An opinion poll conducted by the Jordan Centre for Social Research (JCSR) showed that terrorism is the number one problem the government needs to face. “Out of the 1,000 individuals surveyed between Dec. 10 and 14, 30.8 per cent of the respondents placed living expenses as a major priority, followed by unemployment (27.4 per cent), […]

Arab Voices Speak to American Hearts is an attempt by Samar Dahmash-Jarrah to create a bridge of communication between the Arab world and the Western world. It consists of a series of different Arabs answering in their own little chapter/interview, questions posed by Americans which concern religion, politics, society and common misconceptions.
It is a […]

I am currently working on writing up a wikipedia article as was suggested by Firas a few months back.
I would appreciate any input concerning the article. So far I have drawn up a very tentative and brief outline to work around and build upon. It is, of course, by no means a final draft: […]

As most people already know Wafah Dufour, Osama Bin Laden’s neice, is posing for GQ Magazine next month. Don’t worry I’m not going to dive into uncharted waters here.
Though when I was reading the latest article which quoted parts of the interview that will appear alongside the provocative photos, I came upon an interesting […]

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Remember the Seinfeld episode where George’s father celebrates Festivus? Well some people actually do over in Pennsylvania! Finally: a festivus for the rest of us! Read about it here.

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Kidnappers holding a Jordanian in Iraq say he will die in three days unless a failed bomber is freed by Jordan.
A video aired by satellite channel al-Arabiya shows Mahmoud Sulaiman reading a statement saying he will die unless Sajida al-Rishawi is freed.
She attempted to help her husband bomb a Jordanian hotel last month, but her […]

“On the Occassion of the latest remake of King Kong”

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Memoirs of a Geisha is probably one of the best films to come out this year. It tells the story of a Japanese girl with bright blue eyes who is seperated from her family and sold to a Geisha house to work. Her suffering seems endless when a much older Geisha rival nearly destroys her […]

US authorities have been secretly monitoring radiation levels at Muslim sites amid fears that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons, it has emerged.
Scores of mosques and private addresses have been checked for radiation, the US News and World Report says.
A Justice Department spokesman said the programme was necessary in the fight against al-Qaeda.
Nearly all of the […]

Munich starts off with the killing of Israeli athletes at the Olympic village in the 1972 games at Munich. The rest of the film tells how a Mossad agent is chosen to carry out a series of assassinations on the 11 Palestinians he is told are responsible for the killings (aka Operation Wrath). Eric Bana’s […]

I posted a while back a few Def Poetry videos that I found interesting. This one is from Taylor Mali who did “Totally Like Whatever”, or what I dubbed: Speak with Authority. He is both a teacher and poet from New York. This piece here is one my favorites.
In Mp3 format
How to Write a […]

Today I read the following:
…Unfortunately, wildflowers are not the only thing you see along the highways and byways of Jordan. Black plastic bags are everywhere. A student told me in jest that the black bag carried by the wind is the national bird of Jordan and the white plastic bag is his mate [source]
I wonder […]

I am trying desperately to coin a word before I leave this blessed Earth. So in what may be my 300th attempt these past few years I have created the word BlogBlock.
BlogBlock is writer’s block for bloggers. There are however differences and similarities. Writer’s block is a writer’s inability to write because nothing inspires […]

Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni play Dick and Jane, two suburbanites who have it made with a nice home, car and jobs. However when Dick is made VP of Communications the company he works for tanks as a Enron-like scandal is revealed (the story takes place in 2000 so hint hint). So Dick is out […]

I feel like I havn’t blogged about anything for awhile. Maybe because I’m avoiding politics. I’m trying to enjoy this week before I start cracking the books again. So I’ve been out of the house as much as possible, mainly downtown Toronto and watching movies. Even though it’s pretty cold outside (refer to waterfall), the […]