Animal Behaviour, Intelligence & The Signs of intelligence

 Behaviour

An animal's behaviour encompasses all the things that it does as well as the way it does them. Behaviour ranges from simple actions, such as eating or keeping clean, to highly elaborate activities, such as hunting in a pack, courting a mate, or building a nest. In some animals, behaviour is almost entirely predictable; in others, it develops with experience, so the more an animals does something, the more skilled it becomes. As with all aspects of animal biology, behaviour is the product of evolution, which means that it gradually changes as time goes by. These changes enable species to react in the most effective way to the opportunities and dangers that they encounter in daily life.



Animal Intelligence

At one time, intelligence was thought to be rare in animals, with some exceptions such as dolphins, monkeys, and chimpanzees. Mammals include gifted communicators, but they are not alone in having problem-solving skills. Many other animals use simple tools, and some even shape them as well. Among the most impressive tool-makers are crows and their relative. In captivity, one new caledonian crow was seen bending a straight piece of wire, which it successfully turned into a hook for reaching food. It did this despite never having seen wire before - a remarkable example of insight that even a primate would find hard to match.

New Caledonian crows using tools for feeding

The Signs of intelligence

Chimpanzees can solve problems, and they are able to learn sign language to communicate with humans. They can learn symbols for objects and actions, and they occasionally combine the symbols in ways that resemble spoken language.

Koko: A Talking Gorilla [1/8]: 

also about Washoe, a chimpanzee that has a vocabulary of approximately 200 words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmuu8UEi2ko&feature=related




From the book: Animals

The Prophet (On Love) - المحبة) النبَّي ) .. Khalil Gibran

المحبة...

 

حينئذٍ قالت المطرة: حدثنا عن المحبة.
فقال:
إذا المحبة أومت إليكم فاتبعوها,
وإن كانت مسالكها صعبة متحدرة.
إذا ضمتكم بجناحيها فأطيعوها,
وإن جرحكم السييف المستور بين ريشها.
إذا المحبة خاطبتكم فصدقوها,
وإن عطل صوتها أحلامكم وبددها كما تجعل الريح الشمالية البستان قاعاً صفصفاً.

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لأنه كما أن المحبة تكللكم, فهي أيضا تصلبكم.
وكما تعمل على نموكم, هكذا تعلمكم وتستأصل الفاسد منكم.
وكما ترتفع إلى أعلى شجرة حياتكم فتعانق أغصانها اللطيفة المرتعشة أمام وجه الشمس,
هكذا تنحدر إلى جذورها الملتصقة بالتراب وتهزها في سكينة الليل.

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المحبة تضمكم إلى قلبها كأغمار حنطة.
المحبة على بيادرها تدرسكم لتظهر عريكم.
المحبة تغربلكم لتحرركم من قشوركم.
المحبة تطحنكم فتجعلكم كالثلج أنقياء.
المحبة تعجنكم بدموعها حتى تلينوا,
ثم تعدكم لنارها المقدسة, لكي تصيروا خبزاً مقدساً يقرّب على مائدة الرب المقدسة.
كل هذا تصنعه بكم لكي تدركوا أسرار قلوبكم, فتصبحوا بهذا الإدراك جزءاً من قلب الحياة.
غير أنكم إذا خفتم, وقصرتم سعيكم على الطمأنبنة واللذة في المحبة.
فالأجدر بكم أن تستروا عريكم وتخرجوا من بيدر المحبة إلى العالم البعيد حيثما تضحكون, ولكن ليس كل ضحككم; وتبكون, ولكن ليس كل ما في ماقيكم من الدموع.
المحبة لا تعطي إلا ذاتها, المحبة لا تأخذ إلا من ذاتها.
لا تملك المحبة شيئاً, ولا تريد أن أحد يملكها.
لأن المحبة مكتفية بالمحبة.

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أما أنت إذا أحببت فلا تقل: "أن الله في قلبي", بل قل بالأحرى: "أنا في قلب الله".
ولا يخطر لك البتة أنك تستطيع أن تتسلط على مسالك المحبة, لأن المحبة إن رأت فيك استحقاقاً لنعمتها, تتسلط هي على مسالكك.
والمحبة لا رغبة لها إلا في أن تكمل نفسها.
ولكن, إذا أحببت, وكان لا بد من أن تكون لك رغبات خاصة بك, فلتكن هذه رغباتك:
أن تذوب وتكون كجدول متدفق يشنف آذان الليل بأنغامه.
أن تخبر الآلام التي في العطف المتناهي.
أن يجرحك إدراكك الحقيقي للمحبة في حبة قلبك, وأن تنزف دماؤك وأنت راض مغتبط.
أن تنهض عند الفجر بقلب مجنح خفوق, قتؤدي واجب الشكر ملتمساً يوم محبة آخر.
أن تستريح عند الظهيرة وتناخي نفسك بوجد المحبة.
أن تعود إلى منزلك عند المساء شاكراً:
فتنام حينئذ والصلاة لأجل من أحببت تتردد في قلبك, وأنشودة الحمد والثناء مرتمسة على شفتيك.

