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Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay is my hero.

I’ve been following Italy’s somewhat fascist attempts to block The Pirate Bay and today, wrote a blog post on the subject for the OpenNet blog.  Before adding the company’s logo to my post, I sent a quick query via the website to confirm that it was permissible to use it.  Peter Sunde, co-founder of The […]

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Morocco’s Second Medal!

Hooray!  36-year-old Moroccan Jaouad Gharib just became the second Moroccan to win a medal at this year’s Olympic Games (Hasna Benhassi was the first, with a bronze in the women’s 800m).  Gharib, from Khenifra, didn’t start running until he was 22 and is known for constantly fiddling with his shirt, tucking and untucking it, during […]

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Homeless but happy

Yesterday – August 19 – marks three years since I arrived in Meknes to live.  I remember the anxiety I felt as I got on the airplane, and the sense of being so lost in the world the first few days I was there. I arrived at the airport in Casa and was picked up […]