August 2008

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Saudi Recipes

Here are some Saudi recipes.

BAHARAT (Saudi Mixed Spices) Recipe By : Tastes of Jubail

1/3 cup black pepper 1/4 cup coriander powder 1/4 scant cup cinnamon 1/4 scant cup clove -- ground 1/3 cup cumin 2 teaspoons cardamom -- ground 1/4 cup nutmeg -- ground 1/2 cup paprika -- ground 1/3 cup curry powder 1/4 scant cup dried limes -- ground Mix all ingredients. Store in a tightly sealed jar. Makes about 2 cups. I suggest adding a small amount of allspice and ginger, also use garam masala instead of curry powder.

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Ramadan

When It Happens- Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, which is based on the moon. The western dates of the holiday move up about 10 days every year. In 2008, Ramadan is predicted to begin on August 31st or September 1st and end on September 29th or 30th.

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US soldiers and Iraqi Kids

Trustworthiness is defined as honesty and/or truthfulness and is a moral value considered to be a virtue not only in Islam but also in Christianity. In fact, it is a virtue in every religion. From this it follows that a trustworthy person is someone in whom we can place our trust and can rest assured that the trust will not be betrayed. The person can prove his/her trustworthiness by fulfilling an assigned responsibility, duty or job -- and as an extension of that, to not let down our expectations. The responsibility can be either materialistic, such as delivering a mail package on time, or it can be a non-materialistic such as keeping a promise or keeping an important secret to oneself. For instance, the brutal and war criminal Sadam Hussain was not trustworthy and this is obvious to the whole world and needs no evidence. It is quite enough to know that Sadam killed his own people with biological weapons. Sadly, the new promising American policy was no exception. Some American soldiers were not trustworthy in taking care of Iraqi people and of Iraqi kids in particular. They (some American soldiers; I am not saying all!) proved to be untrustworthy for a couple of reasons.