Fly Over Egypt

Today is the first year anniversary of the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square that resulted in the ousting of Hosni Mubarak.  There is an Arab American rapper called “The Narcicyst” who released a song called “Fly Over Egypt” and made it available for free download.  I love the refrain – I don't quite know the reason, but it is really moving.

In the light of day, you are more than just a knight

Seeking for a right of way, asking is it just to fight

I feel the winds of change, but everything is still the same

Even though I fear the sun, I can only see the reign

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Arabian Nights

Shaherazad and Shahryar

To break up the monotony of reading through law school casebooks, I have been reading chapters of  Arabian Nights as translated by Richard Francis Burton.  My friends found this beautiful copy for me at Barnes & Nobel that has beautiful illustrations reminiscent of ancient Persian and Arab art.

I've heard some of the stories before and seen countless Western remakes of the stories included in the book, but I have yet to read the story in its entirety.  So far, I have concluded that Arabian Nights is basically the Arab/Persian version of Inception.


Each chapter starts off with the main story, between Shahryar and Shaherazad, and then goes into layers of stories within stories within stories.  Included in the 1,001 stories are the famous ones like Aladdin, Haroun al-Rashid, and Nuereddin.

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Posted in: 1L,Aladdin,Arabic,Books,English,Inception,J-Mad,Law School,Michigan

Places I've Been So Far

I absolutely loved  this TV show & computer game!

So I found this nifty little widget online where you can make a map of all the places that you've been.  I started filling mine out, and I've been to four of seven continents (awesome), but only 3% of the countries in the world.  I think Carmen San Diego would have hit 100% on the map.  Time to increase these stats and turn some more countries green!  Hopefully, I will get a chance to go to some new places during law school since the only cure for the travel bug is, you guessed it, to travel!  Here is the link to my map that appears below:

Create your own travel map - TravBuddy

Encontré un "widget" en el internet y con eso, puedes hacer un mapa que dibuja verde los países que has vistado.  Comencé a llenar mi mapa, y todavía he visitado cuatro por siente continentes (que guay!), pero solamente he visitado tres porciento de todos los países del mundo.  Creo que Carmen San Diego ha visitado cien porciento de los países en el mapa.  Ahora, necesito mejorar estas estadísticas y poner más países verde!  Ojalá que voy a tener la opertunidad para visitar algunos lugares nuevos durante mi tiempo en la facultad de derecho, porque la única cura para la enfermedad del impulso de viajar es viajando!

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Posted in: Belgium,Canada,Countries Visited,Ecuador,English,Español,France,Germany,Italy,J-Mad,Japan,Liechtenstein,Morocco,Northern Ireland,Peru,Spain,Switzerland,Travel,United States,Vatican City