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On Love

Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love." 
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said: 
When love beckons to you follow him, 
Though his ways are hard and steep. 
And when his wings enfold you yield to him, 
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, 
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. 
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. 
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, 
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. 
He threshes you to make you naked. 
He sifts you to free you from your husks. 
He grinds you to whiteness. 
He kneads you until you are pliant; 
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. 
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart. 
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, 
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, 
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. 
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. 
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God." 
And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. 
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: 
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. 
To know the pain of too much tenderness. 
To be wounded by your own understanding of love; 
And to bleed willingly and joyfully. 
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; 
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; 
To return home at eventide with gratitude; 
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Animal Rights vs. Human Rights Dilemma

It is often that you hear people commenting on the absurdity of a person defending animal rights where human rights might cease to exist.
considering it absurd is justified by some, and un-accepted by others.

The perspective of some of those who justify it is that the efforts put in defending animal rights should be utilized into developing the human rights instead of being wasted in what is "Less important", I guess in this case, it safe to ask the human ego to "chill" a bit.
In anyways, right now, I am here to clarify the point of view of some of those who cannot accept that given justification.

It is common to be mislead into thinking that fighting for something automatically means you do not care for anything else. We all have our lists of priorities and we all have our fights, what is on top of the list for someone may not be what is on top someone else's list, that is something that everyone has to learn to accept in order for the society to develop in equilibrium.

Fighting for both rights is important, whether you choose to fight for one, both, or something else for that matter. in this case, both of them involve defending innocent souls, working to help them have a better life, working to provide them with an easier life.

 A rescued Fighting dog.

Herman's Hermits - This Door Swings both Ways

Everyone's life is bittersweet
It's a door that opens wide
And no man can call himself complete
Till he's seen it from both sides

This door swings both ways
It's marked 'In' and 'Out'
Some days, you'll want to cry
And some days, you will shout

This door swings both ways
It goes back and forth
In comes a southern breeze
Or a cold wind from the north

This door swings both ways
Lets in joy and pain
In comes the morning sun
And then the evening rain


This door swings both ways
Lets in dark and light
Every day you make the choice
To let in wrong or right

When shadows fall
You must prepare yourself for sunshine
For everything, there is an end
And so, my friend, you must be brave

This door swings both ways
Which one will it be
Will we live in happiness
Or dwell in misery

This door swings both ways
Lets in earth and sky
Make the most of livin'
If you're not prepared to die
Make the most of livin'
If you're not prepared to die


Link to Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12VJTHRYks

Speak up, for those who cannot.

" If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped change. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better."-J.K. Rowling

 

 

A rescued Kitten in her Foster home.

Minerals, Rocks & Fossils

VARISCITE Stone


" Life on earth is shaped by the rocks that lie beneath out feet. Made of different combinations of minerals, they have a far-reaching influence on the landscape, on vegetation, and on the soil. Preserved within these rocks, fossils from a highly detailed record of life in the distant past, showing the path that evolution has followed over hundreds of millions of years. "

From: The natural history book

Evolution

Like all living things, animals undergo changes as each new generation succeeds the one before. These changes are usually so slight that they are very difficult to see, but over thousands or millions of years, they can completely alter the way animals look and also the way they behave. This process of change is called evolution. It allows animals to exploit new opportunities and to adapt to changes that take place in the world around them. Evolution works by modifying existing characteristics, usually through a series of extremely small mutations. The result of this is that every animals is a living store of evolutionary history- one that helps to show how sufferer species are related 

From: Animals 

Classification " Taxonomy "

Nearly 2 million kinds of animals have been identified by scientists, and thousands more are discovered every year. The real total may be 10 times this number, which means that the task of locating and identifying all the world's animals will never be complete.
To make sense of this bewildering diversity, biologists use classification - a system that works like a gigantic filling system of all the past and present life on our planet.
In classification, the entire living world is divided into groups, known as Taxa. Each type of animals is given a unique scientific name, and is placed with it's closest relatives, reflecting the path that evolution is thought to have followed. 

The study of classification, known as taxonomy, has rules for the way scientific names are devised and used. Each species ha a genus name and a specific name by which it can be identified. 
In the 18th century, a botanist named Carl Linneas (1707 - 1778) laid the foundations of modern classification. 
In the classification, the species level is the basic starting point . 

