The Amazigh Legend of Hamu Onamir

by Kamal Ghazal

The popular heritage of Tamazight People tells about a legend called “Hamu Onamir”:

In ancient times there was a very beautiful orphan child named "Hamu Onamir" , he was living with his mother, who brought him up very good and let him go to the school (Kuttab) to learn reading , writing and keeping the Holy Koran By heart. When "Onamir" became a juvenile young man , he was the most beautiful young man in the village and everyone loved and admired his beauty .

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Daniel’s Cave: A School for Witchcraft !

by Kamal Ghazal

Many of us watched Harry Potter adventure movies or read (Harry Potter ) novels which authored by the British J.K Rowling, as "Harry Potter" received his education with his mates in the school of witchcraft , he learnt how to be a practitioner in order to confront the evil magical powers, Is there a real school for black magic ? or it is just an imaginative concept in books or films?

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Mandal Practice: When the Unknown Becomes a Deadly Game

by Kamal Ghazal

In the shadowed corners of magical practices across the Arab world, there exists a mysterious and dangerous ritual known as Fath al-Mandal  or simply, the Mandal practice. It’s a form of spirit summoning, not from the souls of the dead, but from supernatural beings known as jinn entities described in Islamic and Arab folklore as the hidden inhabitants (‘Ummar al-Makan) of certain places, able to communicate secrets beyond human reach.

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Shish Piercing: A Sufi Practice Beyond Pain

by Kamal Ghazal

Among certain Islamic Sufi orders, there exists a ritual known as “Darb al-Shish” (literally “striking with a skewer”), where participants, often devotees or petitioners are pierced with metal skewers, knives, or other sharp objects through their cheeks, abdomen, or limbs without apparent injury or bleeding. These ceremonies sometimes also involve walking on hot coals or even handling live snakes.

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The magical powers of precious stones

by Kamal Ghazal

A popular legend tells that Jinn are afraid of wolves and according to this legend, If Jinn is seen by a wolf coming towards him he will not be able to move and if wolf urinate on him he will be transformed into a cameo , then Jinn will be locked into that shape , and he will stays in this way till finally falls into human hands, then he will appears in dreams visions of that human trying to offer his services in order to set him free from his transformed shape , This legend reminds us of the Aladdin’s magical lamp and genie inside, There is also there also a widespread belief established in people minds about the power and the influence of the precious stones as they (the stones) bring the livelihoodand eliminate the negative power of envy eye, or even help to increase sexual drive of men.

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Seeping-Water Graves

by Kamal Ghazal

In October, 2008 a strange phenomenon occurred in the countryside of Tartous city located in Syria, pure quantities of water were found coming from two graves and source could not be defined, Here we mention 2 stories:

1 – Ayman's Tomb

Hundreds of residents of "Khirbet Al-Sendyana" and the surrounding regions came to visit the grave of the child "Ayman" who died at the age 12 to fill their vessels with drops of "blessed water" which was seeping from the grave, other were used their cameras in mobile phones to take photos, the water was seeping through the corners of the grave and from its four corners as it was streaming but with fluctuations. water flow decreases increase from time to time.

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