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The Bedouin Project: December 2005

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Wednesday, December 28, 2005. Also Available in Lemon Fresh Scent! Hello all, and welcome to the new and improved Bedouin Project, a kind courtesy of Omar Chatriwalla who, I think, did a fantastic job turning my crackpot conception into feesible reality. Many, many thanks Omar. My family, of course. God love 'em, they're a handful sometimes, but I love 'em just the same. What're you waiting for? Hot and cold water coming out of the same faucet. England, home of the industrial revolution, England, whi...

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The Bedouin Project: October 2005

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Saturday, October 08, 2005. Officially an MA Student. Of the Middle East). The professor for the course is Charles Tripp, a rather well known expert on the Middle East who has recently published an extensive political history of Iraq which I haven't read, but is said to be impeccable. Men in the Sun. Reveals much more about Egypt at the turn of the 20th century or the Palestinian condition of exile respectively than one could possibly have gleamed otherwise. I find this to be a truism, and am incredi...

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The Bedouin Project: Academia and its Discontents

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Academia and its Discontents. This troubling New York Times article. Has been making the rounds lately among my predominantly humanities graduate student crowd. You see, academia is not unlike fraternities on a much larger, long-term, and more sadistic scale. Academia's hazing rituals can last well over a decade, and include such. Noodles. Why you ask? Because once we get past all that, once we get in, we're in for life. Harassment from the institution. Such an arrangement ...

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The Bedouin Project: Reflections on Cairo: Galavanting in the Grotto

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Reflections on Cairo: Galavanting in the Grotto. Rather than crowds of Cairo's good and great perambulating throughout the park, parents walking hand in hand while excited children ran ahead, gawking and pointing at the next exciting new species of fish (this is how my parents recall it, though I imagine there is some romanticized revisionist memory at play), the Grotto was instead peopled by young couples. And what of it? My parents are right, this Grotto does. Century. An...

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The Bedouin Project: February 2006

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Monday, February 20, 2006. Grad Students Say the Darndest Things 2 and introducing the Grad Student Lexicon. It's time for a second entry of Grad Students Say the Darndest Things. Today's installment comes to us courtesy of Parmesan cheese, which apparently has a penchant for spilling all over the place. Italian guy (in Italian accent): "Whadda mess! You spillda yer jizz all over the place! Italian guy: "That'sa whadda I said, jizz.". Posted by The Bedouin Project @ 7:11 AM. Sunday, February 19, 2006.

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The Bedouin Project: November 2005

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005. Wa(te)r, what is it good for? I think you've truly been living in London long enough when they tell you that water should be back in a few hours, and you start contemplating digging a well. The inordinately long time it took to get the water fixed got me thinking "This'd never happen in Canada" which got me thinking how different parts of the world would react to such a situation, here's what I came up with:. Posted by The Bedouin Project @ 4:28 PM. The Prodigal Son Returns.

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The Bedouin Project: August 2005

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Well, once again it has been a few days since my last post. It seems that the organization for which I work has just remembered that I still actually work here and are trying to get their money's worth out of me in the waning days of my employment. Oh well, 2 more days of work left! Posted by The Bedouin Project @ 2:21 PM. Friday, August 26, 2005. Next week is my last week of work (YAAAY! Plates, bowls, Tupperware. Microphone for lappy (. Nb that's Nes's wording. I'm rather pa...

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The Bedouin Project: BBC tackles Cairo Traffic

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Sunday, February 22, 2009. BBC tackles Cairo Traffic. It's almost cute how indignant Christian Fraser seems to be over the traffic in this BBC report. Cars don't stop at a pedestrian crossing? Posted by The Bedouin Project @ 1:53 AM. Letting you all know what I'm up to and what I'm thinking.admit it, you want to know. View my complete profile. Reflections on Cairo: Galavanting in the Grotto. Advice for Driving in Cairo.or anywhere else, re. Musings of a Male Feminist on the International Da.

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The Bedouin Project: Israel's Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade

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Thursday, May 28, 2009. Israel's Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade. I usually try to keep this blog apolitical, however f. Ollowing on Israel's attempt to legislate allegiance to the state by introducing a pledge of loyalty to Israel's Jewish and Democratic character (more here:. Http:/ english.aljazeera.n. Its Palestinian-Israeli citizens to take a pledge of loyalty to the (allegedly) democratic nature of the state and punishing by imprisonment protests against said state. View my complete profile. BBC tack...

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The Bedouin Project: January 2006

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Thursday, January 26, 2006. Grad students say the darndest things. Sure, kids are funny, and political malapropisms are amusing to be sure, but to hear the craziest shit you'll ever hear, you really have to speak to a grad student, preferably while they're drunk, and if they're awake, odds are they're drunk. I have therefore decided to start a regular segment of "Grad Students Say the Darndest Things" Here are two recent unbelievable utterances to get us started:. More to come soon, I'm sure. Incessantly...