a dictator’s wife
Asma Fawaz al-Akhras is a 36 year old British young woman. Bright and beautiful. Daughter of a cardiologist and of a now-retired diplomat, this glamorous lady — born in London in 1975 […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Kim Jong Il
Kim. Some nice pictures of the last days in North Korea. Traffic officers. Expressing their sorrow.
Tigris and Euphrates
Some far away lands are just a name in the news. Places known for their wars, their dictators, their struggles. The Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, the Holocaust of Halabja, Desert Storm, Nasiriyah. Other […]
Farewell Cheetah
Cheetah. One of Hollywood’s most famous animals, Cheeta the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died aged 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida, revealed […]
Ceci n’est pas une Pippa
Pippa Middleton, with boots and coffee. A collection of pictures of Pippa — famous sister of less known Kate Middleton — while she is walking downtown London, wearing boots and […]
Leia
Princess Leia. The greatest disappointment of my childhood. Every kid was identifying himself with Luke Skywalker, no doubt. The Jedi knight fighting for freedom of the Galaxy, flying imaginative spacecrafts […]
Ballerina
bal·le·ri·na/ˌbaləˈrēnə/ Noun: A female ballet dancer. My grandfather had several aspirations. He was — at least in his heart — an inventor, a scientist, a chess player and a formidable reader. […]
The end of an era.
The end of an era. Three decades of missions came to a close as the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down in Florida after a 13-day trip to the International Space […]
Happy Hanukkah!
Sufganiyot (סופגניות) The eight-day Jewish festival of lights began yesterday, December 20, at sundown. On the first night of Hanukkah, millions of Jews in Israel and abroad lit Hanukkah candles. […]
Be careful of your bra!
ad·ver·tis·ing/ˈadvərˌtīziNG/ Noun: The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services. A picture will never say it. You have to watch the video. Choose the one you like: […]
