Confessions of an old Azooz

I was webmaster of a popular Arabic internet domain forum but got writers block and could no longer join in the discussions. I tried running an English forum for a while but the same thing happened. I can write a little, but the fun is no longer there - too much talk in anger and not much thinking - I was getting much too old for all that. I did give the forum to my friends to run but that did not work and the "Tasjeel" forum is now gone. I do not know what happened after I left but think the moderators had the same problem I did.

"About Islam dot com" another site I failed. At one time it was the web's most anti-Islamic site but it's first owner got tired of it and let it go. I picked it up and ran it as an Islamic site with my ex-wife (American) and it was really nice till the same thing happened to me. One thing I remember fondly was all the angry young Muslim boys and girls joining the forum thinking that it was the old anti-Islamic site but finding a Muslim one instead - shock treatment for angry youngsters.

So now I have a blog. It is in fact what I have always wanted. I first wanted to call it AafaQ (horizons) but that sounded too formal, so I picked up Azooz.com - I'll have it up in Arabic as soon as I figure out how so as not to bother the English speaking world too much ;)

I am not used to having a life, computers were all I knew at home and at work for well over 30 years. I am getting the hang of this "life" thing slowly and getting to know my extended family and friends. My mind is still mushy from decades of looking at computer screens, but at this age I can claim senility and they let me get away it.

Peace