Since Ramadan moves back 10 days every year based on the lunar calendar, this year it has the ironic pleasure of coming during Thanksgiving, the Canadian Thanksgiving that is. Yes Canada has its own Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. Why is it a month and a half earlier than America’s? Because Canadians like […]

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We thrash, curse for air
As our strangler declares, look
How violent the Arab
- Zein El-Amine

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I’ve been thinking about this subject for the past week or so.
This generation is probably the youngest in our history. The median age is around 23, one of, if not the, highest growth rate in the region and a life expectancy hovering in the late 70’s. We are not only the youngest but will […]

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A decision to allow women to ride in the cabs of water tankers in response to the water crisis has caused uproar in one Saudi Arabian city. The move was to keep drivers from running off with the water for which families had already paid.
Arab News said the decision by […]

Danger!! Danger Will Robinson!! This post contains spoilers!!
Wow! This is the only word to describe the shocker what was this season’s premiere episode of LOST. It’s official, there is nothing more interesting on this island other than who the hell the mysterious “others” are and this episode’s first 5 minutes probably put the cyberspace theorists […]

Fellow Jordanian blogger Oula Farawati is writing an interesting article for Living Well Magazine about Jordan post Amman Bombings and how people feel about security. It’s an important topic given that we are approaching the one year anniversary of that dreadful day that changed a lot in our kingdom. In her latest post Oula poses […]

Can you imagine life without music? Monday morning’s without a soundtrack? Every car ride you’ve ever taken, every time you’ve been out cruising, without a single tune as your GPS? I admit I sometimes take music as seriously as Jack Black’s character, Barry, in High Fidelity. I’m the guy who goes on one hour rants […]

An article in Israel’s Jerusalem Post caught my attention today. Keep in mind the source and try and read carefully, especially with regards to the name (of the King).
Arab bloggers fume that Jordan’s new Red Sea film school is open to Israelis
Jordanian King Abdullah II’s promise earlier this month to create a Red Sea Institute […]

Well it’s been the bombshell story in American politics these last few days: Republican Mark Foley resigned on Friday after several “naughty” emails were exposed on ABC which he wrote to former male teenage pages; minors. In an Austin Power’s moment Foley asks the page “Do I make you a little horny?”. The rest of […]

Well the government isn’t too happy to see Qatar breaking Arab ranks in the latest straw poll for the UNSG and voting for the South Korean nominee…
“What concerns more in Jordan is not the offensive act against us, but [Qatarâ??s] lack of commitment to a unanimous Arab League decision to nominate Prince Zeid for […]

I’m one of the biggest fans of Emad Hajjaj and his caricatures of Abu Mahjoob. I was actually a big member that was addicted to the forums for several years before I left early this year due to conflicts with the administration that exercised a little too much aggressive censorship. I also had a lot […]

I got this Al-Jazeera clip via email so I thought I’d put it up because it did kind of make me laugh. And since it’s Ramadan it kind of reminded me of the hypocrisy that often lies just beneath the surface of our discontent.

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If I counted right, there are 32 female bloggers from 114 total bloggers on Jordan Planet. This is about 28% if my 6th grade arithmetic skills still serve me well.
Why did I count? Because of the 27 bloggers whose blogs are listed in my links section based on the frequency of my surfing, 13 […]