Just a quick note to tell everyone that the articles to be submitted to the e-magazine are due in two days. Please submit them asap. Also, after I get the website up and running, I will only be accepting articles via the email from that site. Just wait a few more days.. well, by the end of next week hopefully and everything will be up and running. Just for now, please submit the articles as soon as possible.

Thanks!

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There is a major difference between animals and humans. Obviously it is the human intellectual thought process that is completely different than an animal’s. Moreover, there is a difference between choosing someone you want to spend your life with, and someone else choosing them for you. I don’t know what year it is in most people’s perception, but last time I checked it was close to the end of 2008. Yah, 2008? The 21st God for sake century, and Arabs still have this tendency to choose for their sons the girl they should spend their life with.

Why is that?

Some people think it is a weak personality on the man’s side. Some think that parents care too much about society’s acceptance of another family’s social standard that entices them to take such an action. Others believe that beauty is what they are seeking; unfortunately, only physical beauty.

I am not sure why people think that physical beauty will last forever; last time I checked a biology book, there was this thing called aging. Why can’t those mothers see that in the mirror? Or are they blind and can’t tell that they grew up as well, and honestly, many of them are not that attractive anymore.

So why do these mothers take that extra step to choose a wife for their sons, why can’t the sons do it them selves? So, is the girl chosen supposed to be a treasured ornament for her son and that’s it? I don’t get it. Why do these girls accept such a proposal? A girl barely knows the guy, and probably only saw him a few times and made small conversations with him, and ends up marrying him.

Why can’t a girl choose for her self? Why can’t a girl say NO!

What if things turned around and a girl wants to choose those qualities in a man, as in beauty and attractiveness? Not many guys would end being married at that rate of selection. So, why can’t a girl say, I want this guy! Why is it always the mother of the man making those decisions? Or better yet, why can’t two people choose each other? Why the middle person? Why let someone else do it for you?

Where I live, Arabs either choose each other, but not many of them end up together because of parent’s intervention and not accepting this thing called love, or mothers go window shopping from house to house for a potential bride for her “handsome” son. Why? Why? Explain to me why this hypocritical thought process. Why the intervention? Why can’t people choose for them selves!?

I am lucky because I am as stubborn as a goat. I am also sick of both ends of the spectrum. You know what’s funny, I get so many people emailing me through my site per day asking me the same question, “can I have your MSN? Can I chat with you and get to know you?” Although, I specifically wrote a warning saying don’t send me such a proposal, but to no avail. No one reads, or they read and think I am joking. Why would a girl like me, at my age, not like a nice email from a guy who is far away, well educated, well off, and is polite enough to email me?

I don’t want to answer that in one line or paragraph, because my real answer is for you to read my entire blog. See what I have been through, read my perception of life, and tell me, why would I? I made a choice, although it is not the smartest choice and looked down upon in this society I was inevitably born into, but I made it for my peace of mind. I keep thinking, what is my purpose in my life? What have I done that will make someone else think that she is worth it? In my eyes, what has that guy done and his perception of life and what he wants from it that will make me change my mind?

If I ever find that exceptional guy with an intriguing personality, and who is willing to take that extra step and question everything in life that seems wrong, then I will say, “this is the rebellious Arab guy I was looking for you!”

I guess I am picky, and I have the right to be. No one makes my decisions for me. No one can tell me what is better or worse, and I have to live my life, grow up, and make the best choice I can ever make. It’s for my sake, and no one else’s.

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We Arab girls can have a sick mind sometimes.

My awesome friend who happens to lurk my website on a daily basis, goes by the name Lisa. She will also be contributing to the e-Magazine, and we were discussing it, and it ended up being about porn instead.

