In response to the barbaric terrorist explosions that targeted innocent lives in our beloved Amman, an initiative of Jordanian citizens (Risalitna) has been launched to demonstrate loyalty to Jordan, resistance to terrorism and solidarity with the families of the victims.
Risalitna counters terroristsâ?? message of unjustifiable killing and destruction by a Jordanian message of peace, tolerance […]

I couldn’t read this on Haitham’s blog and NOT blog about it myself. You’ve got to spread the word on things like this, it’s like some unwritten law in the blogosphere. And I’ll tell you why…
This all started on Tuesday the 22nd, when Britain’s Daily Mirror published a startling allegation: In an April 2004 White […]

Marouf Bakhit…wait…wasn’t he just named National Security Director and Director of the King’s Office, like, last week? Dude, does he, like, get three salaries now or what? Wasn’t he just in Syria yesterday handing a letter from the King to Assad? Dude, you didn’t see the signs.
Marouf Bakhit, on the back burner of Jordanian […]

re·sis·tance
(r-zstns) n.
1. The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
2. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
3. often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
In a demonstration […]

The master mind behind Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, goes solo on this debut album from his side project: Fort Minor. The album, The Rising Tide, is Linkin Park without the mainstream rock elements and without the harmony the band achieved in balancing hip hop and rock lyrics and sounds. This is a return to Mike […]

This is a cool concept from Forbes Magazine via Electric Speghetti (a very cool blog by the way), sending an email to your future self: an E-Mail Time Capsule. You write a little email that will be sent to you in up to 20 years from now.
So what would you write? Here’s a couple […]

Imperial College London has issued a ban on its staff and students wearing hijabs or hoodies in its buildings as part of an effort to improve campus security. I think the college got it wrong, they should lef the hijab, this way they can be able to tell the difference between the terrorists and the […]

King Abdullah of Jordan should support a proposal that would strip the national press association of its power to prevent journalists from working, Human Rights Watch said today. A reform committee is scheduled to present a provision to abolish the law to the king.
Jordanian law should not require journalists to belong to a […]

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Oprah Agrees to Appear on the ‘Late Show’
Oprah, Dave. Dave, Oprah. The cold war between television titans Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman has thawed to the point where Winfrey has accepted Letterman’s invitation to appear on the “Late Show” on Dec. 1.
Letterman made the announcement during a taping of his show on Monday. Winfrey’s appearance […]

I honestly honestly believe that the strangest, funniest and craziest news comes straight out of Saudi Arabia (then Egypt). Before any accusations take charge it should be noted I love Saudis, in fact I love all Arabs, I’m one of those ‘all arabs should unite’ kind of people i.e. a dying race of people. So […]

Concerns have been raised lately about the new anti-terrorism laws on the verge of implementation. Specifically in relation to their infringement of civil liberties. The government however has reacted quickly to these concerns stating:
Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher told reporters that the proposed bill would not override or disregard people’s rights or freedoms because it […]

FATEN
Faten’s mother wished she would see her daughter in a white wedding dress instead of a burial shroud as she entered her home, carried on the palms of her sisters and aunts in the absense of her father who has been abroad for nearly two years.
Her mother, Hana Halaby, describes the moments that preceded the […]

Five members of an Iraqi family were killed when US forces opened fire on their vehicle outside a military base near the city of Baquba, police say.
A US military spokesman said the minibus they were travelling in failed to stop as it approached a roadblock at about 0800 (0500 GMT). Two men and three children […]

UPDATE: a few hours later…

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Rarely have I seen a documentary about Palestine that is so realistic. No commentary, no voice over, and no editing, just the sights and sounds of many checkpoints scattered across the west bank and the Gaza Strip. Filmed all by Israeli director Yoav Shamir.
At first I thought it might be one sided, however the camera […]