I thought this was a stellar flash animation of the geographical evolution of various empires and peoples that ruled the Middle East. It’s 5,000 years of history in a 90 second clip; literally the cliff notes version of cartography for what has been the most strategic lanscape in human history. But keep in mind I […]

Every now and then The Black Iris will show up suddenly on Jordan Planet and then quickly fade into the shadows of obscurity. Sigh. I miss the old days when I could orbit there like the third rock from the Sun. Now I just feel like Pluto.

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I know I’m coming late to the party by posting Yehia Abdallah’s short comedy film “Talaween” which fellow Jordanian blogger Laith Al-Majali edited. But I really don’t care because I finally got around to seeing it at 2:23 am and frankly it made my day. Not to mention that had I seen it a year […]

Let me first say Eid mubarak to everyone and their families. Eid il-Fitir is tomorrow, Monday 23rd, although Jordan will have an additional day. For the religious I guess this shouldn’t matter as the six white days start on the second day of Eid so there’s still plenty of fasting to be done.
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An expression of extreme anger appeared on the face of Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi when she was suddenly faced with an embarrassing and personal question by one of the journalists upon her arrival at Cairo Airport. A journalist had asked her if she fasts during the holy month of Ramadan.
Haifa became angry and demanded the […]

Recently I pondered the future of blogging with a series of random questions. I wondered at first if blogs were merely cyber fads but by the time I finished writing the post I had drawn conclusions that blogs will be around for a long time.
Recently in the Jordan Times, Jean-Claude Elias wrote an article on […]

It’s unofficial but it seems NBC’s Heroes is about to become a phenomenon. I have to admit, as a comic book/superhero fan since childhood, the show is quite addictive. The characters and cast are likable and the storylines are the most seductive and mysterious since LOST. Every episode seems to play like a movie on […]

Remember that silly U.S. terror watch list that people threw a fit about simply because it contained thousands of common Arab names? Well evidently that list just helped apprehend one of Saddam’s son in this Daily Show story.

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