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Muslims in Baltimore assisting the community with food, clothes and health screenings at annual Humanitarian Day.
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Hey All!
I finally made it back to Setif after over a month of days of vacationing in Melbou, Bejaia, Algeria. It was nice while it lasted. But I am so happy to be home! 
After I get through some e-mails and checking up on some networking sites, I hope to get back to posting.
Meanwhile, enjoy the rest of your August. I’m sure we all have big things planned for this Autumn. My favorite time of year.
Chow!
Harms
Hey, Readers! Just to let you know, I’m not going to be posting for a while. We’ll be popping off to the beach any time now. Plus, with the kiddies out of school, impending pc problems and oh, so miserably hot weather, I just don’t see finding a moment to spend on the blog. Hopefully, I’ll be up and running by September, in time for Ramadan. Last year I had pc problems and wasn’t able to report on the food. But, hopefully, this year will be different. Anyway, Have a Safe Summer! Have fun! And God Bless!
P.S. If you contact me via my online contact form, it may take a bit to get back to you. I will answer to most time sensitive first. And please don’t hesitate to contact me especially if you are moving to my area 
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Chow!
“This is a national problem. The families of handicapped people are expecting us to help them. I have issued instructions in this regard. The problem has to be solved in a national level”, said the president.
Can we say, ‘progress’?
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No Takers For Condoms in Algeria
France24.com Reports:
Algeria has 10 million free condoms to distribute but there are no takers, a senior medical official in the conservative Muslim country said Wednesday.
This is not surprising information. There is not sex education in the schools. And openly talking about sex is still very taboo.
After experts began talking about the benefits of condoms as barriers to spreading HIV/AIDS, the government began soliciting imams to preach about the virus and the risks of unprotected sex during Friday prayers.
Now, why wouldn’t the government support a sex education course instead?? Fear? Fear that young adults would make educated decisions for themselves? I see this as a human rights issue. Algeria has the means for distributing life saving information and protection but they withhold it. For the sake of religion? Sex education and condom distribution will also decrease unwanted pregnancies, as those of us in the free-world know. In Algeria, women are cut out of the family, and in some cases murdered for having babies out of wedlock! Again a human rights issue. Algeria needs to stop living in the dark and start arming their young adults with unadulterated information regarding sex. And start respecting them as adults and people who are accountable for thier own life decisions. They aren’t stupid, as they will attest for themselves.
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US Under Secretary of State for Public diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen P. Hughes, stressed yesterday that the United States “have learned much” from Algerian experience in fighting against terrorism”.
Although this article doesn’t specify what the US has learned about Algeria’s experience in fighting terrorism, I’d like to guess it has to do with thier zero tolerance methods. And perhaps the fact that Algeria is not overly concerned or critisized about thier methods for erradicating such terrorism. What do you think they learned? You can read the full article here.
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An international arms trafficking network was recently dismantled in Constantine, east of Algiers, local media reported on Saturday.
I don’t really know what to make of this news. Constantine is a 2 hour drive East of Setif. I don’t know if I should be nervous or not. Read the full article here.
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I’ve heard a couple of stories about people who have disappeared in the night due to being suspected of involvement in extremist groups. I beleive the current president had a brother who disappeared that way, also. I am a bit surprised that Algeria would sign such a convention. Only because they are so determined to keep terrorism at a lull, that I thought they were willing to do whatever it took to keep it that way.
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