<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:41:45.106-08:00</updated><category term='Mahdi Abdullah Murad'/><category term='student eye'/><category term='AUI-S'/><category term='Plaigiarism'/><category term='restroom'/><category term='American Academy'/><category term='Honesty.'/><category term='MobiCash'/><category term='Bank Ashur'/><category term='Asia Cell'/><category term='$100 fee'/><category term='accreditation'/><category term='auis dorms'/><category term='David Thurdmon'/><category term='The US Task Force'/><category term='Jeffrey A. Martineau.'/><category term='Referencing'/><category term='problems.'/><title type='text'>Mahdi's Memoirs</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-8773444447132699967</id><published>2011-04-25T16:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T16:39:02.602-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Future Leaders Should be Responsible Now</title><summary type='text'>
 by Mahdi Abdulla Murad
Kurdistan is goi through very difficult times. Every day we hear about the sad news coming from the different parts of Kurdistan. I won't take much of your time by counting the atrocities and violations of human rights happened in the past weeks again, I want to speak about another sad news: AUI-S's arranging a party while Sulaimai is on fire.


  We have parties in our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/8773444447132699967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/future-leaders-should-be-responsible.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8773444447132699967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8773444447132699967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/future-leaders-should-be-responsible.html' title='Future Leaders Should be Responsible Now'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RnCsWFjIK-Y/TbYBljnMRtI/AAAAAAAAATU/UR2BuO2Ud9c/s72-c/mahdi.blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7113841448247405240</id><published>2011-04-20T02:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T11:12:42.917-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Qalawa Refugee Camp: Photos speak the terrible story.</title><summary type='text'>﻿﻿﻿ by Mahdi Abdullah
 Photos by Kurdistan Fatih

 The camp itself is dozens of ramshackle houses that have been erected over a large dirt field. Almost nine thousand families live in the camp. Public services are in a poor state. The sun-burned, rough-looking faces of the children and adults testify to the daily hardship of their lives.

The camp is populated by Arab families that fled violence </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7113841448247405240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/qalawa-refugee-camp-photos-speak.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7113841448247405240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7113841448247405240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/qalawa-refugee-camp-photos-speak.html' title='Qalawa Refugee Camp: Photos speak the terrible story.'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KmL4I8c4Th0/TQjJY5LRn-I/AAAAAAAAAXE/FSGS6jyKKRY/s72-c/DSC_0073.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4205365104773970753</id><published>2011-04-20T01:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T02:00:22.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Forty-five new students enroll for Spring Semester</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdullah Murad 
AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter

This new academic semester, a large number of new students will join the AUI-S Academic program. Fortyfive new students enrolled at AUI-S. Also, a large group of the students celebrated their graduation ceremony from the English Writing Program and Language Institute (EWPLI) into the Academic program.

A group of 53 students successfully passed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4205365104773970753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/forty-five-new-students-enroll-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4205365104773970753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4205365104773970753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/04/forty-five-new-students-enroll-for.html' title='Forty-five new students enroll for Spring Semester'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7795712081743315156</id><published>2011-03-06T06:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T06:23:12.504-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S first Business Club kicks off with $1,000 US competition</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad 

AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter

AUI-S Voice

A group of students at the AUI-S have established a business club in order to help educate students about the latest business practices and developments in the world.


The founders of the AUI-S Business Club say one of the major aims is to get students involved in business activities so that they can get a chance to practice what</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7795712081743315156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/03/by-mahdi-abdullah-murad-aui-s-voice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7795712081743315156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7795712081743315156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/03/by-mahdi-abdullah-murad-aui-s-voice.html' title='AUI-S first Business Club kicks off with $1,000 US competition'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3eBOngixLxU/TXOXqFs8TsI/AAAAAAAAATM/Qf-2NWZYP8E/s72-c/Business%252520club-s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4659048405171250428</id><published>2011-02-05T06:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T06:12:45.339-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Waste Around Chicago</title><summary type='text'>

Students in Burley School in Chicago created a digital storytelling under the title, “waste Around Chicago.” They photographed those materials that are disposable; those materials that have been thrown away by people after they have been used once only. Those students make a lot of slogans to advise people in order not to throw away the used materials. “do not throw away our earth,’ this is one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4659048405171250428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/02/waste-around-chicago_05.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4659048405171250428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4659048405171250428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/02/waste-around-chicago_05.html' title='Waste Around Chicago'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3731028793922389738</id><published>2011-01-21T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T14:37:57.400-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's Get Ready, 100 are Coming!</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad Student Eye
Last week, Timothy Doyle told us that AUI-S will be accepting another 100 students for the spring semester. 

