Microposts: Early 2011

There are some things that I would blog about if there was enough to say about it. Why publish a complete post when it could be said in 140 characters?

The beginnings of my nationalism, food experiments, and a life-long decision.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Those wanting a #revolution in #Saudi are pretentious and smackable with absolutely no regard for maintenance or evolution.#Saudirevolution

15 Feb

My initial bout of disdain for the Westernized bandwagon that is an unrealistic one-size-fits-all solution to inconveniences. Organic evolution backed with humanity and patience gains my attention.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Huffington Post: "Floody Hell": Saudis Face Misery as Jeddah Drowns, Again! http://ow.ly/3OD3J #JeddahRain

2 Feb

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Helpful abbreviations provided by PME (Presidency of Meteorology and Environment). Must verify existence of these groups.http://ow.ly/3K0aT

25 Jan

I find that we have lovely eco-friendly laws in Saudi Arabia. More blogging to come from this when more information is found.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

*air punch* RT @PressTvLondon: Saudis "turning Mecca into Las Vegas" http://bit.ly/fJBxja #Mecca #SaudiArabia #Islam #Muslims#newMakkah

25 Jan

My disdain for poorly planned projects reaches a new, still not very effective, level.

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arwa_journalist Arwa Aburawa 

 by khayraB

“I don’t want kids” sarahirving.co.uk/?p=413&sms_ss=… via @sarahonline_ who is looking for women who have decided not to have children #childfree

24 Jan

A new life-long commitment is solidified, but I'll blog that view some other year.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

New theory: Any topping that can go on a pizza, can go on pasta. I will conduct further research and present to you the conclusions.

18 Jan

#JeddahRain: PostAlHarithy Era

Al Harithy Exhibition Center was used as a warehouse for collection donations of various items for about a week when the floods hit. The operation focused on receiving volunteers to sort and package items as well as go on site to deliver said packages and whatever medical and physical help was needed.

The transition of its closing was gradual, with different already registered organizations being allotted the affected areas. On January 31, the organizations and their allocated regions were announced and the updated version of February 3 can be found below, along with other changes.


An overview of the changes is as follows:

1. The hotline dedicated to Al-Harithy has been handed instead to Al-Bir Society.
The hotline number: 92 000 1424


2. Aid has been distinctly distributed so each affected district has only one official association dealing with donation and volunteer efforts. The allocation is as follows:

Al-Nakheel - Umm Al-Khair: Wedad Charity Foundation and AlBir Society

Al Tawfeeq - Al Samer: Gamˀiyat Marākiz Al Aḥyā' Taif (No English info, coming soon)

Al Ajwad - Umm Al Hudud: Al Mustawˀid Al Khairy

Bani Malik - Aneekish: Al Faisal Society

Al Balad, Al Hindawiyah, Al Khamrah, Thahban: AlBir Society

Al Sabeel, Ghulail, Al Kuwaitiun Neighborhood: Women's Charitable Society

Al Muṣfāh, Al Baghdādiyah, Al Qaryāt: Gamˀiyat Marākiz Al'Aḥyā'

Al Kandarah, Al Jāmiˀah Dist.: Al Mustawˀid Al Khairy

Al Hamrah Dist. and Al Sharafiah: Jamˀiyat ˀyun Jeddah - ḥarfiah

Al Ruwais: Al Jamˀiyat Al Faialiah

Falasteen St.: Jamˀiyat Al 'Asr Al Muntajah

#JeddahRain: Al-Bir Society

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

#JeddahRain: Areas Affected

2009 Jeddah flood: 90 mm max
2011 Jeddah flood: 111 mm max

The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) set up a website dedicated to the Exhibition Center efforts called forJeddah.org.

The website is completely in Arabic, and I found a map of where and how much rainfall there was on the Western side of Saudi Arabia. I translated it and made it more comprehensive:

The Western region

Jeddah

Friends of Jeddah Parks

I've been meaning to post about the non-profit organization that lobbies for more sustainable parks in Jeddah for a while now. Especially since they've been taking so many environmentally friendly initiatives lately.

Instead, I'm posting about Faisal's Sports Park for volunteers to know where it is.
Friends of Jeddah Parks is asking for volunteers to meet there in order to follow their plan in helping with the floods.

Please standby for more informaiton, because the last update I received was on Friday.

Click the map to enlarge. It's on Al Hamrani Rd. off of Malek Khaled St. and near Television St.

#JeddahRain: Donating USED Clothes

Coming soon: More donation points.

Many who have gone to donate used clothes to Al Harithy Center were rejected and directed to AlBir Society. An inconvenient necessity, the information given since then still holds and clothes can be donated to AlBir Society next to the Saudi German Hospital.

Please click here to find out how to donate items and money.

From the Saudi German Hospital website

#JeddahRain Update: Donating Money

More commonly as Jamˀiyat AlBir*, it is one of the entities legally allowed to accept money for the Jeddah floods.

Here are the bank accounts you can send money to:

NCB: SA30 1000 0013 6139 0000 0100

AlRajhi Bank: SA57 8000 0243 6080 1002 8006

SABB: SA28 4500 0000 0210 0213 4001

Banque Saudi Fransi: SA56 5500 0000 0037 3380 0145

Riyad Bank: SA92 2000 0001 0102 9233 9901


I have personally triple checked for typos :)

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*جمعية البر

#JeddahRain Contact Info

Official hotline for the victims and donors: 

92 000 1424

So far, the operators have been directing callers to various charitable organizations that are on-field. Unfortunately, the heads of the organizations don't always speak English.

For a directory of said organizations, click here (under construction).

