You say regime, I say government

I'm settling in nicely at AJ.
I love the work. Four days on, four days off (for now), 7am-5pm.
Script editing is intense. You get about 10-15 minutes to turn one around, while newsdesk editors and executive editors stomp over to your terminal to look over your shoulder to see whether you've got the copy. and, btw, when will it be ready?
We also edit the stuff the anchor reads off the teleprompter, anywhere from 10-15 minutes ahead of the newscast, right up to a panicky 2 minutes before... fun stuff... 30-45 seconds after checking in the file, the presenter is live on camera reading your changes.
Those kind of tweaks are hopefully quick word swaps, stuff like instead of saying Syria's regime, we say Syria's government.
We try not to judge.

I'm getting fingerprinted today, after having had a chest X-ray and blood test last week... part of the process whereby before you get your residence permit you are treated you like a plague-carrying criminal.
Come to think of it, that doesn't change much even after you get your RP.
(I'm JOKING)

I shot the pic of the sign outside a small mall here. There's a lot more flex here in what, for example, women can wear despite signs like this. Westerners need not fear.