The article about “Lebanese wounded turn cold shoulder on Jordan aid” by Laila Bassem, has been quite popular on the Internet and when I first read it I found it troubling and worrisome. Although I found it strange that the article was published on July 28th, describing empty Jordanian field hospital tents, when the field […]

Where are the traces of our souls?
Where is the alchemy that sparks the insurgency; that lights this world on fire?
Does it lay dormant under a suspended gray sky?
Where does the dust of heroes rest; on the mountain peaks or in the valleys?
What wisdom transpires from the rubble; the white concrete painted crimson?
Yet with fervor you […]

Where are the traces of our souls?
Where is the alchemy that sparks the insurgency;
that lights this world on fire?
Does it lay dormant under a suspended gray sky?
Where does the dust of heroes rest;
on the mountain peaks or in the valleys?
What wisdom transpires from the rubble;
the white concrete painted crimson?
Yet with fervor you cling to […]

AMMAN â?? A 26-year-old Jordan Valley woman was hacked to death by her mother and sister after delivering a baby out of wedlock, an official told The Jordan Times Saturday.
The criminal prosecutor on Saturday charged the 69-year-old mother and her daughter with premeditated murder, the official said. The victim reportedly received multiple axe wounds to […]

If this doesn’t make you laugh then you’re just not having enough fun in your life…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as “pizzas” which will now be known as “elastic loaves,” state media reported Saturday.

The […]

A lone gunman burst into a Jewish organization in downtown Seattle on Friday, killing one woman and wounding five others in what authorities were calling a hate crime.
The gunman is a U.S. citizen, and police said initial contacts with him by phone while he was inside the building indicated that he was a Muslim.
Amy Wasser-Simpson, […]

Every time a crisis happens in the region a great deal of criticism is launched upon Jordan’s stance. Mostly due to the nature of our street and its demographics as Jordanians, be they from Palestinian origins or Jordanian origins, have a strong affinity with their neighbours, especially in Palestine.
A lot has been said about the […]