Archive for 2007

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November 11, 2007 | In: Photography

The Culture Paparazzi

An elderly member of our group on that last recruitment tour in the Middle East is very fond of photography, especially portraits of people. In every country we go to, he would stop random people on the street to take their pictures. Sometimes the people...

As an opener, I am going to borrow Mike's statement on Saudi Arabia. Welcome to Saudi Arabia. Please Turn your watches back 500 years I think that's pretty right on. Make a note, however, that this is not a statement made to imply anything negative, it...

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First off, I am blogging this from a $25/day Internet connection, which is about what I pay for two months of DSL in Cairo, so savor every word. I am in Bahrain on the second stop of a multi-country recruitment tour in the Arabian Gulf area. I've...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hani/1727728160/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/1727728160_9b3c69be9a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Spot the non-Apple user" /></a> I knew Macs were...

October 23, 2007 | In: Ego, Life, journal

On Time and Waiting

Don't you just hate waiting? It seems to me that a big chunk of our lifetime is spent in waiting. Waiting to board a plane, catch a train, at ticket counters, for the concerts to start, for your food, for your friends, coworker, boss, in traffic,...

Keeping a journal can be a great way to maintain a regular (or at least semi-regular) personal record of events, activities, actions, feelings, and whatever else kind of information you would like to have a form of simple chronological archive for....

October 15, 2007 | In: Culture, blogs

Open Media, Closed Minds

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hani/1576282698/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/1576282698_09eb1ab51f.jpg" width="500" height="276" alt="Wikimania_Alexandria_2008-Banner" /></a> The...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hani/1517286647/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/1517286647_c334beca43_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CIMG0128" /></a> Look Ma! Its me on Google Earth!...

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