These are my favorite photos from Damascus, Syria. We definitely weren’t in Kansas anymore but it was an unbelievable experience a lot like a James Bond Movie.
I saw the Umayyad Mosque which has a shrine wsaid to contain the head of John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by Muslims and Christians alike and [...]
October 1, 2009
Categories: Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, The Old Days, Travel & Adventure . Tags: al-khaznah, christian, City of Jasmin, damascus, head of john the baptist, islam, john paull 11, john the baptist, mosque, old city, prophet, saladin, shrine, syria, Umayyad Mosque . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’ve had the groovee fortune of going to Petra twice with 2 different groups of people. It was amazing. I found this great video and thought I should show it to you!
On a long walk to the El deir (the Monastery), we had tea with a bunch of Arab guys who [...]
June 10, 2009
Categories: Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, The Old Days, Travel & Adventure . Tags: amman, arab, bedouin, el deir, jordan, monastery, nabbateans, Petra, Shawarma, tea, travel . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
I won’t be sad to see GW go. He’s been a real embarrassment to Texas and America. While I want history to remember all his bad bad badness where he ran this country into the ground like we’ve seen so many fancy business men do and sent us to war, I can’t help but feel [...]
January 16, 2009
Categories: Funny /Weird, Middle Eastern Stuff, Nerd Notes, The Old Days . Tags: america, austin children's museum, axe, devil sign, dick cheney, George w bush, jon stewart, multimedia, my way, satan . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
Professor BJ Fernea had a huge impact on my life. I probably wouldn’t have gotten a degree in Middle Eastern Studies without her presence at the University of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies. I will try to continue passing on the lessons she taught me about a multitude of things. I tried to sum [...]
December 5, 2008
Categories: Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, Technology & the Arts, Travel & Adventure . Tags: Arab World, austin, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, fillmaker, middle eastern studies, texas, university of texas, women's studies . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
I took these photos a few years ago at the Chinese New Year celebration in north Austin. Here are some of my favorites.
Happy Buddhas
Porcelain Lotus Ladies
Catfish!!!!
Jolly Asian Men
See more Chinese New Year photos
November 25, 2008
Categories: Food & Entertainment, Groovee Music, Groovee Pig Sighting, Holiday Fun, Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, Travel & Adventure . Tags: art, asian, austin, budha, catfish, celebration, chinese new year, men, porcelin, texas, women . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
Curious if my meta tags and html text were correctly being indexed on Google, I did a search for my mother’s name “Liz Lobban” and was happy to see one of my web pages came up first in the search. As I scanned the page in the 10th or 11th spot, I found the entry [...]
August 27, 2008
Categories: Funny /Weird, Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, Sexy Ladies, Technology & the Arts, The Old Days, Travel & Adventure . Tags: austin, beth sams been, jordan, middle east, university of texas, Arab World, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, syria, middle eastern studies, UT, Liz Lobban, west bank, israel, palestine, Middle Eastern Women and the Invisible Economy . Author: beth been . Comments: 2 Comments
Lebanese singer/model Haifa Wehbe
The Lebanese people are all very beautiful but she is mucho caliente.
Habibi means “my love” between my ears, but it says
here it is “my beloved“. They use this word a lot in arabic
songs with this type of music. I used it a lot to talk about [...]
August 20, 2008
Categories: Food & Entertainment, Groovee Music, Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Sexy Ladies . Tags: arab, Haifa Wehbe, Lebanon, middle east, music . Author: beth been . Comments: 3 Comments
I’m cooking up a sports article, enjoy this!
Hope you caught some Olympics from Bejing.
The opening ceremony was AMAZING!!!!
August 12, 2008
Categories: For the Sport of It, Groovee Pig Sighting, Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality, Technology & the Arts . Tags: 2008, beijing, olympics, opening ceremony, Zhang Yomou . Author: beth been . Comments: Leave a Comment
When I was in the Middle East in 1993, the song Didi by Cheb Khaled was all the rage. While I didn’t get to see this guy live, I heard him everywhere on the streets and in peoples homes. This makes me want some good swarma. And for those of you who think all Arabs [...]
June 25, 2008
Categories: Funny /Weird, Groovee Music, Middle Eastern Stuff, Multicultural, Religion & Spirituality . Tags: arab, cheb khaled, dance, didi, middle east, music . Author: beth been . Comments: 2 Comments