It was a long and epic story…
It started with four MPs from the Islamic Action Front party glorifying Zarqawi at his funeral a few months ago. This was followed by several thousand people protesting, which was followed by the MPs being detained, which was followed by them getting a harsh jail sentence, which was followed […]

Last night I had an interesting discussion with an uncle of mine after ftoor over here in Canada. The conversation centered around the choice of living in the Arab world versus the western world, specifically with regards to someone such as myself.

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What makes an honor crime unique as a story is the shock value and that consists of three main elements. Firstly the initial impact of the story where we discover a brother or a father taking the life of a sister or a daughter with such unbridled and incomprehensible savagery. Then the second impact of […]

I thought this was hilarious. For almost a year now Jimmy Kimmel has been closing off his show by saying “Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time” and brushing off the actor until recently where he finally had enough time to fit Damon in on the show and apologise to him. But […]

Last week was The Office season premiere and I couldn’t resist but look up a few older videos off of YouTube. I truly believe Dwight and Michael are probably the funniest characters to be introduced to TV since Kramer. So if you feel like laughing for a few minutes check out these clips that are […]

Five years after 9/11 and two months away from elections, the White House still doesn’t know who they’re fighting exactly or what to call them or where they are, which kind of makes it hard to fight them not to mention what the speechwriters have to go through. Maybe it’s in their best interest to […]

The most recent and 12th “honor” crime in the Kingdom is one that is a bit curious and even more outrageous than the usual. The story apparently is that a 17-year-old boy comes into the house to discover his 22-year-old married sister signing a letter and handing it to her father; the letter containing a […]

I found this little piece hidden in the Jordan Times today very curious. Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali defended Parliamentarians from recent press claims that this latest extraordinary session resulted in “external pressures” placed on MPs to pass/approve government legislation. 32 of the 42 proposed bills have been passed thus far. It’s a curious […]

Fellow Jordanian blogger Hareega has posted a little series on his blog about Black September, a very dark moment in Jordan’s history. It is the most mysterious, ambiguous, misunderstood and taboo part of Jordanian history that everyone avoids talking about. Every now and then it tends to creep up in a heated discussion on a […]

Imagine that the human race is on the brink of a new stage of evolution, where everyday people have unique abilities like teleportation, flying and running really really fast. Sound familiar? The concept of NBC’s new show Heroes is nothing we haven’t seen by way of X-Men.
But there are obvious differences that make it a […]

CINCINNATI - A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering â??Fatwa Fridaysâ? with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday.
The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has â??a whole jihad theme,â? said Adnan Mirza, director […]

Yes, I am desperately wishing I had mansaf the first day of Ramadan. Instead I had a small can of Campbellâ??s Chunky soup and for s7oor the menu featured Cheerios. Don’t feel pity for me, these years when I’m living alone far from family, far from Jordan, are the only years where I can have […]

It was quite a sight to see former President Bill Clinton do battle with Chris Wallace on Fox News when asked about Osama Bin Laden. The interview was supposed to be about the Clinton Global Initiative and it went like any other interview until Wallace asked whether Clinton had done enough to get Bin Laden. […]

Today, for a moment, I became fully aware of myself: the first thing I do when waking up and getting out of bed is to stumble over to the already turned on computer to scan BBC News headlines and with hazy morning eyes check if the world fell apart while I was sleeping.
The day […]

This is an odd post for me but I felt like posting it anyway…
A few years ago Cameron Crowe made one of my favorite movies, Almost Famous, that documents a young boy, William’s journey with an almost famous rock band; a kid who is just “too sweet for rock and roll”. Witty, artsy and telling […]

Never underestimate the power of either.
I’ve recently pointed out the price gouging that takes place during Ramadan as vendors take advantage of the higher consumption rates of their fellow citizens during this holy month. The problem being how to effectively counter this unique economic effect without governmental interference in price controls that result in […]