Layla

Soheil felt like he was trapped in a nightmare from which he couldn't awaken. He couldn’t breathe, and he wasn't sure which direction was up. Something was on top of him, and he violently pushed it away. His head broke through the surface of the water, and he struggled for breath but coughed up water instead. The sun was blinding, and he looked away from it. He recognized the color of the water around him and knew he was in the sea off Beirut. A dead body was floating beside him, apparently the…

the Black Knight satellite, it may be interesting to know that Pepsi made a short film about it with many famous celebrities. Premise: Black Knight Decoded follows the journey of a father (Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo for Selma) and daughter (Layla Crawford) on their quest to decode the radio signals transmitted from the Black Knight satellite. With the help of their friend Ahna (Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire, Rise of the Plaent of the Apes), they seek to unite the world in…

Eric Clapton: The Man With Tears in Heaven Eric Patrick Clapton was born on March 30, 1945 in the home of his grand parents in Green Ripley, England. Clapton used music as an escape from reality and allowed it to be his refuge. Apart from the numerous amount of awards, Eric Clapton’s playing is proof enough that he is one of the greatest guitarists ever known, continuing to influence the music world with his playing, even today. In his early life Clapton grew up in a household where music was…

Salma who narrates the novel speaks perfect English. This is necessary since Fadia Faqir decides to “creat an ‘Arab book’ in the language of the other.” ( Al-Maleh 238) Diya Abdo, while investigating “double agence” in Faqir’s Pillars of Salt , discusses the hybridity of the language Faqir uses to sustain a “transcultural/translinguistic position” (A-Maleh 238). This position creates ambiguity in its relation with the reader. Abdo argues that Faqir’s texts are presented to a western reader…

II I hold Nicholas’ sleeping form in my arms as I walk out the house. Carefully, I place him in the backseat of my car where his child seat takes up residence, a child seat I would soon need to get rid of. A few months, almost four, have passed since my parents’ death. The shock of it wore off and now I find the air getting into my lungs a lot easier and my emotions no longer swirl uncontrollably inside of me. Some would find it wrong, but my parents being gone is almost soothing to me.…

No one in this world is perfect. Everyday people face difficulties in their life no matter working in the office, watching TV at home, walking down the street, playing sport, or in school etc. However, people with disabilities face more challenges than the people without disabilities in everyday life. Is it because the people with disabilities are not capable to compete their tasks or is it just because people assume that they could not do it? No one knows how to do everything. Some people are…

At the beginning of the term I got myself into my first field placement for the education certificate that I am pursuing in order to become a middle school or high school teacher. I am very excited to be doing what I know I will enjoy and that is to educate kids and be a role model to them. This was the beginning to my first field placement. It was an experience I will never forget. This has been something that I will get to enjoy and talk about throughout my life because the amount of happiness…

Layla Morris Business portfolio Facebook task. 1. Summary of the storyline. The social network movie is about a young man who is attending Harvard and starts a social media revolution when he creates a website called Facebook. This young man, Mark Zuckerberg, was highly intelligent and managed to hack his way through the Harvard’s systems. He does this when he is angry and upset about his recent breakup and creates a page (Facemash.com) where he rates girls on their looks. He then…

Aspyn didn’t think anything to exciting would happen today. She thought that it was just a normal day, and she would spend most of the day inside watching Friends or Criminal Minds like she usually did. It was when she checked the weather online and realized how beautiful it was outside. She didn’t want to miss out on any episodes of Criminal Minds so she brought out her Ipad with her and some headphones and started tanning outside. Aspyn was really focused on the crime scene that was going on…

Game over I used my last fake dark, and missed. She dove behind the wheelbarrow at the last moment. I cursed under my breath, knowing I would lose a point for that. I heard her giggle, and I picked up my foam knife. The anger in me, that gave me the strength to fight these games, made me grit my teeth. I always gritted my teeth when I went in for the winning shot. But this time I missed, and my rival beats me. She smiled, and I glared at her in defeat. We shook hands and walked out of the game…