A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group. The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled “My Sweet Lord”, depicts a naked Jesus Christ with his arms outspread.
…”We’re delighted with the outcome,” said Kiera McCaffrey, spokeswoman for the Catholic League […]

I want to hear a sermon

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Time: 11pm, Thursday night
Place: KFC Swefieh
Imagine the place packed, and I mean packed. Seven cars in the drive-thru and a valet double parking the cars in the lot. At the counter a crowd of people have gathered and my friend and I are wondering where the heck we’re going to sit.
As I order my […]

Every year the government seems to make some symbolic gesture to battle child labor in Jordan. It usually involves a ribbon cutting ceremony of a center that will be abandoned in a few months.
I was reading lately about one of those latest gestures: the “Social Support Centre” launched a pilot project in Sahab to […]

Date: March 21st 2007
Time: 12 am
Ingredients: 1 Egg
About a week ago, out of boredom and nostalgia for winter, I tried balancing an egg on its end on the first day of spring i.e. the vernal equinox. As (Chinese) legend has it, an egg can be balanced on its end during the vernal or autumnal […]

The government may brag about how great education is in Jordan compared to the wonderful Arab world, always ready to quote our high literacy rates, but every Jordanian is aware of the disastrous situation of our educational system. From lack of teachers, all of whom are under paid and many of whom can be deemed […]

I think Hajjaj’s latest explains perfectly the inflation situation in Jordan…

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AMMAN — Lack of quorum at the lower House on Sunday prevented deputies from discussing the findings of a special committee entrusted with investigating the alleged involvement of a former minister in a corruption case.
At 4:30pm — the scheduled time for the session to begin — only 55 deputies were present under […]