Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Dawn
Yesterday night I left work home at 10.00 PM, what was interesting that beside the new Iraqi Police (IP) in the streets I found traffic police also trying to solve traffic problems, and that’s not common lately!. I thought it might be a coincidence. Today at the morning I found IP`s trying to prevent cars not to drive wrong way which is a habit these days, so I remembered the traffic officer last night, and remembered the new Iraqi army men being send to Jordan by airplane from BIAP for training, and remembered transferring the duty free shop in BIAP to another hall because the old one is going to be opened for Iraqi pilgrims who are going to travel by airplanes also, and remembered that the fuel problem is much better starting yesterday. And I thought “the Traffic officer yesterday was not a coincidence, but it’s a new dawn with a new beginning for us just with the beginning of the New Year”. Happy new year every one.
Yesterday night I left work home at 10.00 PM, what was interesting that beside the new Iraqi Police (IP) in the streets I found traffic police also trying to solve traffic problems, and that’s not common lately!. I thought it might be a coincidence. Today at the morning I found IP`s trying to prevent cars not to drive wrong way which is a habit these days, so I remembered the traffic officer last night, and remembered the new Iraqi army men being send to Jordan by airplane from BIAP for training, and remembered transferring the duty free shop in BIAP to another hall because the old one is going to be opened for Iraqi pilgrims who are going to travel by airplanes also, and remembered that the fuel problem is much better starting yesterday. And I thought “the Traffic officer yesterday was not a coincidence, but it’s a new dawn with a new beginning for us just with the beginning of the New Year”. Happy new year every one.
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
START TALKING
I have received many comments for the last two articles, plus e-mails telling me that the people should be patient and stop attacking the coalition and stop sabotaging the infra structure, then they will be having fast services and rebuilding for the country. I agree with that, but shouldn’t we tell the people that. I am writing these articles not for the Iraqis and I am not trying to criticize any body. All I am doing here is telling the world how Iraqis think so it would be easier to put decisions and solutions for the new Iraq. And I would like to talk again here about the need to talk to Iraqis and to open more channels of talking with them and put more reasonable explanation for what’s going on.
More advertising campaigns needed to stop and block what Arabic space channels are putting in each and every Iraqi house every day.
Some of us are trying the best to make Iraqis look at the bright side of the days to come. But with every new morning with out order in the streets, with out enough fuel in fuel station, with mud in streets, no mater if these things were not important, people would be looking for it and asking about it. So let’s give it to them or give them the reason why its not available yet but don’t work it silence. Iraqis love to know and talk.
I have received many comments for the last two articles, plus e-mails telling me that the people should be patient and stop attacking the coalition and stop sabotaging the infra structure, then they will be having fast services and rebuilding for the country. I agree with that, but shouldn’t we tell the people that. I am writing these articles not for the Iraqis and I am not trying to criticize any body. All I am doing here is telling the world how Iraqis think so it would be easier to put decisions and solutions for the new Iraq. And I would like to talk again here about the need to talk to Iraqis and to open more channels of talking with them and put more reasonable explanation for what’s going on.
More advertising campaigns needed to stop and block what Arabic space channels are putting in each and every Iraqi house every day.
Some of us are trying the best to make Iraqis look at the bright side of the days to come. But with every new morning with out order in the streets, with out enough fuel in fuel station, with mud in streets, no mater if these things were not important, people would be looking for it and asking about it. So let’s give it to them or give them the reason why its not available yet but don’t work it silence. Iraqis love to know and talk.
Monday, December 29, 2003
MAGIC STICK
A web visitor e-mailed me blaming me for talking about the need of electricity, and the changing’s happened is more important than to think about electric power. Actually I agree on that. But let me tell you about some thing I did on the early days after the coalition entered Baghdad and each and every Iraqi thought that any tank or soldier in the street is the government. I wrought a letter to Ambassador Barbra Bodin and deliver it to a guard standing outside an American unit in Baghdad, after asking him if it’s the only way to do so or not and he said yes it will be delivered to her. And I wrought in it:
“The Iraqis need three things (1) To be left doing their religious ceremonies as what happened in Karbala on the memory of (Emam Hussein). (2) To live as the rest citizens if the gulf lives. (3) To have quick services because Iraqis expect Americans to have a magic stick to do so. The problem is Saddam had that magic stick”.
See in Iraq if you had a torn money note you put a sticker on it but in America you give it to a bank and get a new one.
I don’t know if the Ambassador did read my letter or not but what I meant is we can’t keep people not to do comparison, that’s why we need the services quickly, so people can move forward. Certainly it needs time but meanwhile, its not wrong to use temporary solutions and call it a magic stick.
