mars 2012
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A Young Poet in His Twenty-Fourth Year
Brain, work now as well as you can.
A one-sided passion is destroying him.
He’s in a maddening situation.
Every day he kisses the face he worships,
his hands are on those exquisite limbs.
He’s never loved before with this degree of passion.
But the beautiful fulfillment of love
is lacking, that fulfillment is lacking
which both of them must want with the same intensity.
(They aren’t...
février 2012
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émèse saigne
el gabal sera vengeur
“Arab regimes are not the only actors using sexed and gender violence to...”
– The Uprisings Will be Gendered
“It is an old complaint that the study of “gender” is in fact the study of people...”
– The Uprisings Will be Gendered
Poets and Capitalism →
epictetus revisited
keep silence for the most part,
especially when it comes to feelings.
however, if you feel you must
speak through poems:
they must be short, bad,
but intimate
poems
A lesson in Hebrew →
MK Ahmad Tibi gives Israeli Jews a ‘lesson’ in Hebrew
Syria's draft constitution →
sharquaouia:
Found it. Sharing it for those interested.
I’m about to read the shit out of this. If you really wanna get something out of it, read it alongside the previous constitution. Helps to show where the changes are, or aren’t.
“When you find a man
Who transforms
Every part of you
Into poetry,
Who...”
– Nizar Qabbani (via ab-du)
don't fall for incitement to discourse. learn to...
Anonyme a demandé : Introduce yourself ,please .
A propos de la Syrie - Les blogs du Diplo →
Dans une conversation téléphonique entre le président russe et le roi saoudien, ce dernier a affirmé à son interlocuteur que tout dialogue sur la Syrie était « maintenant futile » (agence de presse saoudienne, 22 février 2012). Qu’est-ce à dire ? Que la seule voie possible est celle de l’intervention militaire ? Qu’il faut armer l’opposition ? Il semble bien que c’est dans...
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KHERRBERR - Law To Protect Women From Family... →
At a time when one Greek youth is unemployed. Where 25,000 homeless wander the streets of Athens. Where 30% of the population has fallen under the poverty line and where millions of families are forced to place their children in the care of someone else in order for them not to die of hunger or cold, where refugees and the new poor compete for trashcans at the public dump, the “saviors” of...
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I'm seriously thinking of titling my thesis "Shou...
would that sound like a bad taste joke? cause that’s kind of what it is.
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““‘There is retardation and backwardness,’ he said. ‘It is not the fault of the...”
– Adonis. (via finjangahwa)
“Like many Arab countries, Egypt is a nation where much is publicly forbidden,...”
– THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Local News :: Porn storm reveals cleft in Egypt attitudes
“Between treacherous chants and pseudonymous identities, Syria has become a web...”
– The Real Me and the Hypothetical Syrian Revolution - Part 1 by Amal Hanano via Jadaliyya
Amal Hanano has been nailing it on Jadaliyya these past few weeks. She gives a perspective on the situation in Syria that only a Syrian can give, and that is absolutely crucial in understanding what is...
I thought I had seen a pro-Bashar rally in...
can’t tell the difference anymore
I wish I could do only fieldwork in my life. And someone else would do the writing.
chotai a réagi à votre billet : hummussexual a réagi à votre billet : OMFG wtf…
oh man, “hummussexual” is an amazing username
Wanna see you say it to HIS FACE AHA
hummussexual a réagi à votre billet : OMFG wtf happened to gigapedia/library.nu?!!!!!
It refused to let me and my friend sign in for weeks now, but until last week my partner and a colleague were able to sign in. Is it completely out of commission?
YES
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/librarynu-book-downloading-injunction_n_1280383.html
THE INTERNET IS OVER
The Neoplatonist Roots of Sufi Philosophy →
OMFG wtf happened to gigapedia/library.nu?!!!!!
كل حب يكون معه طلب ، لا يعول عليه
I'm far from being the only person to rhyme...
or barking dogs don’t bite.
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“TED attempts to present itself as fresh, cutting edge, and outside the box but...”
– From “Against TED”
Via The New Inquiry
(via modernandmaterialthings)
totally agree