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Dec 14, 2009

Hunger And Death - ألجوع كافر

I was going to post a new recipe today that I have been working on for the past few days but I ran into this short film that touched me. I felt that it would be selfish on my part not to publish links here regarding the subject of the movie. It is about the created hunger and poverty as a result of globalization. I am not against globalization, but I feel that a balance is needed in executing the concept. I felt that this short film should be shared here for my readers and visitors to see hoping that it will make you think more about the impact of hunger and poverty on our world. I hope it encourages you to start from your own home by doing simple things such as not wasting food and sharing more of your own personal wealth to help others in need, in any way you can, even small contributions make a difference. You probably will be motivated to do more in your own community to help ease hunger and misery on the unfortunate ones.
Sadly, ending hunger world wide would be a dream to be realized yet. It might never end as long as there is greed and hunger for money, power and economic control brought to our world by Globalization.


I will leave you with this short film. Comments are always appreciated.





كنت اعمل على وصفه جديده لنشرها هنا, لكن في احدى تصفحاتي للنت اليوم شاهدت هذا الفيلم الوثائقي . الفيلم مؤثر ويلمس المشاعر الإنسانية بشكل كبير . احسست انه من الضروري ان انشر عن موضوع الفيلم الذي يتحدث عن الجوع والفقر نتيجة للعولمه التي اجتاحت عالمنا، وأصبح لا مفر منها. أنا شخصيا لست ضد العولمة، ولكن أعتقد أن التوازن في تطبيقها يزيد من منفعتها العامه.
قررت اليوم أن اشارك هنا بوضع رابط لهذا الفيلم لجميع متابعين هذه المدونة وزوارها على أمل أن تكون مشاهدة الفيلم محفزا للجميع بأن يقوم كل منا بدوره في المجتمع للمساعدة في تخفيف اعباء الجوع و الفقر والمعاناه بدءا من البيت. خطوات بسيطة نعملها للمحافظة على الموارد لدينا واستعمالها بحكمة، مثلاً المحافظة على الطعام و الماء, أو المشاركة بالثروة كل على قدر استطاعته, مهما كان نوع المشاركه. أتمنى أن يقوم هذا الفيلم بتشجيع الأفراد بالتطوع في مجالات مختلفة لمحاولة القضاء على الجوع والفقر في بلادنا. بأعتقادي ، مشكلة الجوع والفقر في العالم بعيدة جداً عن إيجاد حل لها، طالما كان هناك طمع لا حدود له للمال و السلطه و تطلع كبير لتحقيق قوة اقتصاديه لا تقهر من بعض الدول والأفراد. اترككم مع مشاهدة الفيلم

13 comments:

sabah said...

I have tears in my eyes Summer.
You know when I came to the USA, I used to work in a buffet restaurant.
They throw the rest from the buffet EVERYDAY, it hurt me inside, I was always thinking " Oh my God, there are people dying everyday from hunger, if only we can give them that, believe me, it breaks my heart each time I look in the garbage, and that was everyday.
Thank you Summer for this video, I would really appreciate it if you allow me to post it in my blog too, it's our duty to talk about it.
pl let me know, thanks again Summer.

sabah said...

Summer I hope that you are doing good, I don't see you around.
Happy holidays !

Noor said...

thanks for the post. People do waste so much astagfurAllah..

://: Heni ://: said...

Sadly this is what our world has come to ... rich not appreciating what they have ... and the poor only having less subhanallah! thanks for sharing ... so important!

Arlette said...

Marhaba Summer
Kifik Habibty, I watched this movie and its about nutrition and the amune system and cancer and eating healthy, and its more than 90 minutes long... Its very interesting but its not the one you are talking about, I think y ou want to talk about the chicken story right???
I clicked twice on the movie and what i got is the eating healthy moving which is very interesting movie by the way and very educational.

I didnt got the chance to write earlier and let you know...
How is everything with you...
Wishing you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and peaceful new year

sabah said...

Happy new year to you and your family!!
Check this out .
http://sousoukitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-blog-is-1-year.html

yummy recipes said...

Hi Summer,

first I want to say that i'm so glad that i found your blog..it's really a very nice one


I like what you said about not wasting food and helping others and I totally agree.

again I'm so glad I found your blog and I'll be happy if you give a visit to my blog.
thanks

SOUSOUKITCHEN said...

Summer are you ok ?
If only you can give me some news about you. I hope you are doing fine you and your family.

Karin said...

Hi mom,
I'm a mom to and too (two adult boys) and to tell you the truth, this you tube brought tears to my eyes! There is SO MUCH hunger on this planet and in essence, the planet is rich and could easily feed each and every one! It is all around us - all we have to do is LOOK - and do something!
Thanks so much for this fantastic and really eye-opening post!

I LOOOOVE Arabic food ... my smell and taste buds go crazy with all those heavenly scents and tasts!

Where on this planet are you located? My hunch is Lebanon but I might as well be far off ...

tasteofbeirut said...

Interesting and sad

Anonymous said...

Wow. That's really sad. 25,000 people die everday...Thanks for sharing the video. I thought it was really nice. It's Laura by the way. Rana's second cousin. We met during eid. I was going through my stuff and I found the website. It's really nice. Nice job!

Angie, Lansing,MI said...

Wow!!!! I know that people starve all over the world but it's different when you see it. I can't even imagine what it's like to live it. I try very hard to not waste food. I'll even eat when I'm full because I hate the thought of wasting it. I really do honest to God think of starving kids everytime I'm thinking about wasting some.
That family thanked their God before they ate!!! They were eating SCRAPS and they thanked God for it. I am disgusted with myself because I don't do that nor have I taught my daughter that. Night before last we ate T-Bone steaks, homemade mashed potatoes and a delicious salad. And we didn't appreciate that!!!!!! Those kids were SO happy to get those scraps.
Most american children have the option of wasting food. Some parents even make their kids a seperate meal if their kids don't like what's for dinner! Those babies were happy to eat garbage.

That's why America is the ways it is. We're spoiled, and pampered.
No wonder why foreigners have such character, personality, and kindness! They look at life totally different. They appreciate everything and have nothing.
We appreciate nothing and have everything!!!!!

Mom said...

Thank you all dear readers for checking out this post and the video....i believe it all starts from the home...helping in any way we can is a start to end hunger or ease things up on the needy anywhere. thanks again for all your compassion and comments.