Would Eight be That Great?

I’ve been tagged by Dave. Here’s the meme: McCain has 8 homes in the U.S. You have to pick eight places you would like to live. List them. You don’t have to list your reasons, but if you do at least for a few of them, it would be more fun. And remember that the [...]

Syrian Soda

…Is a very bright orange. I’m not sure drinks here are allowed to be such a vibrant-not-found-in-nature shade of orange anymore.
Of course being British I don’t say soda, I say pop and this post is about some of the pop culture I saw in Syria.
No need to say there was a soap about a man [...]

Syria: 99 Problems but having enough pictures of Bashar Al Assad ain’t one.

While on the motorway from Damascus to Latakia I tried to see if I could go half an hour without seeing Bashar’s visage. I lasted 30 seconds.
I find them fascinating, not just the proliferation, but the variety. Bashar in a suit, staring into the middle distance, Bashar in military uniform and aviators, Basher with Daddy [...]