35,000 Non-Jordanian students are about to be de-enrolled from the next academic year in Jordanian public schools as the Ministry of Education has decided recently to alleviate the pressures of over crowding and the burden of financial expenses. Right now these students cost the state 14 million JDs. Most of these non-Jordanians are Arab students [...]

So apparently the plan to create a “Freedom Square” that hosted free speech in Amman has found its location. The Hashemite Yard in downtown Amman is going to be ‘transformed’ into a platform for freedom of speech. Strange enough, when it comes to the kind of freedom of speech which really matters (i.e. freedom of [...]

I’m pretty much as anti-starbucks as they come but I thought this was a neat photo that was sent to me by email today. The person who took this picture called it the “Clash of Cultures” which I felt said it all. To all you non-Jordanians wondering about this photo, this is the most usual [...]

Every now and then the Parliament does something which I consider to be “good”. It’s a rare event but it’s something. Case in point, the Lower House endorsed the temporary juvenileâ??s law of 2001 that bans the sale of alcohol, cigarettes and controlled drugs to citizens under 18. The punishment to facilities that serve alcohol [...]

In this send-up of “Monopoly,” players don’t pass “Go” and they don’t go directly to jail â?? they go to Guantanamo Bay. Instead of losing cash for landing on certain squares, they lose civil liberties. And the “Mr. Monopoly” character at the center of the board is replaced by a scowling former Attorney General John [...]