A web visitor e-mailed me blaming me for talking about the need of electricity, and the changing’s happened is more important than to think about electric power. Actually I agree on that. But let me tell you about some thing I did on the early days after the coalition entered Baghdad and each and every Iraqi thought that any tank or soldier in the street is the government. I wrought a letter to Ambassador Barbra Bodin and deliver it to a guard standing outside an American unit in Baghdad, after asking him if it’s the only way to do so or not and he said yes it will be delivered to her. And I wrought in it:
“The Iraqis need three things (1) To be left doing their religious ceremonies as what happened in Karbala on the memory of (Emam Hussein). (2) To live as the rest citizens if the gulf lives. (3) To have quick services because Iraqis expect Americans to have a magic stick to do so. The problem is Saddam had that magic stick”.
See in Iraq if you had a torn money note you put a sticker on it but in America you give it to a bank and get a new one.
I don’t know if the Ambassador did read my letter or not but what I meant is we can’t keep people not to do comparison, that’s why we need the services quickly, so people can move forward. Certainly it needs time but meanwhile, its not wrong to use temporary solutions and call it a magic stick.
Sunday, December 28, 2003
ELECTRICITY
Biggest problem we are facing now after its being little safer and less terrorism is being without electricity. These days we are getting (if we are lucky) three hours of electricity on and three off, some are with out it for two days now, thank god its winter in summer we would be vaporized.
Electricity went off in south Canada and north of the States few months ago for some time and it was real disaster. Why it should not be a disaster here.
The CPA should know that electricity can be the main solution for changing the mined of people, and being without it may change the opinion of those who are happy now with the changing taking place toward the opposite. Even if the solution was very primitive, like having thousands of generators in all over the cities or encouraging people or supporting them to supply generators for their neighborhoods and benefit of it. But don’t stand still, don’t leave people use their imagination and hope for better and then let them down that’s going to be a big loss for every one. Last thing we need now that people start a comparison.
Biggest problem we are facing now after its being little safer and less terrorism is being without electricity. These days we are getting (if we are lucky) three hours of electricity on and three off, some are with out it for two days now, thank god its winter in summer we would be vaporized.
Electricity went off in south Canada and north of the States few months ago for some time and it was real disaster. Why it should not be a disaster here.
The CPA should know that electricity can be the main solution for changing the mined of people, and being without it may change the opinion of those who are happy now with the changing taking place toward the opposite. Even if the solution was very primitive, like having thousands of generators in all over the cities or encouraging people or supporting them to supply generators for their neighborhoods and benefit of it. But don’t stand still, don’t leave people use their imagination and hope for better and then let them down that’s going to be a big loss for every one. Last thing we need now that people start a comparison.
Saturday, December 27, 2003
STOCK MARKET
A web visitor asked about closing the stock market, and I really want to talk about it. Baghdad Stock Exchange (BSE) started 1992 and it was growing very fast not technologically but in the amount of money was working in it, in the few months before March 2003 money started to come from outside of Iraq to be invested in stock and in Iraqi companies, specially hotels, (Palestine Meridian & Ishtar Sheraton) hotels which every body know about now recorded the best prices & best selling’s at that time no body knew why. Of course the (BSE) is closed now we are promised that it’s going to be opened on January 2004, after several promises that it will be opened in Nov2003 & Dec2003.
If you ask me as an ext stock broker and I was in the meetings held between the stock market members & specialists in the CPA. I can tell that when the privatization project stopped in the new Iraq a fast (BSE) reopen was not important any more when it was a priority when there was a privatization project to be substituted.
Actually reopen the (BSE) is important because it may supply jobs to no less than 20000 Iraqis plus no less than a million investor who will have something to do instead of talking about electricity or watching Arabia & Jazirah or standing in fuel lines in fuel stations.
A web visitor asked about closing the stock market, and I really want to talk about it. Baghdad Stock Exchange (BSE) started 1992 and it was growing very fast not technologically but in the amount of money was working in it, in the few months before March 2003 money started to come from outside of Iraq to be invested in stock and in Iraqi companies, specially hotels, (Palestine Meridian & Ishtar Sheraton) hotels which every body know about now recorded the best prices & best selling’s at that time no body knew why. Of course the (BSE) is closed now we are promised that it’s going to be opened on January 2004, after several promises that it will be opened in Nov2003 & Dec2003.
If you ask me as an ext stock broker and I was in the meetings held between the stock market members & specialists in the CPA. I can tell that when the privatization project stopped in the new Iraq a fast (BSE) reopen was not important any more when it was a priority when there was a privatization project to be substituted.
Actually reopen the (BSE) is important because it may supply jobs to no less than 20000 Iraqis plus no less than a million investor who will have something to do instead of talking about electricity or watching Arabia & Jazirah or standing in fuel lines in fuel stations.
