Season of Migration to the North – Al-Tayyib Saleh

My rating: 3 3/4 out of 5 Season of Migration to the North is a mysterious novel by the well-known Sudanese writer, Al-Tayyib Saleh. It was originally written in Arabic, but is translated into English and French (I read the English version). It tells the tale of a young Sudanese man who had come back [...]

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My new blog, The School Episode

I’ve started a new blog yesterday called The School Episode which will be about my experiences and opinions in grade nine. I’ll be covering topics like bullying, friends and cliques. visit The School Episode

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Hanging out in Cliques and Groups

I have recently read a kids’health.org article about how cliques make kids feel left out. It comes to the conclusion that not all groups are friends. A clique is a restricted group where there is always a leader and you can’t be accepted into it unless you follow certain rules and share the opinions of [...]

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Four BBC sites for young people

Here are 4 BBC sites I’ve discovered that you may like: Blast Blast is a BBC site for young people interested in art and design, dance, film, music, writing, games or fashion. Each category has a sub-site where you can discuss topics related to your interests, read about events, see submissions by other young people [...]

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Free papers at printablepaper.net

Have you ever needed graph paper for school or music paper? If so, then you’ll love printablepaper.net, where you can download hundreds of detailed types of paper such as lined paper, dot paper, score sheets, hexagon graph paper and much more. It is very simple to download papers: just click on the type of paper [...]

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How to access blocked YouTube (without Proxy)

YouTube has been blocked in Sudan since July 22nd for various reasons. People using ISP of the national telecom for connectivity such as Sudani and Zain cannot access YouTube, but Canar Telecom users seem to have no problems accessing the site. Blocking YouTube prevents people from expressing their opinion online, and not everybody visits YouTube [...]

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The Film Club – David Gilmour

Title: The Film Club Author: David Gilmour Genre: non-fiction Could you imagine a father who lets his teenage son drop out of school as long as he watches 3 movies a week? That’s what David Gilmour, a re-married former film critic did. His 15-year old son, Jesse, a heavy smoker and drinker, is miserable at [...]

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Which is better: e-book or print?

  There’s a NY Times article called Online, R U Really Reading?, which centers around a 15-year old called Nadia who shows no interest in books whenever her mother takes her and her younger sister to the library. Instead, she prefers to to chat online, watch music videos on YouTube, and post and read stories [...]

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Ratatouille (2007)

Directed by: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava (co-director) Starring: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter O’Toole my rating: 5/5 Ratatouille is a Walt Disney Pixar animation that follows a story of a rat called Remy who dreams of becoming a chef and loves to enjoy the pleasure [...]

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Camp Rock (2008)

Camp Rock, which is supposed to be the next High School Musical, stars our favorite band, the Jonas Brothers, and Demi Lovato, a new rising star. Mitchie (Demi Lovato) is a talented musician who’d love to go to a music summer camp called Camp Rock. Her mother can’t afford it, but she decides to do [...]

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Cool plug-ins for Windows Live Writer

Visit gallery.live to download Windows Live Writer plug-ins and goodies such as inserting files, Digg, what you’re listening to on itunes, facebook photos, emoticons, related posts and much more. If you’re using WLW, you’ve got to see this. Visit the WLW plug-ins gallery

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New to Blogging? (updated)

If you are a newbie at the blogosphere or you’ve recently created a blog, here are some tips and links (chosen by me) to help you get started in blogging: What is a Blog? Take the Blogger Tour What is a Blog? Blogging service The most popular blogging services are Blogger and WordPress. Both are [...]

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The Secret

Author: Rhonda Byrne I’ve heard about The Secret on Oprah. After some time I received it as a gift… Must be the “law of attraction”. I must admit that the book looks very attractive. The Da Vinci style paper, the cursive font for the title, and the glossiness… It just looks gorgeous! Within hours after [...]

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The Foundation for a Better Life

The Foundation for a Better Life is a non-profit organization that promotes personal values such as honesty, responsibility etc. that benefit people and make the world a better place. I found out about this organization after watching their moving ads on CNN, then I checked the site. Visit forbetterlife.org to be inspired through stories, quotes [...]

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Murder on the Orient Express

Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Detective Fiction My rating: 5/5 In Murder on the Orient Express, a brutal killing takes place, the train is stuck in a snow bank and everybody is trapped. Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express on his way from Syria. A man named Samuel Ratchett, comes up to the Belgian detective [...]

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