My pathetic attempt to enter into the blogosphere. Basically I'll be describing, affirming, criticizing or even writing about my favorite subjects such as: music, literature, poetry, film, art, sports, politics and other current affairs. Along the way, I'll introduce a little slice about my past and who I am.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
No one asked their names.
In the days following the rogue US soldier’s shooting spree in Kandahar, most of the media, us included, focused on the “backlash” and how it might further strain the relations with the US.
Many mainstream media outlets channelled a significant amount of energy into uncovering the slightest detail about the accused soldier – now identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. We even know where his wife wanted to go for vacation, or what she said on her personal blog.
But the victims became a footnote, an anonymous footnote. Just the number 16. No one bothered to ask their ages, their hobbies, their aspirations. Worst of all, no one bothered to ask their names.
In honoring their memory, I write their names below, and the little we know about them: that nine of them were children, three were women.
The dead:
Mohamed Dawood son of Abdullah
Khudaydad son of Mohamed Juma
Nazar Mohamed
Payendo
Robeena
Shatarina daughter of Sultan Mohamed
Zahra daughter of Abdul Hamid
Nazia daughter of Dost Mohamed
Masooma daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Farida daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Palwasha daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Nabia daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Esmatullah daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Faizullah son of Mohamed Wazir
Essa Mohamed son of Mohamed Hussain
Akhtar Mohamed son of Murrad Ali
The wounded:
Haji Mohamed Naim son of Haji Sakhawat
Mohamed Sediq son of Mohamed Naim
Parween
Rafiullah
Zardana
ZulhejaA prayer for all sixteen martyrs. May their souls rest in peace and may justice be served one day, some day. Amin.
(Source: aljazeera.com)
Jonny “checks his email” on his mac during a performance of The Gloaming at the Glastonbury Festival 2003.
:D
(Source: suuck-my-dick)
“Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying” - Langston Hughes
Bon Iver’s music is breathtaking. Skip to 18:33 to see what I mean.
Absolutely stunning. I remember the ash traveled nearly a 1000km from Chile to the streets below my apartment in Buenos Aires.
Watch out, there world’s behind you
Allen’s witty honesty brings motion pictures to life. Watch this interview and understand how he can enliven a dull and materialistic interviewer.
God willing the United States and the rest of the free world will save Bahrain from the tyranny of the Al Khalifa regime!
