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Apr. 15th, 2009 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alonewiththemoonThis evening my chiropractor not only fixed up my back and hips and shoulders, but she also declared a couple of my ribs out of alignment from all my coughing. She adjusted them, which rather hurt in the moment, but immediately afterward my lungs could suddenly expand all the way again! Hooray!
Reading an excellent book now on Arabic popular culture--I'm still in the introductory chapters about the phenomenon of pan-Arab nationalism and the standardization (or not) of the Arabic language. It is fascinating stuff and my head is spinning from all the revelations about why things are the way they are. I'll try to write a review when I'm done, but this is a very valuable read. There's a bit about the controversy over Fifi Abdo serving Ramadan meals to the poor later in the book, can't wait to read that.
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Reading an excellent book now on Arabic popular culture--I'm still in the introductory chapters about the phenomenon of pan-Arab nationalism and the standardization (or not) of the Arabic language. It is fascinating stuff and my head is spinning from all the revelations about why things are the way they are. I'll try to write a review when I'm done, but this is a very valuable read. There's a bit about the controversy over Fifi Abdo serving Ramadan meals to the poor later in the book, can't wait to read that.
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