Classification: 

KINGDOM 
PHYLUM
CLASS
ORDER 
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES

From: Animals

Biogeography " Continental drift"

The present-day distribution of animals is the combines result of many factors. Among them are continental drift and volcanic activity, which constantly reshape the surface of the earth. By splitting up groups of animals, and creating completely new habitats, these geological processes have had a profound impact on animal life. One of the most important effects can be seen on remote islands, such as Australia and Madagascar, which have been isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years. Until humans arrived, their land-based animals lived in total seclusion, unaffected by competitors from outside. 
The result is a whole range of indigenous species, such as kangaroos and lemurs, which are found nowhere outside their native homes. 

Animals are separated when continents drift apart, and they are brought together when they collide. The distribution of animals is evidence of such events long after they occur. 


From: Animals book

Kingdoms of Life.

Biologists classify all living things into overall groups, called kingdoms. The members of each kingdom are alike in fundamental ways, such as in the nature of their cells or in the way they obtain energy. In the most widely used system of classification there are 6 kingdoms, of which the Animal kingdom is the largest. In recent years, a new classification system has been proposed. In this, there are 3 "SuperKingdoms": Archaebacteria, Eubacteria and Eukaryota. The first and second reflect chemical and physical differences within bacteria. The third contains the living things that, unlike bacteria, have complex cells: Protoctists, Fungi , Plants and Animals. 

The most widely used system of classification contains the 6 kingdoms of:

Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protoctists, Bacteria, Archaea . 


From: Animals

What are animals?

 



With almost 2 million species identified to date,and even more than that awaiting discovery,animals are the most varied living things on the planet.

For over a billion years, they have adapted to the changing world around them, developing a vast array of different lifestyles in the struggle to survive.
At one extreme, animals include fast-moving predators, such as sharks, big cats, and birds of prey; at the other, there are the inconspicuous sorters and sifters of the animal world leftovers, living unseen in the soil or on the deep-sea bed. Together, they make up the animal kingdom - a vast collection of living things that are linked by a shared biology and that occupy a dominant place in life on earth. 


From the book: Animals

Right Brain/ Left Brain functions

This illustration in a Mercedes Benz ad (of all things) really nailed the right-brain/ left-brain functions in this visually exciting illustration! The ad copy reads:

(Left:) "I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A master of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am logic. I know exactly who I am."

(Right:) "I am the right brain. I am CREATIVITY. A free spirit. I am passion. Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter. I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet. I am movement. Vivid colors. I am the urge to paint on an empty canvas. I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense. I feel. I am everything I wanted to be."
source: TED

برامج لتنمية الحس الانساني باستخدام الحيوانات الاليفة

بعض الفكر لبرامج اثبتت نجاحها و التي تساهم في استغلال وجود الحيوانات الاليفة  في مجتمعنا عن طريق تنمية الحس الانساني لدينا من خلال اهتمامنا بهم.

١- برنامج اعادة تأهيل السجناء من خلال الاهتمام بالحيوانات الاليفة:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_SU8fA0f4&feature=related

٢- برنامج للعلاج و الارشاد النفسي عن طريق التواصل مع االحيوانات الأليفة، و اثبت نجاحه مع أطفال التوحّد و الأطفال الذين تعرّضوا لصدمات نفسية في حياتهم و اثبتت تلك الطريقة نجاحها مع الكثير من الاعمار:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbBguMj7bEg

للتوحد: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6Qv0NDDXk

٣- برنامج لمساعدة المكفوفين على الحصول على ارشاد للطرقات لتوفير حياة اسهل لهم: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDdzyPkb2o

Art and Perspective ( What is Art? )

Look at what I tell you is art and tell me what you see? Is it what I said it was or what you believe it is?

You might not find who believes what you believe, i on the other hand might not find who believes what i believe either, yet, will it make me believe less it is what it is to me? maybe..
Art can be generated from “Normalcy” once you give it the chance to be something it is not ,not only that but for it to prove it is what you thought it was not once given that chance. then again, that would only prove the error you have committed at the point where you claimed it is not what is actually was.

Art is a subjective piece of what may seem like an object, an idea , beauty, or simply a concept.
It could be simplicity that, unlike its usual state, is put under a spotlight to entice viewers once they lay their eyes on.
its magnitude is emphasized through the artist's eyes onto the piece of art for the world to witness and realize the way the artist did.
art is not necessarily beauty, it may be the reflection of reality, a perfection of reality or it may even be what reality never was and never will be.

It could be the art of violence, the art of peace or even the art of self.
It is a wide concept with unlimited possibilities of which you yourself can only draw a line to.
open the door for normalcy to prove it is more than what you think it is, in that manner, you will understand the uniqueness of one single raindrop in a rainy day, an apple in an apple tree.
in your eyes, nothing will have a twin, categorization will be an abandoned concept, that makes less sense than it ever did, differences will be inspiring art forms that roam your life from all angles.

21 May 2009

When I say Beautiful..

It is what makes a perspective worth holding onto,
and a point of view desired.

A man-made pleasure or a Godsend blessing matters not so long as its within one's grasp.
An enticement at the utmost, A comfort at the least
there in every hideous though in measures.

Grand in some,
simpler in others.

still.. matters not so long as it is mirrored one way or the other onto spirits to enjoy.
nothing but a heartfelt work of art that reflects its splendor onto the world around it,
A soft sigh of a Utopian breath on earth is what it is..

A pretty Gecko (وزغة ) that i have rescued from the College's bathroom where she was about to fall in the drain

After I brought her home and had the photoshoot, I set her free.

22 March 2009 

في مجلس جدة البلدي.. بلا ثياب!!

يوم الخميس 22 رجب 1430، الموافق 16يوليو 2009، عُقِد اجتماع مجلس جدة البلدي (المجلس جهاز موازٍ لأمانة جدة، ومهمّته الرقابة
عليها)، ويُعقد شهريًّا لمناقشة أوضاع المدينة، وكيفية تحسينها. (الدعوة الرسمية موجهة لـ“أهالي”جدة)، وجرت العادة أن يكونوا من الرجال!! فوجئ المجلس بحضور البعض بعباءات بدل الثياب!! والسبب ببساطة أنهنّ لسن رجالاً، بل شقائق الرجال .. ولهنّ شرف المبادرة بأول مشاركة نسائية بالمجلس.

كان رد الفعل إيجابيًّا من قِبل رئيس المجلس د.طارق فدعق والمشاركين، وتم تسجيل أسمائهن، وتقديم أوراق لهنّ لتدوين اقتراحاتهنّ، ومرئياتهنّ. وفي البداية جلسن في جانب القاعة، ثم سُمح لهنّ بالاقتراب من طاولة الاجتماع، وأُعطين الفرصة للحديث. وقالت كلٌّ منهنّ رأيها بكل وضوح، واستمع الكل لهنّ بتقديرٍ واحترام، دون أي مضايقات.

وتم مناقشة العديد من المواضيع، خصوصًا قضية الفتاة (فاطمة) -رحمها الله- التي غرقت في بحر جدة، في منطقة ملوّثة بمياه الصرف الصحي.. وقد أخذ هذا الموضوع الوقت الأكبر، والبحث عن حلول مقترحة لهذه المشكلة، التي تعاني منها جدة منذ سنوات.
واقترحت إحداهنّ أن يتم تحديد أهم عشرة مواضيع في كل لقاء، ويتم التركيز على أحدها بالاجتماع التالي.
كما قالت أخرى إنه لابد من إعطاء المرأة المجال للمشاركة الدائمة بالمجلس؛ باعتبارهنّ نصف المجتمع، ولهنّ حق فيه وعليه، مثل الرجال، كما قال رسولنا صلى الله عليه وسلم: (إنّما النساء شقائق الرجال)، وهذه هي البداية التي نرجو أن تكون فاتحة خير.
وغيرها من المشاركات الجيدة.. التي لاقت قبولاً حسنًا.

ونأمل من سيدات وفتيات جدة أن لا يترددن في الانضمام لهنّ؛ لحضور اجتماعات المجلس البلدي؛ لأن دورهنّ هامٌّ في النهوض بمدينتهنّ، وارتقائها لتصبح حقًّا.. جدة غير.
وأعترفُ أن انطباعي كمشاركة أفضل ممّا توقعتُ من حيث موقف المجلس رئيسًا وأعضاء، وأيضًا اطّلاعي على بعض الأمور بشكل أكبر عن مدينتي التي أسكنها، واستماعي لآراء مختلفة، ربما تكون متوازية، أو متقاطعة، أو متناقضة، لكنها في المحصلة جيدة؛ لأنها تعبّر عن أصحابها، ومطالبهم لأجل عيون مدينتهم، وأهلها.
أمّا أسماء المشاركات فهي بالترتيب الأبجدي:
1- ابتسام بوقري 2- جواهر أبار 3- لما صبري 4- فاطمة بنوي 5- نوال الشريف 6- هناء كلكتاوي.


د.إبتسام بوقري
جريدة المدينة

المقالة: 

http://archive.al-madina.com/node/161782

Through the blink of a left eye (The Diving bell and the Butterfly)

Imagination and memory are my salvation,
I lay through insomniac nights as i do through restless days, paralyzed is what they believe i am..

All those passions, dreams, imaginations, comforts locked in and hidden in the deepest chest of my mind where no one will ever be privileged to reach.
only I, the physically weakest of you can open that chest to reveal its treasures through the blink of a left eye, try as i may, it is only a tint of that treasure which you have received in the form of The diving bell and the butterfly.

It is said i am a man who speaks in silence.
The only difference between you and i is that the whole world thinks i cannot speak, though the world does not know,yet, you cannot speak.

