I once stayed a night in Chungking Mansions, when a flight from Canada arrived too late to catch even the …
October 6, 2011
Occupy the World
Published on Sunday, October 2, 2011 by NYC General Assembly Declaration of the Occupation of New York City by NYC …
August 1, 2011
Places
Because I seem to spend so much time in Brussels, and also have lived in several cities which until now …
February 12, 2011
the sound of the people gives me hope
There has not been enough of this in my lifetime. It’s almost 4am, I should be going to sleep but …
December 3, 2010
Burka Bondage
The past couple of months Dasniya has been rehearsing with Helena Waldmann, in a piece she helped with last year …
October 16, 2010
Reading… a 3rd anniversary
Regarding the two-score books of the last year, it is surprising which of the non-fiction – a term I use …
September 19, 2010
eating: lamb and fresh fig tajine
Michael came back to Berlin for the weekend, a welcome surprise that coincided nicely with my weeks-long desire for a …
September 12, 2010
(Some) Stuff I Read This Week
For some reason I decided to start using Twitter again — I suspect iPhone — and without any clear purpose …
September 5, 2010
germany is (slightly) embarrassing itself
Reading signandsight’s From the Feuilletons this week… it’s been dead in my feed for some time, but returned with excellent …
May 18, 2010
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
May 3, 2010
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
May 1, 2010
I am a Muslim
Coming to Berlin caused my attention to drift to a small part of my life I know little about, and …
January 31, 2010
reading: g. whitney azoy – buzkashi – game and power in afghanistan
g. whitney azoy – buzkashi
January 21, 2010
reading: christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
January 21, 2010
reading: iranophobia – the logic of an israeli obsession – haggai ram
iranophobia – haggai ram
January 7, 2010
Reading: Katherine Pratt Ewing – Stolen Honor – Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin
katherine pratt ewing – stolen honor
November 3, 2009
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
October 25, 2009
orgy of tolerance
To have your idols disappoint. It is a delicious sensation. And probably inevitable, necessary. My Friday Antwerp wanderings, despite the …
April 6, 2009
blog stuff
I shouldn’t be on my laptop today; I am bad. Working around 12 and sometimes up to 16 hours a …
January 18, 2009
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
And so I discovered Annamarie Schwarzenbach, who to a certain kind of Berlinerin is probably quite famous, yet in English …
January 12, 2009
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who …
January 3, 2009
Top Ten (Plus 1) Good News Stories in the Muslim World, 2008 (That Nobody Noticed)
Cheerful Saturday morning reading I thought I’d post in its entirety, though I do think anyone who has the slightest …
November 19, 2008
transgender day of remembrance
For any queer trans* Berliners who read me, there is a meeting tomorrow night 6pm, at my favourite bar, Silverfuture, …
October 16, 2008
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
July 14, 2008
gute aussichten – junge deutsche fotografie
My last full day in Berlin, an afternoon adventure with someone who takes rather splendid photographs herself of derelict amusement …
July 7, 2008
Juedisches Museum Berlin
I went to the Juedische Museum Berlin today. juedisches museum berlin – 1 juedisches museum berlin – 2 juedisches museum …
June 27, 2008
Global Voices Summit – Budapest
Some of my favourite and also most inspiring bloggers, writers, wonderful computer and internet people are all in Budapest for …
May 14, 2008
Reading: Antonio Giustozzi – Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007
koran, kalashnikov and laptop
March 21, 2008
Reading: Daniel Ladinski Trans. – The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master
hafiz – the gift. trans. daniel ladinsky
February 25, 2008
Reading: Rosanne Klass – Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good
rosanne klass – land of the high flags
January 27, 2008
more feeds and things … and blogrolls
A little bit preoccupied today and doing busywork (yes, is a word), and somehow stumbled upon several rather cool blogs …
January 26, 2008
Reading: Charles Stross – The Atrocity Archives
charles stross – the atrocity archives
November 17, 2007
reading: terry pratchett…
terry pratchett – mort terry pratchett – the colour of magic terry pratchett – equal rites terry pratchett – thief …