Indeed AUI-S should be the home for the brilliant students of this country, but can THIS AUI-S accept another 100?



We can figure out the answer by examining the capacity dormitories, classes, cafeteria, computer labs, and toilets. 

Bear with me for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3731028793922389738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/lets-get-ready-100-are-coming.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3731028793922389738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3731028793922389738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/lets-get-ready-100-are-coming.html' title='Let&apos;s Get Ready, 100 are Coming!'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TToJI7ge7TI/AAAAAAAAATE/u5hOjy8B5pE/s72-c/DSC_2336.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6415332926093352615</id><published>2011-01-17T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T04:52:43.608-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Metcalf's law and the Network Effect</title><summary type='text'>﻿ 

Photo courtesy of google
﻿ by Mahdi Abdullah Murad

Bob Metcalfe, who is the owner of the Metcalfe’s law, offers some insights about the value of communication and social network. According to Metcalfe’s law, the growth in number of the internet and computer users is affecting the value of communication network. The law demonstrates a clear ideological framework to think about social networks</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6415332926093352615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/metcalfs-law-and-network-effect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6415332926093352615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6415332926093352615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/metcalfs-law-and-network-effect.html' title='Metcalf&apos;s law and the Network Effect'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TTQ7ChNklfI/AAAAAAAAATA/c1_WEZy_Jrc/s72-c/225px-Robert_Metcalfe_National_Medal_of_Technology.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5186626982751353241</id><published>2011-01-17T02:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T02:27:39.522-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Telemedicine—The present of Iraq</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad

When I was level 4, my writing instructor brought us an article that talked about telemedicine. I couldn’t quite understand what did telemedicine mean, so I directly went to www.dictionary.Com and found this definition, “the diagnosis and treatment of patients in remote areas using Medical information, as x-rays or television pictures, transmitted over long distances, esp</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5186626982751353241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/telemedicinethe-present-of-iraq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5186626982751353241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5186626982751353241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2011/01/telemedicinethe-present-of-iraq.html' title='Telemedicine—The present of Iraq'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5241574110465634084</id><published>2010-12-07T05:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T05:30:26.525-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S tries to provide good life for Qalawa refugees</title><summary type='text'>
by Mahdi Abdullah Murad 
AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter
http://www.auisvoice.org/

A group of AUI-S students, instructors and staff members visited the Qalawa camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 23 to offer donations such as clothes, blankets and bags to the camp residents. The camp is populated by Arab families that fled violence in other parts of Iraq at the peak of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5241574110465634084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/12/aui-s-tries-to-provide-good-life-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5241574110465634084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5241574110465634084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/12/aui-s-tries-to-provide-good-life-for.html' title='AUI-S tries to provide good life for Qalawa refugees'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TP41zOvrvdI/AAAAAAAAASw/-o6JiesMoIk/s72-c/Refugees.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6332708869954827196</id><published>2010-12-07T05:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T05:33:23.492-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S Dorm Students Relieved: Rona Motel is Good and Manolya Hotel is Getting Better</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad

After the shocking reports of Stuednt Eye blog on the bad situation of AUI-S dorm students at Manolya Hotel, the AUI-S Administration, mainly Dr. James Harrigan, the Academic Dean of Students, decided to take action.
A new apartment, Rona Motel, on the 60th street near to the AUI-S campus, was rented. 24 of the students at Manolya chose to go to the new hotel and 31 </summary><link rel='related' href='http://auisstudent.blogspot.com/2010/12/by-mahdi-abdullah-murad-after-shocking.html?spref=bl' title='AUI-S Dorm Students Relieved: Rona Motel is Good and Manolya Hotel is Getting Better'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6332708869954827196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/12/student-eye-aui-s-dorm-students.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6332708869954827196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6332708869954827196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/12/student-eye-aui-s-dorm-students.html' title='AUI-S Dorm Students Relieved: Rona Motel is Good and Manolya Hotel is Getting Better'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-8161942396452528152</id><published>2010-11-24T17:22:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T02:14:27.655-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plaigiarism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mahdi Abdullah Murad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Referencing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Honesty.'/><title type='text'>How Much Can We  Learn From Referencing?</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad   
The first essential point behind referencing for any official documents is that it helps us avoid plagiarizing. We all know that plagiarizing is something just not acceptable. It is something that ruins your personality. Like it has been said, “Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.” When you plagiarize, you really destroy yourself and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/8161942396452528152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-much-we-can-learn-from-referencing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8161942396452528152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8161942396452528152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-much-we-can-learn-from-referencing.html' title='How Much Can We  Learn From Referencing?'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-1802337016612476859</id><published>2010-11-12T05:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-12T05:44:44.125-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Podcast &amp; Videocast</title><summary type='text'>Summarizing the video
The vedeo explains the way of converting a scanned image to a text file. According to the video, there are three steps to complete this process. The three steps are: Downloading the ocrtool softwar, opening the scanned document via the Microsoft and save it, and getting an image in the ocrtool.

