This is kind of an ironic tale. Cindy Sheehan who became a big anti-war activst after her son died in Iraq was arrested a few hours ago at the Capitol before the State of the Union.

Sheehan, who was invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., was charged with […]

Putting aside that these cartoons were offensive to all Muslims we should look at some of the reactions here. I was stupefied by the call of boycotts. I am not an advocate of boycotts because I believe in this globalized world that we live in, boycotts do not work.
Most Muslim nations condemned the cartoons, some […]

Congratulations! Paradise Now is the first Palestinian film to ever be nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign film category!

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Happy New Year Everyone! The Hijra is an important event in Islamic history, it was the turning point, the start of something grand. As the Prophet (pbuh) and his companion Abu Bakr (ra) fled across the desert from Mecca to Yathrib they hid in caves. So I’m reminded of this story which is probably […]

With a rise of public parks being established in an attempt to beautify the country, or rather Amman, the environment is playing a more key role than ever. In fact while most Jordanians neglect it, the environment is actually something that they complain about the most. Smog pollution in Zarqa, noise pollution in Amman, trash, […]

Things have most definitely escalated to a whole new level here. Embassies closing, Ambassadors recalled, Boycotts, Protests, UN Resolutions? Woah, who would’ve thought the Arab world had some guts. Maybe we can focus this kind of energy on other issues like Palestine. Ya know, just as an experiment, we’ll see how it goes.
An Apology?
After Saudi […]

Two very interesting articles today concerning Hamas. One is by Rami G. Khouri over at the Daily Star who looks at the oppertunity a Hamas win may bring. The other is from an Israeli perspective in the Jerusalem Post, and concerns what a Hamas win now means for Jordan and Egypt.
…Three key points seem important […]

This story is just too depressing for me to comment on so I’ll just provide the links, let you read it, and draw your own conclusions. It tells the tale of the psychological impact the occupation has had on Palestinian Children. If you feel as angered by it as me, then come see me after. […]

The Jewish French Union for Peace (JFPP) has criticized the ferocious campaign by the US, the EU and Israel against Hamas after the groupâ??s landslide victory in last weekâ??s legislative elections and called for respecting the democratic choice of the Palestinian people.
…”A media campaign stereotyping Hamas as a threat to the Middle East peace process […]

…to become civilized.
Thoughts have been brewing these past few days on hot topics floating around the blogosphere and the newswires and these are the conclusions I’ve drawn from fellow bloggers, the Internet and the News that are for me a reflection of the greater issues which shape our world today. They are listed below in […]

I think this story isn’t getting the attention it deserves probably because the charges brought up against Deputy Secretary-General of the IAF, Jamil Abu Bakr, by Jordan’s State Security Court are practically expected; the sad political norm of our country. However there may be a larger matter here that people have not considered, especially […]

The Breakfast Club. Does anyone remember that movie?
A few tracks up on the Black Iris Radio this week. The Postal Service song “Such Great Heights” is back to haunt me from almost 2 years ago. Its actually been in the news lately as the band has accussed Apple of plagerising their video for the song, […]

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2006 - A declassified military memo shows that US occupation forces in Iraq had detained wives of men believed to be resistance fighters to pressure the suspects into giving themselves up.
The document, written on June 10, 2004, by a civilian Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, said Task Force 6-26 personnel, cited in […]

U.S. President George W. Bush reacted similarly in Washington on 26 January. “I don’t see how you can be a partner in peace if you advocate the destruction of a country as part of your platform,” he said. “And I know you can’t be a partner in peace if your party has got an armed […]

And it could be smell of rotting Danish products as a result of the most recently implemented boycotts. Saudi Arabia is turning up the volume on the ante when it comes to the offensive cartoons that depicted the Prophet Mohammad pbuh in a Danish newspaper and more recently in Norway as well.The Saudi government recalled […]

I know a lot of people don’t like Hamas, both Arabs and non-Arabs, both Palestinians and non-Palestinians, and both Muslims and non-Muslims. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I most certainly respect that. But I’ve read some comments in the past 24 hours that are at best faulty and at worst, absurd.
One of the […]