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	<description>Reflections of the Heart, Mind, and Soul</description>
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		<title>Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You were the first to respond. Your words were simple and direct but heartwarming to someone like me who had just come in out of the cold. I couldn&#8217;t explain it, but I was suddenly hooked. I came back, week after week looking for more. Over the years and across the miles no one had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1493&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sacrifice and Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/?p=1473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Eid al-Adha. To all my readers and friends who are celebrating. From my family to yours. Mariyah<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1473&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Stolen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/?p=1456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello dear readers, I have not posted in a very long time, I know, and I do hope to again soon. For now my concerns are with my country, my people, and especially my family. Writing this post was made necessary by an unscrupulous blogger. Back in September I chose to downgrade from having my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1456&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>A Damascene Moon</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/a-damascene-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daughterofjasmine.wordpress.com/?p=61</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A amazing lunar eclipse graced our skies at around 10 pm last night &#8211; or least that is when it seemed to become most visible. Many of us, eager to witness this wonderful event, found the highest or most open point attainable to us and watched with pure delight. I sat on the rooftop of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1462&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Such Times</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/in-such-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In such times when my fellow citizens are fighting for freedom, dying for freedom, my last thoughts should be of my own personal troubles. But I miss you. You, too, are experiencing what I experience every day: the worries, the anger, the sadness, and the hope. Why couldn&#8217;t we be together? Holding each other in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1461&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Mariyah</media:title>
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		<title>Sea Side Published!</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/sea-side-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mariyahsblog.com/?p=1439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, Abufares and I are excited and very pleased to announce that our novel, Sea Side, is now available for purchase from Lulu.com. A paperback version can be ordered for delivery, or you can download an electronic version directly. Thank you to all of you for your support and encouragement while we wrote it. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1439&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Reader Opinion Needed</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/reader-opinion-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, I need your assistance. I have been asked to submit a short story for a writers&#8217; competition. Since I value your opinions, I would be very appreciative if you would kindly participate in the short poll below so I get an idea of which story might be best to submit. The stories are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1386&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Revolution: The New Frontier</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/revolution-the-new-frontier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Khalil Gibran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon reflection of the brave uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. The new wave moving across our lands stems from an old strength of ideas that can only be suppressed and repressed for so long. The New Frontier by Khalil Gibran. Written in 1925. There are in the Middle East today two challenging ideas: old and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Mariyah</media:title>
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		<title>Hope for Peace</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/hope-for-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cold rain is ushering in the new year as it often does here. It is tapping boldly on my window now as I write. It is relentless in its determination to keep my attention which is not a such a difficult task in the deep of the night. Streams of water fight for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1359&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Mariyah</media:title>
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		<title>Return XII &#8211; Ghostly Angel</title>
		<link>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/return-xii-ghostly-angel/</link>
		<comments>http://mariyahsblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/return-xii-ghostly-angel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariyah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imad, my mother once said to me, never trust the words of women. At the age of eight, I thought this rather strange information for her to be imparting and gave her a quizzical look. Except the words of your mother, of course. I have no reason to lead you astray. Why would other women [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mariyahsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5756357&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=mariyahsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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