I’ve launched a newsroom here at Black Iris. It’s actually a nice sanctuary for anyone that spends too much time reading articles all over the Internet as part of a day to day ritual. I guess what’s different about it is that it’s customized by me and anything posted on it is news that I [...]

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A few days ago Amman hosted the Global Forum for Media Devolopment conference. If you remember at the time it got me talking about conferences in general and why we host them. An interesting article about the results of that conference had some positive things to say about media in Jordan and the direction both [...]

In 2050 I’ll be 67 years old, retired, living on a farm somewhere in rural Jordan and spending most of my days shaking my fists at the clouds as they pass by. In the late evening I’ll sit on the front porch in a rocking chair sipping lemonade and polishing my rifle. So as you [...]

I’m wondering. I don’t know what happened with the idea that Firas had about creating a wikipedia article about the Planet. I don’t know if people got together and discussed the idea, all I know is that I havn’t heard anything about it. So if someone is on the job please drop a line here [...]

both depressing and sad

The title of the cartoon reads: “Bush Warns About the Establishment of a Radical Islamic Empire the spans from Spain to Indonesia” Standing on a poduim that reads: “The American Empire” This is a commentary on Bush’s recent speech where he states: “The militants believe that controlling one country will rally the Muslim masses, enabling [...]

People in our side of the world (Jordan) have a tendency to reduce events such as earthquakes and tsunamis to a religious context. We tend to invest a lot of time into comprehending why God has chosen to do this or that. As a result we also tend to forget the essentials of such events [...]