Qifa Nabki
Miscellaneous
A MasterCard for the Financial Crisis
I thought of a worthy new MasterCard advertisement. Here goes: Tax credits: $115,000,000,000 State medicaid programs: $87,000,000,000 Refurbishment of the electrical grid: $30,000,000,000 Other stimulus bill expenditures: $557,000,000,000 Using taxpayer dollars to bail out Wall Street and avoid the greatest economic disaster in the history of the United States: Priceless.
Beirut in the Rearview Mirror
Dear friends, apologies for the scattershot postings these days. I’ve just embarked upon my winter holidays and am now looking forward to the perspective (and broadband connection) that comes with leaving Beirut for a few weeks. All this is to say that my inexpert musings over the next month or so will not even be … Continue reading
Ahmed Matar & Obama
Ms. Tee over at B-side Beirut has a post about Ahmad Matar’s most recent poem, entitled “From Obama”, which has apparently been making the email rounds. The appearance of this poem may explain the strange incident I experienced yesterday. I was visiting my favorite bookshop in Hamra, and someone came in and asked K. — the bookseller — if … Continue reading
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