anecdotes,
friends
5:07 PM
I have some family members living in Naples (one of the most chaotic places in th European Union) and they sent me some images of the Christmas fair there, which makes a big amount of money off of the figurines for the nativity scenes-locally known as "il presepe." Often these dolls poke fun at celebrities, world leaders or current events. Here are two pictures that had me cracking up.
friends,
kuwait
9:34 PM
One of my friends sent me this link to http://www.kuwait-guide24.com . Its a fairly comprehensive website with a directory of a host of different pieces of information for people settling in Kuwait.
friends
8:20 PM
Fellow blogger D. Roberts has an article published this week in the Egypt Daily News.
"On Tuesday night outside Kuwait’s Parliament, sandwiched between the Persian Gulf and Kuwait’s eponymous Arabian Gulf Road, around 100 Kuwaitis gathered to protest the disappearance and detention of Hussain Al-Fudalah. A year ago to the day, Al-Fudalah along with two Indian men were sailing in the Persian Gulf when they were apparently arrested by Iranian authorities. Since then, despite the Kuwaiti Ambassador seeing Al-Fudalah in an Iranian jail, the Iranian authorities have denied knowledge of his arrest and whereabouts.
This was, however, a very Kuwaiti protest. Against the backdrop of the elegant Parliament building’s facade and the ever-growing skyline of downtown Kuwait, chairs were neatly arranged and covered with linen as if for a wedding party. With the media in attendance, members of the family, opposition and pro-government MPs stepped up to deliver essentially the same speech: this is a human rights issue, not a political one; this could happen to any Kuwaiti and the government is clearly not doing enough to secure his release. The only differences stemmed largely from the divisions that exist within Kuwait’s Parliament, with opposition MPs being harsher in their criticism than more conciliatory pro-government MPs. As in Kuwaiti society more generally, the fate of the two Indians with the Kuwaiti was largely ignored..." (for full article, click on aforementioned link)
friends
10:56 AM
My best friend, Mark, who lives in Chengdu, China was interviewed by NPR while shooting some hoops. Mark is one of my idols, and certainly my main encouragement for starting up a blog. Check out the soundbyte here.
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