Scandalous
I have been making myself scarce on my own website of late; when you move back to your homeland after 12 years and pick up a very exciting new position with a place as cool as Rambøll Informatik, you'll tend to drop off the radar for a bit.
Thanks to Pinse I now have a long(er) weekend, and there is one thing I wish to piss and moan about. I want to call out the Danish Welfare Ministry. read more »
Yesterday was amazing. I haven't been to a protest since the one when George Bus
Yesterday was amazing. I haven't been to a protest since the one when George Bush came to town. It was hot, very hot but the turn out in all honesty was a disapointment...I was expecting many ore people.
Anyway, after waiting at Temple station for about an hour we finally got moving. We moved to the front of the march and bumped into a fellow 'bloggeress'. While we were standing there a few cars beeped in support of us - one in particular was obviously an Arab driver of someone quite wealthy, driving a Bentley and he waved at us while Karim hooted back at him :) read more »
Thomas Powers: on getting out of Iraq
Both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama have committed themselves to withdrawing from Iraq. As this essay explains, the new president will find accepting the consequences of withdrawal will be very hard to do. He will discover that the war bequest of George Bush will be very hard to disown. Powers predicts that the candidates in 2012 are likely to be talking about the challenges of Afghanistan and Iraq. read more »
The Global War on Drugs, Cairo, 1952
The menace of the world drug trade, Al-Musawwar, Cairo, August 16, 1952. Apologies for the bad scan.
Inbox Zero
Merlin Mann from 43 Folders presented this at Google last year. I adopted this concept, and it really made a big difference. I have embedded the video of his presentation.
Enjoy
Iphone Full Arabic System
Now you can Arabize your iphone.
But I don’t take biscuits out of people’s cupboards!!
I never thought that the way I write my “T’s”, “M’s”, “O’s” and “Y’s” could really give me away. (I thought my theory about the “H” & the “I” would do. Those two parallel lines connected with another intersecting line. The same trio, but what makes the difference is the angle of view or tilting if that matters! *Crazyyy*) read more »
The Victimization of Egyptian Women and Children
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Somethings are just beyond belief! And I seriously wish that what Egypt has been witnessing lately is just one long bad dream. Don't know what to do if this nightmare doesn't end. Excuse my sad, or rather depressed, tone.. but I am extremely shocked, and on many levels.
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Ya sitt ad Dunya , ya Beirut
Majda al Roumi sings Nizar Qabbani´s poem Ya Beirut.
This will be cross-posted on diwan of democracy
Sorrow
Mahmoud Mokhtar, al-HuznBasalt, 1927
The Smalltalkers
I stopped smalltalking a long time ago. Just because we are waiting for the water to boil in a kitchenette does not justify someone asking me how my weekend was, at least for me. Of course, the smalltalkers would claim they are being nice and thoughtful and caring...bla bla bla. You know what I say? They lack self-confidence, the thought of standing there for 30 seconds with someone they don't know that much and NOT exchanging pleasantries is terrifying for them and they'll do anything to break that silence.
So, if your office swarms with the annoying smalltalkers here's the top 3 rude ways to get them to stop or at least to annoy them a bit:
1. Develop a short, cold reply for the typical smalltalk questions. Mine is: Good, Good. read more »
DrupalCamp Toronto 2008: May 23 and 24 at Bissell building, University of Toronto
Since 2006, the Drupal community in Toronto has been holding annual DrupalCamps. Although it says "Toronto", we have seen people from as far away as New York, Winnipeg, and Vancouver come to attend the event. This year, we are holding the 3rd annual DrupalCamp Toronto event. The event will be held at the Bissell Building on the campus of the University of Toronto on May 23rd and May 24th 2008. Attendance is free, but donations are welcome. Advertisement:
Buttefly - A Jordanian short film
Muhammad Hushki has done a great job in his first Jordanian short film Butterfly. The film is really impressive in everyway. The directing is great, the acting is superb, and the story is excellent.
It is a short action film, it succeeds in a scary way of reflecting a social problem that a lot of us may have experienced in a way or another. The film starts with a spot light on three young men in a picture that briefs out the struggle of their proving masculinity by just sitting in a line on a pavement, smoking a cigarette in a cocky way.
