hello, hola, chetory, como estas, khabari! do come in... relax... cross your legs.. or if you want, extend and stretch them.. turn some music on.. set aside some time and explore my links... i have nothing but links... no fancy graphics... no Java (make yourself a cup of joe)... no moving icons... just stuff i like..
this homepage serves no higher purpose. all it is is my collection of links. i guess that by putting so many links to things that i like u could actually learn a lot about me indirectly.. i doubt, however, that anyone would go that far except maybe to say "this guy's got way too much time on his hand"
the page is divided into sections:
Movies (which is where i wish i was right now), Music
(what's always on in my head), News (what's going on around us), Business/Finance (what's been hammered into me), Islam/Arab
(what i am and what i believe in) , Intellect (what i wish i had),
Literature (because what i really should be doing right now is reading), Life(sometimes u do need to be told what to do with your life), Shopping (because there's nothing better for the soul),
Friends (who i hang with), Gadgets/Good Stuff (i want... i need!),
and Miscellaneous (points of interest.. scattered, varied, far between.. like thoughts
in my head), My Guestbook (yes, you have the time)
Who you? My name is Osamah Abdullatif. What you do? I am a corporate credit officer in one of the leading banks . Basically, I am a credit analyst/officer/whatchamacallit. They throw stuff at me, most of the time i find a way to do it. I am an expert in two things: 1) pretending to know what i'm doing and what i'm going on about; 2) looking busy so that i won't be given more stuff to do. Amazingly, i get paid for this. You should try it too sometime. Anything else? . I am on ICQ whenever i am online. I won't give my UIN, but it won't be difficult for anyone to find. Please ICQ me if u wanna chat. Don't expect me to add you though. At least not right away. Oh, don't waste your time searching for links to a pic of me. It ain't there. There are more than enough ugly pics on the web. No need to have one here too. If you're wondering about the grammar, the missing capital letters, and the sentence structure, well.. it got to ya, didn't it? :) And if you don't get irony or sarcasim then you're on the wrong web site
I graduated from this place. BSc Finance. December 1995. I can both read and write.
Oman - Where I'm from.. where I'm at. you dig? Here are some links on and about Oman:
Oman Info World- The only professionally done Oman page. Looks really good.
Weather forecast for Muscat
GTO The official Internet Service Provider in Oman.
Oman Studies Center.- This is probably the best site when it comes to links about Oman. Tons of links to personal pages, and also information about the Oman Mail list.
Omani companies on the net
Oman Online
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat Securities Market
Movies (and other misc. enterainment)
Internet Movie Database- The best film reference on the web. If the internet didn't have anything else on it but the IMDb it'd still be worth it. It is the most complete reference site on movies anywhere. IMDb allows you to search for just about anything movie related. You can look up a movie on the IMDb from here using the following form: If you don't know the title then search by cast/crew/director name, a character's name, word search, or even a quote.
Ain't It Cool News The best advanced news and gossip site
Box Office Guru
Cinescape Online Insider
Coming Attractions News and rumors about movies still in the making or planning stages.
Dark Horizons Latest Film News & Rumours
Hollywood Confidential
Hot Button A daily column.
Showbiz Data
Studio Briefing at IMDb
Variety The movie business' bible
24 frames per second- Projections on Film
All-Movie Guide
Belles de Jour:
the actresses of French Cinema
Betty-G's Reel- An IRC
friend's homepage. This one has a truly amazing choice of links
Brazil-The movie,
not the country. If you didn't understand it then look no further.
Cinescape Magazine
Countdown- The ultimate fan site.
Cyber Film School
The Den.com entertainment network
DGA Magazine- the bimonthly magazine of the Director's Guild of America.
Dolby Laboratories all the surround sound information u can eat
Drew's Script-O-Rama-
The most complete movie script links page
Empire Magazine
Film.com
Film Music
Film Threat Magazine for an independent point of view
Girls on Film- a
feminist movie page? just check it out.. trust me
Godfather Trilogy homepage.
Gods Among Directors:
Quentin Tarantino, John Woo, Robert Rodriguez, and Martin Scorsese
The Greatest Movies- A site by Tim Dirks that's really worth checking out if you love movies.
Hollywood Online- All about movies.
James Bond
James Bond Forever
Martin Scorsese
Mise En Scéne- A
homepage for people who really love movies. Written by two guys who are now trying to make
their first movie
Movie Cliche List
Movie Monkey
Movie Release Schedule US only
Movie Sounds
Movie Soundtrack page
Movie Web- Movie
trailers, info, and much more including the week's Top 25 US movie chart and the list of the
50 Top Grossing movies in US history
Mr Cranky's Movie Reviews
Mr. Showbiz- Not just movies.. TV, Music, Games..etc.
Oh, the Humanity!- The worst movies on earth.
Planet Hollywood Online
Premiere Magazine
Pulp Fiction
Roger Ebert on Movies- Here's one reviewer I am willing to take seriously
Rotten Tomatoes- Movie reviews and news.
SCARFACE.- Need I elaborate?
