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Arab Nationalism

sumwoman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:26 +0000

What is Arab Nationalism and when do we know we have it? First of all let us determine what we have in place. Subsequent to the fall of the Ottoman empire, we have according to various definitions about two dozen nation states considered to be part of the Middle-East region. At least, half of these nation states are the size of a lentil bean.

What does this mean in everyday terms? For example, say there's a guy, an Arab living in Lebanon, so this makes him a Lebanese Arab. It's lunchtime, his friend orders a shawarma sandwich while he orders a falafel sandwich.

I'd like to buy the world a Doogh

sumwoman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:38:19 +0000

I'd like to buy the world a Doogh
It's the real thing
Doogh is it

One 'Ghulobe' is not enough
ancient medium dashed with mint, peppered with salt
destined to refresh me
by the way of a million jingles on the tongue
melodic river of fizz and bacterial culture
wait, just a few more things for the journey
a spoon of saffron rice mashed with bits of kabob

Ghulobe...Ghulobe..Ghulobe...here it comes
tiny tingles in my nose

Girls gone wild

sumwoman — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:22:33 +0000

The 1960's and the 1970's were definitely wild and unique times. The Black Pathers, the Women's Liberation Movement and the Civil Rights Movement.

The women's movement wasn't unique in itself, for centuries women had been calling for equality. It was unique because it worked, the system gave way and things changed. There should have been a national seance. Gloria Steinem, Joan Baez and all the other women at the forefront of the movement should have had a seance to contact Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary started up the Suffragette Movement in the 1700's.

The Meaning of George

sumwoman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:09:43 +0000

I recently found out where the name George comes from.
It's kind of an odd story concerning a very popular name.
First, there is the state of Georgia in the US.
Then there’s the province of Georgia in Central Asia.

Georgia is the westernize form of the name Gorgias,
In the East, its referred to as Gorgiastan.

Also, the name George is related to the adjective gorgeous.
There's a reason why we use the word gorgeous
to describe remarkably good looking people.

Have we really evolved very much in the last 80 000 years?

sumwoman — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:23:45 +0000

A recent archaeological discovery has turned up odd bits of inscriptions painted in red ochre on cave walls located in southwestern France. These inscriptions could possibly be as old as 80 000 years, but those who have deciphered the inscriptions, swear they could have been written yesterday.

Entries in Red Ochre: ERO –e76j90