Eye of the Tiger, or Day 86 in Doha

Another day of classes and work. Oh, and it is Monday, so the Computer Science department hosts lectures with free lunch. My favorite day of the week.

I had to watch Persepolis for my Islamic Feminism class, and I would highly recommend it. Its a French-made animated autobiography of Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian lived through a war and a revolution in Iran. The New York Times had good things to say about it, and the trailer shows the elegant style (and hints at the reasons that it won at Cannes).



If you want a special look, this is a scene after Marjane came back to Iran from Austria after being homeless and coming down with pneumonia. She grew depressed but then decided she would "get back on [her] feet... just a [girl] and a will to survive."

Evening ended with a ice cream pick-me-up with Abdalla and McDonald's. Somehow, McDonald's seems less evil over here... and more evil at the same time.