isna 2005: brief recap (updated pics 9.12.05)
assalamu alaikum :)
bismillah.
below is a brief recap of isna 2005 which i originally posted on islamicaweb.com:
one week ago i was packing for isna 05. one week later i begin packing for isna 06.
honesly, i dont know where to start, so i guess ill begin with the program. compared to isna 03 and isna 04, i thought it was horrible. the topics werent that interesting and im sorry but abdallah idris ali isnt the greatest speaker out there. that being said, id like to move on.i arrived in chicago thursday night along with my cousin hatattack. from the airport we proceeded directly to the rosemont convention center where we overlooked the construction of the infamous islamica booth. there we ran into azher, afeef, resay and mirza, who kindly lent us the keys to his nicely equipped infiniti fx35. hello devon street. hello italian express. after eating we hung out on devon for a couple hours or so, and then made our way to farasat's (worked the islamica booth) apartment where we called it a night. friday afternoon we arrived at isna.
[list of fellow islamicans that i met which i decided not to include here.]
overall, i had a blast hanging out with my brothers from across the country. from our antics in the bazaar, walking to mcdonalds at 2 am, handing out MSA session flyers with random witty comments, pulling an all nighter in bud's hotel room and discussing muhajibas, congregating in the empty quiet corner of the hyatt lobby with nihari and fried chicken and then being given the boot by the lawmen, to protesting the naseeb party at the roadside with posterboards, everything was amazing. i thank Allah for bringing us together i ndeen and brotherhood. know that i love each and every one of you. isna 06 can not come soon enough.
he just grabbed ahold
and wouldnt let go.
myself and bud in
the hyatt on sunday night.
myself and goldi
outside the naseeb party
my isna credentials.
scorcher.jaysh.me.meraj.bud.goldi.
i found this toy near the dumpster.
figured id get my cardio workout done
and avoid the lobby
(ill try to update as more pictures come in.)
and Allah Almighty knows best.
masalama, your brother in islam
sheik speare.
posted by sheikspeare at 9/09/2005 02:32:00 AM
11 Comments:
isna seems so cool.
Britain is so dry without it *sob*
Wassalam
Assalamu alaykum
What's with the black blobs, brother? (the brother bit is there to purify my intention, insha Allah. Yeah, I don't know how that works either, but it does).
d.o.r.k.
bikes: the poor man's segway
bahahahhaa.
i ripped this off jinnzaman.
"When I am with you, we stay up all night,
When you're not here, I can't get to sleep.
Praise God for these two insomnias!
And the difference between them."
~Rumi~
goodbye, my love.
that was me romancing you by the way
-iliketofish
(rehan)
baahahaha... good stuff man, good stuff...
Those links come as a red x. :( The sites blocked here.
aww u guys had fun. i wish i woke up to enjoy the weekend.
Lol it was good meeting you man. Did you guys get any funny reactions to the Naseeb signs? And ditto, ISNA '05 sucked.
phhhhahahaha dude that's my writing on your isna tag! Oh yeah. I'm so cool.
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