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01.27.07 vote on the bloggies!
My dear and delightful friend, Maryam, has had her dear and
delightful blog,
My Marrakesh, nominated in the
2007 Bloggies and she's made it to the finals under the "Best African
or Middle Eastern Weblog" category because her blog is made entirely of
win and casts a spell with every post. Spend a few minutes reading her
blog and I guarantee you'll start looking up airline ticket prices to
Morocco. In fact, I defy you -- DEFY YOU -- not to fall into a trance
when you read about
the house
she and her family are building
(including a
guest house!), the
exotic
beauty and
mystery of
her
adopted
land, all the
Moroccan-inspired designs she
sees
here and
there,
amazing and
fascinating tales of her life, or, my favorite, posts
about
her wonderful husband and
two
children kissed by starlight.
And possibly, develop a small crush on her. Because seriously, how can you
not love someone who writes:
We found a family living in our backyard yesterday. I know
that might be hard to believe but stranger things have happened. I once
had a call about a single Moroccan mother who had given birth at a
hospital and had nowhere to go. I visited with some friends and found
Rahma all alone with nothing but the clothes she was wearing. Her baby was
wrapped in a towel. I called my husband, and told him to please buy
newborn diapers. And so off they both came to live with us for several
weeks until we found a long-term home for them. Rahma asked me to name her
baby for her, and I named her Noor, which means light. We
still visit Rahma and Noor often, and they are both doing really well. Sad
story, happy ending. Don't you just love those?
And so now back to the family living in our back yard. Well
their plight is considerably less complex because, you see, they are a
family of hedgehogs. Another single mother, I am afraid. (What is it with
these irresponsible males?) Here is a picture of the two hedgehog babies
lounging at our place. The Mom is near by, never fear. So sweet. We are
taking donations -- so please send hardboiled eggs by email. Shoukran
bazzef.
--
Morocco: family lost and found
So won't you please check out her blog and then
cast a vote for
her?
(Also, if you're looking for some good blogs to add to
your blogroll, the bloggies are a great way to find some terrific daily reading.
Several of my other daily reads/favorites are also nominated, and in some
cases, nominated for multiple categories:
Dooce,
Go Fug Yourself,
Treehugger,
PostSecret,
Not Martha, and
Daily Kos.)
(link this post)
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