The Soul of a Butterfly

21/7/2010

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Q:  How would you like to be remembered?
Muhammad Ali: He took a few cups of love, one teaspoon of patience, one tablespoon of generosity, one pint of kindness, and stirred it up well and served it to each and every deserving person. 
Source:  Reader's Digest. December 2001.
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Holland vs. Spain, World Cup Final

11/7/2010

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The World Cup is over.  Spain Win.  And I did not see one second of it.  The first World Cup final I do not watch.
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The Impulse has Landed!

8/7/2010

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Three cheers for Solar Impulse, the Swiss enterprise whose eponimously-named solar-powered aircraft has just completed a non-stop 24-hour flight.
Flying through the night using solar power.  Now that's something.
This news has been the highlight of my day.

Here's to the day (I hope) when the Middle East's energy needs are fulfilled by solar power and solar power alone.  We have enough of it so why not.

You can do your bit for Solar Impulse here.  You could even get your name on the fuselage!
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Holland vs. Uruguay - World Cup Semi-Final

6/7/2010

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What a sneaky, dirty player Holland's Mark van Bommel is...
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14 Years

6/7/2010

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Today marks 14 years since my arrival in Qatar. 
6 July 1996 was a Saturday.
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Passing Figures

4/7/2010

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Within 24 hours, 2 people that I have interviewed in the past have died.  Both were controversial in their time, to say the least, and both left an indelible mark on the modern history of the Arab world.
I am speaking of Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah and Muammad Daoud Odeh, better known as Abu Daoud.
Fadlallah appeared in my War of Lebanon documentary, Abu Daoud in the A Tale of Revolution "Hekayat Thawra" documentary.
The number of the deceased in my contacts grows bigger and bigger.

Fadlallah Obituary
Abu Daoud Obituary
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