Icaro Doria, a Brazilian 25 year old artist, along with some of his colleagues in the Grande Reportagem magazine in Lisbon, Portugal, have come up with a really cool idea to put new meanings to the colours of flags.
They started to research relevant, global, and current facts and used real data taken from the websites of Amnesty International and the UNO to create Meet The World campaign.
I think it’s a really creative and cool idea. Do check out the other flags.
[Via: And Far Away]
Canadian Jean B
The BBC Arabic report on Arab Bloggers, that I was interviewed for along with Eman, Haitham, As’ad and others, will be on air today Friday 24th sometime between 10:00 and 12:00 GMT.
So if you’re anywhere with a radio near you, from which you can tune into the BBC Arabic Radio, do try to check it out 🙂
Lions rescue and protect young Ethiopian girl…
The men had held the girl for seven days, repeatedly beating her, before the lions chased them away and guarded her for half a day before her family and police found her, Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo said Tuesday by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, some 560 kilometers (348 miles) west of the capital, Addis Ababa.
[Source: CNN]
So, what do you know, it seems that lions have more feelings and compassion than humans do.
ONE: The US version of the Make Poverty History campaign.
“WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
I totally fully extremely agree!
I couldn’t have said it better if I wanted to.
Tonight we attended a Jordan blogger meetup.
It was really great and so much fun meeting everyone, putting faces to the blogs and chatting with everyone.
It felt like we all knew each other really well but still were meeting for the first time, lol. Weird.
The meetup went on from 7PM to 11:15PM at Wild Jordan Caf
At last this whole thing is over, I hope…
The jury deliberated about 32 hours before reaching its decision.
The verdicts were read in a packed courtroom, where a large crowd of supporters gathered outside the courthouse cheered, wept and hugged upon hearing the verdicts.
Courtroom observers reported that Jackson dabbed his eyes with a tissue after his acquittal.
[Source: CNN]
Personally, I always thought these accusations were made up. Ok, Michael Jackson has become somewhat of a weirdo over the years, but still I don’t think he’s a child molester.
Obviously this jury agree.
Now, please Michael, get your act together, get things sorted out with Sony, and give us some good music for God’s sake!
Miss Canada, Natalie Glebova, was crowned Miss Universe in the 54th annual pageant held in the Thai capital of Bangkok.
The brunette from Toronto was chosen over Miss Puerto Rico Cynthia Olavarria.
Natalie Glebova is a model and motivational speaker to grade school and high school students.
When she was asked what she considered the biggest challenge of her life. She said it was remaining optimistic.
“I always try to maintain a positive outlook on life,” she said.
Well, she deserves to win and I totally agree with her that remaining optimistic is the most important thing in a person’s life. It’s not easy to do, but very important to be able to keep going.
Yesterday, I found these really interesting numbers about Tunisian emigration on Zizou from Djerba‘s blog.
– 80% of Tunisian youth would like to emigrate.
– 80.000 to 100.000 Tunisian youth leave Tunisia each year (Some come back of course).
– 25 to 35% of Tunisians abroad are jobless.
According to statistics from 2003, the number of Tunisians abroad is 850,000. 6000 of them are students.
Even though these numbers might not be 100% accurate, I do believe that they are pretty close to reality and I think they’re very interesting.
I’m sure numbers like these are reflected throughout the Arab world with only slight differences.
A common idea between Arab youth nowadays is that the only solution to a better life is to emigrate. The choice of countries to emigrate to depends on the country of departure, for example in French speaking North Africa the most popular destinations are France and Quebec (Canada), in the Middle East it’s more like Canada, USA, New Zealand…etc.
But it’s not always true that a better life awaits these emigrants. As numbers show, a lot of them end up jobless and on the streets.
Still some are able to build great lives, that’s true too.
It all depends. It’s pretty risky.
I think the whole issue of emigration is a very sensitive one. It’s a shame when some of the best minds in the country as well as its youth find themselves tempted to leave. It’s a big loss for the country. But still I do understand how some of them feel.