SoundtrackNet
Star Wars - The Official Web Site
Taxi Driver
The Trailer Park-
All the movie trailers you want
Widescreen Cinema
Woody Allen Page
ZENtertainment
ArabicNews.com
Business Week Magazine
CNN
CNNfn
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index- Cartoons about all the current issues.
The Drudge Report
The Economist
Financial Times
Fortune Magazine
International Herald Tribune
Los Angeles Times
msNBC
Newsweek
New York
Times
NEWS.COM
Computer and Tech news updated daily.
RapidFax Entertainment News
Reuter's/Variety Entertainment News Daily Updated constantly.
ShowBizWire
The Times of London
Total
News
USA Today
Wall Street Journal Update
WashingtonPost.com
The Wire- Breaking news from Associated Press.
World News Page Links to just about every news source in the world
The Islam Page- Ibrahim Shafi's homepage is the best I've seen on Islam yet.
Cybermuslim Information Collective
IslamiCity
Musalman Top 100 Islamic Cites
Women in Islam- Myth and Reality. A comparison of Islam vs Judeo-Christian traditions.
A Shi'ite Encyclopedia
As-sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya- The Psalms of Islam. The most beautiful prayers.
Nahjul Balagha- The peak of eloquence.
First Steps... by Amirah- This is an absolutely beautiful looking site.
Islamic Audio Studio
Gergorian to Hijri Converter
1001Sites.com The Arab Internet Directory.
Al-Murshid Arab/Islamic/Middle Eastern directory.
arab.net Links to all Arab countries, with tons of info on each.
Al-Mashriq Cultural
Multimedia Server An excellent site for middle-eastern culture and those interested
in it.
Arab & Muslim links Some good
links here, especially newspapers and newsgroups.
Abdul's Small World
Abdulrahman Al Rafee' Poetry
Al Mubarak's Page of Arabic Poetry
Arabic names: Masculine and Feminine
Arab World Online
Arabic Poems
Arab Film Distribution
Arabic Game Programming & DirectX
Arab Media World Wide
AMIS- Arabic Music Information Source
Al Fardan Opinions Page This looks like a guestbook, but the topic is changed regularly. Often lame, sometimes downright reactionary.. worth a look.
Arab White Pages
Aramusik Arabic CD's source.
Bahrain Cinema Guide If you're wondering what's playing in Bahrain this week.
Cafe Arabica The Arab American Online Community Center.
The Boss Arabic Comedy Video Clips
Cecile's homepage Cecile's page has an unbelievable wealth of information on the arab world.
Center for Arab Unity Studies
Electronic Arab Market- Sook
Fares.net
Gulf Talk- A really kewl page.
Hiyam The first
Arabic Poetry Magazine online.
IraqNet One of the best arabic sites online
Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture
Kalimat Music Samples and Lyrics
Khalid
Al-Shaikh you need an Arabic browser to view this page.
Konouz Arab Internet Directory
Lila Video Arabic movies, series, and music on video.
Maktoob Arabic Email
The Middle Eastern Cook Book
Middle East Off-roader Magazine
Nawal Arab Search Engine and Directory
Nokat.Nos.Com Egyptian Jokes
Oasis of Nizar Qibani A page with many poems by Nizar, site also has a Gibran page
100 Arabic Love Poems
Oriental Works A page of poetry
Samira.net
Shagra City
Sultan.net Arabic songs and videos- good songs.. let's forget about copyrights for a while.
UAE Forever
Abu El Abed Jokes An archive of Abu El Abed
jokes maintained by Hani Abu Rahmeh.
American Association of Individual Investors
Better Business Bureau- You want help? You feel you've been
(or about to be) ripped off? Check here.
Bloomberg Online
Business 2.0: The New Economy Portal Amazing choice of business links.
Business Researcher's Interests
CNET Investor
Encyclopedia of the New Economy
FinanCenter- Personal Finance Calculators
Gulf Business Magazine
Hoover's Online
Invest Smart
The Motley Fool- Finance and folly.
SEC Edgar Database- Best source for corporate
10Ks and disclosure info
TheStreet.com
Security APL Inc- home of PAWWS and other quote
services.
The Virtual Reference Desk
Worldlyinvestor.com
"Optimism is strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it is unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there is no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours"
Noam Chomsky
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Covert Action Quarterly
Feed Magazine
HOTWIRED-
Wired Magazine Online.
MENSA-
Smart people who know they are.
National Review
The New Republic
Objectivism- I never succeeded in getting
past the first chapter of an Ayn Rand book.
Reader's Digest
Slate Magazine
SALON-
Supposedly, an intellectual salon in the old fashioned sense.
Utne Reader
Z
Magazine Leftist? Activist? Necessary? Home of the Chomsky Archive.Please
check out the archive and liberate your mind from mainstreem political thinking.
ArtNet ArtWorld Network: Everthing art, from exhibitions to museums
Project Gutenberg- The goal of Project Gutenberg is to have 10,000 books available to the public in electronic form by the year 2001.
