Ramblings of a Hopeless KhowagaRamblings of a Hopeless KhowagaRandom thoughts and round up of the latest international stupidity. Plus descriptions of my travels to exotic and not so exotic places. Brought to you from Austin, Texas. Articles
Christmas Lights [Flickr]
2012-01-01 23:46:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: More About: Christmas , Flickr , Lights
Plaza de las Armas [Flickr]
2012-01-01 23:44:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Done up for Christmas More About: Flickr
Catedral de San Juan [Flickr]
2012-01-01 23:43:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: More About: Juan , Flickr
I?m on a plane!
2011-12-26 23:36:00 I’m posting this from an airplane just because I can. Does that make me vain and pretentious? Probably, but if you’ve read anything I’ve ever posted, that will come as little surprise to you. My parents decided to take me to Puerto Rico for Christmas. We missed by a day, but no worries there. My ... More About: Plane
?Zis Thing Still On?
2011-12-25 15:53:00 Hey, look, it’s Christmas! It’s been ages since I posted anything of substance. As I suspected, being in school all of the fall semester seriously put a dent in my desire to spend more time being creative and writing anything, what with all of the non-creative reading that goes along with that. So, the fall ... More About: Home
2012 Calendars Available!
2011-11-24 18:24:00 I’ve jumped on the calendar bandwagon. I did a limited run calendar in 2011 for friends and family as a Christmas gift. This year’s Black Friday sale at my printer was a little more generous, so I printed up a limited number for sale. They’re only $10, plus $5.00 shipping and handling via Priority Mail ... More About: Photos , Calendars
Desktop Wallpaper: October 2011
2011-09-20 16:21:00 This month’s theme is called “Vertigo” for no reason other than the obvious. It’s a shot I took in the Bardo Museum in Tunis this summer of this spiral staircase that looked kind of creepy. It is October after all. Download in your favorite size: 2560×1440 | 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1680×1050 | 1440×900 | ... More About: Photos , Desktop , Wallpaper
Desktop Wallpaper: September 2011
2011-08-18 23:05:00 Now that I have a load of purdy pictures to use, I can get back to this! Download in your favorite size: 2560 x 1600 | 2048 x 1536 | 1440 x 960 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 853 | 1280 x 800 More About: Photos , Desktop , Wallpaper
Back at Square One
2011-08-17 22:56:00 I had an interesting realization not too long ago that I have, inadvertently, been keeping a secret on this blog. It’s not that it’s an actual secret, you see, it’s just that most of it came to fruition during a hiatus from blogging that started in September and lasted until the Egyptian Revolution. Since I ... More About: Home , Back
Marking Time
2011-08-08 15:16:00 I haven’t blogged since I got back from North Africa — this isn’t news to either of my remaining readers, I’m sure! Needless to say, I did get back from North Africa, relatively successfully (the only ceramic casualty occurred on a flight from Tunis to Casablanca; ironically the flight from Casa back to New York ... More About: Time , Home
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2011-08-05 09:00:00 Matlouh: Moroccan Semolina Skillet Bread More About: Links
Day 40: Yes, but what does it all mean?
2011-07-18 18:32:00 I?m sitting on the ledge of what I keep insisting is the loggia of an eco lodge in a small village in the Middle Atlas Mountains with a stunning view of the neighboring peaks and an 18th century Berber granary that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Tibetan monastery. You can only get ...
Day 38: Fun, Sun, and Most Definitely not Kharajites
2011-07-16 19:30:00 Let?s see, where did we leave off? As I recall, my last perhaps slightly morbid blog post was written about a week ago as we spend down the motorway toward Tunis to catch a flight to Djerba, an island in the south that currently acts as a five star refugee camp for rich Libyans. We ...
