Quick Hits

Strike!
The lecturers and staff at universities across Palestine went on a one day strike today over pay. When I was last here during the economic boycott, the staff worked for no pay at all for an entire summer. I'm sure their demands deserve to be heard. I suspect the administrations are in a bind though, because of students not (being able to) pay(ing) fees, or for public universities, not getting money from the PA, since they don't have any either.

Adel Imam
There's a TV where I use the internet, and some channel was advertising an Adel Imam film night. (Think Robert Redford, except still really popular non-Arab readers). The ads consist of Imam romancing various women who are at least 1/2 (maybe 1/3) his age. (Wikipedia says he's 67). Why do the directors keep coming up with such ludicrous romances for such an old guy. (Maybe it's his control over the scripts that's the real reason). The strength of the Yacoubian Building was in showing how pathetic this old man is; the weakness was of course he got the girl (again).