This is the search term that most recently led someone to my blog: رقص جدید پشتو. I cannot read it but I think it is Persian or Pashto, not Urdu or Arabic. I can tell that it has to do with Khattak dance. Can you read it? Axé.
It seems that Mac McClelland, a journalist who wrote this and more for Mother Jones on Haiti, had a breakdown. This is about the breakdown and how she cured it. A writer at Slate had a serious problem with her having felt as she did and dealt with it as she did. Ms. interviewed her. … More Mac McClelland
Once Paumanok, When the lilac-scent was in the air and Fifth-month grass was growing, Up this seashore in some briars, Two feather’d guests from Alabama, two together, And their nest, and four light-green eggs spotted with brown, And every day the he-bird to and fro near at hand, And every day the she-bird crouch’d on … More Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking II
Lord Invader’s famous calypso is about imperialism and I rode past Point Cumana in a cab, mentioning it to the driver who, as we all knew, was also working for that Yankee dollar. I am glad you realize it, said he. Since the Yankees come to Trinidad Some of the young girls were more than … More On Lord Invader. On Tourism
It is time for something new new: Khattak dance. Regardez ça-là, it is mesmerizing. The Khattacks speak Pashto. Their historical centers include Herat, Ghowr, Ghazni, Zhob, Karak, Tirah and Wana. Their ruler under traditional organization was Malak. We could easily learn Pashto as it is Indo-Iranian (English is Indo-European) and uses Arabic letters (an alphabet, not … More Khattak Dance
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I have a few hundred dollars to spend on library materials, related to courses and also to be part of our university library’s permanent collection. Some of the materials are books from university presses, and some of these are available as examination and desk copies for faculty using them in courses. I am being told … More An Ethical Question
I got this recipe from blogger Momo years ago and I have been looking for it; now I have found it. This recipe is from Veracruz. It is unusual and really good. 2T lard or oil 16 chicken livers 1 garlic clove minced 1 small onion minced 3 hard cooked egg yolks 2T parsley minsed … More Pollo Mariscala
There was the question last year of LSU’s “Foreign Languages 14,” all instructors discontinued due to program reduction. Now this document on events in the UL system has been posted on the Louisiana AAUP website. I am reposting it in its entirety since it is a public document and important. I have emphasized a few … More Michael Bérubé
The parody of this song I really like is Caught in a Bad Project by the Hui Zheng Lab, but this one is for Bastille Day! Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 