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Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh: The Life of a Bahraini Poet
Biography:
Arrayedh was born in Bombay, India to his Bahraini parents on 8 March 1908. In 1922, he visited Bahrain for the first time at age 14, where he started his education at the country's first school, the Hidaya al-Khalifa school though he did not permanently reside in the island. He returned to Bombay in 1926 and enrolled at a local school where he earned his high school diploma. It was at this school that Al-Arrayedh studied Farsi and the English language, alongside Urdu, and had expressed a deep interest in Urdu literature. He later studied Urdu literature at the Aligarh Muslim University.
In 1927, Al-Arrayedh returned to Bahrain and was appointed as an English teacher in the Hidaya al-Khalifa school, a position he held for four years. He later became the deputy director of the Jafari school though he was forced to quit his job over disputes with the British colonial authorities. After this, he served as a treasurer in the State Customs Service. In 1937, he moved on to become the head of a translation department in a Bahraini company, which did not last as a result of the outbreak of World War II. In 1943, he traveled to Delhi and worked at a radio station. He later returned to Bahrain where he worked for the Bahrain Petroleum Company until 1967, when he retired.
Poetry and honours:
Since the age of 18, Al-Arrayedh began writing poetry, with his first set of poems being published in Baghdad in 1931. Since he was a multi-linguist, he translated the works of poets between Persian, Hindi, Urdu, English, and Arabic. His poems were popular in Iraq, Syria and Egypt; such that the American University of Beirut asked him to deliver lectures on Arab literature, which he had agreed to. Ebrahim published another collection of poems, The Dolls, in 1946. This was followed by another three compilations, two poetic dramas, four critical studies of Arabic poetry, one poetry collection in Urdu and another in English. He translated Al Khayami's Rubayat from Persian into Arabic in 1966. Throughout his life, Al-Arrayedh lectured widely and travelled extensively to participate in conferences and debates in the field of poetry
He was awarded the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Order - First Class, by the Bahraini government. He was also a noted reformer setting up a school, and was appointed head of the Constitutional Council by the emir Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa. In short, Ebrahim was responsible for developing Bahrain's constitution in the early 1970s prior to independence from the United Kingdom. He served as Bahrain's ambassador-at-large (which is a diplomat of the highest rank or a minister who is accredited to represent his country internationally) in 1974 and later as ambassador extraordinary plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affair, a position he held until his death in 2002.
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| Ebrahim al-Arrayedh in his later years |
Death and legacy:
Ebrahim died in May 2002 at the age of 94, after suffering breathing problems. He was buried in the Manama graveyard, next to his late daughter Layla Al-Arrayedh who died the preceding year.
Following his death, the King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, named one of the Kingdom’s most geographically important roads after him — opposite the Bahrain Financial Harbour. In 2006, his old house, in Gudaibiya, in the capital city of Manama, was turned into a cultural centre, the Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Poetry House, open to tourists and as a meeting place for poets.
In 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation held an exhibition in Al-Arrayedh's honour in its headquarters in Paris, France.
Notable works:
(In Arabic, couldn't find a decent translation.)
(A larger collection of his poems can be found here)
May Flowers
All those April Showers certainly brought the May Flowers! I can't believe how fast we went from no leaves on the trees, to not only buds but baby leaves and blossoms!
Now that the weather is warm and the days are longer I am trying to get moving on getting my house done. Stay tuned for an update soon!
What can you do TODAY to improve your Nutrition?
First, a confession......I like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream! I also like eating snack food for meals (like almonds and Lara bars).
While, technically, these food choices (except the ice cream) are healthy (the nuts are packed with fiber and healthy fats), I rely on these foods too much. Those and Lara bars. Time for me to put on my big girl panties and get serious about my nutrition - just like you are.
So how do you eat better?
What's the #1 change you could make RIGHT NOW to get better results?
The answer is not one you are wanting to hear. There is no answer that allows us to eat whatever we want and still get the results we want.
Ally’s #1 secret to eating better is...
By keeping things out of the house that I know are my trigger foods! I never buy the cookie dough ice cream. I get a cone of it once a year on my birthday! That is because I know I have no self control if it is in the house. I will eat the entire carton!
My mistakes are clear - I get lazy!!!!!! I'll go a month eating really clean and then I'll end up eating Quest protein bars or Lara bars. While these bars are "okay" (gluten-free protein bars, and better than 99% of other protein bars), they simply aren't REAL food. And that's what I - and we - should eat. Remember - if it does not rot, you should not eat it!
So I've resolved to stop that. I am on a mission! I am also going to be wearing a bathing suite in a week!
I'm also going to cut back on my other vices – almonds and peanut butter! While these are healthy, they are calorie dense and I rely on them too much!
I'm also going to cut back on my other vices – almonds and peanut butter! While these are healthy, they are calorie dense and I rely on them too much!
I'm going to follow my own advice. And if I can do it, so can you.
What is the second secret? Accountability.
If you knew that you had to honestly report your daily diet to the rest of the world, what would really eat? Find an accountability partner. Also just writing it down or logging it into Vitabot is a great way to stay accountable.
Here are three more secrets to eating better:
Here are three more secrets to eating better:
1) Have a process to stop when you are overeating.
This could be as simple as brushing your teeth or do like my Mom. She will eat a pickle when she is craving candy or sweets.
2) Make sure you eat all the good stuff first - It is like getting your chores done before you can outside and play!
If I eat really clean all day for four days, I may have a little treat!
Checklists eliminates the number of bad choices you make. In most cases, you'll be too full from good food to eat much junk.
If you don’t have the clean eating grid– email me and I will send you a copy!
