I’m getting older (oh yes!), and with getting older comes realizing I am a lot more like my parents than I thought I was. I say ‘uh huh’ during conversations, exactly like my mother does when she’s listening to someone, and I catch myself making remarks about my husband’s after-shave exactly like my father does [...]

Gepost in: English, Life, Personal, School
Geen reacties » | 11 april 2011

The past few days have had me watch with awe, horror and hope the revolution in Egypt. A country I have never visited, and of whom I only know very few citizens personally, yet what’s happening now evokes stronger feelings than whatever else is going on at the moment.
I’ve been in awe at the strength [...]

Gepost in: English, Injustice, Middle East, Politics / Analysis, Visual
Geen reacties » | 6 februari 2011

Gepost in: English, Internet, Quickie, Visual
Geen reacties » | 17 januari 2011

And there was me — a non-Muslim, who has publicly criticized certain Islamic practices — flaccidly battling for Muslims worldwide. It got to the point that I was telling people I didn’t even know that their opinions were making my life downright “unlivable.”
Moving piece in the New York Times by Porochista Khakpour.

Gepost in: English, Internet, Other author, Politics / Analysis, War
Geen reacties » | 12 september 2010

Remember when I told you about the dancing that Lebanese people like? And the football they go crazy for? Well, today I found out why they don’t have their own team to participate in the world cup…

The best of both passions, really! May it be a fun tournament. Cheers to the world… and let’s hope [...]

Gepost in: English, Internet, Lebanon, Typical..., Visual
1 Reactie » | 8 juni 2010

‘All morning, Mark Regev, the Israeli spokesman, has been on television speaking about the flotilla’s “political nature,” stressing that it was political action, not humanitarian. This is really talking point, since of course it’s a political act: both enacting a blockade and attempting to break it are political acts. […]‘
From The Human Province, ‘Murder on [...]

Gepost in: English, Injustice, Other author, Palestine, Politics / Analysis
3 Reacties » | 31 mei 2010

If anything shouldn’t have surprised me, it would be how incredibly well-organized Iran was. After all, it’s what the Lebanese only half-jokingly say is proof that Hezbollah is Iranian: they are more structured and punctual than any Lebanese could ever be! And yet it did surprise me that it was so organized. Such a big [...]

Gepost in: English, Iran, Tourism, Visual
2 Reacties » | 29 mei 2010