Anyway, at New York Times, "Behind the Veil." Photo slide-show is here. (And notice how the staff cover the windows with paper when Sarah Ahmed works out.)
And recall previously at Sissy Willis, "Exposed: What really goes on beneath the burka."
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The Veil and the Challenges
I recently saw a woman with a full-length black burka at the bank. My response was a bit of surprise (although it shouldn't be), and I wanted to take a picture.
Anyway, at New York Times, "Behind the Veil." Photo slide-show is here. (And notice how the staff cover the windows with paper when Sarah Ahmed works out.)
And recall previously at Sissy Willis, "Exposed: What really goes on beneath the burka."
Anyway, at New York Times, "Behind the Veil." Photo slide-show is here. (And notice how the staff cover the windows with paper when Sarah Ahmed works out.)
And recall previously at Sissy Willis, "Exposed: What really goes on beneath the burka."
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Interesting post, Donald! :-)
I remember how one of my Norwegian colleagues at Canon joked with our Belgian boss in Brussels a couple of years ago, saying that we now could impose restrictions upon the Belgian minority in Brussels.
People with a Belgian nationality is a rare thing in Brussels these days.
I admit that all the EU countries sending thousands of people also contribute to that situation
But the change is massive.
When my parents moved from Sweden to a giant building in Brussels in 1987, only Belgian people lived there.
Today, the image is very different.
When I left this city in Sweden for Belgium in April 2000, almost only Swedish people lived here.
Today the image is different. Very different.
I went to Egypt in 1997.
Well, that could almost have been this place today.
I guess you don't understand what I'm talking about.
When only 35 - 40 percent of the population in Los Angeles speaks English and are Americans, you will understand.
And that day will arrive, because this is a global phenomenon.
I think you have a great blog Donald.
But sincerely, I think you should put in more effort on Twitter.
You can get 100.000 Twitter followers in 3 months, but ok it would take you a couple of hours a day.
When I left Sweden in 2000, I worked for the best morning paper.
Today it doesn't exist.
They put in 90 percent of their efforts in journalism and only 10 percent on sales and sales promotion.
The biggest morning paper puts in 90 percent of their efforts on sales and only 10 percent on journalism.
Everybody reads that paper, but it is needless to say it isn't good.
From my time at the newspapers, I know that only 4 percent of the newspaper subscribers read the editorials.
It is important to be realistic.
The overall picture is pretty clear.
You have a very few good newspapers no one reads, and bad papers everybody read.
But I still have never heard of a quality newspaper, which has a balanced view upon sales and journalism.
I think blogs not are much different from newspapers.
But maybe I am wrong.
It is sad to witness that our best morning paper here in Sweden doesn't exist anymore, because the company board wrongly believed that quality articles in themselves would draw customers.
You deserve an enormous audience, Donald, but don't expect other people to promote your stuff.
You can get many followers, and you will always reach 4 percent of them at anytime.
Go for it! :-)
Have a wonderful day! :-)
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