April 6, 2007
friday atheist re-blogging
Being the day when a carpenter who has fantastically scant evidence for ever having existed in the first place was …
April 1, 2007
sunday morning avoiding-work blogging
More stuff I’ve read in the past two weeks for your amazement and occasional pleasure, though because everyone’s taste is …
December 12, 2006
iranian typography now
Japan design magazine PingMag has a long feature yesterday, Iranian Typography Now. It is one of the most sublime features …
December 2, 2006
some stuff i read this week
Lazy Saturday afternoon post-dragging myself out of bed and thinking of going climbing pretty soon, but first a random trawl …
October 30, 2006
some new blogs
About a week ago I was doing something and ended up splurting “contemporary dance” Melbourne into Google Blog Search. I …
October 26, 2006
i shit on ya – sheik taj aldin
Someone recently said about a United States school kid who got hauled up by the FBI for sedition over a …
October 21, 2006
what i’ve been reading today
Another list of completely unrelated stuff that circulated through my news feeds in the last couple of days and makes …
October 3, 2006
we are no longer human
I really, really urge you all to read this article that appeared in Rolling Stone, The Unending Torture of Omar …
September 29, 2006
torture is evil unless we’re doing it
It was a unique moment today, killing time between rehearsals and reading the latest issue of Dance Australia while dozing …
August 21, 2006
I know that I AM
Today was emotionally really shitty, the kind of day I want to finish by getting wasted, all teen-punk angst. Lucky …
April 17, 2006
supernaut is lazy (but can read…)
I’d probably be better using del.icio.us for all the stuff I read, but I found on top of keeping supernaut …
December 11, 2005
a quarter of a billion – an addendum
I had some doubts this morning about posting the previous entry. And more doubts since reading R.J. Rummell’s blog more …
December 10, 2005
a quarter of a billion
I’m taking a bit of a break from blogging, the return to Australia has left me with a disembodied sense …
December 5, 2005
don’t bomb us – al jazeera goes blog
Somehow, I think through one of the feeds I subscribe to, I stumbled upon what is one of the best …
November 4, 2005
nusra in karachi
I know I keep on saying Nusra Latif Qureshi is one of the most amazing artists in the world, but …
September 8, 2005
exotic bodies heavenly products
Two artists who always give me a thrill when the invite for their latest show lands in my inbox are …
August 23, 2005
women’s social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy
I have pretty much steered clear saying anything about the great neo-colonial escapade in Iraq, despite keeping up with the …
May 24, 2005
nusra latif qureshi – intentions of memory
Nusra Latif Qureshi, who has long been one of my favourite artists in Melbourne and has been storming out stuff …
March 22, 2005
UAE Sharjah International Biennale 7
The UAE Sharjah International Biennale 7 opens in a couple of weeks in Sharjah Art Museum and the nearby Heritage …
March 16, 2005
sabeen raja talk
Pakistani minature artist Sabeen Raja is in Melbourne to exhibit her works at Axes Art Space and Gertrude Street Contemporary …
February 23, 2005
nusra +naeem’s new gallery
i’ve written about Nsra and Naeem a couple of times in the past. I met them both when I was …
September 24, 2004
baghdad year zero
I haven’t written about the war in Iraq, or the radical conservative politics and coming elections either in America or …
September 8, 2004
cairo’s modern dance festival
Walid Aouni, the founder of Cairo Opera’s Modern Dance Theatre has just finished the fifth Festival of Modern Dance, which …
July 7, 2004
nusra + naeem again
In June, I wrote about Nusra and Naeem’s art, and their exhibition, at Counihan Gallery, which opened a couple of …
May 23, 2004
Chinese Mountaineering Team on K2
The climbing season on K2 has kicked off, with 54 expeditions attempting to summit the mountain made famous by prominent …
May 5, 2004
Nothing happened in Palestine
Yesterday, Melbourne’s The Age ran a front page story on a work by two artists in a Flinders St gallery …
April 27, 2004
The ‘new’ Silk Route
A new treaty has been signed by 23 nations at a UN meeting to create multiple landlinks between Khabarovsk and …
April 20, 2004
AlJazeera on Time’s Hot-100 list
The founders of the news channel everyone loves to hate has been voted one of Time Magazine’s World’s 100 most …