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This sign is probably one of the most interesting things I have seen in Doha thus far. It is what I regard as localization at its best. When I first looked at it, I was confused. I thought it was a drawing of a woman and then I realized it was a picture of a man outfitted in the national dress, a dishdasheh. Cool, huh? I mean why should traffic signs here be adorned with drawings of individuals in western attire, particularly when the majority of citizens wear otherwise. I love it!
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Hey Desert Island Boy,
What Island would that be? I think moving to an Island wouldn’t be bad. Heard some are for sale for as low as half a mill – greenbacks – but heck with the tsunami warning out today, I dunno…
I feel like I’m late to the party…
First of all, I think Natasha’s been the bigger person in taking all the criticism standing up.
Secondly, Natasha isn’t pretending to be anyone or anything. She is being herself, she speaks for herself and answers to herself.
So what if she didn’t crawl out of a wadi last week?
So what if she’s not the norm in Jordan?
If she doesn’t conform to what “you” think is acceptable, I don’t give a rats ass! I do take exception that you think you can dissect her motives and condescendingly declare that you KNOW what she loves and what she hates.
Maybe you think she’s a snob. That’s your perogative. You said your piece, thank you very much. Now sit the hell down and shut the f*ck up!
The turkish bath…I’ll be driving a car and wearing pants so you can spot me out of all the other typical Arabs there.
I have used many a Turkish toilet and I think most Arabs above the age of 30 have. It was not long ago that THESE were the ONLY toilets to be found in most of the Middle East.
Except maybe in Beirut. They had gold-platted ass-wipers there. And yes, I grew up there too.
Iyas, this agreeing thing is becoming epidemic. Meet me at the Turkish bath and we’ll discuss.
RIVDA,
WHEN I DO NOT KNOW THE DEFFINITION OF A WORD, I LOOK IT UP. THAT IS MY PHILOSOPHY. WHEN IN DOUBT…LOOK IT UP. (THANKS FELLOWCOPY EDITORS FOR THAT WONDERFUL ADVICE.) I DIGRESS. SO, LET’S LOOK UP THE WORD BLOG.
BLOG:
Main Entry: blog
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology: shortened form of Weblog
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n
Source: Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.5)
Copyright © 2003, 2004 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
OKAY, NOW THAT WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY, RIVDA YOU DON’T NEED SEX LIKE METALORDIE AND IYAS SAID. TRUST ME. ALTHOUGH THAT IS VERY FUNNY GUYS. BIG LAUGHS ALL AROUND. ALL YOU DO NEED IS AN OPEN MIND. YOU NEED NOT TO ATTACK PEOPLE IN SUCH A RUDE WAY. NATASHA, I DON’T BELIEVE, HAS ATTACKED YOU PERSONALLY. COME ON. THAT IS JUST RUDE. YOU SHOULD LEARN SOME MANNERS.
I AS WELL HAVE DISAGREED ON MANY TOPICS WITH NATASHA, STARBUCKS BEING THE NUMBER ONE THING (COME ON YOU GUYS, JOIN THE REVOLUTION AND BOYCOTT IT WITH ME.) BUT I WOULD NOT ATTACK HER.
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YOU CLAIM NATASHA BELONGS TO A SMALL ELITE IN JORDAN. IF SHE DOES, WHO CARES. JUST BECAUSE YOU CONSIDER HER A MINORITY YOU THINK HER THOUGHST ARE NOT IMPORTANT? LIKE THEY DON’T MATTER?
YEAH, I MIGHT SOUND LIKE A “NATASHA SUPPORTER” BUT HER BLOG BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS, LAUGH A BIT AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. I MADE MANY FRIENDS THROUGH THIS BLOG THAT I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
I ADVISE YOU TO SPEAK YOUR MIND, EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS BUT DO NOT BE RUDE. WHEN YOU ARE RUDE, NO ONE WILL TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.
Damn typing skills,…I know your feeble mind cannot figure out the last phrase I typed Rivda. I meant “is that WHY you are full of it?”…”It” refers to shit in this case
You stink…
The yet-to-graduate-from-kindergarten gringo in me agrees with metalordie (again!), you need to have wild sex Rivda. For that purpose, I have a goat and a camel (typical Arab eh?) to offer you or “Bubba the pedophile” if you like receptive.
And just for the record, we had a “Turkish” toilet in our house growing up yet I found the post about it very funny. Wait, the technique you described for flushing it runs the risk of splashing shit on you, is that what you are full of it?
Rivda!
Seriously, have wild sex. It will temper you down. Why so much hatred? Instead of celebrating what make you and Natasha similar, you choose to create a line between you and her.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You shame the rest of us Arabs this way. We simply were not brought up this way. Enter extremism, the death of all of us.
Rivda,
Wow, really seems like you didn’t get any sex last night. And heck yeah, that is a personal chide, but you know what, when you take potshots at someone expect a lil honey comin your way. Sheesh, one would think such anger could be targeted at something a tad more meaningful.
Rivda, if you had paid a little more attention on this blog you would have seen that it serves as a forum for people of differet origins to express different, sometimes argumentative, opinions and to share ideas.
Sometimes we hate each other, sometimes we agree but the important thing is there is discourse.
And here’s the stinker, but what is Arab? You say Natasha does nothing that is Arab? Explain to us first what authority you are to preach what stands for Arab and non-Arab. Then explain what Arab really means…
Fortunately for the rest of us, we are able to discern that Arab is not the kind of behavior you exemplify.
And having not had enough of attacking Natasha, you choose to turn on what you term supporters. One would think Natasha was running for office.
I have disagreed with Natasha on a great many things, Hubby, Thomas, Jareer, Nas(al) hahaha sorry, and a whole bunch of yet-to-graduate-from-kindergarten gringos, too.
I don’t think we come to this blog because we support Natasha as a person, or whether she is an Arab, Jewish, Italian or a pink elephant. There are a lot of valuable discussions going on here. Try and engage in some and you may learn a few things you didn’t know.
Delete it that’s fine…I know that you can do that. Once you have said something to me, and fortunately, I read it before your husband came and deleted it. I think you know what I am talking about. So, yes, I am familiar of what you can do and what you cannot. I simply come here and go to other blogs to see how women and men in my country think like and how things are going overthere. Obviously, you continue to disappoint me. As for the toilet remarks, I gave my opinion out of experience; yours and many others’ obviously were not. I happen to have belonged to that part of Jordan that you despise and are unfamiliar with, and I find some of your snobbish remarks disgusting. I, however, insist on reminding you and others that you do not represent the majority of Jordanians; and you can only speak for very few, as you and your supporters belong to the “elite” group. You do not even live in Jordan, you have gone to a private school, studied in England, lived in Kuwait, and married an American. Yet, you come here and pretend that Jordanians are similar in culture to the West, and that what is strange to you is strange to all Jordanians. Let me remind you that some of the things that you see as odd are the norms in Jordan. Wearing the hijab, using the “mir7aad,” and the “honor and shame” system resemble the norm. Playing golf, watching American films, listening to Sarah McLaughlin is not the norm. So, girl, wake up and smell the coffee (and here I’m speaking of gahweh sada) and not the one you normally drink at Star Bucks! Salam for now..sorry I mean Bye Bye U La La!