The hardest pitch I ever made wasn’t to an investor.
It was to my wife.
I had to ask her to leave Paris and move to San Francisco with me.
Not for a vacation.
For years.
I was asking her to trade a life we already had for one that was still mostly a bet in my head.
That’s the part of building a company people don’t talk about enough.
The company asks for your nights, your weekends, your savings, your sleep.
But it also quietly takes from the people closest to you.
They live with the stress.
They hear the doubts before anyone else does.
They sit through the “just a few more months” phase that somehow becomes a few more years.
They absorb the risk without getting the title, the equity story, or the LinkedIn announcement.
We made the move. We’re in SF now.
And I’m grateful for it every day.
Because looking back, this was never just my founder journey.
My wife didn’t build the product.
She didn’t sell the deals.
She didn’t sit in the investor meetings.
But she carried more of this company than most people will ever see.
Every founder talks about their cofounders.
Almost nobody talks about the person at home who made the whole thing possible.
Some people hate imitations of famous reciters.
But when done properly it’s as if they’re back alive again.
Electricity cuts out and boom Minshawi is back again.
Crazy scene here.
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FINALLY GOT TO FIND OUT THE SCIENTIFIC REASON BEHIND MALAY GRANDMOTHERS PUTTING WET TISSUE ON THE BABIES FOREHEAD TO STOP HICCUPS AND IT WORKS AND THIS IS THE EXPLANATION I NEEDED!!!
MERCI BEAUCOUP 😭
This is what your mother does every day. Sometimes, you see it. Most of the time, she hides it and takes it to her grave, and you don't even know about those hardships.
At least 550 people died during this year’s Islamic Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia due to extreme heat. However, Saudi Arabia denies heat-related deaths, with its health ministry stating that there were no significant heat-related deaths among this year’s pilgrims.
Videos circulating online show bodies lying in the streets without any medical assistance being given. Meanwhile, several countries have announced deaths among their own citizens.
In recent years, those performing the Hajj have been affected by climate change, as Mecca is one of the hottest places on earth. The most recent heat-related deaths indicate this trend is likely to continue in the coming decades.
Studies have also highlighted the impact of Hajj on climate change, with one such study estimating that the Hajj creates 1.8 million tons of greenhouse gases. This is roughly equivalent to the amount of greenhouse gases that New York City emits in two weeks. The study cites air travel to Mecca as the most significant contributor, accounting for 87% of emissions.
The Saudi government has also faced criticism for not having a plan to address climate change impacts to and from the Hajj. Its 2030 Vision aims to increase the number of pilgrims to 30 million per year, a 10 million increase from pre-pandemic levels.
When I was in Iraq we do a home search where weapons were discovered & it became clear the owner of the home knew about it. We had to have an NCO or senior LCpl in any room the search was occuring & document anything we had to destroy (mattresses etc) so the family could be
Sh. 'Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr حفظه الله mentioned that an old man came to him and said:
“O Shaykh I have not memorised anything (of Qur’ān) except for Sūrah al-Fātiḥah and Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ and I stand in prayer every night for 2 hours.', then he began to cry and asked: 'O Shaykh is it permissible for me to keep repeating them (2 Sūwar in every prayer)?',
Sh. 'Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr said:
“Look at this one and his 'Ibādah and look at the one who has memorised all of the Qur’an yet he sleeps until Fajr prayer.”
[شرح أخلاق حملة القرآن الشريط ١٢]
Allah Allah 😢😢
Read this whole thread. He is Dr. Abdullah Maqat, a book lover, he established his own personal library bit by bit with so much effort and enthusiasm, it has been turned to ashes by Zionists.
*Dr. Abdullah Maqat*
This is the library in front of you...