http://www.karimisms.com/blog Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:12:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en -1- Carpe diem She said to seize the day when I found her smiling back at me on my computer screen I wanted to seize the day and be with her I wanted  to be with her but I had to seize something else my feelings  my smiles my anticipation that maybe just maybe one day I would meet this beauty wrapped in tender sweetness and smart wit she ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/12/09/love-poems/ Free until it hurts We could come up with many reasons tom be thankful this upcoming “American” holiday, although, one previlage rises above all others. We could be thankful for our family and friends, who take us as we are, and who love us despite our shortcomings. We could be thankful for ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/12/09/thanksgiving/ Peace and love should not be considered radical ideas. As fourteen Arab delegates converge on Washington this week to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the world holds its breath…or does it? There is not denying that if the debate over land and refugees is settled, and if the Palestinians and the Israelis ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/12/09/peace-and-love/ Another Holiday season looms around the corner with all of its “family” this and “family” that. But what do you do if your family is no longer the traditional one? If you choose to look at it negatively, then please stop reading right now, and turn the page. ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/10/19/single-holiday/ My peace is struggling To be heard To be seen In the midst of violence In the midst of killing Wanting to be warm In a shivering world My peace is loud Like a whisper In the dark, quite night No one is listening Despite the pain Despite the anguish Despite the screams That no one can hear My peace is heavy Like ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/10/19/peace-in-my-world/ Did you go to moon? Did you fly by a palm tree? Swaying to music of the night, Like a ballerina, liberated and free? Did you land on a star? Did you see the critters near and far? Chirping like a rock and roll band, With drums, a keyboard and a guitar? Did you climb Mount Everest? Did you ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/06/27/did-you-go-to-the-moon/ “Karim, you don’t bike, you cycle.” That was the advice of Portico editor Julie Keith as I prepared for my first bike ride ever this past summer. The Salvation Army Century Ride started smoothly. Hundreds of cyclists took off from East Birmingham towards Springville. My Samford group and I were ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-not-a-cyclist/ Newsroom Memories: I worked as a photojournalist at the Birmingham Post-Herald, which seized publication this past Friday, from 1990 to 1995. I had a keen sense of sadness on Friday, at the same time; I tried to recount some highlights from my tenure at the “newspaper”. Call me crazy, ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/06/27/newspaper-memories/ I am often asked to speak about being an Arab in a not-a-good-time-to-be-an-Arab age. When I do I always struggle with the opening joke. A friend of mine came to me rescue at a conference in Dallas. “Tell them a camel joke,” he said, with all seriousness ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/06/27/arabian-minsconceptions/ Hope is quite like a butterfly wing, Or wild flowers playing a silent symphony, in the calm wind. Hope feeds our souls. It is as gentle as a dew drop. It makes me strong, brave, and proud; It makes me never stop. Hope is humble like a mustard seed, it moves mountains with its tiny might, a courageous deed. Hope is a ... http://www.karimisms.com/blog/2007/06/27/poem-hope/