May 31, 2008 at 1:15 am
· Filed under Amman, Roba
[Courtesy of a little shop on Rainbow Street]
As I passed down this shop, I could not help but think about how the kuffeyeh now represents terror. Religion these days also represents terror. It seems like most wars stem out of religion: the French Wars of Religion, the Crusades, and the Reconquista, and that’s to cite practically irrelevant ones, compared to the Zionist-Arab wars, Sunni-Shia strifes, and so on.
Yet the person who chose these elements in his shop window disagrees. To him, the kuffeyeh and religion are all about love, rather than hate.
I am not an idealistic person, and neither am I religious, but these little things sometimes make me stop and wonder.
Would life be so much better if we were all just idealistic?
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Permalink May 29, 2008 at 1:01 am
· Filed under Geek Culture & Tech
So what happens when you put a cellphone in a microwave?
The results are surprisingly surprising… though I personally believe there’s some sort of digital trick cause it really looks too perfect. [via]
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Permalink May 29, 2008 at 12:56 am
· Filed under Art
The interesting line-y illustration you see in the image above is a part of a concept project designed by a student, where a GPS device was shipped in a certain sequence following the artists directions around the world. The result: the line-y self-portrait.
Pretty cool.
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Permalink May 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm
· Filed under Geek Culture & Tech
Lina is on an adrenaline rush.
Hayat Is Excited :)
Ala’ is Half Man … Half Cocktail
Fouad is predicting happiness and prosperity to all. Twenty dollars please.
Aisha wishes all the 08′s a beautiful farewell!! :)
Yasmine is luvin it ♥.
Mashal Best weekend ever.
Dania is soo hapPy :)
Carmen is listening to Fairouz in a lovely coffeeshop in Hamra working on a chapter…and dreaming of the beach.
Justine sits on park benches with coffee and the sun.
Diana summmerrrr!! yah :p.
Meanwhile, everyone is in…
Manal was in downtown!! Beirut reloaded :P.
Talar is celebrating MAY 25 Resistance and Liberation day.
Farrah is in leb…. missing u :S.
Sarah its not fair!i wanna b in leb too :(((.
Yasmine is in Beirut.
Roof..Destination: BEIRUT.
Related:
September and the summer is over
The end of August
Weekend Update
Beginning of January
Feelings going around this February
April Sentiments
Status Update Special: Lubnan
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Permalink May 28, 2008 at 3:41 pm
· Filed under Roba
Lina is on an adrenaline rush.
Hayat Is Excited :)
Ala’ is Half Man … Half Cocktail
Fouad is predicting happiness and prosperity to all. Twenty dollars please.
Aisha wishes all the 08′s a beautiful farewell!! :)
Yasmine is luvin it ♥.
Mashal Best weekend ever.
Dania is soo hapPy :)
Carmen is listening to Fairouz in a lovely coffeeshop in Hamra working on a chapter…and dreaming of the beach.
Justine sits on park benches with coffee and the sun.
Diana summmerrrr!! yah :p.
Meanwhile, everyone is in…
Manal was in downtown!! Beirut reloaded :P.
Talar is celebrating MAY 25 Resistance and Liberation day.
Farrah is in leb…. missing u :S.
Sarah its not fair!i wanna b in leb too :(((.
Yasmine is in Beirut.
Roof..Destination: BEIRUT.
Related:
September and the summer is over
The end of August
Weekend Update
Beginning of January
Feelings going around this February
April Sentiments
Status Update Special: Lubnan
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Permalink May 25, 2008 at 3:02 pm
· Filed under Pop Culture
The prevalence of pyjamas, [in Shanghai] Guariglia explained to me, was due to both the extreme summer heat and the lack of plumbing. The area where most of the pictures were taken was one where many people had to use outdoor communal toilets and thus the boundaries of what was considered home expanded past people’s houses to the public bathrooms. Once that relaxation of the dress code became acceptable (starting around the 1980s) the perimeter for p.j.-wear just kept expanding until many people were wearing them day in day out.
[for a lot more pjs in Shanghai check out this link via Kottke]
At least their pjs are cute. Which reminds me of a 7azoora… Which “type” of people in Amman find it fashionable to wear pj pants with a dressy shirt?
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