One of the best things I have started in 2017 was blogging or in other words writing.
Writing has always been my best hobby and though I didn’t keep anything of what I wrote when I was young, I remember very well that writing was not hard, boring or odd for me; simply because I love writing and I write what I love.
At university, I mainly studied English Language and literature but we also used to study Arabic literature and grammar as a main part of the BA programme. One day our Arabic literature lecturer asked us to write a free piece, anything we like, as one of our main tasks and promised that extra marks would be added to the mark we got at our Arabic exam. This wasn’t everything, he also promised that the best five or six (can’t remember the exact number) pieces would be published in his book which we would study that year (of course as appendix). So there were no worries about being marked down or getting a fail, just a page or half, but it had to be done before our next lecture; We all were so pleased and thought that was a brilliant idea, wasn’t it?
I did not care that mine would be one of those chosen pieces; honestly I believed that our lecturer would never read all of our writings; I just wondered what to write but finally I decided to write about my father.
At the beginning of that year, my father passed away, and so I wrote about death, the final fate that we cannot change or escape. I wondered if one has a choice either to die before or after his/her beloved ones, what he/she would choose. I thought of my father and believed that he would have willingly chosen that same time because he loved us.
Before the following lecture, and as promised, the book was available and five pieces were added at the end; mine was one of them. I was totally surprised, delighted and nervous, too nervous indeed; I was surprised because I didn’t make any great effort in that piece, and delighted because my writing was one of the best, and nervous because I became popular, everybody started asking about me, including our lecturer who hadn’t known any of our names before, and I wished I could hide under the desk for the rest of that day.
I have no idea how far my writing will go, but I believe it’s a wonderful gift.
Wishing you all the best,
Nahla
Let’s keep blogging Nahla and share our world with the world.
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Yes that’s wonderful.
Thanks for reading Arlene and comment
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Yes, it is… May the New Year bring much inspiration your way..
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Thank you so much
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Great post! ❤
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Thank you
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That is just wonderful Nahla, you write excellently so I am so happy for you, that your writing was included and given the praise it so deserves.. Sending best wishes for 2018 and may your writing continue to blossom. 😀
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Thanks so much
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How wonderful for you!! That’s awesome! You said that you were surprised because you didn’t make any great effort on that piece. I have found that some of my best pieces, at least the pieces that people seem to like the most are the ones that I just whipped up in like 5 minutes with no effort. THAT’S when you know you are truly writing from the heart. When it just flows like that. It doesn’t happen for me often, but when it does, it’s just magic! Just keep doing what you do. It’s wonderful! 🙂
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Thanks so much, that was long long time ago. And yes, what comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Thanks so much for reading and your comment
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Oh, Nahla. This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this story with us, and your caring for your Dad. ❤ Blessings, Debbie
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Thanks Debbie so much for your kind words. I like reading your posts too.
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🙂 🙂
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Nice😊
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Thank you
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Keep writing and be happy
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Thank you
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