Category: Events
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Transformation
Nothing is as serious as a piece of candy on a cold October evening. Its powerful call makes them defy the tiredness after a long day in school, after homework, after chores, after dinner. It makes them get ready, paying scrupulous attention to details, leaving nothing to chance. This has to be just right. When the…
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Untethered
All my life I have been tethered. To the tree that gave me life. To the park that was my universe. There were good days filled with sunshine, bright and warm. There were days where all I prayed for was for them to pass. These were dark, rainy, cold, days on which the wind…
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Supermoon
Last night the whole world could enjoy this year’s largest and brightest moon due to a combination of full moon, and the fact that the moon was closest to earth in its orbit. I was lucky to see it hanging brightly in the cold, clear Oslo night yesterday. If you missed it, and if…
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Happy New Year!
In a few short hours the whole city will erupt in celebrations. People will dress up and get ready to party. They will defy the sub zero temperatures and go outside to light fireworks and to watch. Even the city will spend hundereds of thousands of kroners to put up a spectecaular display of pyrotechnics. Today I ask myself, what…
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Blessing
A change, a break in the routine. A sparkle of life! Something rewarding, providing energy and joy, and taking everything you have. A transition in life. By life. A milestone. An identity. So lovable, and so troublesome! So subdued, and so determined! So weak, and so strong! So gentle, and so demanding! So delicate, and so harsh!…
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Eid Mubarak!
I wish everyone a blessed Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. Please remember us in your prayers.
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Remembering Oslo July 22nd, 2011
Unawareness, curiosity, disbelief, denial, shock and horror, fear, realization, relief, reflection, prayers, remembrance. Forever.
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Happy new year!
A year has passed and another is before me. As always it’s time for reflection. A time for looking back at all that has happened. The good experiences, the mistakes I’ve made, the chances I’ve missed. And of course, my lucky breaks. It’s time to reflect on the past to prepare for the future. But above all, it’s time to move…
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