Friday, December 26, 2003
IRON JUSTICE
The coalition in Baghdad is working on a new operation cold IRON JUSTICE , only this time its not against terrorism only, its against all illegal actions, kidnapers, cars thief’s, drug dealers, weapons dealers. “How can I now that?”, By being a Baghdad citizen I know the places these actions taking place in and I can tell its true because these places is really infected with all kind of crimes. Every night we can hear the sounds and see the lights of these actions.
What’s important is its working and thing being better, but the people need to know the results of these actions, because they hear and see and then jump to conclusions and most of the time these conclusions depending on conspiracy theory which Iraqis can’t live without. So what we need is to give them results quickly so we can show them the difference.
The coalition in Baghdad is working on a new operation cold IRON JUSTICE , only this time its not against terrorism only, its against all illegal actions, kidnapers, cars thief’s, drug dealers, weapons dealers. “How can I now that?”, By being a Baghdad citizen I know the places these actions taking place in and I can tell its true because these places is really infected with all kind of crimes. Every night we can hear the sounds and see the lights of these actions.
What’s important is its working and thing being better, but the people need to know the results of these actions, because they hear and see and then jump to conclusions and most of the time these conclusions depending on conspiracy theory which Iraqis can’t live without. So what we need is to give them results quickly so we can show them the difference.
IN DUBAI
The ministry of higher education in Iraq is going to participate in an educational event ( high education exhibition) held in Dubai for the period 20-25 Jan 2004 , through the director of cultural relations in the ministry.
The representative of the ministry “Assistant Prof. Adli R. Juwaidah” is participating using his own resources and own efforts due to the lack of allocations and limited budget , he is preparing a documentary CD for the losses and destruction happened to the sector of higher education.
For more information any one can contact Prof. Adli Juwaidah directly through his e-mail address: adlirj@yahoo.com , may be you can support and participate in the rehabilitation of higher education in Iraq.
The ministry of higher education in Iraq is going to participate in an educational event ( high education exhibition) held in Dubai for the period 20-25 Jan 2004 , through the director of cultural relations in the ministry.
The representative of the ministry “Assistant Prof. Adli R. Juwaidah” is participating using his own resources and own efforts due to the lack of allocations and limited budget , he is preparing a documentary CD for the losses and destruction happened to the sector of higher education.
For more information any one can contact Prof. Adli Juwaidah directly through his e-mail address: adlirj@yahoo.com , may be you can support and participate in the rehabilitation of higher education in Iraq.
CHRISTMAS
Sorry for not blogging for the two days past, I had my Christmas vacation, nothing much gust spending it with the family.
Sorry for not blogging for the two days past, I had my Christmas vacation, nothing much gust spending it with the family.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Rainey Day
The sky is raining today in Baghdad. Rain always hade good meaning to Iraqis, just like snowing in Christmas. And because of Christmas, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) is closed for four days starting today. “Was it open?” yes it was and it’s a real workshop there, fire station is completed now the tower is about to be and workers fought there way in today to complete work in sewerages station, no one can ignore what’s going on there , hundreds of Iraqi workers go in every day, and not in (BIAP) only, all over Iraq. I may talk about Baghdad but I now a little about Basra and more about Sulymaniya and Karkuk, and what I now…the efforts there is the same if not more.
I don’t blame the coalition to close (BIAP) they have their on reasons but we need that time and we can’t waste it.
The sky is raining today in Baghdad. Rain always hade good meaning to Iraqis, just like snowing in Christmas. And because of Christmas, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) is closed for four days starting today. “Was it open?” yes it was and it’s a real workshop there, fire station is completed now the tower is about to be and workers fought there way in today to complete work in sewerages station, no one can ignore what’s going on there , hundreds of Iraqi workers go in every day, and not in (BIAP) only, all over Iraq. I may talk about Baghdad but I now a little about Basra and more about Sulymaniya and Karkuk, and what I now…the efforts there is the same if not more.
I don’t blame the coalition to close (BIAP) they have their on reasons but we need that time and we can’t waste it.
Monday, December 22, 2003
WHY?
Some comments came asking what are you writing for?. What can you do for Iraq?. Actually, I can do very little but I am doing it, first I am trying to write for the entire world to show that the most of us and I mean the Iraqis are trying to be better, trying to say that we did not deserve what was going on in Iraq before April 2003, but it was not easy to say it at that time. I don’t need to say that to Iraqis, And if I need to I would say it in Arabic and in local media, all the articles here are to the world not to Iraqis.
For Iraqis , I am trying to give them hope by all means I can reach, even by word of mouth, I am trying to explain to them things they can see but they cant understand and trying to tell them the things they cant hear about in media and I can know about because of my job. The most important thing that I am telling true things, one of these things is “many of the Americans and other people here in Baghdad who are close to true information are changing dollars into new Iraqi dinars to keep it for the future because they think its going to be stronger” , for that reason and till few weeks ago 1USD used to equal 2000 ID and now 1USD equals 1640 ID.
