Ada satu setengah minggu di tengah musim gugur ketika warna alam luar biasa elok dan intensif, yaitu satu setengah minggu terakhir bulan Oktober. Biasanya, pada masa ini hujan turun beberapa kali, daun mulai menguning, angin mulai menghembus dingin dan suhu turun menukik. Selama satu setengah minggu itu, daun…
Finger Back – Vampire Weekend in Rap Genius I was brainstorming prior to writing a paper on pre-Islamic Arabic poets, especially the sa’alik poets, those who left their tribes to live a free, liberated, punk-ish, thoreau-ish life. My mistake was, I had decided earlier to play Vampire Weekend’s…
Reel Bad Arabs – Jack Shaheen Interview at KUAF 91.3 FM I was swerving into the parking lot when I heard the radio broadcaster talk about the image of Arabs in the American cinema. I kept listening until it confirmed my suspicion–that it would eventually lead to Jack…
Short bio of Diana Abu-Jaber. Here is the information about the author, a piece of information that is far from being comprehensive. The page doesn’t include information about Ms. Abu-Jaber’s second, third and fourth novels. It gives an inaccurate account of the novelist’s second and third novels. According…
Terkepal, tersenyum. Kuputuskan bertanya:mengapa? Kupeluk dunia, kupeluk,Aku akan mencintaisemua. Apa kau tahusedamai apa magmaku?
For sure, it was a wonderful day today. It started out as a very cold, cloudy day, with the lowest temperature reaching 35 degrees Fahrenheit, and a bit drizzly. In the afternoon, however, everything turned great as I visited an unusual event in the city of Bentonville, AR.…
I have to, first of all, admit that I change my mind every so often. Fall last year, in the midst of my frustration with the slowness of my netbook, which had Windows 7 Starter edition pre-installed, I decided to buy and extra memory bar. With that 1…
Gimana ini ya? Sukses saja belum, tapi diam-diam sudah merencanakan beli gigi palsu.
Kebocoran oli adalah hal yang wajar dalam kehidupan bermobil. Nyaris semua mobil tua mengalami kebocoran oli. Hanya mobil-mobil tua luar biasa saja yang tidak. Mater, tokoh utama dalam film animasi Cars dan Cars II produksi Pixar-Disney adalah satu di antara sekian pribadi tua adiluhung yang tidak bocor oli. Sebagai hiburan, saya akan kutipkan di…
Anima Isaiah Esai yang sangat runtut dan berbobot! Jarang-jarang menemukan tulisan untuk portal online yang sesabar tapi setajam ini, sampai-sampai saya nyaris tergelincir merasa sudah mengenal garis besar pemikiran Berlin–biasa lah, perjalanan dari nol menuju satu itu selalu mencengangkan bagi saya. Esai ini merupakan tanggapan Nuruddin atas tulisan…