 Do you think this videocast is more effective than a podcast?  Why? 

Although </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/1802337016612476859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/podcast-videocast.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1802337016612476859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1802337016612476859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/podcast-videocast.html' title='Podcast &amp; Videocast'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-8850628567910975812</id><published>2010-11-05T04:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T05:42:53.999-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student eye'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restroom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mahdi Abdullah Murad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='$100 fee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='problems.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auis dorms'/><title type='text'>Manolya Dormitory, Photos Speak the Shameful Truth</title><summary type='text'> by Mahdi Abdullah Murad - Student Eye

The daily problems AUI-S students face at Manolya dormitory, is only a demonstration of the unplanned, unprepared and negligent policy making at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. 
We tried not to show these images online, because there was still a hope to change the hurting scenes. But now, and after weeks of suffer and passion, We know no other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/8850628567910975812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/manolya-dormitory-photos-speak-shameful.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8850628567910975812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8850628567910975812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/manolya-dormitory-photos-speak-shameful.html' title='Manolya Dormitory, Photos Speak the Shameful Truth'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TNPleBtRUnI/AAAAAAAAASo/Ptq8fViFXiM/s72-c/awdast.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3888160658820062212</id><published>2010-11-04T03:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T03:32:06.957-07:00</updated><title type='text'>P O D C A S T I N G</title><summary type='text'>What is podcast?A podcast is a series of either audio or video files that have been recorded, then downloaded via the websites. Basically, it is accessing media files over the internet. How did it start?Podcasting emerged in the public in late 2004. The apple company has dramatic impact in extending what is so-called podcast by releasing iTunes 4.9 that was a real native support for the podcast </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3888160658820062212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/p-o-d-c-s-t-i-n-g.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3888160658820062212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3888160658820062212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/p-o-d-c-s-t-i-n-g.html' title='P O D C A S T I N G'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TNKLWdBXY0I/AAAAAAAAASM/LTHHBKg0OKQ/s72-c/thumbnail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6992651267281937166</id><published>2010-10-21T03:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T09:12:07.535-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asia Cell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mahdi Abdullah Murad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Thurdmon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The US Task Force'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AUI-S'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MobiCash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bank Ashur'/><title type='text'>MobiCash starts mobile payment for AUI-S students</title><summary type='text'> ﻿ by  Mahdi Abdullah Murad﻿﻿    AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter      www.auisvoice.org            
The AUIS students were the first of first in experiencing the most advanced technology.The US Task Force for Business and Stability Operation, which focuses on the economic development in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is currently working in providing a cutting-edge technology within AUI-S that is called </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6992651267281937166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/10/b-y-mahdi-abdullah-murad-aui-s-voice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6992651267281937166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6992651267281937166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/10/b-y-mahdi-abdullah-murad-aui-s-voice.html' title='MobiCash starts mobile payment for AUI-S students'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TMA8h-1Z6pI/AAAAAAAAASE/wyOrkSbxN-M/s72-c/DSC_0837.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-2683504955835524884</id><published>2010-10-17T00:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T04:39:37.314-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summary of the Ray Kurzweil's presentation on, "How technology will transform us?"</title><summary type='text'>

