May 2013
9 tags
8 tags
3 tags
4 tags
A few of my favorite Arabic words (in no...
اسد - asad (to display the courage of a lion)
صلف - salif (someone with swag)
مفلح - muflih (someone who is successful, lucky.. based off a verb to plow, work the land… awesome)
خميس - khamees (Thursday.. based on khmsa.. or “five” as in fifth day, and its fun to say)
عمارية - ‘amariyah (a virgin riding a camel into battle)
3 tags
A few of my favorite English words (in no...
cartouche
savage
wanderlust
baccarat
parsimonious
4 tags
2 tags
3 tags
Anonymous asked: ... That quote about chips and salsa. What's the proper way of eating chips and salsa?
4 tags
Watching someone shovel in salsa with tortilla chips is strange to Mexicans....
– Javier Olmedo, a Oaxaca University student and aspiring chef [NYT]
3 tags
5 tags
5 tags
5 tags
5 tags
4 tags
4 tags
April 2013
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
4 tags
6 tags
1 tag
Black coffee and popcorn.
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
Can we all just agree that شيخ is a fun word to...
#datshaykh
4 tags
Coffee and qahwa: How a drink for Arab mystics... →
The Arab world has given birth to many thinkers and many inventions - among them the three-course meal, alcohol and coffee. The best coffee bean is still known as Arabica, but it’s come a long way from the Muslim mystics who treasured it centuries ago, to the chains that line our high streets.
3 tags
1 tag
Thursday funday!
6 tags
5 tags
4 tags
A lot of 8th graders won't need to do their summer...
Why didn’t Baz Luhrmann do a remake of Great Expectations when I was in school?
3 tags
5 tags
2 tags
3 tags
6 tags
4 tags
Remember that first time you read "Orientalism"...
3 tags
4 tags
2 tags
2 tags
Don't whisper... it wakes up the dead.
3 tags
We all have our demons.
2 tags
5 tags
graphikh asked: Thanks for the sharing :)