I never know what to call them sometimes. I don’t agree with the term suicide bomber at all but then again the word martyr calls on religion and that is something left to God in my opinion. Moreover I don’t believe someone blowing themselves up on a public bus can be considered a martyr and […]

I thought I would post the two parts of the documentary “Jenin Jenin” that documents the aftermath of the Jenin Massacre. It’s strange, with these types of films they are either entirely loved or entirely hated. But it’s based entirely on testimonials that are entirely emotional. Filmed in the Jenin refugee camp Palestinian filmmaker Muhammad […]

Some interesting (and entertaining) things happened this week in Jordanian politics…
First, the IAF just ended their temporary boycott of Monday’s Lower House session in protest for the appeals court upholding the ruling on the jailing of their members who praised Zarqawi. The boycott ended in good timing as the anti-terrorism bill is being debated in […]

Article of Interest: Hugh Naylor has an interesting article (blog entry) in the Washington Post that’s worth a read. Although obviously opinionated and generalized it does beg the question we’ve been asking for quite awhile: Is Jordan prospering or suffering from the rise in regional conflict? Everyone has their own take on this but there […]

I just finished watching Eugene Jarecki’s “Why We Fight” that won the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. It is probably one of, if not the best documentaries on the Iraq war that I have seen to date. The 98 minute documentary however is a bit broader as it looks at American […]

This is more or less another one of my rants that is based purely on frustrations incurred over the long run and exploding recently. This post is not intended for a theological debate but is rather merely a medium through which I may vent out. Forgive the linguistic mess.
I really don’t know which Islamic extremists […]

In a rare case for the music world an artist names his album the one thing that actually comes to define what it’s all about: a continuation. This is what John Mayer does on this simply superb album with the uncomplicated cover: pushes the fold of his musical ability well past the pop radio-friendly sound […]

I’m digging the new John Mayer video for “Waiting on the World to Change”. The ending is pretty clever in an artsy way…

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