في خضم الأوضاع الحالية التي لا تسر أبدا في العالم العربي بكافة أقطاره الموقرة، الواحد بحب يتابع الأخبار، خاصة عندما يكون الواحد متغرب متل حالاتي، فأغلط غلطة عمري، وأضغط على زر قناة أغاني عربية بدلا من قناة الجزيرة لأصعق بسماع _ناهيك عن مشاهدة_ فيديو كليب بعنوان: أوباما… للوهلة الأولى اعتقدت أن الأغنية تناقش الربيع العربي، [...]
مصري، عربي يا ناس لا يمكن لقلب أو عقل أي بني آدم إلاّ أن يشمئز ويحزن بل وينفطر لما يحدث الآن في مصر… وما أكرهه أكثر من أي شيء هو المنحى الذي يصر العرب على اتخاذه في عز الأزمات التي يمرون فيها ، وهو منحى التصنيف/التمييز الديني، فما يحدث الآن في مصر، وما يمكن أن [...]
A couple of days ago I was browsing the net when I came across an article titled: “Toronto barber shop won’t cut women’s hair on religious grounds“. The whole story sounding extremely ludicrous, I decided to forget about it, but when I saw the titles of the comments below it, and read a few I [...]
We’ve been hearing about Sandy, aka ‘Frankenstorm’ for a while; warnings, tips on how to keep safe and survive the worst…etc. But the awesomeness of Canada is the fact that people didn’t really process the magnitude of what could’ve been a horrible natural catastrophe until last evening, before the unwanted guest arrived that is, due [...]
I believe many of you don’t know that translators actually have their own special day to celebrate: September 30th of each year. Back in 1991 the International Federation of Translators (FIT) launched the idea of an officially recognised International Translation Day to show solidarity of the worldwide translation community in an effort to promote the [...]
Just wanted to notify you that I’ve been having problems with my comments lately. Some loyal readers sent me to inform me that they’re actually leaving comments, when nothing is showing to me. Other than that, as many have noticed, there are earlier posts, around 10 or so, that lost all their comments, I have [...]
In black and white… [Via: EnlargeYourPen, Source: Patrick Moberg]
Just came across this: 5o Ways to Help the Planet [Via: EnlargeYourPen]. Which is a webproject by Wire & Twine. The listed points are so simple, straight-forward, and really easy to follow and implement. I also found their shirts extremely cool!