Ray Kurzweil- photo courtesy of google 

by Mahdi Abdullah MuradIn a presentation given by Ray Kurzweil under the title, “how technology will transform us?”,  Kurzweil addressed his views about different grounds of the technology that is experienced and will be faced in the future such us, overcoming the disease and poverty, the evolutionary process of the technology, the acceleration of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/2683504955835524884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/10/summary-of-ray-kurzweil-on-how.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2683504955835524884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2683504955835524884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/10/summary-of-ray-kurzweil-on-how.html' title='Summary of the Ray Kurzweil&apos;s presentation on, &quot;How technology will transform us?&quot;'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TLqr6jDwbYI/AAAAAAAAAR4/7akKCOSSnTI/s72-c/Kurzweil_Singularity.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7429426656405374423</id><published>2010-09-05T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T05:12:41.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On Dashnye Daloye's Interview - We Need an American University!</title><summary type='text'>by Mahdi Abdullah Murad 
http://www.auisstudent.blogspot.com/

In an interview given to Niqash website and published in many other Kurdish media, Dashne Daloye, the student affairs director, said that AUI-S students are not used to freedom and absence of fear. While supporting Ms. Daloye in her thesis, I would like to say something more on the issue. 


The first time I heard about opening a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7429426656405374423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/09/on-dashnye-daloyes-interview-we-need.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7429426656405374423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7429426656405374423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/09/on-dashnye-daloyes-interview-we-need.html' title='On Dashnye Daloye&apos;s Interview - We Need an American University!'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TJISarVM2UI/AAAAAAAAARI/atidb2etBvc/s72-c/m....blog+pictures.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-1087250526595128152</id><published>2010-09-05T05:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T05:14:42.928-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To Jackie Spinner: Goodbye my lovely adviser</title><summary type='text'>﻿ 


Jackie and I 
﻿ by Mahdi Abdullah

Jackie Spinner, who was the first AUIS Voice Adviser, left AUI-S for good on Sep 1,2010. Spinner came to AUI-S last year and started working as an Adviser for the AUIS Voice Newspaper, which is the first Independent University Student Newspaper in Iraq. Although she worked at AUI-S for less than one year, Spinner could help so many AUI-S students to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/1087250526595128152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/09/to-jackie-spinner-goodbye-my-lovely.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1087250526595128152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1087250526595128152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/09/to-jackie-spinner-goodbye-my-lovely.html' title='To Jackie Spinner: Goodbye my lovely adviser'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TJITN8pzOfI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ia9g1FsGckI/s72-c/%245975.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4512678172720960578</id><published>2010-08-28T23:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T05:58:07.929-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The $400</title><summary type='text'>
By Mahdi Abdulla Murad
www.auisstudent.blogspot.com

July 28, 2010, was one of the happiest days in my life for I got a job after almost a month of looking forward to finding it. I was happy more than anyone else because I had planned to do so many things with that small amount of money that I would get via working and to save at least some money for my next year study. 

Unfortunately, my plan </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4512678172720960578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/08/400.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4512678172720960578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4512678172720960578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/08/400.html' title='The $400'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TJIUPDyA-eI/AAAAAAAAARY/8DFlG3oV3Bw/s72-c/m....blog+pictures.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7120092091685803657</id><published>2010-08-01T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T06:01:53.779-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S, Unique Teaching &amp;Learning Institution in Iraq \ Kurdistan-Sulaimani</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdullah Murad
“About a month ago, while traveling in northern Iraq, I happened to visit in the same afternoon what my co-traveler Reuel Gerecht called “the best thing I’ve seen in the Middle East in 25 years,” as well as traces of the worst thing that happened there over the same period of time. Those two things are, respectively, the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7120092091685803657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/08/aui-s-unique-learning-institution-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7120092091685803657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7120092091685803657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/08/aui-s-unique-learning-institution-in.html' title='AUI-S, Unique Teaching &amp;Learning Institution in Iraq \ Kurdistan-Sulaimani'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TJIVGX4ZTPI/AAAAAAAAARo/GLf2UAeK4gg/s72-c/m....blog+pictures.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6439047870096706877</id><published>2010-07-28T06:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-23T03:55:55.494-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeffrey A. Martineau.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American Academy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accreditation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AUI-S'/><title type='text'>AUI-S receives accreditation from American liberal arts academy</title><summary type='text'>                                                       By Mahdi Abdullah Murad



AUI-S Voice Staff Reporterhttp://www.auisvoice.org/ 

‘We are now on an equal status with them,’ John Agresto
AUI-S passed one of the most significant moments in its history after it was accredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education, a national accrediting body certified by the U.S. Department of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6439047870096706877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/07/aui-s-receives-accreditation-from.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6439047870096706877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6439047870096706877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/07/aui-s-receives-accreditation-from.html' title='AUI-S receives accreditation from American liberal arts academy'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TJsw8996W6I/AAAAAAAAARw/HESVJ5_L3Zs/s72-c/Ali5%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-2765237254247471186</id><published>2010-06-05T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T06:23:02.284-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Special party full of activities ends long academic year</title><summary type='text'>
By Mahdi Abdulla Murad
AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter
www.auisvoice.org

As a farewell to the academic year, AUI-S threw a party for students May 27 at Oscar Hall in Sulaimani.

