• Twitter’s new censorship plan rouses global furor – International – World – Ahram Online

  Twitter’s credibility seems to be jeopardized after proclaiming its plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that breaks local laws, as the youthful company had long prided itself in promoting unfettered expression  read more »

• Sun-powered water splitter makes hydrogen tirelessly – tech – 11 February 2010 – New Scientist

  Sunlight + water = hydrogen gas, in a new technique that can convert 60 per cent of sunlight energy absorbed by an electrode into the inflammable fuel.  read more »

• Hair extension industry built on Indian sacrifices – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  In an act of religious piety, hundreds of thousands of Indian women have their heads shaved, unaware that their valuable hair is then harvested and used to support a multi-million-dollar fashion industry in the West.  read more »

• Bruce Anderson: We not only have a right to use torture. We have a duty – Bruce Anderson, Commentators – The Independent

  “However repugnant we may find torture, there are worse horrors, such as the nuclear devastation of central London, killing hundreds of thousands of people and inflicting irreparable damage on mankind’s cultural heritage.”  read more »

• How Afghans see Operation Moshtarak | Nushin Arbabzadah | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

  “The western media may trumpet the latest joint military push, but in Afghanistan it is widely viewed as a conspiracy”  read more »

• Nato rockets kill 12 Afghan civilians | World news | guardian.co.uk

  “Two Nato rockets aimed at Taliban insurgents in Helmand missed their target today, killing 12 civilians sheltering in their home and dealing a sharp blow to hopes that civilian casualties would be avoided in the largest western-led operation of the nine-year Afghan war.”  read more »

هذا البلوج مخصص بصفة أساسية للكتابة عن القانون وحقوق الانسان وعلاقتهما بالإمبريالية والديكتاتورية.  هذه هي إهتمامتي الأساسية.  وليس عندي أي تعليق لمن يتسائل: “وايه لزوم الغم ده؟” ولا بلاش، أنا عندي تعليق، هو ” إخبط دماغك في الحيط، ومع السلامة والقلب داعيلك ومش عايز أشوف وشك هنا تاني.”   أما وقد تخلصنا من البشر الصداع، أيه حكاية القهوة السيادة؟  read more »

Came home from work today to find out that my mom had decided to buy all new Fendi furniture.

Did you even know Fendi made furniture? The kind of furniture you should be afraid to breathe near?

I don’t understand sometimes why I’m not like the rest of my family. I think I’m splurging when I buy Tom & Jerry underwear from TopShop.

I hate it when I drink coffee and eat or drink nothing else all day. Then my pee stinks of coffee.

Oh, and Happy Christmas/ new year/ Coptic Christmas  read more »

Underwear as Outerwear? Wouha!! It’s the latest catwalk trend to hit celebville, wouldn’t you go out in just your lingerie?  read more »