Over the past few days I’ve managed to write (here and there) some of my reflections on the recent BBC debate I was able to take part in. Since the topic is so vast and I have a lot to say about it, I decided it was best to categorize my thoughts into two or […]

I found this just plain old sad…
(Egypt) IN AN act of grotesque discipline, a primary school principal forced a female student who had flouted strictly-gendered uniform rules to remove her trousers in front of her schoolmates, compelling her to remain so exposed for the rest of the day, and confining the girl, bound hand-and-foot, to […]

Note: The Arabic version of the above (which was too tiny to photograph) has the calories at 640.

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A Barack Obama supporter came up with this video that merges Apple’s famous Orwellian 1984 commercial with anti-Hillary politics. It’s politics for the MTV generation.

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Top 3 reasons why I’m dying to get my hands on the latest Def Poetry DVDs…

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“…one would face a longer jail sentence for bouncing a cheque than for killing a woman.”
Jordanian journalist/activist Rana Husseini speaking at a seminar in Doha
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The biggest story to take the Jordanian blogosphere by storm seems to be the strange weather lately. A snow storm swept the country for 24 hours and many bloggers had many things to say about it. Most got their cameras out to take a shot of the crazy weather and every frame had a very […]

This cultural news may be coming a bit last minute but Faridon Abida’s photography exhibition, dubbed “eXPOSURE”, is opening tonight at the Zara Center (3rd floor) at 6pm. A lot of interesting (vip) people are going to show up so you should too, just to see what this homegrown talent can do.
eXPOSURE will […]

My friend Zaid lead me to a website today that I thought was absolutely amazing. Artist Ruh al-’Alam merges Islam with modern digital design in a way I have never experienced and is truly wondrous and appealing. The site contains everything from an amazing flash catalogue featuring a great collection of his work, to photography, […]

Omar brought my attention to something pretty unique. A few months ago I pondered whether HM Queen Rania was becoming a blogger herself, based on the style of a few posts on her personal website. Lately Queen Rania has joined Yahoo! Answers to ask a single yet important question: “What are you doing to empower […]

…The heavens cracked open and white flakes descended upon the kingdom! Confusion is everywhere! Mass hysteria is everywhere! What deadly plague is this that has come to devour our children? Beware! Beware the ides of March! Quickly! Jump in your cars and take to the roads! We must find the nearest super market, the nearest […]

It took me a while to figure out how to write this post. I wrote one of those long boring ones at first and decided it wouldn’t fly so my index finger held down the backspace key for a long time.
Political Leadership has to be my all time favorite course during my poli sci […]

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The BBC held a debate today at Zara Expo on whether the Internet was changing our world. “Our”, being the Middle East. The panel included Rania Kurdi who needs no introduction, Dana Suyagh who’s head of news at the yet to be launched ATV, Doud Kuttab who needs no introduction, the one and only Roba […]

The Anti-Corruption Department (ACD) announced on Sunday that it dealt with 450 cases of corruption in 2006…Last year’s cases constituted a 36 per cent increase compared to 2005.
Jordan Times, Monday March 12th 2007

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Well, for a brief change of (post) pace this is probably the most materialistic post I’ve ever published on The Black Iris. With some spare time on my hands I decided to set up an Amazon Wish List as many, many people have. It’s filled with items I’d love to own someday. Some far fetched, […]