Anne Nakheel

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What a vast relief that Proposition 8 was overturned in California by the US District Court of Appeals. Californians voted on whether they wanted to ban marriages in Gay and Lesbian couples. A Federal judge found the decision that was passed with popular consent was, in fact, unconstitutional.

The United States is a very religious country with a record percentage of the population attending churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples of every possible persuasion. Critically, and one of the reasons why More

Thinking about going green…

One should really think about going green and how we can help the environment. It’s a big issue today, and one that a lot of large companies like enigin PLC have taken on. I have often wondered how to help the environment more in my day to day life. I’ve thought about little things they say make a difference such as turning the lights off. I even mentioned it to my husband. However he got on the bandwagon for an More

How Writing Allows Me To Stay At Home With My Little Boy

I absolutely adore my little boy and the fact that I get to stay at home with him. This is because I finally made a decision to give up my outside job and work at home full time as a freelance writer. Although it can be hard to write full time with the needs of my little man, I do make a decent living at it. Well at least enough to supplement my husbands paycheck.

Each day I get to More

I’m Telling You

When I first saw my baby I thought Oh no–I’m never going to be able to write again–I’ll never be able to concentrate as long as this fragile little thing is staring up at me!

It turns out that I was right. Concentrating on writing while trying to be a good mother is exceptionally difficult. I often find myself staring blankly at the screen one minute – promising myself that I will not move from this chair until I have More

Go Go Design Go!

Most of us walk past (and are exposed to via TV) advertisements and signs every day, but how often do we stop and try and work out what they actually mean to us? As well as saving energy, Enigin ponder questions like this and many more over at their design blog.

What has energy saving got to do with design you may well ask? Well, actually quite a lot. The Enigin dudes employ design to make energy saving matters more More

Welcome Outsiders!

Hello and welcome to my very first blog. So I guess this being my very first post I should probably tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Anne Nakheel (which, interestingly is Arabic for Palms, as in the tree) and am currently living in the North End of London.