Feb 12, 2012 Posted by Joelle

65 Fascinating Facts About The Human Body

Seeing the Bodies…The Exhibition in New York last November reminded me of how fascinating the body I inhabit is. Featuring over 200 actual human bodies and specimens, meticulously dissected and respectfully displayed, the exhibition provides an intimate and informative look deep inside the systems of the body: Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous,... read more

Nov 21, 2010 Posted by Joelle

What Do The Stories We Tell Say About Ourselves And Others?

“[...] As Adrianna Cavarero contends, we are dependent on each other to narrate our lives (1997) … The stories we tell about ourselves, about others, about world events, about the past, about our political beliefs, about our identities are not just simply social and political constructions but elaborations of our psychic dramas. Also, if our stories always implicate the other – because... read more

Oct 31, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Nameless Faces

I’ve been thinking about creating an illustrated character and maybe adding a cartoon strip to my blog, as a means of expression through illustration. I thought it would be a way for me to channel my existentialism too. This is what I came up with over the weekend: A yet-to-be-named character with different facial expressions. I called this experiment Nameless Faces. I’m not sure if... read more

Oct 14, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Chess Board – A Matter Of Life and Death

She was stuck in traffic, amid lines and lines of stationary vehicles. It’s going to be a while, she thought with a sigh. Her iPod had failed her with its dead battery and she didn’t want to be left alone with her thoughts. So she switched the radio to Tuner and started flicking through the stations she had saved until she fell upon what seemed like an interview with an author about his latest... read more

Oct 12, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Hi! Kifkon? Ça va? – A Google Doodle

I made this Google Doodle for Abaadblobs.com, the search engine for the Lebanese blogosphere developed by @migheille. “Hi! Kifkon? Ça va?” is the typical Lebanese greeting, combining English (Hi), Arabic (Kifkon, tr. How are you?) and French (Ça va, tr. Doing alright?) If you’d like to submit your own doodle, write to geeks [at]... read more

Oct 11, 2010 Posted by Joelle

How Social Media Changed My Life

For quite some time now, I’ve been meaning to reflect on the impact of social media on my life. I guess now is the right time to do so, if only to heed @funkyozzi‘s call for a related post. So how has social media changed my life? The easiest and simplest way to answer that question would be to say that it made me social. You may or may not have figured this out by now, but I’m not... read more

Sep 12, 2010 Posted by Joelle

If God Existed, Why Doesn’t He Show Himself To His Creation?

A few weeks ago, I was having a Twitter conversation with my friend @Seleucid about god and the creation of the universe. The discussion grew from British physicist Stephen Hawking’s claim in his new book, “The Grand Design”, that god didn’t create the universe and that the Big Bang was inevitable due to the law of gravity. @Seleucid asked: Why does a God who runs the world so... read more

Aug 23, 2010 Posted by Joelle

By The River Ibrahim I Sat Down And Read…

By the River Ibrahim I Sat Down and Read… “Death at Intervals” by Jose Saramago “Death at Intervals” is set in an unnamed country where on the first day of the new year, people stop dying. Death is on strike. The residents are jubilant at first, but soon enough they being to suffer. Death does return eventually, but with a new courteous approach – delivering violent warning letters to... read more