What I always found to be interesting is when Emad Hajjaj remodels an old caricature to reflect a more updated take on it. A real fan will experience a sense of deja vu and today’s caricature is particularly intriguing as it takes on an issue that I am developing a personal taste for: political participation [...]

So if YouTube and Flickr mated and the child by some act of God spoke Arabic, he would be named “Ikbis” (press). Such a birth has recently taken place in the Arab world. Everyone’s talking about Ikbis so I’m not going to go into a lengthy review. I just wanted to do my part as [...]

It’s no secret that I make the best scrambled eggs ever. Five years living on your own gives you a lot of time to practice. But for dinner tonight, out of a desire to do something a tad different, I dared to add the missing quintessential ingredient: ketchup. The rest of the night will be [...]

Note to self: buy new Ray Bans

Away from the worker abuse in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zone’s that have made enough waves this year to force government action, there is the abuse of domestic workers i.e. maids. Considering our economy, resources and social make up, why some people in Jordan feel the need to even have maids is just beyond me. A [...]

A few weeks ago I was watching a Simpsons episode entitled “Girls Just Wanna Have Sums”, based on the premise that boys are smarter than girls, specifically in math and science.

Within a minute of boarding a plane and sitting down I always reach for the emergency pamphlet just to chuckle as I resurrect Tyler Durden’s eternal observation: Emergency water landing, 600 miles an hour: blank faces, calm as Hindu cows…

As Israel’s massacre of 19 civilians last week disappears off the media’s radar, Israel has started taking a more PR-friendly approach to illegal assassinations. Something that would allow them to launch a missile into a refugee camp in the middle of the night without the world getting pissed off. Calling 10 minutes in advance to [...]