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Needed: Lapdancing Researcher
I love it when these jobs emerge from time to time in academia – there was a similar instance a few years ago when a US scholar completed his PhD on an analysis of the economy and Playboy center… more →
Caledoniyya
Needed: Lapdancing Researcher
Layla wrote 21 hours ago: I love it when these jobs emerge from time to time in academia – there was a similar instance … more →
The Good, Cohesive Old Days
Layla wrote 1 day ago: I tell a lie – the second book is a little gem and while it scores less on the academic front … more →
Catholicisms vs. Protestantisms
Layla wrote 1 day ago: Only 600 more words to go and the infernal review of two books summoning collectively the charisma a … more →
Kamilya Jubran
Layla wrote 4 days ago: No words, just sound: Sublime. … more →
Mulukhiyah wa Couscous
Layla wrote 5 days ago: With a dash of harissa, naturally. Mulukhiyah: looks questionable, tastes amazing: And perhaps the s … more →
Beautiful Secret
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Layla wrote 5 days ago: I’ve been enamored by PostSecret for almost two years now, but despite the length of time, the … more →
Love the Song, Hate the Video
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Layla wrote 3 weeks ago: And vice versa, often. For example, I was not particularly enamoured by Lady GaGa’s Bad Romanc … more →
Middle Eastisms, Pt. 3
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Layla wrote 3 weeks ago: Following on from yesterday, part 3 in the series of Perceptions of the Middle East: And because thi … more →
Simply Splendid (And Wanted)
Layla wrote 3 weeks ago: Via Roba, a call has been issued through YouTube for the following fellows to be found in return for … more →
How? Why? Jeez...
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Layla wrote 3 weeks ago: The results of polls such as these always prompt a swift hanging of the head in shame and the contem … more →
This Is Music
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Layla wrote 1 month ago: Sunday, office-bound and the wind has been howling like a banshee since the early hours of the morni … more →
Copyright Hummus, Already!
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Layla wrote 1 month ago: From an e-mail circulated by the University Jewish Society, an Israeli-themed evening resplendent wi … more →
Twittering Gold
Layla wrote 1 month ago: The following Tweeter is simply irresistible. As the blurb goes, Justin (29) lives with his father ( … more →
Do.
Layla wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes all we do is talk. We plan, we dream, we wonder, we muse. Then it is too late and all we h … more →
Oh, For the Joys of Marriage
Layla wrote 1 month ago: It’s times like this I wonder what I am missing out on: RIYADH (AFP) – A Saudi woman is … more →
Middle Eastisms, Pt. 1
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Layla wrote 1 month ago: This morning I commenced an experiment upon my unwitting students. With each group of ten students … more →
Beautifully Imperfect
Layla wrote 1 month ago: No fan of adverts – anyone familiar with British television would empathize at the mere mentio … more →
Of Drizzle and Fado
Layla wrote 1 month ago: Today is a day that should be loathed. It is cold; the leaves have given up all attempts at survival … more →
Facebook: A Matter of Status
Layla wrote 1 month ago: Over the past two years Facebook and I have enjoyed a peaceful relationship: the early days were mar … more →
