tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post5421765019373234479..comments2023-05-12T12:31:20.801+03:00Comments on art, culture in the arab world: kecha puchasarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345382125846700249noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-28746483617279917112009-03-27T21:58:00.000+03:002009-03-27T21:58:00.000+03:00Pecha Kucha?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!Sounds like avoca...Pecha Kucha?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!<BR/>Sounds like avocado mash... you know, they should start being a little better at that naming thing, it's pretty bad. Pecha kucha... pffff. Avocado mash... yum.<BR/><BR/>Critic-to-be, Selma Khalil.Selmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434909132066954239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-56807649679660863872009-03-18T20:51:00.000+03:002009-03-18T20:51:00.000+03:00it sure is window for dialogue. highest nerve endi...it sure is window for dialogue. highest nerve ending on our digits. and what are we doing with our hands...<BR/>it's great you have found a way to channel it all with beading...sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345382125846700249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-58442219098584408232009-03-18T14:36:00.000+03:002009-03-18T14:36:00.000+03:00Bead signing: In reiteration of some of the dialo...Bead signing: In reiteration of some of the dialogue that hopefully will take place, with the focus as a beader on the activity, more so than a planned outcome. The actual process of making something through the tactile facilities and with the flow of energy, thoughts and random flashes of insight through the tips of our fingers. We have the highest percentage of nerve endings on the digits... I wonder why?Lubnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985591076016304753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-42424612462131697852009-03-18T11:13:00.000+03:002009-03-18T11:13:00.000+03:00Extracts from Waleed Shaalan's response to "artvar...Extracts from Waleed Shaalan's response to "artvark" blog entry on pecha kucha:<BR/><BR/>"I read Simon’s blog and I must agree that I was expecting a discussion after the Pecha Kucha night, I had actually some points I wanted to raise to my fellow presenters specifically the two young feisty rebellious architects who were asking why Kuwaiti architects are becoming project managers. Although I liked their courage and rebellion, yet I have a fundamental disagreement on why Kuwaiti designers turn to project managers, I have nothing against project managers, if that is what you want to do, but if you sold out on pursuing your dream as a designer that is another story. JFK once said ‘don’t ask what your country will do for you ask what you will do for your country’. Zaha Hadid, a woman, an Iraqi Arab with an undergraduate degree in Mathematics did not sell out on her dream and become a project manager on the contrary she was the first woman in the world to get the most prestigious award in architecture the Pritzker prize and neither her nor Nancy Ajram have received awards from Saddam Hussein nor pats on the back from the Iraqi Government. My fellow presenters, you ridiculed the Kuwaiti government for not doing enough, whilst forgetting that Kuwait sends its citizens on scholarships to the best universities in the world, gives those exaggerated salaries in the Public sector and compensation if they work in the private sector. Not many Governments in the world do that for their people, on the contrary I disagree I don’t think they are not doing enough, I think they doing too much.(...)<BR/>I will quote JFK again: “WE ARE NOT HERE TO CURSE THE DARKNESS, WE ARE HERE TO LIGHT A CANDLE” (...)"sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345382125846700249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-13419702360834037162009-03-16T09:23:00.000+03:002009-03-16T09:23:00.000+03:00if you read the Pecha Kucha bog entry of : http://...if you read the Pecha Kucha bog entry of : http://artvark.me<BR/>the author seemed to be disappointed and deflated as part of the audience that was not engaged in the process of discourse and debate. How can the event planner take responsibility on how the public should or should not react... The floor was open and only one question was asked and answered...sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345382125846700249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-5075525161467851362009-03-16T08:11:00.000+03:002009-03-16T08:11:00.000+03:00thank you lubna for correcting the title and my fa...thank you lubna for correcting the title and my fantasies of flipping letters around... and I like the way you sign: beader...sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345382125846700249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602658472142124593.post-27484544287764223262009-03-15T14:08:00.000+03:002009-03-15T14:08:00.000+03:00Kudos for highlighting the event. It is a confusi...Kudos for highlighting the event. It is a confusing name in spelling and pronunciation. However it is Pecha Kucha and is pronounced:<BR/><BR/>pechak cha !!! <BR/><BR/>Even we were surprised. <BR/><BR/>Lubna Saif Abbas<BR/>BeaderLubnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985591076016304753noreply@blogger.com