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Sangwon Yoon
Arabist // Journalist
Currently in Jerusalem
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4 November 09
It’s finally in print: the interview I did with Newsweek Korea. Excuse the awkward photo. I was at work and didn’t have access to my photo archive. Those in Korea: go pick up this week’s issue and read it!

It’s finally in print: the interview I did with Newsweek Korea.

Excuse the awkward photo. I was at work and didn’t have access to my photo archive.

Those in Korea: go pick up this week’s issue and read it!

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3 November 09
jmdj: thedailywhat: Giant Cursor of the Day: Displayed at the Festival Ingravid in Spain earlier this year, the “Urban Cursor” is described by its creators as a “GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space.” The cursor transmits its coordinates to a website, which displays its exact location at any given moment via Google Maps. “People could touch it, move it around and sit on it as an alternative to the benches.” [via.]

jmdj:

thedailywhat:

Giant Cursor of the Day: Displayed at the Festival Ingravid in Spain earlier this year, the “Urban Cursor” is described by its creators as a “GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space.”

The cursor transmits its coordinates to a website, which displays its exact location at any given moment via Google Maps. “People could touch it, move it around and sit on it as an alternative to the benches.”

[via.]

Reblogged: jmdj

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Posted: 11:32 PM
caro: peterfeld: jollilama: Geologists confirm that a 35-mile-long rift that opened in Ethiopia in 2005— it ripped apart more than 20 feet in just days — is likely the start of a new ocean.. (Here’s the article) I’m actually thinking of paying the $15 to read the article.

caro:

peterfeld:

jollilama:

Geologists confirm that a 35-mile-long rift that opened in Ethiopia in 2005— it ripped apart more than 20 feet in just days — is likely the start of a new ocean..

(Here’s the article)

I’m actually thinking of paying the $15 to read the article.

Reblogged: caro

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Posted: 4:09 PM
Old City, Jerusalem Oct. 28, 2009 Me, spacing out. Photo by Baz Ratner

Old City, Jerusalem
Oct. 28, 2009

Me, spacing out.

Photo by Baz Ratner

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1 November 09
“ The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.
— Karl Marx
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Posted: 10:08 PM
“ Long before many Americans, Michelle Obama was seduced by his mind, his charm, his promise of social transformation; long before he held national office, she questioned whether he really could deliver on all his earnest pledges. For nearly two decades, Michelle Obama has lived with the president of the United States. Now the rest of us do, too.
— The Obamas’ Marriage by Jodi Kantor for the New York Times
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Posted: 9:46 PM

“You’re My Night” by Zohar Argov

Only you love the night
Twilight and music
My gift is the night
Without them disappointments.

Only you want the night
I have nothing, not even words
I think [and] dream [about] you
You’re like a million songs.

So alien to me why
You went with someone else
Sometimes I think
How to love you tonight
What my night
What my day
What a night.

Only to you I dedicate tonight
With strings and soul
Only you love tonight
With sounds and silence.

So beautiful you are to me and why
You left me to another world
Sometimes I think
What to do alone
Every night
What my night
What my day
What my night.

Only you love tonight
Twilight and thoughts
And my tune of the night
Without them disappointments.

So soft to me and why
You became something else
Sometimes I think
How to love you every night
You’re my night
You’re my day
You’re my night

—-

רק אותך אוהב הלילה
דימדומים ומנגינה
והמתנה שלי הלילה
בלי אותן האכזבות.

רק אותך רוצה הלילה
אין לי כלום, גם לא מילים
ואני חולם חושב עלייך
את כמו מליון שירים.

כה זרה את לי ולמה
הלכת עם מישהו אחר
לפעמים אני חושב
איך לאהוב אותך הלילה
מה לי לילה
מה לי יום
מה לילה.

רק איתך אפרוט הלילה
עם מיתר ונשמה
רק אותך אוהב הלילה
עם הצלילים והדממה.

כה יפה את לי ולמה
הלכת לי לעולם אחר
לפעמים אני חושב
מה לעשות לבד
כל לילה
מה לי לילה
מה לי יום
מה לי לילה.

רק אותך אוהב הלילה
דמדומים ומחשבות
והמנגינה שלי הלילה
בלי אותן האכזבות.

כה רכה את לי ולמה
הפכת למשהו אחר
לפעמים אני חושב
איך לאהוב אותך כל לילה
את לי לילה
את לי יום
את לי לילה

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Posted: 10:47 AM
georgiegirlnyc: HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Winston Dog-zilla! That’s how I would feel if I had to dress up for Halloween.

georgiegirlnyc:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Winston Dog-zilla!

That’s how I would feel if I had to dress up for Halloween.

Reblogged: georgiegirlnyc

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31 October 09

להיות אדם - זוהר ארגוב
‘Lehiot Adam’ by Zohar Argov

I have found my true love: Mizrahi Music. Every single one of my Israeli friends rip me to shreds for loving the music but I can’t help it.

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Posted: 2:27 PM
yooniverse: I like how the world blurs out behind the foggy windows when it rains.

yooniverse:

I like how the world blurs out behind the foggy windows when it rains.

Reblogged: yooniverse

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Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh