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 […]