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Born in Aswan, Abdel Dhaher has both Nubian and Saeedi roots. Although he left Aswan as a child and came to settle in Cairo, Abdel Dhaher never really left Egypt's most magical city. “My painting style is social realism. I paint the reality of life in the South. I've loved to paint the daily life or the environment in the South ever since I was a student of Fine Arts," he says. Armed with a sketch pad at all times, Abdel Dhaher quickly draws everything he sees, a zir (water jar), a cousin feeding the chickens, another cousin feeding the ducks, his nephews' double wedding, or the belly dancer and zammar (flute player) at a wedding. Few people have heard of a Saeedi painter. It's not that Upper Egyptians aren't blessed with artistic talent. They are. It is just that those painters who originally come from Upper Egypt more often than not tend to stray away from their roots and try to become urbanized.
Watch this space
It is good for Isro to dream big in this manner, considering other space agencies are gearing up to open up the ‘final frontier' to space tourism. Almost anyone who'd care to be spaceborne will soon be able to sign up for these sub-orbital hops, provided he or she fulfils basic health requirements and, of course, can dole out huge amounts for the ticket to ride. Having said that, however, there is no denying either the need for a reality check for Isro at this point when its ambitions should conform to its capabilities. The idea of renting out space rides is no doubt an excellent money-spinner, as the Russians prove, allowing civilian space travellers (who pay $ 20,000 apiece) to ride their Soyuz spaceships. But it is a surprising U-turn for Isro to think along these lines, given that it always denied having a manned profile at all in its space effort.
Lose the heavy load on your credit cards
It's not just that third helping of plum pudding that could be weighing you down. Millions of Australians will also have overindulged on their credit cards and now need ways to shed the excess. Assess the damage DO you know what you owe on your cards or even what the interest rate is? Lisa Montgomery from non-bank lender Resi says most people don't. "With credit readily available and with the growing popularity of automated payment options such as direct debit facilities, Australian borrowers have become more complacent and mechanical about debt," she says. "As a result, debt levels have tended to become less visible." Change this by gathering your statements and writing down what you owe and what rate of interest you're paying. Don't panic IF the figures horrify you, don't just bury your head in the sand and hope it will all go away.
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Then again, maybe we've reached the point in our politics of true gender blindness, where the bellicosity of a male candidate toward a female opponent is viewed no differently than that between two male, or female, candidates.A welcome development, indeed, but I have my doubts we're anywhere close. Let's see what happens the next time a male Republican candidate goes after a female Democrat the same way Mihos went after Healey. If spastic accusations of sexism aren't immediately sounded, and the substance of what was actually said is mulled over instead, gender may finally cease to matter in politics.In fairness to Mihos, his obsessive focus on the Big Dig is completely legitimate. What has occurred with this project is so patently outrageous, in lives lost and billions squandered, that its perversity -- even by the standards of Bay State politics -- would be much worse if we did not have at least one politician yelling from the television, like the anchorman played by Peter Finch in "Network," "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"But it is also outrageous -- unbecoming even -- for Mihos to accuse Healey and Romney of having blood on their hands for the deaths in those tunnels.
Noli asked to intervene in death of Pinoy hairdresser in Dubai
However, no reports were provided to Sally's kin or to the Philippine Embassy in Dubai. Emy deplored the way an employee, whom she later identified as Alex Emam, gave them the run-around when they went to the DFA last Nov. 22 to verify the report on Sally's death. She said Emam instructed them to fill up a form and advised them to wait for feedback on their inquiry. Emy said they informed Emam that they were checking on her brother after receiving information that he was found dead. She said Emam asked them, "Ito ba ‘yong napukpok sa ulo? (Is this the one who's head was bashed?)," much to their surprise. When they tried to clarify his reply, Emam, according to Emy, brushed them aside, raising suspicion that there was foul play in her brother's death.
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