بانَ الخَليطُ وَلَو طُوِّعتُ ما بانا
وَقَطَّعوا مِن حِبالِ الوَصلِ أَقرانا

حَيِّ المَنازِلَ إِذ لا نَبتَغي بَدَلًا
بِالدارِ دارًا وَلا الجيرانِ جيرانا

لَو تَعلَمينَ الَّذي نَلقى أَوَيتِ لَنا
أَو تَسمَعينَ إِلى ذي العَرشِ شَكوانا

كَصاحِبِ المَوجِ إِذ مالَت سَفينَتُهُ
يَدعو إِلى اللَهِ إِسرارًا وَإِعلانا

- جرير

A quick (anatomy of the pharynx) lesson.
Look at how the inferior pharyngeal & the cricopharyngeus muscles are related to one another and to the esophagus

A diverticulum is basically an out-pouching. Zenker's diverticulum is an out-pouching in the pharynx (between the inferior pharyngeal & the cricopharyngeus muscles) that can be really annoying.

إِذا كانَ لي فِيْمَنْ أُحِبُّ مُشَارِكاً
مَنَعْتُ الهَوَى رُوْحِي لِيُتْلِفَني وَجْدِي
وَقُلْتُ لَها يا نَفْسُ مَوتي كَرِيمَةً
فَلا خَيْرَ في حُبٍّ يَكُونُ مَعَ الضدِّ


تَرَكْتُ حَبِيْبَ القَلْبِ لا عَنْ مَلاَلَه
ولَكِنْ جَنَى ذَنْباً يُؤَدَي إلى التَّرْكِ
أَرادَ شَرِيكاً في المحبَةِ بَيْننا
وإِيمَانُ قَلْبِي لا يَمْيِلُ إلى الشِّرْكِ

ألف ليلة وليلة

Reading sometimes feels like excavation: I read because I'm looking for my ideas, better articulated.

I said it would be dark, & he said he hated daylight. I said it would be lonely, & he said he prostituted his mind talking to intelligent people. I said he was mad & he said God preserve him from sanity. (God certainly will.)

In 1913, Wittgenstein decided to isolate himself in a remote place somewhere in Norway. Bertrand Russell tried to talk him out of it:

Basically an ulcer in your esophagus due to GERD (GORD if You're british).
It also predisposes you to esophageal cancer.

Kraków, Poland (1493)

A legend says that the founder of the city built the town on top of a cave that housed a dragon.

مقدمة المترجم (د. عادل مصطفى) لكتاب المختصر، إبكتيتوس.

قلب وجوهر التعاليم الرواقية كلها: