I don’t care if its the middle of the week. All my diction is dripping with disdain today anyway.
First up, check out the sister and Sepoy’s brilliant summary of the FIA Red Book. Why hasn’t this book been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, hainjee?
The strangest music video I have seen in a very, very long time.
The greatest film of all time (/end sarcasm) is sparking a strange political wave in Bahrain. (Via Fahad)
Screw nuclear weapons. Pakistan has a FACE READER on its side.
From Qifa Nabki: the iPhone app store comes to Lebanon.
And now, a special mention for the New York Times, which has a truly ridiculous article about sidewalks and benches in Amman. I kid you not. The streets in question are Wakalat Street (an ode to consumerism, if there was ever one) and Rainbow Street (where Brangelina bought ice cream) and marvels at how ‘benches’ seem to have changed this city.
It also features a quote that I personally found quite hilarious:
If you’re a girl and you’re just hanging out on a regular street or sitting on a sidewalk, it’s considered inappropriate,” said Reem al-Hambali, 20, as she sat in the bright winter sun along the first pedestrian plaza built here. “Everyone will look at you and ask, ‘Why is this girl sitting there?’ But here it’s O.K. We can sit here and it’s normal.
What Amman is this?! Its definitely not the Amman I lived in, where sitting on the street – any street – was perfectly fine. The only time I had a ‘strange’ experience trying to hail a cab in Jordan while sitting on the side of the road was, err, this.
