Room With A View
Posted in Doha on Nov 9th, 2012 1 Comment »
I already posted this picture on Twitter but I’m staying in this building and this is my view. And this is the view at night:
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“…jewelry fashioned by the hand from the pure gold of the intellect.”
Posted in Doha on Nov 8th, 2012 2 Comments »
In the above quote, Abu Hayyan al-Tawdihi, 10th century philosopher, is talking about arabic calligraphy particularly as used to convey the word of Allah, but I love the quote as it refers to the work of the intellect in general. I saw the quote at this place: This is the National Museum of Islamic Art in [...]
Great Circle
Posted in Doha on Nov 6th, 2012 Comments Off
http://www.greatcirclemapper.net/en/great-circle-mapper/route/KIAH-OTBD/aircraft/244/range/ho.html Check out my route! 6993 nautical miles 12951 kilometers 13 hours 58 minutes My arms are gonna be WASTED!
10 Time Zones into the Past.
Posted in Doha on Nov 6th, 2012 2 Comments »
I’m at the airport tightly clenching my passport and a visa document in Arabic that I can’t read. I’m going here: This is Doha, Qatar, a peninsula sticking out of Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf. It is the richest country (per capita) in the world. I’m going to talk to students at the Texas [...]