First snow in Makhachkala (Dagestan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How blog (in Russian) change my life. And why i want write in English

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

I have popular in Russian (especialy between muslims) facebook account - about 1500 friends and have some activity on my posts (comments, reposts, likes).

Why? Just i'm man of many different spheres. I  graduated in faculty of Applied Mathematics , i worked as a programmer , joгrnalist and even as traslator from arabic to russian, translated text news from Al-Jazeera. (Arabic i learned semself in my hometown, where there not schools of arabic, and even maked biggest electronic arabic dictionary and opened site about arabic language - now is most popular in Russia)

My mother is russian , father is lezgin. Lezgin - is the nationality of south Dagestan and North Azerbayjan.

Mother - from Plain, father - from Mountain (hightlander). And between Mountains of my father and cold plain swamp when i and mother was born - 5000 km . It's a very bigg differece: in culture, language, religion, nature , temperament etc.

I was born and and live to 26 years old in Siberia, but my heart was always in the Caucasus.

And all this - in my mind: exact and humanitarian sciences , love to mathematics and programming and history and psichology and sociology and literature, and languages, and web-developing, and religion and politics....

And i think - it's the reason, why people like to read my articles, they like unpredictable and what they can not to enfold by mind. Becouse many of people it's one-sided. Journalist is not a programmer etc. Or they have family from one culture, or they know languages from one group (europian, like english , franch , german).

And they don't have difference of thinks like me :)
sory for praising my self. But i'm just in thinking about place of internet and blogging-writing in my life.

And, other reason it's political situation in Russia, even in Caucaus. There is war. Lot of times - killings, terror, federal forcec, rebels, religion discussions (for example between sufy and salafy, or between salafy and ikhwan etc). And i'm - after my moving 1.5 yer ago from Siberia to Dagestan - in the epicenter of these events. And some people want to see current situation by my eyes...

Allways  I was a quiet humble man in the shadow espesialy when i lived in Siberia. But internet and blogs (my first blog in livejournal) say to me: "people want to hear your views about different issues". And i began regular writing....

It didn't just a hobby. After short time i was invited to Moscow like journalist and translator (from arabic al-jazeera). Before i was always  in Siberia. Except some Sommers , when i go to my grant parrents to Dagestan (Caucasus).

After that i have many orders for the creation of sites (i make sites on cms Joomla and Drupal) or other works (like writing or translating) - it's all thanks to blog.

So, writing and blog was start of my interesting life filled by different colour and events and travels.... And of course - i find many new friends, very interesting, different variety men and women, educated, erudite, businnes and creative. With them I can have a good time or to perform various tasks.

But.... You know, Russia is not modern State... There are not low, culture in crisis, most popular religion - atheism... One time i filled by all my soul - it's boring to write in russian language. And i wanted to write in english! It's my recognition from the heart: why i began to learn English. For example, learning of arabic i began from religion inspiration,  and memorized one book in three months. Now it is the turn of English.

Once my frind, web-project manager from Moscow said to me: "Who you were before you started writing a blog? Nobody. Now, many people know you. Maybe the English blog will be same result".

It's not easy to write in foreign language, especialy when you not teach it in School, and negligently regard him at the University.

But, if i can, in future it's new colors, communications, and many good friends in my life, inshaaLlah.

Spring in Makhachkala (Dagestan, North Caucasus)

April 14, 2012. Apricot trees in bloom

 

 

 

April 17 , cafe in front of the mosque

 

 

 

April 26, small park in the city

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My long way to the English

In Russian many people study english in school , and then - in university , but - don't know it. I'm from them.

In the school i stud German (also no good) , in univestity i haven't motivation. Many parties, many games.... And no time to english . After i start praying (muslim 5 pray's in day)  , i learn arabic like a fanatic - all the days if i have any leisure time, and i think that english - it's too small target for my notice - when i learn Arabic - lenguage of Word of Allah and our Prophet (peace up on him).

After universiti i have workd programm-ingeneer in a company. And that time i began my most interesting hobby - writing programm to learn arabic. And made the electronic dictionary "arabic russsian", and then - programm in Flash with many sounds and animations to learn arabic alphabet, reading and writing.

And after one year my own site www.ar-ru.ru  about arabic language was a most popular in Russia.

And i think - that work , wich i douing for writing applications - it's a big , and what is a translations on the foreign language after that? - it's too small. But... I did not know english...

And after all that , i begin writing in russian to my blog  about islam. And my posts often was very popular. I was even invited to work in Moscow as muslim journalist.  But russia.... and it's people... so boring (astaghfirullah) .

And i think in second case - i want to write in english , i want more auditory , i belive in myselfs...

But , now, when i have 2 child , and wife , and in my head so many thinks and ideas, and time run so fast. - study language it's not easy . Of cource, i'm reading  in english technical documentations, and even see some films - and i understend it. But, when you want to writing in foreign language - it must be a big lever of knowlege....

So, my brothers and sisters, if you understud some of there (text above ) - pray for my , and ask Allah to help my in study this common language. Amin.

In the next post - if you are understund me, i will write about my methodics how i learn english. It's very creative.

And a question in the end  - are somebody understand my english ?
i am so ashamed for my ignorance...

Russian military killed in a sity minibus in Dagestan

On 11 of April a Russian army soldier was killed in a shuttle in Makhachkala. Today I heard more details on that incident.

A shuttle (like on the picture above) was on its usual route in the city of Makhachkala – the capital of Dagestan with a population about one million. One of the passengers was on his phone speaking Tabasaran, telling someone that he came to the city to attend funeral ceremony of his friend. Another passenger suddenly asked him:
- “Are you a Tabasaran as well? (a nation in South Dagestan)”
- “Yes, I am” – the soldier replied.
- “Me too” – he said
– “And you are on you military service in the Russian army, aren’t you?" – the stranger asked.
- “Yes, I am” – again was the soldier’s answer.

After these words the stranger pulled up a pistol and shot twice straight to the soldier’s head. After that he shouted to the driver to stop the shuttle and did it with his normal voice, like nothing had happened before and he just had reached his destination. He then left the shuttle in front of the shocked passengers. That day at the same I was traveling on my own business in another shuttle and we stuck in a traffic jam and I saw a lot of military and the police on the streets.

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