Study & Work! - Shoot 4 The Moon,

This photo has been recognized as the best photo for the year 2007. The reward, was announced during the final meeting of Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) General Assembly held in Amman, and given to the Syrian Arab News agency (SANA)'s Cameraman Wasem Kheir Beik for his photo taken in one of the streets of Damascus.

The photo shows a 7-year old girl sitting in front of her movable table on which she sells sweets and biscuits, and at the same time carries her books trying to do her school duties.

This photo has stimulated so many ideas and impressions in my mind... I'll list 2 of them here briefly!

First, it shows a high level of persistence we seek for in the younger generations; you need not to have a rich family or be a son or daughter of a tycoon to get educated, if you decide to educate yourself you can do it, no matter what the circumstances are. Jordanian educational system has proving this through many cases for students from less fortunate public schools who were keen to excel in national and supra-national competitions (both curricular and extracurricular) and exceed our expectations. I was a jury member at the National Robotics Competition this year and I was so amazed by the achievements of teams from El-Shoneh and Baq3a.

This photo really shows and interesting example of a multitasking little girl! you can never effectively utilize your time in the 21st century without being multitasking, you might feel stressed and under pressure at the first place, but the more progress you do the more you get addicted to being multitasking. So, Keep you favorite books/magazines with you wherever you go … store you favorite audio books, e-books and podcasts and play them whenever you move around (by car or public transportation) or waiting somewhere (at the clinic, bank, governmental office… etc.). An interesting research published last years says that an average person spend -at least- 2 FULL years of his/her life on the road!

I really have more to say about this pretty nice photo … but since I have so many to do before the end of 2007, I leave the floor for you to express yourself!