In a small town in Texas, today is a hectic yet happy day for all it's 800 residents!
The town of Crawford is on it's heels and toes for a very important wedding taking place today, the wedding of their most famous son's daughter; Jenna Bush, the daughter of US President George Bush!
Here's a glimpse of what the town is like and what's all the excitement looks like:

Gift shops are selling ceramic mugs with a picture of Jenna and her soon-to-be hubby Henry. They're also selling magnets, mouse-pads and teddy bears commemorating the event! Other shops are giving away punch and wedding cake today. And an 18-foot angel statue that overlooks the main intersection in town is wearing a white veil and holding a bouquet of flowers! Cute!

A scary thing happened in a small town in Texas a couple of days ago; a sinkhole appeared in the ground and swallowed everything above it!
The sinkhole, which is a hole formed in the ground when the surface of the ground collapses, started on Wednesday when the soil started to sink in and managed to swallow up anything in it's way!
Until today, it's grown into a huge crater (183m X 46m) and has swallowed oil tanks and barrels, tires, telephone poles and several vehicles. Today, it has closed in on the surrounding houses around it!
Residents of Daisetta watched as trees and cars that were close to the mouth of the crater tumbled in!

Omar Khayrat is a name that carries connotations of great talent and creativity no matter where you go in the world and whilst political Ambassadors often give their countries a bad name Omar Khayrat has done nothing but bring pride to the entire Arab world. His audiences in Abu Dhabi were keen to show their appreciation of his greatness as they greeted his entrance to the stage with warm applause. As always he did not disappoint.

It is sometimes healthy to ask yourself ‘would I have done the right thing?’ when you see a noble act committed. And I couldn’t help but ask myself that exact question when I hear about the two migrant workers who found a bag containing 400,000 dirhams in cash and 1,700,000 in blank cheques whilst cleaning Ajman City Centre. The worker who found the bag immediately handed it in to security who gave it in to the police!

Umm Kalthoum is admittedly a legendary and internationally acknowledged artist and it is hard to put a price on such talent and such creativity. However, when one is presented with an item that once belonged to someone awe inspiring like Umm Kalthoum it is hard not to want to own it. An unknown UAE resident was put under the spell of Umm Kalthoum’s pearl necklace that was once presented to her by the late Sheikh Zayed and paid a hefty 5.1 million dirhams ($1.39 million) for it at a Dubai auction!

Somehow the world has adapted to working with GMT as the universal time standard, even TV channels use it! However, at a recent conference in Saudi Arabia some Muslim scholars decided that we should all scrap GMT and adopt Saudi time as Mecca is the true center of the Earth. The reasons for this are endless including the fact that as Muslims we face that direction at least five times a day for prayer and that Mecca is actually in perfect alignment with magnetic north. To be honest, and as a devout Muslim, I truly disagree. GMT has been around forever and now is not the time to change it! Obviously Mecca has it’s importance to us all as Muslims, but it is important as a religious item and not a geographical location.

Any of you who have read my previous article on Facebook will know that I simply love it, but there are a lot of people out there who find Facebook to be a killer. Literally, In Saudi Arabia quite a while ago a woman was beaten and shot to death after she was caught using Facebook to chat with men –obviously a big no-no. Many have been unhappy about the use of the social networking site in Saudi Arabia especially Ali Al-Maliki who has clarified that he feels that Facebook is a ‘is a door to lust’.

We have all heard of the legendary concept of ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’ and this concept is implemented in some countries around the world. Well the Mayor of Easter Island claims that the ear of a Finnish tourist should be cut off as he broke of the ear of a priceless and ancient Moai statue!
The tourist attempted to get a piece of the statue, which is carved out of volcanic rock, as a souvenir.

The appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American Supreme Court Judge in 1967 was a mile stone for African American’s everywhere, and today women are experiencing a similar breakthrough in the UAE. On Wednesday the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa appointed Kholoud Ahmad Jouan Al-Dhaheri as a judge in the Emirates. This was a first in the UAE but not in the Arab world after for example Bahrain also appointed a female judge not too long ago.

Last Sunday, which was Easter in the Western world, was a very important day for a certain Egyptian Journalist … he was christened by Pope Benedict himself!
But … the story isn’t that … it’s the truth about this journalist.
Journalist Majdi Allam, who has been living in Rome for the past 35 years and is the co-editor of the famous Italian newspaper Corriere De La Sera, was a Muslim at one point and then decided to convert to Christianity!
This guy has been called numerous times before as Egyptian, Muslim (a thing of the past), Italian and get ready for this, Zionist!
At first, I thought this converting thing was a shock, but no … the Zionist part is the real shocker!

These are some photos from the horrific car accident which happened the day before yesterday on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai Highway resulting so far in 3 deaths and more than 340 injuries.

Our hearts go out to all the families of the deceased ... May God be with them all ...

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Who would think that something beautiful and powerful can be created from the wreckage of the September 11 tragedy? A vision and thorough planning makes it all possible, as demonstrated in the new US Navy warship. This ship is created using the metal from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. The christening of the USS New York was held last Saturday. As can be expected, thousands of people attended the event and most them are the families of the victims of the 9/11 tragedy.

Dubai likes to have the tallest, biggest and strangest of everything and they seem to be spreading this prospect to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ever famous Prince Waleed Bin Talal has asked for bidders to build the ‘Mile High Tower’ in Jeddah. We have heard of the Mile High Club –and I will not go into details about that- but what is the ‘Mile High Tower’?! Well basically it is an architectural wonder that is 1,600 meters high and that will officially be crowned the highest building in the world. And the cost for this beautiful building? $10 billion!

Many of you will have heard the story of Saudi blogger Fouad El Farhan who was arrested and taken into custody without knowing exactly what he was being charged with. It may sound bizarre but Fouad has a blog on which he continuously calls for governmental reform and comments of event such as the imprisonment of nine fellow governmental reformists. The sad news is that according to his mother Fouad has been placed in solitary confinement and is questioned daily.