Beirut Corniche at Dawn, originally uploaded by malyousif. I just spent less than 24 hours in Beirut about a month ago… the first time I visit Lebanon. I do hope that I will be able to visit again as soon as possible. The short time I spent there allowed me to fall in love with …
Siege of Lebanon Blog Good up to date information community blog about the war in Lebanon. Via bint battuta
So what’s new? You actually expected that the “summit” which was held today in Egypt to actually result in anything other than this? If you answered yes, then you have an awful lot to learn about us Arabs, and you will need a couple of lifetimes to catch-up. No. Nothing was expected of them. 1. …
One Palestinian Pound, originally uploaded by malyousif. I visited my sister Maha’s workplace (Palace Enterprises) this morning and had the good fortune to also visit one of the owners of the company, Waleed Al-Rayyis, who is an avid currency collector and a pleasure to talk to. One of the rare notes he’s got in the …
Sri Lankan Mask, originally uploaded by malyousif. This one is supposed to bring you good luck, at least that’s what I remember the guy said at the stall in Colombo, while on a quick one night stop-over ferrying refugees from Iraq during the Iraq/Kuwait war. I lived on a Boeing 767-300ER as a resident engineer …