What’s in your ears?
I have noticed recently, as I ride the Metro nearly every day now, that people in Cairo are walking around with earphones in, listening to their iPods. This was not the case for a long time, even recently. I would often get on the Metro and have people look at me like [...]

Would it be so bad?

As we sit here in the Second Cup listening, ironically, to a late-nineties remix of a song entitled “Silence,” I can’t help but muse: “Would actual silence be that bad?”
It’s like there is a disease these days which makes it physically uncomfortable to sit quietly—or speak to each other in [...]

That might have been a little provocative for a headline
So, I am sitting in a foreign-chain-franchise coffee shop right now checking my e-mail and the theme-song from “Shaft” came on. It was remixed with Arabic-sounding instruments and—oh yes— sung in Arabic. Fantastic.
I will take this any day, since the musical fare in these places [...]

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If you haven’t been paying attention up until now, you had better start.

So this is not the post that I promised. The Friday feature is still in development phase and since I am putting the finishing touches on a paper right now, it wasn’t going to happen this weekend.
However, I am pleased to report, [...]

A shameless promotional spot for a dear friend

I don’t usually write about music or movies or anything like that, but in this case I am happy to make an exception.
The up-and-coming band OFFICE has just released a new record. A Night at the Ritz sort of a wonderful review with a new spin and [...]