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One of my favourite TV shows from the US is the political drama The West Wing. For an US-based TV show I find the humour very dry and the general intelligence, so to speak, of the whole script very high. As someone who has studied both the American and British polical system and process, I always find that I enjoy programmes and films that are polical in nature - especially US based ones for some reason such as The West Wing and All the President’s Men.

Indicentally, I refer to my friend Mark who has recently had twin daughters, as Abu el Banat. It’s Arabic and translates as Father of Daughters. Why is this important? Well, I’ll leave the explanation to President Bartlett from the show:

…about fifteen years ago we took a trip to Egypt. All five of us saw the Pyramids and Luxor and then headed up into the Sinai. We had a guide, a Bedouin man, who called me Abu el Banat. And whenever we’d meet another Bedouin, he’d introduce me as Abu el Banat. And the Bedouin would laugh and laugh and offer me a cup of tea. And I’d go to pay them for the tea and they wouldn’t let me. Abu el Banat means Father of daughters They thought the tea was the least they could do.

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