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Twitter’s rotten eggs 20 Aug 2012 | 09:42 pm
Manipulating public interest is one of the oldest tricks in marketing books. I remember when a friend of mine first opened a coffee shop, he would call us every day to hang out at his place. “Get your...
The Cock 23 Mar 2012 | 02:30 am
Famous late Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani’s ‘The Cock’ poem was banned in several Arabic countries. If you read Arabic, you can appreciate why. This is, befittingly, dedicated to Bashar El Batta (The Duc...
The Great Dictator 25 Feb 2012 | 01:08 am
I watched a classic Charlie Chaplin movie the other day. Released more than 60 years ago, The Great Dictator is still relevant today as it was in 1940. In short, the movie is a black comedy: a mixtur...
Photo of the Year 13 Feb 2012 | 04:47 am
The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. The picture shows a woman holding a wo...
I Know 5 Sep 2011 | 07:02 am
I know I’ll have the time of my life with him. Life was good, but it just got better with him around. I know I’ll be taking him on awesome road trips and when we’re not playing war with his G.I. Joes ...
Free Anas 10 Jul 2011 | 12:01 am
Update: on the 28th of August, 2011, two months after being detained, Anas is finally free! Thank God! We always express compassion and sympathy towards people who get put behind bars for speaking th...
The Catalan Job 17 Mar 2011 | 05:14 am
I was in the beautiful city of Barcelona* last month for the Mobile World Congress (my second time for the same event). Again this year, I didn’t get to see much of what went on at the show as I was g...
A Dinner in the Sky 11 Mar 2011 | 05:24 am
Now here’s a dining experience I never thought I’d have in my entire life: dinner … while strapped in a leather seat … suspended in the air … by a wire rope … at more than 160 feet! Really? Yes, and ...
An Unusual Conversation 4 Mar 2011 | 09:15 am
(This post was originally written for The Arab Expats and is a tribute to one of the greatest men in history: the great Salahuddin, who died on this day, 1193 AD). The other night I watched The Kingd...
Phallic Art in UAE Daily 25 Feb 2011 | 03:26 am
A UAE daily newspaper recently ran the below image of an artwork. The artwork is part of a collection by artist Atelier Van Lieshout that Tim Van Laere Gallery recently exhibited in Spain. A quick lo...
