tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372759522012-01-25T04:22:38.570ZI'm one of a million.I'm so un-original in my feeble attempts to be original.I'm so mundane in my attempts to be one of a kind .I'm mediocre in my attempts to excel.And still I try. I am my own hero in the making. I am my own star. I am special...like everyone else. Oh that illusion! That cruel cruel illusion of the search for uniqueness...That wretched ambition to thrive.Ah!! That Goddamn potential...It physically hurts sometimes.Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-29994813067783835532011-08-06T16:53:00.013+01:002011-08-06T17:36:18.561+01:00

This was the day millions of Egyptians were waiting for but were not sure would ever happen. The Mubarak trial has had it's share of controversy ever since it was announced. Many didn't believe the Military council were serious about trying their former commander in chief. Many others thought that if they did it would only be a show, Mubarak would not be seen in the caged dock . His sons may

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There's absolutely no good reason why I haven't blogged for the past six months..definitely not for lack of events or things to say! I'm a lazy fuck and I don't have the discipline that's the long and short of it .. I'm trying to squeeze one in now so that my last post of 2010 to be July's... Anyhow there's another voice in my head now saying I'm actually using the blog as yet another way to beat

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-36016852637567098842010-07-29T13:28:00.014+01:002010-07-29T14:49:36.795+01:00

Right at the beginning: And things just get better!My buddy Ron and I having a serious conversation. He let me in on a secret that had to do with ...well..I aint tellin! Russ Abbot, who plays Fagin now may be nasty on stage but he's an actual sweetheart! Very nice, very chatty! Kate and her glamorous sausages and mash! Yes! in a Martini glass!Mark Lester (The cute boy called Oliver all those

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-61578908423169167462010-07-19T23:05:00.008+01:002010-07-20T00:03:58.460+01:00

Ma boi and i There's so much I can say about this amazing little fishermen village. I can be all tourist guide'y and talk about the silky-sand clear -water beaches in the middle of green mountains that even on a grey day like today were absolutely magnificent! On the footpath to St IvesSeriously...cheesy as it sounds Carbis Bay and St Ives are

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-12290720490919059722010-06-24T11:32:00.011+01:002010-06-24T16:12:50.275+01:00

This girl has it all figured out. Not just her sense of style oh no!! that is a crust to a richer more delightful core that is Hana Tajima-Simpson.We met to talk about her label , her style and when and why she decided this is what she wanted to do. We ended up talking about that and so much more:Family, religion her outlook on life and work.I tell ya she's got it figured out! And to think of how

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Happy the man, and happy he alone,He who can call today his own:He who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.Be fair or foul or rain or shineThe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,But what has been, has been, and I have had my hourJohn Dryden

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-13224923223777534612010-06-10T17:39:00.012+01:002010-06-11T12:25:37.933+01:00

I was asked after Osama Anwar Okasha's death if my blog was named after him. It's not. Okasha is my mom's family name but I always told mommy how I wished he'd be one of her relatives.This is late, it's very late actually but I'm not going to let that be an excuse not to do it like many things in my life!It's been almost a month now since the death of one of Egypt's and the Arab world's most

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-78253262499953989672010-05-12T13:31:00.008+01:002010-05-12T13:39:08.157+01:00

You know how sometimes you just don't want a film to end? No? Well sometimes I don't... and I haven't felt that way about a film in ages! But yes..I didn't not want this one to end!!!!!! EVER! Love Anna and Grace!

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IN OUT (Pics:The Huffington Post)I was again glued to my TV set last night in utter disbelief at the course the events of the day had taken. Britain woke up on Tuesday morning still not sure when or indeed it'll have a new PM.And by the end of the day, Gordon Brown had resigned

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-70848632965201080472010-05-12T11:25:00.015+01:002010-05-12T13:01:02.598+01:00

This should've been written months ago (in Feb to be specific) but since I've only just returned to my beloved blog, here we are.There's so much I can say about my first EVER London Fashion Week, Well, me first EVER fashion week full stop! The S/S 2010. So much that it would be very hard to know what to say or where to start. I mean here I was in the midst of one of the most important fashion

Okasha's Kidnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37275952.post-32696002705578167712010-05-12T09:29:00.006+01:002010-05-12T11:23:28.070+01:00

Szofia Cassidy: My first chronicled Style Inspiration. Love that jacket and the vintage'y bag! Ok, I promise I'm not trying to be Face Hunter, Street Peeper or The Sartorialist(see my blog list;). Although I must, now that I'm talking about them admire what they do and thank them for it.When those three entered my world; by sheer chance may I add, a whole world of style and uniqueness was open to

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That's gotta be one of my favorite ones! When I saw it I told Kate I wanna be one of those children! Me and the fun elephantMe and the Henna Elephant If this print was on a dress i'd toootallly buy it! Bear looks happy! Love the colours I've always loved fiery colour combinations especially on elephants!Around the world on 80 elephantsThose eyes! Me and the monkeeez elephantFun fun fun calaaaz!