I was like many of you are today,
I could not speak, touch or move,

you cannot speak when your words carry no meaning, you cannot touch when your touch holds no feeling, you cannot move when your movement has no purpose.
my words are unspoken yet they hold more meaning than those spoken by you, only because mine are unspoken .
If a touch could be felt, it would have been felt throughout the whole of my physicality and spirituality.
A move i make holds more purpose and value than another's .

My mind and imagination have been blessed with the chance to evolve, and so,

Unlike you, i may be physically incapable, though with time, unlike you, it has made me mentally capable,

Hence, i am free

- To: Jean-Dominique Bauby

More Info.:

http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=71

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69Zh7YIg8c

مشروع تقنين التعدد Codifying polygyny project (مشروع التخرّج )

ان من الظواهر المنتشرة بكثرة في مجتمعنا هي ظاهرة تعدد الزوجات, و هي ظاهره تتضمن تأثيرات ذات جوانب إيجابية و أخرى سلبية على المجتمع تبعاً لطريقة التطبيق و مدى الوعي الاجتماعي . فعلينا اللجوء إلى الشرع كي نحاول أن نطبق توجيهاته على أكمل وجه ممكن
ما هي شروط التعدد في الاسلام ؟
١- أن لا يجمع الرجل أكثر من أربع.
٢- العدل المادي و المعنوي بينهن
٣- القدره على الإنفاق و هو ما يتطلبه الزواج على الإطلاق سواء من زوجة واحدة أو أكثر. لما ورد عن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم في قوله( من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج).

و هنا تُركت التفاصيل لتكون قابله للتطور بما يتلائم مع الزمان و المكان، فلم يمنع الدين تفصيل تلك الشروط بما يناسب المجتمع مالم تخالف تلك التفاصيل أُصول شروط التعدد في الإسلام .

تقنين التعدد لحماية حقوق الأسرة ، و هي حقوق شرعيه تتضمن الإعالة وهي الجانب المادي و العدالة وتغطي الجانب المعنوي. كِلاهما عاملان مهمين يجب توفرهما و حمايتهما بوجود جهه مكلفة بالتتأكد من تطبيقها .
فقد يحتوي ذلك التأطير على: - التأكد من أن الرجل لم يتعدى في زواجه الرابعه .
- الجانب المادي و يقصد به الأحتياجات المادية للأسرة و التي قد تشمل نفقات الإعاشة من مأكل و مشرب ، الملجأ ، الكسوه ، التعليم، العناية الصحيّه ) .
و ذلك في محاولة تجنيب المجتمع ارتفاع نسبة العوز و الحاجة لدى الأسر التي تعاني من هذه المشكلة.

وقد يكون من الممكن لضمان ذلك أن يتم تحرير وثيقة شرعية تتضمن ما يترتب لها من حقوق مع تحديد طريقة ما لتأمين وصول تلك الحقوق إليها بشكل مستديم أما عن طريق جهة رسمية ما او بالإيداع المصرفي المباشر بشكل دوري.

قد يرى البعض أن التدخل الشرعي ليس إلاّ عرقله لأمر هو في الأصل مباح، و لكن هنا ينبغي لنا أن نسأل أنفسنا، ان كان التعدد حق مباح غير مشروط.

و أخيراً أود أن اشير الى وجود قصور في الفكرة المقترحة، نظرا لكون الأمر اقتراح و ليس بنظام مكتمل الجوانب الا ان وضعه بين ايدي ذوي الإختصاص يمكن إخراجه في شكل دقيق و خالي من الثعرات قدر الإمكان.
و الكل يعلم بأن الرزق و الغيب لا يعلمه إلاّ الله سبحانه و تعالى و على المرء العمل و الإجتهاد .

الرجاء مشاهدة الفيديو المرفق:

 

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رسالة: قد يعتقد الكثير أن مشروع تخرجي ليس له علاقه بتخصصي ( تصميم جرافيكي) لكن أكثر ما ينساه البعض أن التصميم الجرافيكي لا يتمحور حول التصميم لخدمة الامور التجارية، بل ايضا تكمن فيه مسوولية المصمم فب البحث و الارتقاء بمجتمعه قدر الامكان، فهناك مسؤولية اجتماعية على كل فرد منا باستخدام تخصصه، هواياته أو قدراته للاصلاح من مجتمعه. و هذه طريقتي.

Graduating from Graphic Design Fall 2011 . This was my senior project . It consisted of the attached video, a pamphlet that contained the project's summary, a series of three related posters and an interactive installation to gather the audience's opinions on the project and their comments. 

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.

                                                               ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

اللي عندو قرش محيّرو..

 

Captured in Geneve.

ما قاله الحسن البصري عن خصال الكلاب

قال الحسن البصري: "في الكلب عشر خصال محمودة ينبغي أن تكون في كل مؤمن: 

الأولى: أنه لا يزال جائعًا حتى يطعم، وذلك من آداب الصالحين. 