So far, www.forJeddah.org was the only website dedicated to the Jeddah floods. Since the operation in the exhibition center closed, it seems (to me) the site hasn't been updated.

It is completely in Arabic. It informs viewers that over 7,000 volunteers stood up to the challenge while operations were on. It also has maps with graphical representation of rain, I made English versions.

Embed Updates from Twitter

Twitter: Embed tweets about #JeddahRain in your blog/site

Copy the code below for a 400x450 widget to paste in your site.

 <iframe src="http://twubs.com/ajax360/embed/jeddahrain/?headerBgColor=%231C6485&headerTextColor=%23FFFFFF&" width="400" height="450" frameborder="0"><a href="http://twubs.com/jeddahrain">#jeddahrain</a></iframe>  

Copy the code below for a sidebar 200x450 widget to paste in your site.

 <iframe src="http://twubs.com/ajax360/embed/jeddahrain/?headerBgColor=%231C6485&headerTextColor=%23FFFFFF&" width="400" height="450" frameborder="0"><a href="http://twubs.com/jeddahrain">#jeddahrain</a></iframe>  

#JeddahRain Medical Supplies

Medical supplies that were needed yesterday, and probably today.
You can drop them off to Al-Harithy Center or contact Wā'il Iskandarānī on (059) 429-1240 to get it to King Abdulaziz hospital.

On Friday 28th January 2011, @Azizshalan said:

أسامي الأدوية المطلوبة في مستشفى الجامعة الرجاء الاتصال على وائل اسكندارني ٠٥٩٤٢٩١٢٤٥


First aid kits: alcohol swabs - gauze - bandage - betadine... Etc
Ventolin spray
Antihypertensive
Saline + ringer lactate
IV cannulas 16 -18 -20 - 22
Glucometers
Small oxy tanks and masks
Augmentin tablets
Topical antibiotics
Asthma puffers
Ciprofloxacin eye drops
Insulin: mixer - novo rapid - lantose - insulerated
Syringes
IM Voltarin + tablets #JeddahHelp

from here.

Muwatana Update

After a number of messages asking volunteers to stop pouring into Al-Harithy because there were just too many already there, an update from Muwatana was sent letting everyone know why.

1. There were no cartons to pack with.
2. There were not enough supplies to pack, or what was there was not needed.
3. It was Friday and a lot of the companies, stores, and factories that were to be bought from were closed.

The number of volunteers was estimated to be above 1000 throughout the day, so those interested in helping are urged until the need for more is announced.
Apparently rumors of resentment got back to the organizers, because they apologized for any misinterpretation and reminded all that everyone was working under pressure. Another apparent rumor was people being asked to pay to volunteer, when the registration said there were no supplies, and that the only way they'd have anything to volunteer was to go buy supplies from their own pocket.

After scanning the needs of the victims, the organizers will announce needed supplies daily, and that companies such as Panda, Dallah Albaraka, and others were late because of the closed stores.

Every day a meeting takes place between representatives of the Amanah, the Civil Defense, and Ministry of Social Affairs. All are working together to support volunteers and back up the project.

The hotlines will be announced to report problems, needs, and requested supplies.

They ask for everyone to be patient and understanding. If anyone wants to volunteer, they are requested to keep calm and refrain from hostility. They remind all that group charity work is a trial and its success is evidence of the strong will and personality of the volunteers involved.

Epicness about the turnout, yeah? A shame how restless people can be though. I'm not looking forward to anyone who'd get angry about not having volunteerwork to do going out and protesting -_-

On another note, a commercial street in Jeddah had a protest lead by a woman.
I ask: Where was her meḥram and why could I see her shoulders? Hm?


Get more news at MBN Photography.

Donating supplies for #JeddahRain

NOTE: Muwatana at Al-Harithy Center is NOT taking monetary donations.

These are supplies (in English) that they need at the Harithy Exhibition Center.
Hopefully it will be updated regularly, I'll see what I can do.

English list:


Harithy Center Map:

#missing_Jed

These might be outdated, but the hashtag of #missing_Jed holds information on missing persons during the Jeddah floods. Anyone can edit this to keep it up to date.

Fi a7ad yagdar yitarjimly?

CLICK HERE TO EDIT


And here is a feed of the tweets:

Microposts: 2010

There are some things that I would blog about if there was enough to say about it. Why publish a complete post when it could be said in 140 characters?

Significant tweets representing significant moments in my life.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Lol, priceless. It's just a resonating "why?" to me.http://twitpic.com/3kt7fr #JeddahRain (via @thamer1)

29 Dec

#JeddahRain and general Twitter activism begins.

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

I've realized the extent of my love for the "environmental movement". I genuinely panicked when I couldn't remember Rachel Carson's name.

14 Aug

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Attended my first tweetup at #DeckQuake. Thank you @saqeram@Aabo0 @FaisalKhatib @HishamWyne @Lhjunkie @mohdfikreefor easing me into it <3

26 Jul

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

I've been hobbling lately, but I am free as of now. I will have none of your chicken broth or cut any more vital corners. I am vegetarian.

26 Jun

More than 6 months after playing around with the thought, I take the plunge.

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sate3 Sate Hamza ساطع 

 by khayraB

Imagine what'll happen 2 media if a story erupted in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (UK)http://j.mp/cuTWGk

22 Jun

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khayraB Khayra Bundakji 

Would you be disappointed if I told you that when there's a debate about clean energy on NPR... I go "OH!" when someone crosses the line?

7 Jun

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VeryShortStory Very Short Story 

 by khayraB

They celebrated Earth Day each year, remembering the planet their parents spoke of, from a time before the evacuations to space.