What Arabs Like to Photograph

"Some people like to watch birds. I like to watch Arab tourists in the US. Most amusingly, they take the strangest photos. As a rule of thump, Arabs prefer not pictures of food, as so many Americans do abroad; nor do they point and click at everything like their Japanese brethren.

Here is what I see Arab visitors snapping away at where I live, in Washington, DC."

"Here is an excellent way to use twitter hashtags for advertising, Fey&Co is a mattress company that engaged the tweeps community using the hashtag GoodNight! A reply was sent to users who included #GoodNight in their tweets, the message invited them to the website lullaland.net, where their tweets become a melody."

"The olive and citrus trees were blooming all over Palestine on Prisoners’ day. Pink irises, red puppies, and yellow flowers weave interesting patterns among the endless green carpet underneath the fruiting almonds, fig, and loquet trees. Green almonds are eaten with a pinch of salt and are addictive."

"The Doha Film Institue is organizing “Harrer, Harrer”, traveling to places that were flashpoints of the revolutions in the Middle East and conduct storytelling and filmmaking workshops."

WHEN
April 29 – May 05, 2011

A Yemeni woman speaks of the implications of Saleh's speech on mixing the sexes:

"Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently used another political tool to try and suppress the pro-change protests. Like many leaders worldwide, he used "women" as a tool against his opponents. His brief statement on the prohibition of mixing between women and men (English text of President's speech) along with the smear campaigns on national TV against women implies that women in pro-change square are "loose" women. This is a great insult to all women activists. It is a dishonor to all women, their families and tribes."