والثانية: لا يكون له موضع يعرف به، وذلك من علامة المحبين. 

والثالثة: أنه لا ينام من الليل إلا قليلاً، وذلك من صفات المحسنين. 

والرابعة: إذا مات لا يكون له ميراث، وذلك من أخلاق الزاهدين. 

والخامسة: أنه لا يترك صاحبه وإن جوعه وطرده، وذلك من شيم المريدين. 

والسادسة: أنه يرضى من الدنيا بأدنى مكان، وذلك من إشارة المتواضعين. 

والسابعة: أنه إذا غلب على مكانه تركه وانصرف إلى غيره، وذلك من علامة المتواضعين. 

والثامنة: أنه إذا ضرب وطرد ودعي أجاب ولم يحقد، وذلك من أخلاق الخاشعين. 

والتاسعة: أنه إذا حضر شيء للأكل قعد ينظر من بعيد، وذلك من أخلاق المساكين. 

والعاشرة: إذا رحل من مكانه لا يرحل معه شيء ولا له شيء يلتفت إليه، وذلك من صفات المجردين. 

 تصوير : أسماء مهرجي

في الصورة: داروين

Nature's Way

Admire the simple forms in which nature expresses herself. For you are her extension and only when surrounded by her serenity are you at peace.

" If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way."- Aristotle

Captions i have taken throughout some of my travels.

"Nature's Way"

السينيسثيزيا (Synaesthesia)

هناك ظاهرة نادرة تسمى بالسينيسثيزيا.
و هي عبارة عن رؤية الشخص للالوان او تذوقه انواع الطعم المختلفة فقط عند سماعه للصوت او الموسيقى.
و تحدث تلك المسألة كنتيجة نشاط فوق الطبيعي بين منطقة السمع، البصر و التذوق عبر الالياف الموصلة في الدماغ و بذلك قد تظهر حدّة خارقه في ذاكرة الشخص.
بشر بقدة خارقة، مو بشر ملبوسين !!

Synaesthesia is a rarely seen neurological condition which almost only %1-%5 of the population have.
It consists of an excess fiber connection between the five senses which causes the person to experience their surroundings in more ways than one.
In most cases, the connection between the motor parts in the neuro system occures only between two senses, ex: sight and sound or smell and sound.
however, synesthesia may exceed the five senses into tackling the emotional realm of an individual.
There have been a few cases reported where some people with synesthesia had a connection of more than two senses at the same time.
Many scientists speculate that synesthesia is genetically inherited .

I speculate that there are negatives to synesthesia, some of which could be the psychological connection between a sound the person loves and a color the person hates, that type of mixture is very likely to give the person confusing emotions towards both elements.
another negative is the distraction synesthesia may cause the person in the mixture of senses.

unfortunately, the individuals who have synesthesia at many times may not know it or may not understand it and for the lack of awareness around them, the individuals may feel like outcasts .

In one specific case of synesthesia, where the woman had more than two senses joined to each other, some experiments were made where she proved her extraordinary memory skills

Link: 

الرابط:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_A4tUMOtI

Synaesthesia in art:

سنيسثيزيا في الفن:

http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/March-2011/Hearing-color-seeing-sound-Synesthesia-in-art/

Fairuz - اعطني الناي - فيروز

اعطني الناي - فيروز

أعطني الناي وغني فالغنا سر الوجود
وأنين الناي يبقى بعد أن يفنى الوجود

هل إتخذت الغاب مثلي منزلاً دون القصور
فتتبعت السواقي وتسلقت الصخور
هل تحممت بعطره وتنشفت بنور
وشربت الفجر خمراً من كؤوس من أثير

هل جلست العصر مثلي بين جفنات العنب
والعناقيد تدلت كثريات الذهب
هل فرشت العشب ليلاً وتلحفت الفضاء
زاهداً في ما سيأتي ناسياً ما قد مضى

أعطني الناي وغني وانسى داء ودواء
إنما الناس سطورٌ كتبت لكن بماء 

 الرابط: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJqu675Ino

The Secret life of the Dog

For All Dog lovers,

A 6 part BBC documentary that helps us..

Know about their Emotional tuning with humans,The extent of their intelligence, understanding and responsiveness.
In Providing a possible explanation for their Domestication throughout generations of breeding and the change in their appearance that followed it.
Understanding the human preference in Dog features that influenced the selective breeding we see the results of today.
Know The genetic similarities that assisted scientific research.
Finally, stating the human need for giving unconditional love that is perfectly met by Dogs.


Please check the link below to watch the documentary..

Link: 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-life-dog/

Measuring Makeup

Jana: jiji what r you doing? 

Me: putting makeup. 

Jana: u know,we have to measure everything. How do we measure putting makeup?.

