Archive for November, 2007

Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession

22 November 2007

Looks like addiction to cyberspace has reached a deadly level in South Korea, therefore they’ve created a camp that helps cure and rid youth from their web addiction!
“MOKCHEON, South Korea — The compound — part boot camp, part rehab center — resembles programs around the world for troubled youths. Drill instructors drive young […]

Migrantas: eine visuelle Sprache der Migration

16 November 2007

Migration ist nicht eigentlich einfach: das Bewusstsein einer vielseitigen kulturellen Identität, das Gefühl der Zerrissenheit zwischen der alten und der neuen Heimat, die Sorge um die Zukunft der Kinder sind zum Beispiel Fragen, die Migrantinnen der unterschiedlichsten Hintergründe betreffen.
Es gibt viele Schwierigkeiten, die Migrantinnen erfahren, ohne die Möglichkeit zu haben, ihre Gefühle zu äußern.
Migrantas aber […]

Al Kasaba International Film Festival 07

15 November 2007

“After the big success of Al Kasaba International Film Festival 2006, Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque in Ramallah is pleased to announce its International Film Festival II, which will take place on November 17-30, 2007.
Al Kasaba International Film Festival was organized under the tremendous political, economic, and social pressures that have become routine for the […]

Nuclear Hypocrisy

13 November 2007

“America’s standard for saying which countries can go nuclear is simple: Countries we like can. Countries we dislike can’t.” … America’s Shocking Nuclear Hypocrisy, by Tad Daley.
[Via: PDA]

Survival Of A Dead Body

13 November 2007

Just came across an impressive post by Laila, reflecting the overall situation in Gaza nowadays, which can be summed up by saying that Gaza feels like a dead body!
One particular sentence caught my attention, it was when Laila quoted her neighbor Heba; Laila reports: “Heba says the Palestinian people’s will to survive never ceases […]

Jordan Remembers…

09 November 2007

[picture edited by Odai Nemri]
2 years since the horrible terrorist attacks on Amman, Jordan. Today is one of those days in which you find yourself speechless. Being away, remembering all those we watched get awfully killed from a distance, I can’t even imagine how others, who are in Amman, and even worse, those, who lost […]

Distortion

07 November 2007

This is one sad, sad picture:

[Source: Palestine Monitor]
A picture capturing the destruction of huge amounts of trees on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem for so-called security reasons!!