Day 32: Salt Flats and Dead Horses
2011-07-12 22:25:00 (note: I wrote this on July 9. I haven?t had internet access since then) I miscounted in my last post ? the title should have read ?Day 30". As anyone who knows me is well aware, math is not my strong suit. Anyway, when I left off in my last post, we were in Kairouan ... More About: Flats , Horses , Dead , Salt
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2011-05-19 09:00:00 A Killer Collection of Adobe LightRoom Tutorials More About: Links
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2011-05-16 09:00:00 Morocco: Heading For A Make Or Break Moment More About: Links
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2011-04-22 09:00:00 The Arab Writers Union’s ‘Top 105′ of the 20th Century | Arabic Literature (in English) More About: Links
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2011-04-04 09:00:00 Photoessay: Malaysian Koran School for Transsexuals More About: Links
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2011-04-03 09:00:00 Anti-Muslim Bigotry pHere is an excerpt from Herman Cain, who was asked if he would be comfortable appointing a Muslim either in his cabinet or as a federal judge. His answer: No, I would not. And here?s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into .../p More About: Links
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2011-04-02 09:00:00 Google’s 174 web fonts downloadable in one archive » TNW Design & Dev More About: Links
Desktop Wallpaper: November 2010 [Flickr]
2010-10-27 17:30:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Available in many fun sizes just to fit your display (remember, if your exact size isn’t here, download the next larger size for best results): 2560 x 1600 | 2048 x 1536 | 1440 x 960 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 853 | 1280 x 800 More About: Desktop , Wallpaper , Flickr
Desktop Wallpaper: November 2010
2010-10-27 17:28:00 Hi everyone — it’s been a while. There’s stress and drama, none of which is blogworthy. Just annoying. Available in many fun sizes just to fit your display (remember, if your exact size isn’t here, download the next larger size for best results): 2560 x 1600 | 2048 x 1536 | 1440 x 960 | ... More About: Photos , Desktop , Wallpaper
Adonis [Flickr]
2010-10-23 20:42:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Adonis in a quiet moment with a small group of faculty and staff from the University of Texas's Middle Eastern Studies program prior to a roundtable with students in Arabic. Adonis was born Ali Ahmed Said Esber in the village of Al-Qassabin, Syria, in 1930. In 1956, after a year-long imprisonment for political activities, Adonis fled Syria for Beirut, Lebanon. He joined a vibrant community of artists, writers, and exiles in Beirut, and co-founded and edited Sh'ir, and later Mawaqaf, both progressive journals of poetry and politics. He studied at St. Joseph University in Beirut and obtained his Doctorat d'Etat in 1973. Considered one of the Arab world's greatest living poets, Adonis has fearlessly experimented with form and content, pioneering the prose poem in Arabic, and taking an influential, and sometimes controversial role in Arab modernism. He is the author of numerous collections, including Mihyar of Damascus (BOA Editions, 2008), A Time Betw... More About: Flickr
Adonis [Flickr]
2010-10-23 20:41:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Adonis in a quiet moment with a small group of faculty and staff from the University of Texas's Middle Eastern Studies program prior to a roundtable with students. Adonis was born Ali Ahmed Said Esber in the village of Al-Qassabin, Syria, in 1930. In 1956, after a year-long imprisonment for political activities, Adonis fled Syria for Beirut, Lebanon. He joined a vibrant community of artists, writers, and exiles in Beirut, and co-founded and edited Sh'ir, and later Mawaqaf, both progressive journals of poetry and politics. He studied at St. Joseph University in Beirut and obtained his Doctorat d'Etat in 1973. Considered one of the Arab world's greatest living poets, Adonis has fearlessly experimented with form and content, pioneering the prose poem in Arabic, and taking an influential, and sometimes controversial role in Arab modernism. He is the author of numerous collections, including Mihyar of Damascus (BOA Editions, 2008), A Time Between Ashes ... More About: Flickr
Khaled Mattawa [Flickr]
2010-10-23 20:41:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Khaled Mattawa is associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Tocqueville (2010), and is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize, the PEN award for literary translation, a Guggenheim fellowship, and three Pushcart prizes. He was born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1964, and emigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. This photo was taken during his visit to the University of Texas at Austin, October 21-22, 2010, along with Adonis, who personally selected him to translate his poetry into English for a new collection (Selected Poems, Yale, 2010).. More About: Flickr
Tarek El-Ariss and Khaled Mattawa [Flickr]
2010-10-23 20:41:00 khowaga1 posted a photo: Tarek El-Ariss (l) and Khaled Mattawa (r) in the Texas Union courtyard, prior to a roundtable discussion in Arabic with Adonis and faculty and students in the University of Texas's Middle Eastern Studies program. Khaled Mattawa is associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Tocqueville (2010), and is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize, the PEN award for literary translation, a Guggenheim fellowship, and three Pushcart prizes. He was born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1964, and emigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. This photo was taken during his visit to the University of Texas at Austin, October 21-22, 2010, along with Adonis, who personally selected him to translate his poetry into English for a new collection (Selected Poems, Yale, 2010).. More About: Flickr
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2010-10-22 09:00:00 A Recipe for Ancient Roman Mustard | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook More About: Links
Desktop Wallpaper: October 2010
More articles from this author:2010-09-23 17:05:00 As promised a long time ago, it’s Zombie Car! Download for your desktop: 2500×1600 | 1440×900 | 1280×853 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 More About: Photos , Desktop , Wallpaper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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