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OOOH I wanna take him home! Looking good in the hood, he's on eof my favourites that one! Just opposite Trafalgar Sq. Ah woman step away from me elellphaaannnt!I call this one below the Zen elephant Ahhhhhhhh how cute is that!!!!!! (both of us I think!) The Lion ELepahnt!If you're walking around your hood and suddenly notice a colourful life sized fiber glass baby elephant, fear not. This is not

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(cartoon courtesy of humour.co.uk)After a marathon of a UK general election, the British people still have no idea who their Prime Minister is. It's a case of HP; a hung parliament. Which is fancy talk for 'no one won and the big boys have to play together after all'. Till this minute though; Gordon Brown

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The Conversation They Never HadA Short Story“…..know what to do if they actually do publish it .Wow!! That would be too vicious huh what do you think his reaction will be when he knows how old I am”“Just shut up. Ok! Shut up.” She said heatedly. “I can’t stand your non sense any more you’re so fuckin’ dramatic. Everything that happens to you is a major event in the course of time. When you write

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BBC World Service...Weeks 3 & 4 The last two weeks at World Update were just as exciting as the first two. I met some very interesting people and was given more responsibilities to handle stories all on my own. I was very please when the editor gave me the Liverpool story to handle. Liverpool was bought by two American businessmen and we needed to speak to a sports business expert to say why

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The BBC World Service...Feels Just Like Home I've been really bad with blogging my work placement...I finally decided that if I don't blog now, I would just go into my last week without blogging at all...The problem is thatI spend my weekends getting over my weekdays' hours!! Everyday of the weekend I promise myself to blog while everything is fresh in my head, but my body seems set on catching

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Eid Mubarak...Did you see Saddam's Video?! Something shook me to the bones when I saw saddam's hanging and that picture of him dead in a white shroud.Sure we can all say Saddam deserves to die, Saddam deserves to pay for what he's done, but when it actually happens infront of our very own eyes the chilling effect is undeniable.He was such a powerful figure and seeing him in the state he was made

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Veronica Guerin ...Was It Worth Losing a Life?In our first journalism theory lecture,Chris Horrie showed us a short film about journalists who were killed while doing their job. Veronica Guerin's story kept haunting me ever since I saw that presentation. I was drawn to her story for all the obvious reasons of course; she was a very strong willed woman ,braver than alot of men I know,really good

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Al Jazeera English...Setting The News AgendaThe competition is on folks...It is on!In its first day of broadcasting, Al Jazeera English has managed not only to have a news agenda of its own but to actually top up major news agendas in the world.America is so scared of it that it closed its market so Al Jazeera won't get any distribution in the U.S.The BBC is definitely taking notice and not

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Good Bye Bradley CBS's (60 Minutes) Ed Bradley passed away. He was an amazing journalist with a magnetic presence. He really owned what he did. I think what made his stories remarkable is that he was personally involved in them to a degree that gave him more credibility without losing balance.His life is very inspiring.CBS Tribute To Ed Bradley

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Bin Laden Wins Again...And God Bless America!On the front page of The Guardian on Nov. 3rd. There was a question on which world leader poses a threat to world peace and the top place went to Osama Bin Laden.The fact that Osama Bin Laden poses a threat to world peace is understandable. And the fact that he comes before George Bush, Kim Jong-il and Mahmoud Ahmedinajad is also understandable. What's

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10 years on the islandAl Jazeera is the Arabic word for the island. It may be known to the West (and by West I am referring to its natural definition ;the USA and the UK and if anyone has a problem with that go to the US oh...sorry I mean the UN) as the channel where Osama Bin Laden airs his videos and addresses the world ,or the channel with access to Al Qaeda. It may have caught Donald

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