“This is the end of the academic year party to celebrate the ending of the year,” said Dashne Daloye, the director of the AUI-S student affairs.
“There are many people leaving, and this is a goodbye for them as well. Also, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/2765237254247471186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-party-full-of-activities-ends.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2765237254247471186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2765237254247471186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-party-full-of-activities-ends.html' title='Special party full of activities ends long academic year'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TAn3Gta_44I/AAAAAAAAAPA/0C9y83QDe6k/s72-c/securedownload_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5542790853049329999</id><published>2010-06-04T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T06:21:56.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chancellor leaves with best wishes to his University</title><summary type='text'>
By Mahdi Abdulla Murad
AUIS Voice Staff Reporter
www.auisvoice.org 
Joshua Mitchell, the acting chancellor of AUI-S, will leave AUI-S for good at the end of this semester. Mitchell said that many wonderful events happened at AUI-S during the nearly two years that he has been the top campus administrator at the University.

“I came here at the beginning of August 2008,” he said. “There were only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5542790853049329999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/06/chancellor-leaves-with-best-wishes-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5542790853049329999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5542790853049329999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/06/chancellor-leaves-with-best-wishes-to.html' title='Chancellor leaves with best wishes to his University'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TAn1-BpXoqI/AAAAAAAAAO4/PhfeU5ZpfHQ/s72-c/Joshua.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5676716215410988180</id><published>2010-05-25T07:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T06:21:19.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fulbright gives hope</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla Murad
AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter
www.auisvoice.org 

The Fulbright Scholarship for foreign students is a two-year study program at one of the U.S. universities, and it is sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

On May 13 at the Administration Building of AUI-S, there was a lecture about this program, and the AUI-S students became more familiar with the program.

