ISSUE NO 4: CAN YOU HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EYES?

 

CAN YOU HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EYES?

At first sight you may consider this topic strange but worth reading at the same time. Try this way of conversation and win a new method of communication. Look into somebody's eyes and you will see the real emotion they are feeling, because eyes cannot lie. 

Just believe in yourself and that you have the ability to understand people throughout their eyes. All this can work. Worry, happiness, thinking, surprise or sadness; all these feelings are expressed by eyes. It all depends on the person whom you are dealing with. The type of the relations whether friends, lovers, parents, classmates or persons you have just met. This will affect the extent of eyes communication. Secondly, you have to take into consideration that there are different types of eyes. There are the expressive eyes through which you can understand directly what a person has in mind, while there are those eyes which are difficult to understand.

As for us translators, we have to know every way of communication to achieve a perfect translation.

Written by: Sara Hadi

ISSUE NO 4: POEM

YOU WERE MY LIFE

You were a rose in my vase                           

      You were a star in the sky

You were an artery in my heart

You were the air that I breathed

You were my soul and I could feel

You were a candle illuminating my way

You were the first who made me smile

      You were the last who made me cry

You were sunshine at the daytime

You were moonlight at eventide

You were a burgeon in my orchard

      You were a tear which dwelt in my eye

You were a tune which made me gleeful

You were a loved one who made me love thee.

Written By: Safa F. Abdulsahib

ISSUE NO 3 : EDITORIAL

VALENTINE’S DAY

Every February, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite.
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that in ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification and fertility.
Valentine’s Day is about love…………

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.
Make February the time for love, loving yourselves, your families, your beloved one's, and even your sweet hearts
If you didn’t get to make a start for the New Year, make February the point of the start as every day is not the end it’s only the beginning.
Purify your hearts with love, and make it your way for a better life.

Aseel K. Mahmood

ISSUE NO 3 : OUR WORST FEARS

OUR WORST FEARS

Is sleeping nowadays the hardest thing most of us are trying to accomplish? I thought for a while, is it just me? Or what? I asked and asked but it was not just me; many are experiencing the same thing. Why is that? What is the thing that keeps us awake until (…) o'clock after midnight? Is it Love? Hate? Anger? Wonder? FEAR? Yes, maybe! That is the question...What is my worst fears? What do I fear the most?

I made a poll to dig a little bit inside the psychology of the people around me. The question was “What is your worst fear?”
And the answers were:

Dia A. Sulaibi: My worst fear is not to be able to do every thing I wish to do in my lifetime. It is a real fear because I don’t think I will be able to do everything anyway.

Renia Isaac: The worst fear is to lose your loved ones (family and friends).

Sa’ad Ali: To be alone, God I am already scared.

Ali Ibraheem Assal: Future is the thing that most scares me.

Zahraa Jasmine: I think the worst fear is seeing someone you love on deathbed.

Israa A. Ameen: My worst fears is to witness my failure in anything whether it is personal or in my career.

Aseel K. Mahmood: Commitment is my worst fear.

Norah Amro: I fear that my family won’t be proud of me one day as they are now.

Hala H. Zanynal: My worst fear is fear itself; fear of seeing the people I love die before I do.


Let me my dear readers give you my own psychological assessment. I think that most of your fears came out of LOVE and the fears you have concerning your beloved ones and that’s what makes us humans and of course, what makes life worth living and friends like you guys worth finding.


Written by:
Hala Hikmet