4th year finals in 3 weeks. 2 projects and 3 essays due in 2 weeks…
Studying done so far?
Priceless
I always seem to procrastinate in almost everything and specifically studying. I always achieve great results and I guess I manage to pull of a miracle when I work under pressure. In fact, I think I crave the […]

Upon surfing the National Geographic archives I found a few pictures taken of Jordan, specifically Petra. I think they are truly stunning as I’ve never seen anything like them. Sometimes I feel the whole country is one big Petra in the sense that it is a treasure of history and archeological sites, yet is well […]

The following is an excerpt of an interview by Peter Jennings of ABC News earlier tonight, Tuesday March 15th. Here he discusses the political development of Jordan’s future. Other Middle East issues are discussed as well, you can read it here.
JENNINGS: And you’ve said a couple of times now about pushing the envelope in Jordan. […]

“The powers-that-be want us to be passive observers”Wiley is walking along the street with Self-destructive Man
(This is not his real name, just a name I came up with).
Self-destructive Man: “Self-destructive man feels completely alienated, utterly alone. He’s an outsider to the human community. He thinks to himself, “I must be insane.” What he fails to […]

The sister just brought this article to my attention, published in today’s Toronto Star
Tolkien musical is Mirvishes’ quest
Production to cost $27 million
Toronto show will be world premier
One ring to rule them all â?? and it’s starting here in Toronto. David and Ed Mirvish are expected to announce at a news conference tomorrow morning they will […]

Alright, lemme start one before it really catches on and i look like the lame duck at the party. So, through 43 things, via roba(and far away), by way of subzero blue, here are my lifetime goals that are mixed into both short and long term, depending on whenever I get my lazy ass to […]

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12/03/2005
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Ù?ادعت Ù?Ù?ات اÙ?احتÙ?اÙ? اÙ?اسرائÙ?Ù?Ù? اÙ? Ù?Ù?اتÙ?ا Ø·Ù?Ù?ت فÙ? اÙ?ساعة اÙ?رابعة […]

A little Syrian boy goes into the kitchen where his mom is cooking. While playing, he wears a “tarbouch” and a “shirwal”… and says: “Mom, look, I’m a Lebanese boy now.”!!
His mom slaps him in the face and says: “Go show your father.”
He goes to his dad in the living room and says: “Look dad, […]

The Internet has been ringing off the hook with the buzz over the latest Star Wars III full length trailer, which premiered last thursday during the O.C. Many people tuned in to get even a clue to the question which has been plauging us since the dawn of mankind: What is the meaning of life!. […]

Don’t Panic! It’s not the end of the world or anything that dramatic. But they’ve finally decided to make “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” into a movie. I heard about it many moons ago and saw only the concept art before the official site was up but now I guess enough time has passed […]

I feel like venting tonight…
I can empathise, I can even sympathize with the unions in Jordan as their political powers are being removed…I really can. They’ve gotten used to it. Who wouldn’t? Though times have changed and the roles need to be re-adjusted to serve the country like they should.
Years ago we had so many […]

What happened to the 2,000 year old village of Lifta? On the outskirts of Jerusalem it was once home to 2,550 Palestinians and hundreds of olive trees; and now? Now Lifta’s fate is 243 villas (each 200 m2), a hotel, museum, Synagogue, and a trendy mall for high-priced Israeli crafts and other goods.
Lifta is one […]

“The latest wave of wealthy Iraqis has brought an extra $2 billion into Jordan, bankers say, driving a boom not seen since the 1991 Gulf War…The influx has fueled both a real estate boom and record sales in consumer goods, from refrigerators to perfumes to hundreds of thousands of duty free cars to Iraq.Iraqi customers […]

It appears that in the bleak future that is the Middle East we may finally be getting our own super heroes. Aya, Zein, Jalila and Rakan are all comic book characters in an Egyptian based comic book.As a kid I grew up with the likes of X-men, Spiderman, Batman, and Superman, so I think this […]

“The prisoners yesterday began the strike and issued a statement demanding their release and insisting they would not rescind regardless of consequences.
Held in around seven Israeli jails on â??political and security offences,â? the 20 prisoners â?? including four who were sentenced to life before the 1994 peace treaty â?? called on human rights activists and […]