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		<title>Moving Forward…</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/moving-forward%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends, foes, colleagues, lovers and fighters, it is an exciting time in my life as big changes have been happening and continue to happen. Throughout this year I have transitioned from being a full time employee to a community organizer and volunteer whilst I freelance on the side. But alongside that other changes are in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=492&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awarness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JOrdan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breast Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breasts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I was asked to do an iReport for CNN about Breast Cancer Awareness. And as I was thinking about what to say it was clear to me that I also had to write and tell my story in a little bit more than 60 seconds! Breast cancer and cancer in general is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=486&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Ten Things to Do in Amman For Under 10 JD!</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/ten-things-to-do-in-amman-fof-under-10-jd/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/ten-things-to-do-in-amman-fof-under-10-jd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JOrdan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesiure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this city and I love all it has to offer. I don’t believe I need to spend excessive amounts of money to enjoy myself here. And since I am always asked what should one do in the city – well here are 10 ideas that cost less than 10 JD to enjoy. Some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=481&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>October is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/october-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[october]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So after the lull of work in Ramadan and the Eid holiday, October has come and with a vengeance. There is so much going on that I am afraid to loose track! Here are some of the things happening in October and I will try to be on top of things and write more often [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=475&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May I take this picture, please?</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/may-i-take-this-picture-please/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/may-i-take-this-picture-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was walking downtown running various errands with a friend of mine. Throughout our walk we passed by the site of the fire, that burned in the souq, a few weeks back. I took out a camera and started to take pictures. I was impressed with the speed with which the souq had been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=468&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>And Then There Was a Tweep</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/and-then-there-was-a-tweep/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/and-then-there-was-a-tweep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amman Twestival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So as a skeptic of Twitter and its crazy chatter I was surprised at myself for wanting to go, and thankful to Ali for taking me along, to the Amman Twestival. The Twestival that took place last night was not what I would call a festival but more of a seminar with four panelists and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=465&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>&#8220;Stop Bitching Start A Revolution&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/stop-bitching-start-a-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/stop-bitching-start-a-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JOrdan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love taxi rides and taxi drivers. Every time I get into a taxi it is an opportunity to learn more, interact more and get a pulse for what people are thinking, or even how they are thinking (some may argue it’s the other way round). But the thing I notice the most when in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=463&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Ramadan Kareem &#8211; Allah Akram</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/ramadan-kareem-allah-akram/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/ramadan-kareem-allah-akram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ramadan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterntainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gripes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramadan. tradition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a love hate relationship with Ramadan. I love it because throughout the year this is one month where I am guaranteed a home cooked meal around a dinner table with family. It’s also the  only time in the year I actually stay home and chill out. Me and my mom have iftar together [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=461&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Way Is Up</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-only-way-is-up/</link>
		<comments>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-only-way-is-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remembrance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self perception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock bottom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self image]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have hit rock bottom on numerous occasions. There was the professional funk, the financial insolvency, emotional turmoil, dead end relationships that resulted in a broken heart, and of course the dreaded depression. But the thing I have learned consistently and with ever bedrock I hit was that the only way is up.
No matter how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=458&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From National Geographic</title>
		<link>http://shalabieh.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/from-national-geographic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shalabieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[frog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uploader Comments: 
This is a Cuban tree frog on a tree in my backyard in southern Florida. How and why he ate this light is a mystery. It should be noted that at the time I was taking this photo, I thought this frog was dead, having cooked himself from the inside. I&#8217;m happy to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shalabieh.wordpress.com&blog=1437941&post=454&subd=shalabieh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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