This week’s comic for InteractiveME
Yea I just had to say what I really think about the term “entrepreneur” being overused like that over the web.
Check out PART 2 of “Defining Entrepreneurship”.
Wish you a lovely day! π
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Defining Entrepreneurship
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The return of the kamikaze
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I was horrified to see a whole family crossing the highway (autostrade) by foot!! What was the mother thinking? Has common sense disappeared from humanity? She even had a “thinking break” right in the middle of the highway to contemplate whether she should take the papers dropped by her little kid! Suicidal! This is just beyond my understanding, and the scene has been replaying in my head for the last two days. It was that disturbing and does not make sense to me. Thought I’d start the week with some road awareness, we can never get enough of that! Road idiocy is born with humans apparently.
Here’s a song to brighten up your day by my very adored Nick Drake. “Time has told me”. And check the lyrics for extra beauty.
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Hospit(i)lity
I’m sure most of you have been through the complicated process of “diafeh” (=offering a snack for your guests). Especially with older people. They assume you’re too shy to accept or that you would think they aren’t generous/hospitable enough if they accept your refusal from the first (or tenth) time. But what if yes meant yes and no meant no? Wouldn’t that be easier?
So, now that I have this out of my system, here’s a song for you my darlings! Enjoy, and have a great weekend! π [Madonna’s True Blue! 1986, from the year I was born]
[Sorry the player doesn’t show in RSS feeds π I can’t upload music in here as my connection is TERRIBLE – yes, I knew today that Lebanon has the 5th worst connection in the whole wide world! Isn’t that amazing?]
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Insurance comic
Commercial Insurance decided to spice up their car accidents booklet. They approached me to illustrate the opening page: explain the post-car accident steps through comics. Very cool to see comics being implemented for such serious booklets! The text was needed in French & Arabic, but I translated it to English myself just for you guys π
Arabic:
French:
& home-translated English:
And before I leave you, here’s another Andy McKee (Drifting) since I got lots of positive feedback about his music π Enjoy!
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Buzz off! (+fanart#9)
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![Sometimes, he gets distracted [by twitter birds]](https://mayazankoul.com/amalgam/amalgam/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2-twitter-distraction.jpg "2-twitter-distraction")
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I will be posting weekly tech-related comics on InterativeME website! That was the first one that was posted yesterday. Now seriously, what do YOU think about this whole Google Buzz thing?
Before I leave you back to your busy days I want to share with you this beautiful fanart by Peno Mishoyan. Thank you SO MUCH Penig π !!
And last but not least, here’s the song of the day, by an artist whose music has charmed me for the past few days: Andy McKee ~ Africa.
Enjoy! π
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Passport photo
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Yes my darlings. I kid you not. The photographer consciously asked me to “act coy” or “etdalla3 – Ψ§ΨͺΨ―ΩΩΨΉ” in order for the image to turn out ‘beautiful’. When he saw I was reluctant, he asked for “all the dala3 of the world!”. Do I look like someone who would act all cute and coquette for a formal passport photo? HE’S WRONG! I should have known anyway from the photo samples he proudly displayed at the entrance of the studio…
Anyway, what better to start your week with than Brad Mehldau’s genius?
Here’s his piano interpretation of The Beatles’ Blackbird.
Have a lovely day π
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Sunday updates
No comic today: it’s Sunday. Instead, here are the latest TV interviews I participated to this week (yes I know it’s weird, 2 interviews in the same week!)
The first was on BBC Arabic, and was about the blogging experience in Lebanon compared to other Arab countries. Here it is:
For the full episode, check out fellow blogger Samer Karam’s post who was also interviewed.
The other was on mtv and was about the blog, book, exhibitons, comics, illustrations and life. Here it is in 2 parts:
Have a great Sunday! π
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Traveling back in time
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Here’s the story: it all started when @arzleb changed his avatar to Grandizer. It looked odd but beautiful on its own in the middle of real-faces avatars. Then the trend started spreading, and each started replacing their photo with that of their favourite cartoon! Until @SamerKaram named it to: #ThemeThursday or #Thth. I must say my Twitter feed turned to a colorful page reminiscent of the old days when I would finish studying and watch Captain Majed or a Disney movie… It was a beautiful time travel day! π
I’ll now let you enjoy ‘A whole new world’ from the soundtrack of Aladdin. Good old days π
Cheers!
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Meet the 3 ‘ELLEs’
Meet Vanessa, Nour & Ashley, the characters of my new comic that you will see every month in ELLE Oriental magazine. They’ll be discussing the month’s topic of the magazine from 3 different perspectives. They represent the different faces of the modern Arab women.
This month’s topic is love & sex. Click on the image to view it in full size.Β (!)Β Text by ELLE Oriental editorial team.
And let’s not break the tradition, I wish you a beautiful day with this song by Cat Power “Empty Shell”. Enjoy… π
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February goodies
Because I love you THAT MUCH, I decided to giveaway monthly wallpapers (that also double as a calendar) for download! This month I was kind of short on time (since February started yesterday) so I just have one option, with a very important message for you π Until the next month, let’s do some downloading!
Cheers!
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Freestyle slalom
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And here’s how the daily pothole-crossing phenomenon is turned into fun! Any volunteers to turn this into a video or flash game? π Oh and by the way, I’ve never skied in my life and don’t intend to learn π Hope you all have a beauuuutiful Monday, and here’s another jazzy song by Lisa Ekdahl whose music has been making my days sweeter. “My Heart Belongs to Daddeh!” Enjoy π
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Fanart#8 + interview
Today I got interviewed along with Ayman Itani & Samer Karam on Future TV by Amer Tabsh, in Alam Al Sabah morning show. So I got to publicly express how Twitter & Facebook have brought me closer to you my darlings! π
And here’s a very touching illustrated strip I got from Rita.
I have one thing to say to you Rita…
Hope you enjoyed the show, and here’s a jazzy tune for you to enjoy on a breezy Sunday (a big thanks goes to Abz who has been emailing me beautiful jazzy songs!) Β Lisa Ekdahl’s But Not For Me from her album ‘Heaven Earth & Beyond’. Cheers!
