Habiba Hamid-crucial part in Manarat Alumni
Who is Habiba Hamid? She is journalist who used to write for Newsweek . How did I even know or heard of her? Well it simple the internet. She i…
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The farewell to Mr Yusif after 40 Years-Manarat Jeddah Alumni
The Manarat Jeddah Reunion happened in Jeddah after a long wait. So why we the wait? Mr BA Yusif is leaving Manarat Jeddah (owned by Maarif Education) after 40 years of teaching . I remember him coming to the school as it if was few years ago. Actually 40 years has passed. The year was 1985. Our class is ‘Class of 1989’, Manarat Jeddah. The formula to get the year which we were studying classs is like this(I formulated). Year= Class N-2 to ClassN-1. Say Class 7. Mr Yusif came in grade 7. I might no be able to remember the years of how do I get the year he came. 7-2 to 7-1. That is 5 to 6. Well It was the 1980s. The three digit are same :198. The Last Digit is 5 to 6. This translates to 1985 to 1986. Other classes can make their own formula. For class of 1988, it s Class N -1 to Class N. They got it easier in calculation. The first day he came was being friendly and I shook his hands. He smilingly h...
