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		<title>Peep a Pic: Neighborhood Playground</title>
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		<title>Madrasah Safiyyah bint &#8216;Abdil Mutallib</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now accepting students for the 1430 - 1431H school year.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1313423&post=1726&subd=desertdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employment Opps: Expat Engineer</title>
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Wanted:

Contract Coordinator &#8211; Saudi Aramco Total Refining &#38; Petrochemical Company
Production Manager
More&#8230;

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		<title>Beginners Tajweed Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
  



Schedule of the Beginners Tajwid CourseNovember 7 – December 26


Week 1
Sat. Nov. 7th
Wed. Nov.11th


Week 2
Sat. Nov. 14th
Wed. Nov. 18th


Hajj Break (Nov. 18th – Dec. 5th )


Week 3
Sat. Dec. 5th
Wed. Dec.9th


Week 4
Sat. Dec.12th
Wed. Dec.16th


Week 5
Sat. Dec.19th
Wed. Dec.26th



&#160;
Start date: November 7th /2009
End date: December 26th /2009
Saturday &#38; Wednesday: (9:00am – 12:00pm)
JCAL
Tel: 02 692 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1313423&post=1717&subd=desertdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hijrah Humor: Toddler Pull-up</title>
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		<title>Peep a Pic: Mountains on the way to Makkah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Makkah lies inland 73 kilometers east of Jeddah.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1313423&post=1706&subd=desertdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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