Archive for January, 2008
Thana’s Blog: Visiting the Iraq National Library & Archive
Today is 15th January. Our student 2nd class visited today the Iraq National Library & Archive. They had not visited it before so they were happy to discover this library. The tour was excellent. Dr. Saad Eskandar and his employees are very nice and cooperative. My students liked most the preservation workshop, and [...]
Abdulateef’s Blog: the Arrival to Boston & the dream that became true…
Hi all colleagues & friends …
This is Khairi, Abdulateef Hashim – I’ll talk here about the arrival to Boston. After a very tiring trip and lots of suffering, we arrived to Boston. When we arrived to Boston airport (as I have said before), & finished some small paperwork & passport check, we went [...]
Falah’s Blog: Happy New Year
This is Rashid, Falah, from the Iraqi group that participated in the training sponsored by Simmons College, which was held in Amman and UAE. I am now a student in PhD program in GSLIS at Simmons College (with my colleague Abdul lateef). Hello for all.
I am happy for the participation of friends and colleagues [...]
Abdulateef’s Blog: From Baghdad to Boston, the suffering, difficult & tiring trip
Hi there
This is Khairi, Abdulateef Hashim, I’d like to talk here about our trip, & what we had faced on it.
After we finished the papers in our University, & all related things, we start the “happy – sad “ times. As you know, as much as we were happy that we had finished all [...]
Abdulateef’s Blog: Arranging to Study in Boston
Hi all,
This is Khairi, Abdulateef (or Khairy, Abdul latif as you knew me from my old Blogs). As some of you know me, I am from Baghdad-Iraq. I am a university professor in Al-Mustansiriyah in Baghdad, & I am now at Simmons College for my PhD studies (along with my colleague Falah).
I’d like [...]
Thana’s Blog: Happy New Year
Happy new year for everybody in Simmons college. I hope for them a new year full of achievement.
And good luck for Falah & Latif, they are 2 good men. I am sure they will do there best to get PHD from Simmons, it is big challenge…we will be proud of them……..hope to follow them…INSHALLAH! [...]
Thana’s Blog: Memories of Eid
Hiiii
EID Mabrouk for everyone. I hope it will be a real Eid someday when Iraq is safe.
At Eid I can see my childhood, Thana, with 2 long pigtails, jumping from place to place, happy with new wear (clothes) and eidieah (mean money) for children to spend.
Eid was different when I become a mother, because of [...]
