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...many ordinary Palestinians, disillusionment with political corruption and grand slogans has led to a desire for leaders who want merely to secure a better economic future. Artists similarly discontented with politics are turning to more personal themes. "The old period of nationalist art was a big lie," says Khalid Hijazi, a painting instructor at An-Najah University in Nablus who mentors many new artists. "The political picture in Palestine is confused, so artists take refuge in their personal concerns." The new style doesn't appeal to older artists. Karim Dabbah, a 68-year-old painter from Ramallah, argues that Palestinian...
...Clarify, v. To repeat the same lie over and over again...
...forgotten the magic that is Reading Period. Starting and ending approximately whenever you feel like it, this is your chance to study for exactly as much or as little as you want. On any given day, you can study for six hours, or you can do nothing. You can lie in bed, you can read a magazine, or you can picket in front of the Science Center to protest the newest issue on which you’ll have entirely reversed your viewpoint by the time you’re 30. But hey, I won?...
...Nobody.” Vomit.Shakira’s attempt at robotic rap talk and raging against the fame-hungry, greedy world, “Animal City” is only worth listening to in order to hear the random elephant and wolf noises at the end. No lie. On the rest of the album Shakira either reminisces about dulled love (“Dreams for Plans”), expresses her dependence on a certain lover (“Your Embrace”), or longingly pines after a boy (“Hey You”). Her cutesy, bleating voice...
...McAlhany described Alpizar as carrying a big backpack and wearing a fanny pack in front. He says it would have been impossible for Alpizar to lie flat on the floor of the plane, as marshals ordered him to do, with the fanny pack on. "You can't get on the ground with a fanny pack," he says. "You have to move it to the side...