Introductions

Post one will be dedicated to introductions. I'm a Libyan born woman figuring out her way home from San Francisco, California, where I've been living for the last 6 years. Not that I'm clear on where home is, I just know I'm not there. (and I suspect that home is just a little bit closer to my mom's home in Tripoli, Libya than where I am now)

I recently graduated from University of California in Berkeley with a degree in Political Science. I studies political science in the hopes of discovering the dirty secrets behind all the crazy things happening in the world (particularly how they affected my family), but all I've found is that politics is everyone's to play with. So here I am, playing. And learning, still.

Currently, I'm actively working for/with the local chapter of a civil liberties group as well as hanging out at a satellite news station waiting for the crumbs of clips they sometimes ask me to translate. They also ask me to do other stuff and have been teaching me about the media industry in general (for which I'm grateful). On most nights, I also hostess at a restaurant for money.

I was inspired to begin this blog (i have another online journal) by another Libyan blogger, Highlander, so that I could actually interact with her and some of the comment posters on her blog. She, of course, has no idea who I am, so I'm sure this will come as a surprise to her. Hopefully, a pleasant one.

Next blog will be more interesting folks. Promise.