R. Madison </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5676716215410988180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/fulbright-gives-hope.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5676716215410988180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5676716215410988180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/fulbright-gives-hope.html' title='Fulbright gives hope'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S_veDjbu75I/AAAAAAAAAOo/mqrQSVrcuRA/s72-c/DSCN1079.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-2067569435586129504</id><published>2010-05-24T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T02:39:30.268-07:00</updated><title type='text'>See the flag of the Great Kurdistan</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nartube.com/049eb3b41c6b80e0cd280495a1b82c53469869b8:19COV9jGXcA.html' title='See the flag of the Great Kurdistan'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/2067569435586129504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/nartube-kurdistan-flag-watch-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2067569435586129504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2067569435586129504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/nartube-kurdistan-flag-watch-video.html' title='See the flag of the Great Kurdistan'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3287010975698133784</id><published>2010-05-16T01:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T01:09:07.909-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sports teams go beyond AUI-S courts</title><summary type='text'> By Mahdi Abdulla MuradAUI-S Voice Staff Reporterwww.auisvoice.orgLast week the AUI-S women’s basketball team, men’s soccer team and women’s soccer team played away games in Koya and Duhok, losing all the matches.The Blue &amp; White played against the University of the Duhok’s women basketball team. AUI-S lost that game 46-16.The AUI-S men’s soccer team lost 4-3 against Koya University, and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3287010975698133784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/sports-teams-go-beyond-aui-s-courts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3287010975698133784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3287010975698133784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/sports-teams-go-beyond-aui-s-courts.html' title='Sports teams go beyond AUI-S courts'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S--nWThJv0I/AAAAAAAAANQ/wRp9IDz2BNw/s72-c/soccer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3704865939838440906</id><published>2010-05-10T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T03:08:46.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Invitation to see beauty of Sulaimani’s nature</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla MuradAUI-S Voice Staff Reporterswww.auisvoice.org On the last day of April, Barham Salih, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the chairman of AUI-S, invited all University teachers, students and faculty members to Azmar Pal- ace Hotel to have lunch.Salih said the purpose behind this picnic was to meet in a relaxing environment and enjoy the beauty of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3704865939838440906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/invitation-to-see-beauty-of-sulaimanis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3704865939838440906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3704865939838440906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/invitation-to-see-beauty-of-sulaimanis.html' title='Invitation to see beauty of Sulaimani’s nature'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S-gO8D0DZHI/AAAAAAAAANI/7h9sTaDWVQE/s72-c/DSC_2464.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-2021759033172830917</id><published>2010-05-10T06:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T06:42:24.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ryan Bubalo: 'We do not play sports just to win'</title><summary type='text'>By Mahi Abdulla Murad AUI-S Voice Staff Reporter www.auisvoice.org  AUI-S held a cooperative sports tournament May 2 against the Sirwan Club represented by the University of Sulaimani. It was the second time this year, after a tournament in April with Karbala University, that the AUI-S sport teams faced players from different schools in a tournament. In this tournament, however, none of the AUI-S</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/2021759033172830917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/ryan-bubalo-we-do-not-play-sports-just.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2021759033172830917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2021759033172830917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/ryan-bubalo-we-do-not-play-sports-just.html' title='Ryan Bubalo: &apos;We do not play sports just to win&apos;'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S-gM7xHAqhI/AAAAAAAAANA/1D_J9guuW_I/s72-c/DSC_0077_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4629237910895354739</id><published>2010-05-02T08:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T07:36:42.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Man's dream comes true by never giving up</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla Murad and Peshawa AhmedAUI-S Voice Staff Reporterswww.auisvoice.org Retired Capt. William Shepherd, a former U.S. astronaut, dreamed of going into space since he was a small child.“It was important for me to go to space,” he said. “In the United States program we had had men in the space for 15 years, so it is something that kids in the United States grow up and want to do.I had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4629237910895354739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/by-mahdi-abdulla-murad-and-peshawa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4629237910895354739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4629237910895354739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/by-mahdi-abdulla-murad-and-peshawa.html' title='Man&apos;s dream comes true by never giving up'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S92V2PSJRWI/AAAAAAAAAMY/4HND28AaNMI/s72-c/DSC_0057%2520%25282%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-1095119858880759924</id><published>2010-05-01T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T08:18:23.085-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Probation makes students work harder</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla MuradAUI-S Voice Staff Reporterwww.auisvoice.org Academic probation is one of the AUI-S policies for those students whose grades are below 75 percent. Students who have 75 percent are not on probation, but those who have 74.9 percent are on probation. Those who are on probation should spend one hour and half each week at one of the Reading, Speaking, and Writing Centers.“Academic</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/1095119858880759924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/probation-makes-students-work-harder.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1095119858880759924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/1095119858880759924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/05/probation-makes-students-work-harder.html' title='Probation makes students work harder'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S92XseHfDvI/AAAAAAAAAMw/iqIz9v-wqhg/s72-c/DSCN0504%2540.