"something all Saudi women should think about" 

Jana, my 3 year old niece

هاتشيكو الكلب الوفي

اردت ان انقلكم نموذج من الوفاء الحيواني عن طريق قصة واقعية باليابان عن حيوان نراه بالشارع او بالبيوت

يحكى أن مدرس جامعي  في جامعة طوكيو وجد كلب صغير ورباه في كنفه

وكان هذا الكلب كل صباح يذهب مع صاحبه الى المحطة للذهاب للعمل ويبقى ينتظره مقابل البوابة الى ان يغادر ثم يرجع الكلب مرة اخرى الساعة الخامسة مساءاً الى نفس المحطة بانتظار صاحبه

ليغادرا معا المحطة الى المنزل .

وفي يوما ما غادر الدكتور المحطة الى عمله وكلبه يراقبه ثم عاد بالمساء وانتظر الكلب طويلا فلم يأتي صاحبه ثم مرة اخرى جاء بالصباح ينتظره فلم يرجع .

والسبب ان الدكتور مات ........... ولكن الكلب بقي كل يوم يأتي وينتظر في الصبح والمساء . لا يكل ولا يمل بل مصراً فربما يظهر صاحبه ليعودا معا الى المنزل ربما.....

اتعرف كم بقي على هذه العادة والعهد حوالي 10 سنوات ينتظر مقابل باب المحطة الرئيسي في دوار صغير فربما يظهر صاحبه..... ولكن ظهرت بعد 10 سنوات زوجة الدكتور التي تفاجأت بوجود الكلب امام بوابة المحطة فما كان منها الا البكاء والدهشة وبكوا كل المحيطين بالدوار المقابل للمحطة فهم يطعمون هذا الكلب والزائر اليومي لمدة 10 سنوات ..... وبعد هذا اللقاء مات الكلب في نفس الدوار الصغير وفي نفس اليوم  واقيم لهذا الكلب الوفي تمثال برونز في الدوار المقابل لبوابة المحطة . أترغب بالإصرار على الأمل فتذكر الكلب هاتشيكو

اسم الكلب : الكلب هاتشيكواو( هاتشي )  وقد مات في سنة 1935

واسم صاحبه :  " الدكتور إيلزابورو يونو الأستاذ في جامعة "طوكيو قد مات في سنة 1925

هذه القصة اخرجت بفيلم درامي مؤثر حرص مدرب الكلب في الفيلم على تدريبه بشكل جيد وقام بتمثيل دور الدكتور الممثل ريتشارد غير واسم الفيلم هو :

HACHIKO

 A DOG'S STORY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKj_p83zqo

بعض الصور لهاتشيكو : 

الكاتبة وفاء عبد الكريم الزاغة

التعّرف على الذات - Self Awareness (1/2)

التعرف على الذات يعتبر من أكثر سمات الانسان تعقيداً  ، لاسيما التعرف على الذات من انعكاس الصورة في المرآة، فهذا يدل على الذكاء الذي يتميز به الانسان من دون المخلوقات الأخرى... أو، ذلك ما كان الانسان يتمناه!

الطفل يستطيع تمييز نفسه في المرآة تقريبا من سنتان . و كذلك القرد عند وصوله سن معّين.
و ذلك يدل على مستوى الذكاء العالي لدى القردة و مدى قرب استيعابهم لاستيعاب الانسان.
فلا تُقلل من قيمة القرد، قد يكون أذكى منك في بعض المواقف !

الرجاء مشاهدة التجرُبة : 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-pc_M2qI74

Why ?! *_*

Jawaher: Jana,honey, Dont touch my coffee.

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because its hot.

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because then you will get burnt.

Jana: why?
Jawaher: becaaauuuuse it has boiled water.

Jana: why?
Jawaher:because it tastes better when its warm.

Jana: But why?
Jawaher: because i like it that way !

Jana: why ??
Jawaher: because.. I dont know !

Jana: ...ahaa .. ok !

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Jawaher: Jana, hun, dont draw on the walls

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because its not nice.

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because its sitto's wall and she doesnt like it

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because she wants her walls with no drawings

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because her taste is different than yours

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because we all have different tastes

Jana: why?
Jawaher: because we are different people with different tastes

Jana: why?
Jawaher: becauuuuse we are many and not one!

Jana: why?
Jawaher: so we can ..create diversity?

Jana: why?
Jawaher: I dont know !

Jana: Why?!
Jawaher: Ar7ameeeeni!

Jana: why??
....
....
Jawaher: Jana, do you ACTUALLY want to know or are you just repeating "why" ?

Jana:... ahaa.. ok!

*_* !!!




Jana - my 2 year old niece!

