Archive for March, 2007
Bloggers & New Media [Part I]
Over the past few days I’ve managed to write (here and there) some of my reflections on the recent BBC debate I was able to take part in. Since the topic is so vast and I have a lot to say about it, I decided it was best to categorize my thoughts into two or [...]
In Her Underwear
I found this just plain old sad… (Egypt) IN AN act of grotesque discipline, a primary school principal forced a female student who had flouted strictly-gendered uniform rules to remove her trousers in front of her schoolmates, compelling her to remain so exposed for the rest of the day, and confining the girl, bound hand-and-foot, [...]
Note: The Arabic version of the above (which was too tiny to photograph) has the calories at 640.
1984
A Barack Obama supporter came up with this video that merges Apple’s famous Orwellian 1984 commercial with anti-Hillary politics. It’s politics for the MTV generation.
Top 3 reasons why I’m dying to get my hands on the latest Def Poetry DVDs…
Verbatim | On Honor Crimes
“…one would face a longer jail sentence for bouncing a cheque than for killing a woman.” Jordanian journalist/activist Rana Husseini speaking at a seminar in Doha [source]
The biggest story to take the Jordanian blogosphere by storm seems to be the strange weather lately. A snow storm swept the country for 24 hours and many bloggers had many things to say about it. Most got their cameras out to take a shot of the crazy weather and every frame had a very [...]
This cultural news may be coming a bit last minute but Faridon Abida’s photography exhibition, dubbed “eXPOSURE”, is opening tonight at the Zara Center (3rd floor) at 6pm. A lot of interesting (vip) people are going to show up so you should too, just to see what this homegrown talent can do. eXPOSURE will run [...]
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