Some comments came asking what are you writing for?. What can you do for Iraq?. Actually, I can do very little but I am doing it, first I am trying to write for the entire world to show that the most of us and I mean the Iraqis are trying to be better, trying to say that we did not deserve what was going on in Iraq before April 2003, but it was not easy to say it at that time. I don’t need to say that to Iraqis, And if I need to I would say it in Arabic and in local media, all the articles here are to the world not to Iraqis.
For Iraqis , I am trying to give them hope by all means I can reach, even by word of mouth, I am trying to explain to them things they can see but they cant understand and trying to tell them the things they cant hear about in media and I can know about because of my job. The most important thing that I am telling true things, one of these things is “many of the Americans and other people here in Baghdad who are close to true information are changing dollars into new Iraqi dinars to keep it for the future because they think its going to be stronger” , for that reason and till few weeks ago 1USD used to equal 2000 ID and now 1USD equals 1640 ID.
Sunday, December 21, 2003
The Right Moment
Disorder is the suitable soil to plant terrorism, that’s why we need to force order right now. By stopping cars from driving wrong side, stopping people to shot bullets in air, keeping people to stand in the line for fuel or anything else which are not available, we can win a great part of the battle of peace against terrorism.
Believe me people are starting to feel the deference. I am using taxis for a week now because I can’t stay in line for fuel for a long hours, all the people I met are optimistic for the future, and that’s normal for any one is working and has a job, and now I can see that the people who are unemployed and not trying to get a job are seeing the empty part of the glass only.
That’s why we should try to make the order very obvious so more people can feel the deference.
Disorder is the suitable soil to plant terrorism, that’s why we need to force order right now. By stopping cars from driving wrong side, stopping people to shot bullets in air, keeping people to stand in the line for fuel or anything else which are not available, we can win a great part of the battle of peace against terrorism.
Believe me people are starting to feel the deference. I am using taxis for a week now because I can’t stay in line for fuel for a long hours, all the people I met are optimistic for the future, and that’s normal for any one is working and has a job, and now I can see that the people who are unemployed and not trying to get a job are seeing the empty part of the glass only.
That’s why we should try to make the order very obvious so more people can feel the deference.
Monday, December 15, 2003
Capturing Saddam
Yesterday Saddam was captured. Words can’t be enough to express our happiness for capturing someone like him. All I can say “thank God and thank you America” because we couldn’t do it alone. Now what will happen?… simply I don’t care, actually we shouldn’t care, we should leave all that behind and start our life again. That’s what the CPA should lead Iraqis to think about and work on. Any one not only Iraqis when they will find nothing is changed they will start a comparison between the past and the present, put on that the Iraqis are patient less, and they have the right to be, because they lost many years of their lives and they want to get it back and use each and every chance to do so. All they need is some one to lead them to get their life back again.
Best way to do so is by make the changes to the best very quickly, so we can find a new achievement every day to think and talk about till we equals other people in other countries, I think we deserve it.
Yesterday Saddam was captured. Words can’t be enough to express our happiness for capturing someone like him. All I can say “thank God and thank you America” because we couldn’t do it alone. Now what will happen?… simply I don’t care, actually we shouldn’t care, we should leave all that behind and start our life again. That’s what the CPA should lead Iraqis to think about and work on. Any one not only Iraqis when they will find nothing is changed they will start a comparison between the past and the present, put on that the Iraqis are patient less, and they have the right to be, because they lost many years of their lives and they want to get it back and use each and every chance to do so. All they need is some one to lead them to get their life back again.
Best way to do so is by make the changes to the best very quickly, so we can find a new achievement every day to think and talk about till we equals other people in other countries, I think we deserve it.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Bedu
Bedu are the people who lives in the desert in tents .One of our most important problems is the struggle between those who wants to be civilized and the Bedu who does not know to live other way than there life stile, and if we search a little we certainly would find that there life stile depending on killing and steeling basically from each other or from any one near them. Those were the most important helpers for the ext regime. No mater if they lived in cities, used cars, phones they still Bedu . To solve such a problem we need to reduce their influence and effect on other people. Their influence is depending on the strong financial situation they have, and that’s because they were extremely befitting from the ext regime. Now that should be stopped and thing should go back to the right way.
Bedu are the people who lives in the desert in tents .One of our most important problems is the struggle between those who wants to be civilized and the Bedu who does not know to live other way than there life stile, and if we search a little we certainly would find that there life stile depending on killing and steeling basically from each other or from any one near them. Those were the most important helpers for the ext regime. No mater if they lived in cities, used cars, phones they still Bedu . To solve such a problem we need to reduce their influence and effect on other people. Their influence is depending on the strong financial situation they have, and that’s because they were extremely befitting from the ext regime. Now that should be stopped and thing should go back to the right way.