A moment later, one of the young men is waiting for his girl friend in a coffe shop. He intended to break up with her. She comes with a taxi, and reluctantly tells him that the taxi driver harassed her sexually.
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A (Very) Long Engagement
R and I just realized the other day that we've got less than a hundred days to our wedding.
A hundred days.
It might as well be a hundred years.
When we first got engaged we both thought it would be a good idea to have a long engagement. I had to deal with my parents, they had to learn to accept us, we had to figure out a way to save enough money (we're paying for EVERYTHING...no financial aid here). A year would be good enough for significant changes to be made and have all parties in question happy.
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Walking Around
By Pablo Neruda (translated by Robert Bly) It so happens I am sick of being a man. And it happens that I walk into tailor shops and movie houses dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt steering my way in a water of wombs and ashes. The smell of barbershops makes me break into hoarse sobs. The only thing [...]
Darfur Rebels Attack Khartoum
Between a natural catastrophe of unimaginable proportions in Burma, Hizballah’s politics by other means, and Obama’s victory in the U.S. Democratic primaries, I almost didn’t notice that the JEM attacked a suburb of Khartoum today. This is huge news on its own right. read more »
Pangea Day - Cairo, Egypt
Let's start by the official introduction to the Pangea Day event, the one that is printed in their Media Guide and Press Releases. read more »
What does your Handwriting say about you?
Well for once I was surprised that this type of test was basically accurate. You can also have a go if you go here
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When Good Girls Turn Bitter
Please remind me why I’m missing out on this. Oh, wait, no…I know why I’m missing out, and whose fault it is.
You know, this isn’t doing anything but making me an extra bitter woman.
I WANT TO GO! I BLOODY WANT TO GO, DAMN IT!!!!!!
Palestinian Hip Hop Live in NYC!
Back in April I went to see Slingshot Hip Hop, a documentary that chronicles the explosion of Palestinian hip hop, at Lincoln Center. read more »
Sulpher
Fedora 9 is about to be released, I have to tell, I was waiting for such release because it has major improvements.
One really promising thing is KDE 4.0, it has a new UI and really some great applications like “Plasma”:
Luxor West Bank website
I have been contacted by the owners of the Luxor West Bank website who are in the process of updating and relaunching the website. It is a German/English site and a good resource for everything on the West Bankhttp://www.luxor-westbank.com/indexe.htm
“For You, A Thousand Times Over”
I watched The Kite Runner last night.
I can’t get “for you, a thousand times over” out of my head, I just can’t. Both times they were said in the movie made me tear.
Belya has changed
A couple of days ago, I was at my department at college. It's been some time since I last visited the place ( as you know, I'm still serving at the army ). Anyway, I faced a situation that I guess I would have handled waaaaaaay differently a year ago than what I actually did.
Here's the situation that took place at the clinic:
An intern is treating a patient, but she is doing some mistakes that requires correction. I go by her side and start correcting her mistakes the way we usually do ( 1-that's is: in English, so that the patient can't understand. 2- Politely, as they are future colleagues. 3-Confidently, to show them that we are there to support them not to undermine them ). read more »
Web 2.0, Do You Really Trust'em!?
Let me ask you something, do you really trust all those Web 2.0 applications!? Some of them are just Startup's and they may get closed after a while, some others are offering really cool applications, but you really don't know who's behind them, and if their ... ehmm ... your data is really protected there.
Third Party IM Applications
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This Feeling
I don’t know why i always get this feeling when i stay up late alone when every body else is asleep .
my breathe becomes very fast heavy like there is not enough Oxygen in the air .
This dire need for intimacy and romance or even a relieving phone call .
The need for a human touch .
ooh my , i think I’ve become over romantic . read more »
On Est Bien Peu De Chose
If only I could put in words how much I hate her right now.
If only I could put in words how much I hate him right now.
I might use the word ‘hate’ to express my dislike in general, but I don’t usually mean it in the literal sense. However, this time I mean it; I mean it in every possible way. Call me bitter, call me a child, call me a bitch. I don’t care.
Hatred is a wasted emotion, but I can’t help but feel this way.
I want to cry.
I want to scream.
I want to laugh.
I want peace of mind.
What’s going to happen now?! read more »
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