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3862271071962753054</id><published>2010-04-21T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T08:16:47.777-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S women dominate tournment</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla Murad and Hussein A. HusseinAUI-S Voice Staff Reporters www.auisvoice.orgFor the first time in the history of AUI-S, sports teams faced players from southern Iraq.The women’s basketball and volleyball teams scored victories. The men’s soccer team lost 3-1, and the women’s soccer team lost 1-0 against Karbala University. The men’s volleyball team lost both its games, while the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3862271071962753054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/04/aui-s-women-dominate-tournment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3862271071962753054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3862271071962753054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/04/aui-s-women-dominate-tournment.html' title='AUI-S women dominate tournment'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S92XUdaFQsI/AAAAAAAAAMo/eACE81tHJEs/s72-c/DSC_0540_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5377185908595731492</id><published>2010-04-15T06:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T07:44:01.584-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUI-S students, teachers debate merits of plagiarism policy</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi AbdullahAUIS Voice Staff Reporterwww.auisvoice.orgAUI-S has a strict policy for students who plagiarize, dismissing EWPLI students from the University with four offenses and dismissing academic students with three. The policy is stated in the Student Handbook.John Agresto, AUI-S provost, defined plagiarism, describing it a kind of stealing.“Taking someone else’s words and have a people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5377185908595731492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/04/aui-s-students-teachers-debate-merits.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5377185908595731492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5377185908595731492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/04/aui-s-students-teachers-debate-merits.html' title='AUI-S students, teachers debate merits of plagiarism policy'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S9wNFOvah9I/AAAAAAAAAMA/PC7g58VxLPo/s72-c/plagiarism(2)_2.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4664480109749718361</id><published>2010-03-10T01:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T08:19:51.518-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When It comes to relationships, students torn between cultures</title><summary type='text'>By Mahdi Abdulla MuradAUI-S Voice Staff Reporterwww.auisvoice.org Some say AUI-S may be Western but their viewpoints are very EasternSome AUI-S students say they feel caught between cultures as they explore a more Western style of relationships in an Eastern place.Many are trying to figure out the rules of friendships and relationships while studying at an American university for the first </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4664480109749718361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-it-comes-to-relationships-students.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4664480109749718361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4664480109749718361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-it-comes-to-relationships-students.html' title='When It comes to relationships, students torn between cultures'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/S92YClxz_ZI/AAAAAAAAAM4/zjwIVboCt54/s72-c/LOVE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7662472414324896056</id><published>2010-02-16T04:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T04:58:56.989-08:00</updated><title type='text'>“The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes YOU ProbablyMake With Women—</title><summary type='text'>Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With Women—And How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Deadly Common Mistakes...MISTAKE #1: BeingToo Much Of A “Nice Guy”Have you ever noticed that the really attractive women never seem to be attracted to "nice" guys?Of course you have.Just like me, I'm sure you've had attractive female friends that always seemed to date "jerks"... but for some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7662472414324896056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/02/ten-most-dangerous-mistakes-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7662472414324896056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7662472414324896056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2010/02/ten-most-dangerous-mistakes-you.html' title='“The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes YOU ProbablyMake With Women—'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4004530574569222858</id><published>2009-06-21T03:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T03:48:39.652-07:00</updated><title type='text'>There is No Diety Except Allah</title><summary type='text'>Prophet Muhammad was born in 575 CE in Mecca. His father, Abdulla, died several weeks before his birth. His mother died when he was six years old. He was raised by his paternal grandfather”Abd al Mutatalib” until the age of eight, and after his grandfather’s death by Abu Talib, his uncle. Muhammad was a descendant of Prophet Ismail. When he was twenty-five, he got marry with a merchant widow, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4004530574569222858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-is-no-diety-except-allah.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4004530574569222858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4004530574569222858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-is-no-diety-except-allah.html' title='There is No Diety Except Allah'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6746269868825514382</id><published>2009-06-07T00:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T01:40:03.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When Not to Use Your Head</title><summary type='text'>For on time or another, probbably everyone has had the feeling that something just wasn't right even for one time or more than onw times, and also, everyone has had the opposite idea. Nowadays, after a long time of study, psycologistists think that they figured out the definitation of intuition and the ways of using it. Some professors Malcom Westcott, for example, reported among the people to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6746269868825514382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-not-to-use-your-head.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6746269868825514382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6746269868825514382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-not-to-use-your-head.html' title='When Not to Use Your Head'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6571217986634066420</id><published>2009-05-27T00:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T01:13:31.548-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Islam?</title><summary type='text'>Islam is an Arabic word which means: to submit or surrender to God, and those who accept Islam means those who have accepted the message of peace by submission to God are known as Muslims. Islam is the second largest category of religions in the world.The Prophet of Islam is Muhammad (Pbuh). He was forty, during the month of Ramadan; he received the first revelation from the Angel Gabriel. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6571217986634066420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-islam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6571217986634066420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6571217986634066420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-islam.html' title='What is Islam?'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/Shz75oH6VZI/AAAAAAAAAIs/S1VVqDD9M-A/s72-c/Cave_Hira%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-3250275252538629247</id><published>2009-05-25T01:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T01:35:54.908-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> The cave Hira in the mountain Jabal al-Nour Muhammad received his first revelation.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/3250275252538629247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/cave-hira-in-mountain-jabal-al-nour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3250275252538629247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/3250275252538629247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/cave-hira-in-mountain-jabal-al-nour.html' title=''/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/ShpXqd8FPyI/AAAAAAAAAHE/luYirVw5prY/s72-c/Cave_Hira%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-6719125239316473143</id><published>2009-05-19T00:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T01:40:03.211-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is the working class dream?