A very interesting and inspiring exhibition in London titled "1001 Inventions - Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World" until June 30th 2010, the next stop for this exciting exhibition is Istanbul, Turkey.
Enjoy!
1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets - starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Al-Jazari
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Are you right or left brained
Can you tell in what direction do you see the ballerina turning
(clockwise or anti-clockwise)?
(clockwise or anti-clockwise)?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Midhat Pasha Between Yesterday and Today!
What do you think of the work done on Medhat Pasha Market in Damascus?
Yesterday
Today
Sources:
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Missing Word Game – Week 7
Are you ready for the FIFA world cup games? People from all over the world are talking about the games and so do our contest for this week.
Let’s play the Missing Word game; participants will need to answer four questions. Answers are the keys to find the missing word.
The missing word consists of six letters. It is the last name of famous world cup goalkeeper. First person to find the word wins the game.
Questions:
1-FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris in 1904. what is the name of first FIFA president?
2-The FIFA World Cup Trophy depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. The trophy stands 36.5 centimetres tall and is made by 18 carrat solid gold. How many kilos of gold?
3-Zakumi is the offical mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Zakumi's birthdate coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa. In what month did Zakuni born?
4-Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is constructed using a new design; the surface of the ball is textured with grooves that is intended to improve the ball's aerodynamics. The match ball is made by which sportwear company?
The Missing Word Formula:
The first letter is same as the third letter of the FIFA president’s first name.
The second letter is same as one of the letters of Zakumi’s birth month.
The third letter comes in the alphabet with order number equals to the amount of the trophy’s gold weight + 1.
The fourth letter is the same as the last character in the first name of the founder of the sportswear company mentioned in question4.
The fifth letter + the sixth letter = proposition.
Good Luck
Let’s play the Missing Word game; participants will need to answer four questions. Answers are the keys to find the missing word.
The missing word consists of six letters. It is the last name of famous world cup goalkeeper. First person to find the word wins the game.
Questions:
1-FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris in 1904. what is the name of first FIFA president?
2-The FIFA World Cup Trophy depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. The trophy stands 36.5 centimetres tall and is made by 18 carrat solid gold. How many kilos of gold?
3-Zakumi is the offical mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Zakumi's birthdate coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa. In what month did Zakuni born?
4-Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is constructed using a new design; the surface of the ball is textured with grooves that is intended to improve the ball's aerodynamics. The match ball is made by which sportwear company?
The Missing Word Formula:
The first letter is same as the third letter of the FIFA president’s first name.
The second letter is same as one of the letters of Zakumi’s birth month.
The third letter comes in the alphabet with order number equals to the amount of the trophy’s gold weight + 1.
The fourth letter is the same as the last character in the first name of the founder of the sportswear company mentioned in question4.
The fifth letter + the sixth letter = proposition.
Good Luck
Friday, May 14, 2010
“Member of the Week” Contest – Week 6
Statement:
A chef is preparing sauces using eight different ingredients – H, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P. according to the recipes; the following requirements apply to the use of the ingredients.
If J is used, both K and P must also be used.
M and N must always be used together.
If K is used, at least two of H, J, and O must also be used.
K and N cannot be used together.
M, O, and P cannot all be used in the same dish.
Questions:
1- which of the following is an acceptable combination of ingredients for a sauce?
(A)- H, J, K, O
(B)- H, L, M, P
(C)- L, M, N, P
(D)- K, L, M, O
(E)- M, N, O, P
2- In a sauce in which J is used, what is the smallest number of additional ingredients that would meet recipe requirements?
(A)- 1
(B)- 2
(C)- 3
(D)- 5
(E)- 6
Good luck
A chef is preparing sauces using eight different ingredients – H, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P. according to the recipes; the following requirements apply to the use of the ingredients.
If J is used, both K and P must also be used.
M and N must always be used together.
If K is used, at least two of H, J, and O must also be used.
K and N cannot be used together.
M, O, and P cannot all be used in the same dish.
Questions:
1- which of the following is an acceptable combination of ingredients for a sauce?
(A)- H, J, K, O
(B)- H, L, M, P
(C)- L, M, N, P
(D)- K, L, M, O
(E)- M, N, O, P
2- In a sauce in which J is used, what is the smallest number of additional ingredients that would meet recipe requirements?
(A)- 1
(B)- 2
(C)- 3
(D)- 5
(E)- 6
Good luck
Friday, May 7, 2010
“Member of the Week” Contest – Week 5
Statement:
Naya, George, Jihad, Rafah, Sam, and Riad are all members of the Syrian Canadian Society of BC. They meet once a week for Basketball training.
Last week George arrived after Riad but before Jihad.
Sam arrived after Rafah but before Jihad.
Naya arrived after Rafah but before George.
Questions:
1-In which order COULD the team members have arrived to training?
(A)- Naya, Riad, Rafah, Sam, George, Jihad.
(B)- Rafah, Sam, Naya, George, Jihad, Riad.
(C)- Rafah, Riad, George, Naya, Sam, Jihad.
(D)- Sam, Naya, Riad, George, Jihad, Rafah.
(E)- Riad, Rafah, Naya, George, Sam, Jihad.
2-What are the minimum and maximum number of people, respectively, who could have arrived after Rafah and before George?
(A)- 0.4
(B)- 1.4
(C)- 0.3
(D)- 1.3
(E)- 3.3
Good Luck
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Syrian-Canadian? What does it mean?
ماذا تعني لك/ي أن تكون/ي سورياً كندياً؟
عبر/ي بثلاث أسطر عن ذلك
What does it mean to be a Syrian-Canadian to you, please write 3 sentences about that
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