Man's Earned guilt

Man has to live with the guilt of his mistakes, that guilt he has to live by is the burden of the mistakes he could never take back, a guilt, that will always make him wonder about his self-worth.

and so he is motivated.suffering from this dire need to suppress that guilt by doing what he morally thinks may be "good or right" . he may make superb changes, make others happy, liberate those in captivity, feed those hungry even shelter those in need, but the truth is, he remains guilty for a mistake that will never cease to haunt his consciousness, a mistake, no matter how much wished away will never be taken back . that, or Man becomes numb ..

There is no guilt more harsh than the result of a mistake toward an innocent being or a loved one that will love the angel as much as the monster in him.. not only that but will also forgive him for his mistake..

But then again, isn't guilt the least Man could carry for his mistakes ? Man deserves a guilty consciousness that will always hold him down and remind him of the mistakes he has done.
Man earned it.


I, for one, have nowhere else to confess the guilt of my own mistakes ..

That void and Solitude

It is certain that something in us awakens with death, departure and loss
We lose our minds searching for the unknown, craving what we can never possess, wanting what we can never have, trying for self-fulfilment, only to feed that creature that has awakened inside of us.. that void which we all know of, live with, but only rarely speak of.

some of us fill that void with achievements, questions, beliefs and love

They are all a pleasure, except, it is likely that they become our obsession..
until..
achievements are forgotten, questions may remain forever unanswered, beliefs may fade, and loved ones can be lost..

and by it, that void is awakened, therefore, makes us go insane for being deprived of our obsessions ..

although, the least likely for us to lose is ourselves, it is solitude..

In solitude, our loneliness dies, our hurts are mended, our beings are rich with ourselves, our cravings are fed, our obsessions are tamed.

In it, our individuality arises even within a commotion.
It is the only state of constant peace and harmony, it is also the only element that is more powerful than that void.

and so, we are content.

Ardi & the human evolution

An international team of scientists unveiled Thursday the results of 15 years of study of one of the oldest known human ancestors, Ardipithecus ramidus, which they say overturns much of what we know about human evolution.

And surprisingly, it's also rewriting the story of our relation to gorillas and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives.

Yohannes Haile-Selassie, one of the authors involved in the research and the man who discovered the first pieces of the most complete Ardipithecus ramidus specimen, nicknamed Ardi by the researchers, says the findings represent a complete rewrite of what is known about human and ape evolution, and give new insight into how we became bipedal.

"What we are seeing ... is something we never expected to find in the human lineage," he says, his voice buoyant on the phone from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where he is curator/head of physical anthropology.

"It's a revelation, and you can imagine how much it's going to change how we think about the earliest parts of our evolution."

The peer-reviewed findings appear today in a special edition of the online journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They were also announced Thursday morning in simultaneous news conferences in Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

"I've said it before -- it's like discovering a time capsule to a period and place that we knew nothing about," said co-author Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, speaking in Washington.

The story of Ardi takes us back 4.4 million years to a corner of northeast Ethiopia that today is a desert where erosion constantly exposes fossils from the dawn of humankind.

In all, scientists have discovered fossilized bones and teeth in the area representing three dozen individual Ardipithecus specimens, including much of Ardi's skull, pelvis, lower arms and feet. There were also 150,000 samples of plant and animal fossils and rocks that together give a detailed picture of Ardi and her environment -- how she lived, what she ate, how she and her fellows would have interacted.

Until now, Haile-Selassie says, much of what we knew about our ancient past derived from comparisons with the other apes, especially chimps, and from Ardi's younger "sister" -- Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old specimen of another hominid species, Australopithecus afarensis, discovered in 1974, also in Ethiopia.

Lucy's discovery showed that human forebears walked upright that long ago.

But Ardi shows our first erect steps took place more than a million years earlier and that is much closer to the last common ancestor that the human line shares with the ape line, said co-author C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University, speaking in Washington. Further, it pushes back the likely date of the split between the two lines to between six and nine million years ago, he said.

"For years, because of the genetic similarity of chimps and humans, it's been presumed that our ancestor would have been chimplike. Ardi tells us that's not the case," Lovejoy said.

Ardi shows that unlike modern apes, which are knuckle-walkers, her species -- and all the ancestors of all apes and humans -- descended from a common ancestor that in turn was not a knuckle-walker.

Through analysing Ardi's teeth, pelvic bones, hands and feet, the researchers determined Ardipithecus had a mixture of primitive traits, shared with its older relatives, and traits that only later hominids -- like Lucy and us -- have.

However, they also found many of those traits do not appear in modern apes, leading to the conclusion that apes have evolved significantly since the split with the last common human-ape ancestor.

In Washington, the Ethiopian ambassador to the U.S. said the discoveries about Ardi show the "interconnected" nature of the human race.

Calling Ethiopia the "cradle of humankind," Samuel Assefa said: "In the wider sense, we are all Ethiopians."

Altogether, 47 different authors, in 11 detailed papers and further summaries contributed to the study of Ardipithecus ramidus and its environment.

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