Hand of Fatimah

Yesterday, at work a colleague was wearing a pendant shaped like a hand and she asked me if I had heard of it and what it was called in arabic (assuming that I knew arabic since I'm a muslim). Ignorantly, I told her that I had never seen it and didn't know what it was called. She told me that it has a 'significance' for both jews and muslims. She was half jewish and half something.

I found out later in the day that its called 'Hand of Fatimah' (Prophet Muhammed's daughter) or 'Khamsa (Five)' in Arabic. Apparently, it is used for protection against evil eye and any other evil, especially for girls. It has an eye at the back of the hand. It is usually worn by Algerians and is very famous in France. I can see why women like to wear it, its a very beautiful piece of jewelry.

Being a non-superstitious muslim, I knew this was a load of crap and a piece of some jewelry can't prevent evil from happening to you. But this was something that I hadn't heard of and it was an addition to my not-so-vast knowledge.

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Well, I'm back! My exams are over which means I can catch up on my movies, chill and finally update my blog. I noticed that it took some people a month to visit my blog and comment on the posts.

I've seen a couple of movies since the end of my semester. The most interesting of 'em was 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'. I thought it was a really good movie. The silence element was the thing that made it so good. Even though it was so silent and slow, I never lost interest in the movie. No one said anything in the movie except for " Yes, master or Yes, mistress", they just looked at each other, but you could figure out what was going on.

When this movie came out 2 years ago, I thought it would be boring because even in the trailer no one said a thing except the voice over. what do you know it turned out to be good.

I can imagine reading the novel. There is always so much description in a book which would have made it very very boring.

I guess this movie was nominated for a couple of Oscars. If you haven't seen the movie I recommend you do. (Word of caution: Most guys might not like it because theres no action in it and its a little slow)