The -Chubby- Diva

Friday, April 20, 2012

My photography work ( islamic history )

Friday, April 13, 2012

The Twenties Girl ( a BOOK TO READ )

A couple of months ago i found a lovely novel in my book piles
yes i don't have my books on shelves i have them in piles
the book is called the twenties Girl
Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive.When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie—a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance—mysteriously appears, she has one request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for more than seventy-five years, because Sadie cannot rest without it.
Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from and about each other

away from the book.... it grabbed my attention the small tiny details of the early 1920s dressing and makeup details.. music ... dances and even girls behaviors
how life was easy . how love was beautiful and truthful in the early 20s.. how girls were acting like ladies , and this beautiful charlestone dance

The whole book was about a missing dragon fly necklace....

see what the writer (SOPHIE KINSELLA) said about the jewllery she picked

( This paragraph is by Sophie Kinsella )

When I was at college I had a bicycle which I rarely used and which sat, week after week, in the bike racks. One day I went to get it out--and found a diamante necklace twined round the spokes of the front wheel. It was an old, vintage-style necklace, one of the prettiest things I’d ever seen. On my bike! How had it got there? Had someone borrowed my bike and dropped it? Was it a romantic gift from a secret admirer? (Ok, unlikely...)

I put up a notice in college--but got no claimers. It was mine! I wore that necklace over and over--and felt as though it had somehow magical qualities. Would it have felt so magical if it were a scarf or a hat or a purse? I don’t think so.

Jewelry has a magic all its own. Precious stones have always attracted legends, myths, crimes, lust. Quite sane women will go to pieces at the sight of a big enough diamond. Even as a tiny child I was fascinated by beads, jewels, tiaras...anything that glittered. And, like books, I find it hard to give pieces of jewelry away, even after I’ve stopped wearing them.

The biggest symbol of jewelry is love. Whose heart doesn’t stop on being presented with a little velvet box? Who secretly doesn’t crave a diamond, however teeny? Of course true love is putting out the rubbish every night...but that won’t make you gasp and tilt your hand to catch the facets of light.

When I was writing Twenties Girl I knew I needed to give Sadie, my ghost character, a mission. There was something in the world she still wanted--and it didn’t take long to decide on jewelry. A ring seemed too obvious...bracelets too inconsequential...but a necklace was perfect. I wanted it to be tactile, romantic, and the kind of piece you could imagine wearing with anything. Guided by research into jewelry of the 1920s, I conjured up in my head a long necklace of glimmering yellow glass beads, with a dragonfly pendant set with rhinestones. Not priceless....but special. I could imagine Sadie twirling the beads as she danced, I could imagine her gathering them and letting them drop. I could see it as an iconic, timeless piece.

A dragonfly seemed a perfect emblem for Sadie, too--beautiful, fragile, and darting around like quicksilver. The dragonfly symbol has different meanings for different cultures--for some it’s a symbol of change, for others it represents the subconscious. In Japanese paintings, dragonflies can mean new light and joy. To some Native Americans they’re the souls of the dead. All of these interpretations are perfect for the character of Sadie--a ghost who needs to "move on" and for whom the dragonfly necklace has a meaning all its own.

i searched the internet and i got some pictures of twenties style , fashion , clothes , hairstyles and dances

صلاح جاهين

Mohammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Helmy known as "Salah Jaheen" or "Salah Jahin" was a leading poet , song writer , script writer and cartoonist

let's start with one of his master pieces ... 3la ism masr

3la ism masr .... by nagham masry @ Skkiat elsawi

Jaheen was born in Shobra district, on 1930 to a middle-class family. He studied law In 1955, he started working for the Egyptian weekly magazine "Rose al-Yousef" as a cartoonist. A year later, he moved to the new magazine "Sabah el-Khair" then he joines Al Ahram

Jaheen is the founder of the modern Egyptian cartoon school. Among his known cartoon series were Hashish addicts, Vigor Coffee-house and the Government Departments in which he introduced a theme called the "fahhama" or "the understander", an imaginary device clamped on the skulls of various cartoon characters, which intended to make the incomprehensible comprehensible thus drawing attention to the absurdities of modern life

Jaheen's cartoons usually had political and social goals, directing the attention of the public and the government to mistakes that needed correction. For several years, Jaheen's cartoons at Alahram were widely viewed by its readers and were considered "news in brief" giving a gist of what preoccupied people most.

One of My favorite songs for nagham masry and written by jaheen

2 saba7an ( 2 A,M)

Jaheen wrote the lyrics of many songs, mostly patriotic songs that were performed by Abdelhalim His songs include: "Soura" or photo, "ehna elsha3b" or "we are the people", "Khaly elselah sahy" or "oh weapon, be ready"

                                           video of soura sang by the great Abd elhalim hafez
                                                     one of the most remarkable songs in our
                                                                       revolution

He wrote for the puppet theatre, including the famous "El-leila el-kebira" that was sang by the great sayed mekkawy :D one of my very best childhood memories

Jaheen was fond of the late actress Soad Husni he wrote "Shafika we Metwali" "Khally ballak men Zouzou" and "Amira Hoby Ana" In which Soad Husni sang some of his most beautiful written songs songs: "Ya wad ya te2eel", "Khally ballak men Zouzou" "El-hayah ba2a lonha bamby" and "El-donia rabe'"
for the television the series Howa w heya or "He and She" portrayed by Ahmed zaki and Soad Husni

(Quatrains) Roba3yat sala7 jaheen

One of the most remarkable books i love to read is Roba3yat sala7 jaheen . (Quatrains)
In 1963 Jaheen wrote it in which he expressed his beliefs, emotions and views of life, existence, good and evil. Each verse ended with one ironic expression "Agabi" or "how strange

Some of his Roba3yat were sung by ALI elHaggar .... enjoy the video
i may just say rest in peace ya 3m sala7.... you were so patriotic , emotional and full of life

Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Beauty of the citadel of Quaitbey

Some of the shots i captured at the citadel of Quaitbey (Alexiandria -Egypt)

My Phtography work 2

This is my 2nd post of my photography work.... Nature ,,, all what we could say is sub7an allah . i hope u will like it

River Nile @ Maadi

Sunset @Montazah

Palm trees @ Rasheed

Flower Bushes @ My House

Batta :D

Palm trees

My Phtography work

My all time favorite hobby is photography.... i love to capture the beauty of the moment... the beauty of silence, here are some of the pics i took all around Egypt
and My first collection is for my friends