I had a ton of work today, and was stuck trying to catch an errant signal outside (while the wind blew my fringe into my hair, making my eyelids red and itchy) and trying to figure out the continously failing signal at Starbucks. It is official, I HATE Orange Jordan (I’ll have a post comingContinue reading “Monday Music: the melancholy dust edition”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
“Converting on Paper”: Faith vs. Warm Bodies
This post on Muslimah Media Watch caught my eye, because it reminded me of one of my favourite topics – converting on paper. I think the subject is pertinent. I disagree with Yusra’s assertion that for Muslim women, marrying non-Muslims is not an issue, because, as she puts it, “Muslim women believe that their freedomContinue reading ““Converting on Paper”: Faith vs. Warm Bodies”
King’s Way: A bit of internal tourism through Jordan, complete with overblown simile
So this past weekend, as previously mentioned, Boyfriend and I decided to show my brother more of Jordan. Besides the already familiar sites that are Petra & Aqaba (we actually stayed at the Radisson at Tala Bay – which is pretty sweet – but drove into Aqaba for the evening), we wanted to drive downContinue reading “King’s Way: A bit of internal tourism through Jordan, complete with overblown simile”
From Facebook: 15 Books in 15 Minutes
Besides work (please read Sarah’s excellent piece on Iran & Twitter, by the way), it has been a slow couple of days. We’re going to Petra tomorrow, and have rented a fancy-schmancy car for the occasion. Tonight, I drove in Amman for the first time. I even rolled down my windows and played particularly trashyContinue reading “From Facebook: 15 Books in 15 Minutes”
Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition
Because I don’t own a decent digital camera, I can’t quite do justice to the efforts of 3+ hours at the hairdresser’s today. One of these days I’ll write an ode to Amman’s Toni & Guy. People tell me it’s clichéd to go there, but, for a year and a half now, my hair hasContinue reading “Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition”
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