Revolutionology
April 2, 2011 7:32 PM Subscribe
Revolutionology is the blog of a sociologist in Libya.
This is good. I like the colloquial translation - people come to life in a way that most media seem to want to actively suppress - by either framing them as more noble or more savage, and not just regular guys in a messed up situation.
And I got hungry for Libyan food...
posted by Xoebe at 8:30 PM on April 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
And I got hungry for Libyan food...
posted by Xoebe at 8:30 PM on April 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
Anyone have some good Arab house music for me to fist bump to?
posted by furiousxgeorge at 8:32 AM on April 3, 2011
posted by furiousxgeorge at 8:32 AM on April 3, 2011
What dozo said. Also, this:
An armored personnel carrier from Gaddafi’s militias after being hit by Coalition air strikes. The spray paint reads: “Bu Shafshufah’s rubbish, all for sale.” (Bu Shafshufah, or “Uncle Curly,” is a derisive nickname for Muammar Gaddafi.
I'm forever going to be thinking of him as 'Uncle Curly' now.
posted by viborg at 9:23 AM on April 3, 2011
An armored personnel carrier from Gaddafi’s militias after being hit by Coalition air strikes. The spray paint reads: “Bu Shafshufah’s rubbish, all for sale.” (Bu Shafshufah, or “Uncle Curly,” is a derisive nickname for Muammar Gaddafi.
I'm forever going to be thinking of him as 'Uncle Curly' now.
posted by viborg at 9:23 AM on April 3, 2011
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