Mona says (7:31 PM):
it is called The Arab Zine
Lisa says (7:31 PM):
zine???
wat the hell is zine
Mona says (7:31 PM):
zine – is the internet lingo for magazine
e-magazine
zine
lol
Lisa says (7:31 PM):
interesting
Mona says (7:31 PM):
man.. u need to get with the program
Lisa says (7:31 PM):
why not
Mona says (7:31 PM):
lol
Lisa says (7:31 PM):
when is it gonna be published
show me the page
Mona says (7:31 PM):
ur so old school sometimes. lol
Mona says (7:32 PM):
it’s on my local machine
not up yet
Lisa says (7:32 PM):
u suck
Mona says (7:32 PM):
u too
Lisa says (7:32 PM):
u suck more
Mona says (7:32 PM):
u suck to infinite and beyond
Lisa says (7:33 PM):
u suck like no one sucked befroe
Mona says (7:33 PM):
:S
aren’t you bad ;
Lisa says (7:33 PM):
u suck so much theres a line up for ur sucking
Mona says (7:33 PM):

Mona says (7:34 PM):
u making it sound like a bad porn movie
lol
Lisa says (7:34 PM):
loooooooooooooool
tell maria i love her
Mona says (7:34 PM):
yah yah.. i have a sick mind.. what can i tell you.. i am an 80’s child
lol
why
Lisa says (7:34 PM):
u suck so much theres a line up for ur sucking
Mona says (7:34 PM):
why you love her

Lisa says (7:34 PM):
come on- who has a sick mind there
Mona says (7:34 PM):
oh jeez
ur not going to stop
Mona says (7:35 PM):
if you don’t stop
Lisa says (7:35 PM):
cos i love her to infinity and beyond
Mona says (7:35 PM):
i am posting this on my blog
lol
Lisa says (7:35 PM):
i dare u to
Mona says (7:35 PM):
i shall
you dare me?
i will remove your name and put lisa
Lisa says (7:35 PM):
omg u r gonna have arab hate maillllll
hahahaha
Mona says (7:35 PM):
yep
one min
this game sucks (we are playing Minesweeper)
Lisa says (7:35 PM):
NO
shush
lemme finish it
*
Lisa just sent you a nudge.
*
Lisa says (7:37 PM):
yo where did u post it
Mona says (7:37 PM):
not yet
Mona says (7:38 PM):
i am changing your name
Lisa says (7:38 PM):
dumbo
Mona says (7:38 PM):
u want *…?
Lisa says (7:38 PM):
nooooooooooooooooo
loser
Mona says (7:38 PM):
u want ppl to KNOW YOU!
then shut up dumo
Lisa says (7:38 PM):
u shut up
Mona says (7:38 PM):
no U shut up

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I am so going to be broke soon! Someone restrain me from going to the mall! It’s insane how much you end up spending on stuff you probably don’t need when you see that sign!

If two for one is incredibly dangerous, what about THREE or FOUR for one. I should stay away from the mall when the holidays hit! The economy sucks, my saving bonds are falling, and I am jobless with savings that will not last at this rate of spending. Damn capitalism! DAMN IT!

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Yah yah.. I didn’t sleep last night much. I think last time I saw the time is was close to 2 am, then, I was awaken by the sound of rattling in the kitchen by non other than the awesomely considerate parents.

However, I have been super excited about the e-Magazine project. I feel good that people are accepting the idea, and many people, other than bloggers, are willing to write for it.

I got a common question this morning that I wish to give an answer to publicly. The question is, “can I write as many articles as I want?” Well, yeah!

What I am really happy about is that people are emailing me to pitch their idea first, and see if it is good enough, which makes my job in the next few days a lot easier. I got several articles or ideas now, and many writers.

I was asked the other day by the elite of critical thinkers this question, “so, what do you want from this magazine in the long run?” Well, for now, I just want to give the opportunity for as many people as possible to write and get published. But what do I want? I want many things, and I want to keep my self busy and have a job. I just employed my self.

Mona is currently employed by the PEOPLE for the PEOPLE! But, she is the boss! Ahh… but, maybe some day I will get a job that pays. haha

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