Peter, get a life.

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Catch a Fire is one of the better movies I’ve been able to watch lately and it’s one of those films that gets me thinking. It’s based on a true story set in the apartheid-era of South Africa and just watching it makes it hard to believe that this era was still around when I […]

There are many reasons why I love the Sufara bakery. Coming to Amman for the first time as a child I remember the bakery as the only ‘real’ place in Swefieh. Next to it was the Chicken Tika restaraunt and a little fish market and that whole street was pretty much all there was to […]

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The ongoing saga of our recent car accident continues in this part and as previously stated you’ll need to read parts one and two to fully comprehend it.
So this scene takes place two days after the accident. The previous day we had barely managed escaping prison and convincing the Egyptian worker to come with us […]

Jordan is severely restricting the number of refugees it is letting in.
Partly for security reasons and partly because the country is already dealing with nearly one million Iraqi refugees.
UN refugee body appealed for $60m in emergency aid for those fleeing the violence in Iraq - the largest long-term displacement of people since the uprooting […]

Out of fruity curiosity why do the bloggers who are not on Toot bitch non-stop about not being on Toot? And why do non-Toot bloggers become anti-Toot bloggers? And why do anti-Toot bloggers pretend like they don’t care they’re non-Toot bloggers yet they seem to talk so much about being non-Toot bloggers, consume so much […]

To comprehend the happenings of this post you have to have read it’s prologue. Its predecessor was merely an outlet for my frustrations, this part is similar but has the added bonus of being an educational tool to any Jordanian driver out there who might, God forbid, go through something like this, which has a […]

We can’t afford it.
More importantly, with Jordanians in charge of safety and quality control I’m pretty sure within the next 20 years my kids will all have 8 arms and shoot lasers from their eyes.
What my father thinks upon asking him for his opinion?
“Didn’t they just finish the Abdoun Suspension Bridge?”
Ah yaba…they did.

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The following rant is based on a true story and since complaints often fall on deaf ears in Jordan I thought I would take this specific complaint straight to the virtual masses.
On Friday my parents, coming home to Amman from the Dead Sea, got into a bit of an accident on the airport road. My […]

HM King Abdullah just canceled two national holidays: the celebration of his father’s birthday in November and his own birthday on January 30th.
In Jordan there are two common complaints: too many holidays and not enough of them. But things went a little haywire a few days ago when the Christmas holiday filled into the […]

Oh Ammani public transportation, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
First of all you give the best tour around this great city of ours. Second of all you cut through the traffic like a knife on soft butter. Third of all, let’s face it, you’re cheaper. For 23 piasters I get a […]

I know this is going to sound like an NBC public service announcement but yesterday I discovered that the Comoros is both an Arab country and 98% Sunni Muslim.
Since this startling discovery last night I have memorized the entire Wikipedia article on Comoros.
For example, it is the last registered member of the Arab […]

The Royal Automobile Museum sits atop the King Hussein Public Park and is home to a collection of cars and motorcycles owned by HM King Hussein, God rest his soul. However do remember this is a museum and not a car show, in other words the place has much to offer by way of history. […]

I pass by the park fairly frequently but I’ve rarely actually gone inside except for the basketball courts. Today I decided to take a walk around the park in order to appreciate it in its entirety. I started at the newly constructed King Hussein Mosque, which I promised myself I would pray in the first […]

The Citadel is Amman’s focal point. All one has to do is climb aboard the Temple of Hercules and make a 360 degree turn. On one side is Jabal Al-Ashrafeeyeh with all the trappings of the Balad beneath it: from the Roman Theater to the Souq. On another side is West Amman, primarily the vertical […]