3) Drink Green Tea at each meal and lots of water throughout the day.
Research - and experience - suggests people stay full longer when they have a cup of Green Tea with their meals. That's a simple way to improvement your diet. Buy a filter to put under your sink for your tap water. It is really inexpensive and cuts down on having to recycle!
These could change your life, get you back on track, or get you off some medications you are taking.
The power of proper nutrition – let food be your medicine!
Sorry I can't give you a magic pill...or secret ingredient to fix all of your nutrition. Instead, just a steady diet of tough love and truth. So suck it up, Buttercup!
Miwok 100k
For a minute there you thought I did a 100k this weekend, didn't you? Well, as much as I would love to say that I did, I did not. In fact, none of the people who ran this race did a 100k. Let me back up a bit. The Miwok 100k is a 62.2 mile trail race with over 12,000 feet of elevation gain. It is held in Marin County, in the Headlands, which are just north of San Francisco. It is a beautiful place to run and the race is world renowned.
Just a little *extra* Ultra info for you: one of the most widely known races is called the Western States 100 (mile) and it's held in Lake Tahoe. To get into the WSER, you have to qualify, just like Boston, so it's a big deal. To qualify, you have to run certain races within a certain time. For a 100km race, you have to finish within 15 hours to qualify. Then you have to enter the lottery and only a handful of people (369) are chosen to run the WSER.
On Saturday, I headed to the headlands very early in the morning to get a run in before helping man the Tennessee Valley aid station, which was supposed to be mile 36 and 48 for the runners. I ran a loop around the headlands that shows some of the many variations of flora in the area. There were Eucalyptus, grasslands, and brushy areas; there were views of the rolling hills, the city, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean. I started off around 5 am, in the dark and so I got to see a beautiful sunset light up the sky just as I was nearing the top of a hill where I had a view of San Francisco.
THIS is why I run.
I got back to the aid station and got straight to work. However, I soon found out that the threat of fire had caused a red flag warning which had shut down parts of the race course, making it no longer a 100k, but roughly a 60k instead.
However, like ultra runners do, people remained in good spirits (even though this was going to mess up their chance to qualify for Western States). We were now mile 12 and 25. The first guys passed us in about 1:40. With my limited math skills, I still call that about an 8 minute mile. On the trails! These guys impress me so much. By the way, the first girl was not too far behind them!
I had a great time making sandwiches, cutting potatoes, filling bowls of peanut M&Ms, handing out water and making sure people were doing okay; the camaraderie was unmatchable. There were even two random guys who had biked over with their Go Cam and jumped in to help volunteer for a couple of hours while they were waiting for their friend to pass by.
THIS is why I love the running community.
In longer races, the runners get crew and pacers. The crew are fun; they wait for the runner and then douse them with water, ice and sunscreen, jam a Gu in their mouth and hand them a new water bottle...and they're off! The pacers only get to run the last section with the runner, which would have been about 20 miles, but turned out to only be 12. Everyone there was energetic and supportive and having a good time. Even the runners I met who were dropping out were still positive about things.
Verdict? I would volunteer for this race again in a heartbeat. Also, maybe someday I will even run it!
Have you ever volunteered for anything? Did you learn anything from it? Would you be mad if your race was nearly cut in half on the morning of the race?
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| Rodeo Beach |
Just a little *extra* Ultra info for you: one of the most widely known races is called the Western States 100 (mile) and it's held in Lake Tahoe. To get into the WSER, you have to qualify, just like Boston, so it's a big deal. To qualify, you have to run certain races within a certain time. For a 100km race, you have to finish within 15 hours to qualify. Then you have to enter the lottery and only a handful of people (369) are chosen to run the WSER.
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| The Coastal Trail |
On Saturday, I headed to the headlands very early in the morning to get a run in before helping man the Tennessee Valley aid station, which was supposed to be mile 36 and 48 for the runners. I ran a loop around the headlands that shows some of the many variations of flora in the area. There were Eucalyptus, grasslands, and brushy areas; there were views of the rolling hills, the city, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean. I started off around 5 am, in the dark and so I got to see a beautiful sunset light up the sky just as I was nearing the top of a hill where I had a view of San Francisco.
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| San Francisco in the distance |
THIS is why I run.
I got back to the aid station and got straight to work. However, I soon found out that the threat of fire had caused a red flag warning which had shut down parts of the race course, making it no longer a 100k, but roughly a 60k instead.
However, like ultra runners do, people remained in good spirits (even though this was going to mess up their chance to qualify for Western States). We were now mile 12 and 25. The first guys passed us in about 1:40. With my limited math skills, I still call that about an 8 minute mile. On the trails! These guys impress me so much. By the way, the first girl was not too far behind them!
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| Coastal Trail with coast view |
I had a great time making sandwiches, cutting potatoes, filling bowls of peanut M&Ms, handing out water and making sure people were doing okay; the camaraderie was unmatchable. There were even two random guys who had biked over with their Go Cam and jumped in to help volunteer for a couple of hours while they were waiting for their friend to pass by.
THIS is why I love the running community.
In longer races, the runners get crew and pacers. The crew are fun; they wait for the runner and then douse them with water, ice and sunscreen, jam a Gu in their mouth and hand them a new water bottle...and they're off! The pacers only get to run the last section with the runner, which would have been about 20 miles, but turned out to only be 12. Everyone there was energetic and supportive and having a good time. Even the runners I met who were dropping out were still positive about things.
Verdict? I would volunteer for this race again in a heartbeat. Also, maybe someday I will even run it!
Have you ever volunteered for anything? Did you learn anything from it? Would you be mad if your race was nearly cut in half on the morning of the race?
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