Month: May 2006
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Do you qualify for a free phone adaptor and subscription from Olivoice?
If you live in the US and are thinking of getting a VoIP phone service for your home or business, then you might want to know that our friends at Olivoice, who have just launched their phone service, are giving away 10 phone adaptors (valued at 65$) and waiving the 19.9$ subscription fees for 10…
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Tata Botata’s crazy t-shirts!
This is just one of the guy’s crazy t-shirts. Using the iconic Umm Khulthoum portrait, with two bones and the well known cry of appreciation (that takes on a totally new meaning here) is one of the very few instances of contemporary provocative Arab communication design creativity that I’ve seen (and that only those steeped…
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Cigarette burning as school punishment, and other smoking stories of the day
AlGhad reports today (Arabic link) that a teacher in Madaba has punished a student by extinguishing a cigarette on his back (because he asked to go to the bathroom). The matter is now in hands of the polices and the Ministry of Education is awaiting an official report on the incident. Another story about a…
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Soon on toot?
Just a little teaser..
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Let the best designed blog on toot win
The toot global HQ has been very busy the past few days. We recently added new bloggers to toot bringing up the number of blogs we track to 120. This makes toot even more interesting to read and follow on a daily basis. Remember: a toot a day, keeps the doctor away (or something like…
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Dawwar Abdoun at its best
Despite Hal’s protestations and Roba’s lamenting I think Abdoun circle is in it best shape OK, I kind of pity the shop owners. That why I did my national duty and bought Shawerma for the whole office from Dai3a (or Dai’a, whatever you prefer). So, while waiting to get my order (after I contributed to…
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Apple’s new NY store: retail elevated to urban art
Panoramas by Jook Leung I missed blogging about this as I was traveling. Apple opened it’s second NY store on 5th Avenue. The store is underground and a magnificent glass cube marks the entrance. Just amazing. Read what Gothamist had to say about it and make sure you check out his flickr set of the…
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My three days with the ‘greedy capitalists’
The first time I heard about the World Economic Forum was probably 15 years ago. During my university years, my gang of geeky friends included a guy who’s father was a minister in the Jordanian government. A bunch of college friends and I were were in his father’s private office one day (we were probably…
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Blogging from Sharm el Sheikh airport
They have free Wifi here (hint, hint, QAIA).. Why not use it to write one final post from Sharm.. My thoughts on the WEF will follow soon. Read these related posts on 360east: Blogging form the WEF, Sharm el Sheikh Today’s discovery: GPRS roaming works in Sharm el Sheikh Me and toot at the WEF…
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WEF Update. Day 2
Lots of stuff happening today. In the morning there was a WEF Workspace session on branding the Middle East. You can see Workspace slide here. The lunch I attended was held under the banner of ‘A New Arab Renaissance’, where the Arab Business Council gave awards in the field of arts to the Egyptian actor…
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Session about Palestine now on at the WEF
I am sitting among the audience of a session about Palestine which includes among others Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli foreign minister Livni, who both had a meeting at the WEF today, which was the highest level Palestinian-Israeli meeting in 11 months. Read these related posts on 360east: Paradise Now: The Academy site says…
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Podcasts and webcasts for the WEF
Feeds are starting to come out of the WEF. Webcasts and podcasts are now becoming available. Have a look here. Read these related posts on 360east: Technologies competing for your driving time Yes! 360east is on iTunes! iTunes with podcasting is here.. and I am excited Cross cultural: The wonders of Tabla and a recommended…