July 10, 2020
Goodbye, Mahmoud Reda
I just found out that Mahmoud Reda passed away today. I didn’t know him well but met him while shooting a documentary on his work with Keti Sharif.
He was a wonderfully sweet man, and he was definitely a cultural force in Egypt, his work with the fantastic Farid’s Fahmy did much to keep Egyptian folkloric dance alive, and evolve it along the way.
Apr 25, 2020
If At First, You Don't Succeed..
Not everybody succeeds at what they try to do, but many keep trying. Some keep trying the same thing until they succeed, and others keep trying different things, like they’re throwing spaghetti at…
Mar 8, 2020
Baited By Biden
Here’s what you need to understand; Oliver, Colbert, Conan, Fallon, and those other guys, all of them - they’ll push you towards Biden, they’ll make jokes about Bernie, and they’ll portray him as the…
Feb 20, 2020
Blowing Up Your Hearts
There is nothing this world needs more than empathy. I want to build an empathy bomb, big enough to envelop the whole world in an explosion of empathy. If all the fed can feel the pangs of hunger…