</title><summary type='text'>While some people dedicate their lives to escaping their working class backgrounds others have no interest in climbing a class ladder, says Laurie Taylor in his weekly column.Back in the early 70s, the most played record on the Essex Students' Union juke box was We've Got to Get Out of This Place by The Animals. I remember thinking when I heard this news that there was something wonderfully </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/6719125239316473143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-working-class-dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6719125239316473143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/6719125239316473143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-working-class-dream.html' title='What is the working class dream?'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-5226555909247775992</id><published>2009-05-12T01:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T01:20:12.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/5226555909247775992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5226555909247775992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/5226555909247775992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4752661973094255057</id><published>2009-05-12T01:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T01:40:03.237-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is English the King Language around the World?!</title><summary type='text'>"Texting has accelerated a tendency the Englishing of world languages.” In this sentence, Louis Menand, has stated that texting throughout the world has increased way beyond any expectations, an average of millions text messages are exchange every day in the world. For example, as our lifestyles have changed by everything becoming faster it has become a necessity for a quick and easy way of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4752661973094255057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-english-king-language-around-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4752661973094255057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4752661973094255057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-english-king-language-around-world.html' title='Is English the King Language around the World?!'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-4622034606514983112</id><published>2009-05-06T00:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T00:41:47.719-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Bowl Of Cherries...My Presentation in the class.</title><summary type='text'>"Life isn't always a bowl of cherries" is what every body says! It seems that nobody has the guts to disagree with this saying and make a different in this world. In the 21th century, the majority of students in our region are not happy with their department of study, and their knowledge is at the lowest level. This is the biggest problem of education and for students' creativity because it makes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/4622034606514983112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/bowl-of-cherriesmy-presentation-infront.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4622034606514983112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/4622034606514983112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/05/bowl-of-cherriesmy-presentation-infront.html' title='A Bowl Of Cherries...My Presentation in the class.'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-7815981348164037983</id><published>2009-04-19T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T00:50:41.014-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Forbidden Things are Desirable</title><summary type='text'>Many things are forbidden to people through different beliefs, religions, laws and policies. People also have individual or family beliefs that set boundaries for their life for things that are forbidden or wrong. These beliefs are generally regarded as our moral values.Different religions have rituals and beliefs that set them apart from each other. People who believe in a certain religion </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/7815981348164037983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-forbidden-things-are-desirable.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7815981348164037983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/7815981348164037983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-forbidden-things-are-desirable.html' title='Some Forbidden Things are Desirable'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-2500039699661588840</id><published>2009-04-14T01:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T05:41:33.118-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Love You My Dear Mother</title><summary type='text'> My mother! I promise  that  will never forget you.............</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/2500039699661588840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-love-you-my-dear-mother.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2500039699661588840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/2500039699661588840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-love-you-my-dear-mother.html' title='I Love You My Dear Mother'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/SeRN3_jGPxI/AAAAAAAAACg/cEp8AEmyXMU/s72-c/mother.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-8963902612685979098</id><published>2009-04-08T07:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T07:38:54.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> Right now, I am a student at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. It is really interesting for me because it has a modern system of education. Also I could see one of the biggest dreams in my life which is learning to speak English. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/8963902612685979098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/right-now-i-am-student-at-american.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8963902612685979098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8963902612685979098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/right-now-i-am-student-at-american.html' title=''/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/Sdy25jqSAMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/KZNQESax4-g/s72-c/DSC01725.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531468029640823115.post-8723893803242053582</id><published>2009-04-08T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T06:44:38.874-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dr. Roger: Copying Someone Else's Work without Aknowledgment is Unethical, Dishonorable, and Speaks to Luck of Character.</title><summary type='text'>Interviewed by:Mahdi AbdullaKurdistan- Sulaimani; March 31, 2009__Dr. Roger has taught undergraduate, graduate MBA, and executive development courses to business professionals for the last ten years. He is now the assistant professor of C.S and Business Administration of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. Here are some questions that he answered me about the studying, copying, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/feeds/8723893803242053582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/dr.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8723893803242053582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3531468029640823115/posts/default/8723893803242053582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mahdiranya.blogspot.com/2009/04/dr.html' title='Dr. Roger: Copying Someone Else&apos;s Work without Aknowledgment is Unethical, Dishonorable, and Speaks to Luck of Character.'/><author><name>Mahdi Abdullah Murad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17027599233561246267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/TIObCMgA8YI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wtu_qlDw20g/S220/mahdi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XX86AhG0PMQ/Sdy1erb9dZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/OicE9oWTEHI/s72-c/IMG_1182.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
