you feel safe and happy. Many people don't like it because it is so conservative. I didn't mind it. I just feel safer than being here. KSA is a very conservative but beautiful land. I was in the capital and it was gorgeous. Yes there are plenty of rules and disciplines, but life there s different. You feel the close culture and people around you and some how you feel safe and happy. Many people don’t like it because it is so conservative. I didn’t mind it. I just feel safer than being here.

]]> By: Jason http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14616 Jason Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:21:49 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14616 I'm a cancer. Hey by the way: What was it like living in KSA? I’m a cancer.

Hey by the way: What was it like living in KSA?

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14613 Mona Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:05:14 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14613 Is it me.. or there are far too many Capricorns that view my website! :P Is it me.. or there are far too many Capricorns that view my website! :P

]]> By: sam http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 sam Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:55:02 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14612 wow...lucky u two..i wish i would run into one of my childhood friends...few years after we came to canada my mom (of all people) ran into a friend from grade school back in lebanon...that was cool..hey im a capricorn and nothing interesting ever happens to me!:( wow…lucky u two..i wish i would run into one of my childhood friends…few years after we came to canada my mom (of all people) ran into a friend from grade school back in lebanon…that was cool..hey im a capricorn and nothing interesting ever happens to me!:(

]]> By: Saad http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14576 Saad Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14576 Hi Mona. I tried contacting you through the "Contact Me" link, but I have a feeling either it didn't get sent through properly as I didn't get the CC'ed email, or I should probably take a hint :) if so my apologies... Glad you liked my experience. I just wanted to let you know for some reason these message/input boxes are all black.. not really sure if they are supposed to look like that? I am using IE. Anyways, I came across your blog initially through arablounge. I think your blog is um, interesting :) But seriously.. I kinda relate and feel some of your rants as I have a sister who is going through similar things like you. -Saad saadfarif@hotmail.com Hi Mona. I tried contacting you through the “Contact Me” link, but I have a feeling either it didn’t get sent through properly as I didn’t get the CC’ed email, or I should probably take a hint :) if so my apologies…

Glad you liked my experience. I just wanted to let you know for some reason these message/input boxes are all black.. not really sure if they are supposed to look like that? I am using IE.

Anyways, I came across your blog initially through arablounge. I think your blog is um, interesting :) But seriously.. I kinda relate and feel some of your rants as I have a sister who is going through similar things like you.

-Saad
saadfarif@hotmail.com

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14575 Mona Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:21:12 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14575 wow saad, your life is so similar to mine.. that was quite interesting to read and I am glad you related to my story. I think there are so many of us who have lived a similar childhood. I am glad you shared. :) wow saad,

your life is so similar to mine.. that was quite interesting to read and I am glad you related to my story. I think there are so many of us who have lived a similar childhood. I am glad you shared. :)

]]> By: Saad http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2007/07/14/childhood-diaspora/comment-page-1/#comment-14574 Saad Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:13:31 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=800#comment-14574 I have a somewhat similar experience.. Except mine was WAY too weird and so out of whack to have such a crazy coincidence and thing happen to me. Long story short, we lived in Abu Dhabi until 1991 when we were also kicked out (after living there for roughly 10 years). We were Iraq foreigners which made it even worst. We had our immigration papers to Canada ready and decided to move to Mississauga. My parents decided to enroll me in the local elementary public school in Mississauga about a month after when we arrived (I think it was Grade 5 or 6.. can’t remember), anyways.. first day of school I noticed a really familiar face of a girl who I knew back when I was in Abu Dhabi. I vaguely remembered she was Lebanese with blonde curly hair. I didn’t say anything for a couple of days as I was still kinda shell shocked from a) moving into a brand new country in such short notice and b) seeing someone familiar who I grew up with thousands of miles away in the same country, city, and public school as me! She had a friend who approached me a couple of days afterwards and asked “did you ever live in Abu Dhabi and go to (name of private school)?” and I said “Yes..” A couple of weeks passed by and school was over for the summer and I never saw her again. I didn’t even know or think to ask her name or approach her either. So yeah.. That is the most positive and crazy incident/moment I remember related to our move to Canada. Things happened rather quickly for us when we were in Abu Dhabi when we got the notice to get the hell out.. I remember leaving a lot of my personal belongings back in Abu Dhabi to be thrown out/abandoned (like my skateboard! I was the only kid in Abu Dhabi who probably had a skateboard back then!). I still wonder what my best friend(s) think happened to me and what eventually happened to them, as I never got to say goodbye either. I just thought we were going on a REALLY long vacation to Canada and we would eventually come back to Abu Dhabi. Fast forward today (15 years later) and I still miss them and the fun times I had growing up in Abu Dhabi. I think we Capricorns (born Dec 29, 1981!) have the weirdest and craziest things happen to us. I’ve served as a juror for jury duty before, so now I just have to wait until I get struck by lighting :) -Saad (sorry for the long post!) I have a somewhat similar experience.. Except mine was WAY too weird and so out of whack to have such a crazy coincidence and thing happen to me. Long story short, we lived in Abu Dhabi until 1991 when we were also kicked out (after living there for roughly 10 years). We were Iraq foreigners which made it even worst. We had our immigration papers to Canada ready and decided to move to Mississauga. My parents decided to enroll me in the local elementary public school in Mississauga about a month after when we arrived (I think it was Grade 5 or 6.. can’t remember), anyways.. first day of school I noticed a really familiar face of a girl who I knew back when I was in Abu Dhabi. I vaguely remembered she was Lebanese with blonde curly hair. I didn’t say anything for a couple of days as I was still kinda shell shocked from a) moving into a brand new country in such short notice and b) seeing someone familiar who I grew up with thousands of miles away in the same country, city, and public school as me! She had a friend who approached me a couple of days afterwards and asked “did you ever live in Abu Dhabi and go to (name of private school)?” and I said “Yes..” A couple of weeks passed by and school was over for the summer and I never saw her again. I didn’t even know or think to ask her name or approach her either.

So yeah.. That is the most positive and crazy incident/moment I remember related to our move to Canada. Things happened rather quickly for us when we were in Abu Dhabi when we got the notice to get the hell out.. I remember leaving a lot of my personal belongings back in Abu Dhabi to be thrown out/abandoned (like my skateboard! I was the only kid in Abu Dhabi who probably had a skateboard back then!). I still wonder what my best friend(s) think happened to me and what eventually happened to them, as I never got to say goodbye either. I just thought we were going on a REALLY long vacation to Canada and we would eventually come back to Abu Dhabi. Fast forward today (15 years later) and I still miss them and the fun times I had growing up in Abu Dhabi.

I think we Capricorns (born Dec 29, 1981!) have the weirdest and craziest things happen to us. I’ve served as a juror for jury duty before, so now I just have to wait
until I get struck by lighting :)

-Saad (sorry for the long post!)

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