The Library of Congress
The Grammar Lady
Dictionary.com
Hypertext Webster- Dictionary gateway on the web.
WWWebster Dictionary
Poem Search Engine
The Quotations Page
Roget's Thesaurus
The Elements of Style
Writer's Resource Center
American Literary Classics- A Chapter A Day
n.b. a monthly magazine about new books.
Granta- the magazine of new writing.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Alex: A Catalog of
Electronic Text on the Internet
The English Server
Mark Twain on the Web
Smithsonian
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the
Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by
something even more bizarrely inexeplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
The Consummate Hitchhiker's Guide- The best
Douglas Adams page on the web.
The Coupland File- A
Douglas Coupland page. Lots of stuff from Microserfs.
Alt.romance FAQ- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions such as: Is it Love?
Astrology.net
FHM Magazine
Fab fashion Tips
Fashion Net
First View- Collections On-Line.. you either like the fashion or the models. both?
Maxim Magazine
Pages of Romance- In case you don't have enough corn in your diet.
Romance 101
SWOON- Dating, Mating, Relating.
Underwire Microsoft's site for women
Who are you?- What the
stars say about you.
Cosmo!
Women Online Worldwide
Women's Issues- 3rd World
Epicurious Magazine- Good food and Travel advice from Conde Nast Traveller
iDrink- The Drink Mixing Site
Fodor's- Travel guides.. etc
Lonely Planet
Expedia- a really good travel site.
Travel and Leisure Magazine
amIhealthy.com
Ask the Doctor- If you had any
questions you want to ask, or if you just want to read what others are asking. All
questions are answered by a panel of doctors.
Better Health
Centers for Disease Control
Go Ask Alice
Healthatoz- Search engine for Health and Medicine.
HealthWorld Online
The Life Extension Foundation
Mayo Clinic
OnHealth
Thrive.online The new health
WellnessWeb- The Patient's Network.
Amazon.com - Books, Music, Movies and more.. If it's
in print these guys will find it.
Barnes and Noble Online- Not quite as good as Amazon but worth a look.
CDnow Music and Movies by mail.
DVD Express
Fashionmall
4Chocolates
FTD.com Flora Trasnworld Delivery... in other words: Flowers.
Ken Cranes Laser disc Superstore
Laser's Edge- Laserdiscs
Music Master- Order arabic
music here.
1-800-FLOWERS- send flowers
anywhere.
The Sharper Image- Gadgets,
Gadgets, Gadgets!!!
Yalplay If for some reason you want to buy british CDs or videos.
Aggressor
Dariz My roommate
from college.. he's a comp sci major so this page changes just about every other week
Doodiham He's got the worst taste when it comes to music. But he's a nice guy.. writes poetry so check the poems out.. Forgive him the Yanni and Kenny G bad taste.
Fashion, Style, Beauty! This is my dear
friend Aimee's page. In case you're wondering how come I actually know such a creative
person......
Haniville This is a very well designed
page by one of the regulars on #uae.. extremely funny.
Kareem Sonya Mr NO_WAY himself...
any freak who'd stay alone at the lab all night just to irc is OK in my book.... NEWSFLASH: dude's a grad now.. no lab to go to :)
Karradi Another psycho?? dunno
just check out the name of his page..
Kawaku Don't look at me, i don't know what the nick means either.
Lightsman A man with a
mission!
Pe@ce Young, internet addicted, and html crazy... she's got her Skittles technique right and u gotta admit that that is one big PLUS in anyone's book...
Shaheen- ((echo)) Check her page out, the layout is too good to be true and the content is even better.
SimplyMajid Okay, the guy's a psycho.. but
the page is really kewl, trust me..
Sunflower she asked me to describe her in three sentences. i came up with one loaded sentence:
Wuss hating, mango loving, angst filled, poetry writing babe.
Ty He likes to say that his name is Altayeb, but he's just Ty.
Ask Digital Man
AutoExpress Online. Car news and reviews.
BMW
BMW 5 Series Message Board
CNET.com Gadget Page
Car Magazine
Car and Driver
Car Care
Car Connection
Car Talk
The Laserdisc Collector's Companion
CompareNet An interactive buyer's guide.
Consumer World The Consumer Resource Guide
The Digital Bits
The DVD File
Edmund's Buyer's Guides
Ferrari
GP-F1: Grand Prix Formula 1 page
GSM Link Heaven
How Stuff Works
Kelly Blue Book
Lamborghini
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Spy Photos
Microsoft CarPoint
Motor Trend Magazine
Omega
The PilotZone- PalmPilot, just about the kewlest gadget ever
Porsche
Product ReviewNet Just enter the name of the product and wait for the review to come on screen.
Road & Track
TechnoFILE- the consumer's non-technical
guide to today's technology. In other words: GADGETS.
Top Gear
The Wheel Rack Choose the car, color, and wheel combination and see what it would look like.
WWW Speedtrap Registery
Woman Motorist
Paranoia.com
- I think the title says it all. Any crazy topic you want info about, you'll find it here. Drugs, conspiracies, anarchy, sex.. it's all here
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