In what I can best sum as a series of scattered thoughts that float carelessly around in my brain in the middle of a hot summer night, I’ve been thinking about careerhood and my generation. Some times, during those rare weekly moments when all the family is sitting in one place at one time and [...]

For those not caught up, I thought I’d do a little review on what’s happening on 7iber lately. The feature on the group of kids in Jabal Al-Ashrafyah we did a few weeks back in a feature called Taking Back The Streets, seems to have caught the attention of a few public officials, so we [...]

I have to confess: I am in love with original content. In a world where the recycling of pop-culture and multimedia leaves so much to be desired, it is refreshing to see anything original being produced, especially when it comes to multimedia content. YouTube has been a phenomenal tool when it comes to original video [...]

Once upon a time, not too long ago, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock made us all fear McDonalds with his award-winning film “Super Size Me”. If you recall, Spurlock spent 30 days eating nothing but McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and documented his deteriorating health on film, in between scenes of his journey through the [...]

Errol Morris, who created the documentary, The Fog Of War, has an incredibly interesting blog entry on the New York Times website. The idea that photos in this day and age can be doctored to show anything, is nothing new. Technology has evolved and there’s everything from Photoshop to advanced CGI that have created some [...]

The Action Committee is accepting collections of school supplies to distribute amongst under-privileged students in the Kingdom. The last day to receive any donations is next Tuesday the 19th. The committee is looking for the following items: – Backpacks & pencil cases. – Sweatpants, sweatshirts, socks (for P.E.) – Pencils, pens, erasers, rulers. – Notebooks, [...]

When you’re my age and you read about wars and conflict in history books, everything always seems so formulaic and perhaps even a bit ancient. So I was surprised to see today, something that speaks a little more to my generation. Apparently, the Russian-invaded country Georgia that has been making headlines this month, has been [...]

It’s a story that seems to be making a few headlines in the international press. The unpublicized trip makes it the first from the Arab world. At the top of the agenda seems to be securing Iraqi oil and reestablishing ties that were marred by growing Sunni-Shia tensions. I honestly don’t have a take on [...]