Kinzi’s Most Treasured Bloggers

(Tye-yeb, shwhyit bakiir 11:33pm 26 Oct., bas biddi anaam ashan bukra issubu7 mashguuli; 3indi mowid bakiir li futoor ma3 Summer! La tizalu minni, Jameed oo Bashar oo Chicki kaanu yapostu ‘3abli. Fa khallas, yella)

As I mentioned before, to pick ONE was way too hard. When I have time, I try and read anyone I am familiar with, although I swore off new blogs (Asoom, young Khaled and Gradly snuck by that self-control) as my closets are still in disarray and my husband recently sent me a Dilbert comic concerning internet addiction. Not just funny, a subtle hint.

I decided to use the “BLINK” method, and not give it a lot of thought, after reviewing the blogroll. I tried not to consider who might be hurt or if a favorite commenter would be sad if they were overlooked. Maybe this will inspire me to post a blog-roll, maybe after I organize those closets. If you aren’t mentioned and I regularly visit and comment, you are my favorite too. If we not only blog but call and visit, well, blogger-buds forever!

My criteria was: they post regularly (except for vacation and work breaks), comment back to commenters, come up with new ideas and angles as a life-habit and are fairly open-minded people. I go to different bloggers to learn different things, and had about ten more categories, but decided to leave it as is. True to Kinzi form, I’m doing it a little different, as I didn’t have time to go through and read to find favorite posts and why.

Best All Around: Nas at the Black Iris.* I remember this post from his early days: http://www.black-iris.com/2005/02/21/obituary-common-sense/

Funniest Thinking Repatriated Female: Hala Khalaf never fails to leave me spitting my coffee on the computer screen, as Dave so eloquently put it once. I couldn’t find a place for Roba, but her name has to be here although she repatriated from KSA

Funniest Thinking Repatriated Male: 3-way tie between Moey, BamBam &Bakkouz . You guys are dudes, caused me innumerable laugh lines. Not just funny, but clever and talented too.

Feelingest Female: Lina Ejeilat is a sweet, quiet, energetic mover-shaker.

Feelingest Male: Fadi the Observer consistently provides another perspective to mull over.

Most Risk Taking Rebellious Arab Female: Mona@RAB lays it all out, no fear.

Most Risk-Taking Rebellious Arab Male: Pheras Hillal is a catalyst of change.

Arab Ex-Pat Female: 7aki Fadi and Sam tie (it’s a mommyblogger thing) live my Western world and remind me of home, from an Arab perspective.

Arab Ex-Pat Male: Hareega (Mohanned and Hamede: waynkum?) gives that same perspective, from the not-so-mysterious Arab male viewpoint.

American Ex-Pat Female: Momma Bean and I live parallel lives.

American Ex-Pat Male: Dave American in Jordan adds that impacting male dimension to the parallel.

Special distinction to Summer, my Lebanese generational sister, cuisine mentor and morning chat-pal

There are small minority not named who make me a bit crazy with their narrowness, name-calling and contempt-flinging, but even from these I learn something.

Thanks to all of you in the JB/QP community for creating a little world where all forms of culture, country, faith, gender and generation can meet. Where we can know one another by what is in our heads and hearts. A little microcosm of humanity at it’s best.

Lastly, a special thanks to Qwaider for providing one of the playgrounds, and to the other I don’t know. Cheers!! Oh yea, Moey and Devil’s Mind have playgrounds too! (updated)

*P.S. These are not links. Bold and Italic is as good as it gets at Kinziblogs.