Amazing… A true testament to how long IP has to go in the Arab world. But my less capitalistic/copyright-aware side wants to go sit there for hours… Can you imagine the characters and stories you would encounter there? Well maybe it’s just my orientalist fantasies…
dB,
Thanks for sharing the source. Short while ago I was contacted by a writer who was looking for the source of the picture to take the permission for publishing in his new book about Google.
if they only knew it existed :)
Amazing… A true testament to how long IP has to go in the Arab world. But my less capitalistic/copyright-aware side wants to go sit there for hours… Can you imagine the characters and stories you would encounter there? Well maybe it’s just my orientalist fantasies…
Is this a fake? Otherwise it would be great1 :)
It is 100% true!
It’s not a fake. I took this in Cairo, July 26th, 2004. Here’s the full gallery and the source for the picture: http://www.dblock.org/ShowGallery.aspx?Id=111&SortOrder=id
dB,
Thanks for sharing the source. Short while ago I was contacted by a writer who was looking for the source of the picture to take the permission for publishing in his new book about Google.
I’ll send him you contact.
All the best!
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