New Goverment, November 27th 2005
1- Dr. Marouf Bakhet Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.
2- Ziad Fareiz Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. *
3- Abdul Ilah Khatib Foreign Minister. *
4- Nader Thherat Minister of Municiapal Affairs.
5- Eid Al Fayez Minister of Interior. *
6- Husni Abu Gheida Minister of Public Works and Housing.
7- Khaled […]

A little over a month ago I blogged about “Jordan’s Mysterious Money History“. Today I want to offer a little something from the stamp world.
What I like about stamps is that their ability to depict a nation’s history. There are pieces of Jordan’s history embedded between the frames. Some are strange, some are tragic, some […]

So it’s snowing in Toronto this week, something which is a bit rare. In fact the last time I remember it snowing in November was when I was perhaps 12 years ago. This batch will probably melt by the end of next week but I took a walk outside to maximize the oppertunity […]

Many interesting devolopments have happened this week since the Daily Mirror’s exclusive on a secret memo that Bush wanting to bomb Al Jazeera and Tony Blair talking him out of it.
Al Jazeera staffers have launched a Blog.
Wadah Khanfar, head of Al Jazeera, has gone to London to seek talks with Tony Blair.
The two men who […]

This is a story I found rather interesting which centers around Australian model Michelle Leslie who was arrestted in Bali, Indonesia for carrying 2 estacy tablets. There were allegations that she was in the company of Anindra Bakrie, son of Indonesia’s Economic Minister, who was let go by police immediately. In a signed statement given […]

Has it been talked to death? Well I am resurrecting the discussion because it merits some further considerations. And it’s my blog and I’ll blog if I want to.
A recent study on Jordanian newspapers showed that there is in fact a lack of local political news coverage. This comes out to be 24 per […]

Excerpts of His Majesty King Abdullah’s Letter of Designation to Prime Minister-designate Marouf Bakhit:
â??I designate you to form a new government that would translate our vision of reform, continue work, correct what can be deemed as a defect or unintentional failure and learn lessons from shortcomings.
The aspirations of our people as well as […]

The latest appointment of Bakhiti as the new Prime Minister has drawn some rather interesting first impressions that range from the catious to the pessemstic. However, I did not want to dive into a detailed post earlier this morning about the Prime Minister and the direction the government will go in from here […]