Archive for September, 2007

Decoding Arab culture: Music: Abdel Halim Hafez

Posted by nadine on September 23rd, 2007

One of the icons of the 50s and 60s and music legends is Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez. His voice is deep, melodic, and heart warming. He was primarily a singer but starred in many films and it is through these that my generation got to meet him. The black and white Egyptian movies are […]

iPhone coming to Germany on Nov 9

Posted by nadine on September 20th, 2007

My birthday is Nov 8, isn’t this a coincidence? I was planning on waiting for the 2nd generation but it’s so tempting to not do that. Hmm…

Lebanese money

Posted by nadine on September 17th, 2007

I was in Lebanon for x-mas and saw that we had a new 1000 Lebanese Lira note. That’s sort of the basic unit of currency and it is worth around 66 USD cents. Interesting things about money: 1- you can never have enough of it, 2- the paper it’s printed on says a lot of […]