The leader never carries out the killing himself but will always get his hands dirty. So how will the execution of Saddam be seen 200 years from now?
A quarter of a million American troops invade Iraq. Hunt down its leader and set up a tribunal with all the trappings of ‘fairness’ and he is in […]

My first “real” Jordanian Eid in half a decade is tomorrow. I finally get to simply walk to the mosque to pray instead of taking a one hour bus trip. But how to celebrate it? How does one fill that big gap that comes right after the Eid prayer? Go out with friends? Stay home […]

Loved it…

(This is only one way that our society teaches our children religion)

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Right across from the King Hussein public park is City Mall which is still being built. The French company Carrefour however has now opened and I went to take a look at what they have to offer. First of all let me say the mall is much better than Mecca Mall and Abdoun Mall combined. […]

Growing up in Canada I went to public school where Christmas was of course a dominant social theme. However I, being totally ‘in on it’, was the Grinch who stole Christmas for many many children as my second grade self would go around telling his fellow class mates that Santa Caluse wasn’t real. And neither […]

Because of wasta and people who cheat on their driving exams, it never surprises me just how many people slip through the cracks in our country’s full proof system and are thus unaware of their constitutional rights as drivers in Jordan. The following are a list of rights every driver is constitutionally protected by. Please […]

One thing I don’t recall seeing 5 years ago, which was around the last time I celebrated any sort of Eid in Jordan, were these modern ways to sacrifice the Eid Al-Adha lamb. Lately little cardboard cutouts of cartoon lambs have been popping up all over western Amman’s traffic circles, which as many Ammani dwellers […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve talked music and uploading songs to the radio has been a hassle in my past life so the resolution these days is to merely have a play list.

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