Month: May 2007
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View from office, Doha, Qatar
I am in Doha, Qatar. And this is the view from the office I am working at.
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Vote for Petra? Why not “Humeid’s Really New Seven Wonders of the World”?
OK. Before I start another debate of national or even global proportions on patriotism, culture, heritage etc etc, let me say I’m cool with anyone who wants to vote for Petra as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Go ahead and vote.. My goodness, this vote for Petra issue really stirred up…
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Ever heard of kinetic sculptures?
Theo Jansen: “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds” Inspiring stuff. Read these related posts on 360east: Starting to get sick of Steorn Crash or correction? “Manipulation” or just capitalism-as-usual? Ever heard the sound of a laughing mosquito? Amman has a new mayor: Omar K. Maani I am shock! I am…
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Ads: infinity is in fashion
As Buzz Lightyear would say: “to infinity and beyond!”.. Couldn’t resist snapping shots of these two ads as I was reading the papers this morning. The first ad is for the Jordanian mobile company Xpress, promoting the fact they they have, apparently, switched to flat rate billing. The other one is for the Arab German…
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Mobile video exposes brutality in a Ammani girls’ school
Shocking news of violence against students in today’s Al Rai newspaper [Arabic link]. Two citizens used a mobile phone to film an act of brutality by two female teachers against a little girl (2nd or 3rd grade), after their heard the girl crying and screaming for half an hour. This happened in Amman, in Al…
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Argentine Dishadashah: Arab tradition meets football fanatism
Almost too good to be true. Click to enlarge! Read these related posts on 360east: This is what happens when you watch too many football games on TV Egypt x Algeria: Football, brands, the Arab national state and God in a snapshot Al Wihdat football team discovers the REAL Third World Remembering Sofian American Idol+…
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May 1: Spring is launched on the web
Spring is in full swing. May is a good time for new beginnings, new ideas and new ventures. Spring is one of these words that has a million meanings, both as a noun (the green season, a source of water, an elastic piece of spiral metal) and also as a verb: to dart, to shoot…