Archive for the 'Humanities' Category
Banning Arabian Childhood
01Sep08ERUSALEM, August 12, 2008 (AFP) – Harry Potter and Pinocchio are apparently not welcome in Israel, at least in their Arabic translations imported from Syria and Lebanon.
Arab-Israeli publisher Salah Abassi told Israeli public radio on Monday that authorities ordered him to stop importing Arabic-language children’s books from the two longtime foes of Israel.
The ban includes [...]
On Strangers and Friends
30Jul08“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by. How did you know? Should I turn around and talk to the Mexican boy? Maybe he was lonely like me, maybe he read Denton Welch. I [...]
eXPAND
25Jun08eXPAND is Faridon Abida’s latest photography exhibition which started on the 16th of this month and will continue till the 26th (you have only two days left so hurry up!). I’ve been to Faridon’s previous exhibition and from an admirer’s point of view, I must say that I was a bit disappointed this time. [...]
If We’re All Going to Heaven…
23May08If you knew that all of us will go to heaven; how would you live from now on?
On Creativity and Getting High
14Mar08The following events took place in a creative writing class:
I made a note to bring in some ashtrays and then I rooted through the wastepaper basket for a few empty cans. Standing beneath the prominently displayed NO SMOKING sign, I distributed the cans and cast my cigarettes upon the table, encouraging my students to go [...]
Where does your mind wander to?
23Nov07I’m not supposed to blog while preparing for a midterm exam, but this is blog-worthy. I’m a day dreamer, but I have been trying to kinda change that since a day is only 24 hours long and being clueless as to what professors are talking about is not cute anymore.
I stumbled upon an online survey [...]
What do you really want?
20Nov07There’s a book titled: “Eat, Pray, Love” in which the author “Elizabeth Gilbert” tells her journey in search for everything. I didn’t read the book but I heard about on Oprah. In the book, Elizabeth says she asks herself everyday, the moment she wakes up, and she thinks everyone should (and I agree), “what do [...]
Laundry Time!
11Sep07Yesterday at around 8:30 at Books@Cafe - Jabal Amman it was laundry time!
I absolutely loved the idea of unfolding our secrets on an actual laundry rope. It was really cool to be part of it. Maybe part of it’s beauty is the fact that you could post whatever you want anonymously, and hang it [...]
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
- The Kite Runner
Mayur, Savanah, Clyde, tessa, Mac [...]
Suzy, Waleed, ma7joob, sam, Iman [...]
Hamzeh N.
The Opinion of the Common Human, Bill, mike, KAD, Andy [...]
Dave, loolt