Alternatively titled: ‘The Search For Weekend Vital Signs’ and/or ‘An Ode To Fridays’
All over the world, weekends are usually divided between one day that is a go-out-and-do-weekend-stuff kind of day, and a sleep-in-and-dont-go-outside-all-day kind of day. But Fridays in Jordan can be so dead that it’s a kind of strange sensation. In fact, I kind […]

Well the first half of the summer blockbuster season is over and I thought I’d do a quick review of the major hits thus far. I’ll keep it nice and short.
Die Hard 4.0: It’s hard to say something bad about a Die Hard movie. There’s an unwritten code about this series that can only be […]

So many complaints today about the traffic and the gridlock due to a visit from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. It seems everyone was effected except me and I’m still trying to figure out how and why. I did drive around town today and it was during the gridlock hours, but I felt it was normal […]

I am looking
for the poem
that says everything…
…so I don’t have to write any more
- Tukaram

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I recently got to sit down with a few people from the Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization (TAG) during their ongoing battle with the Amman Municipality (GAM). For those who don’t know the story it can basically be summed up into the following points: TAG purchases land just outside their HQ and on the borders of […]

A Poem For West Ammani Twenty-Something-Year-Olds….Lately
You…Yes you!
Stop fucking asking me if I’m going to the Sean Paul or Tiesto concerts.
(As if the city is abiding by an unwritten obligation that everyone must endure electronic and Jamaican reggae for an entire night just because a big name has come to town)
I don’t like their music, I […]

I don’t think there is such a thing
as an intelligent mega rich person
for who with a fine mind
can look out upon this world
and horde what can nourish a thousand souls
- Kabir

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In their first concert in an Arab country, Palestinian hip hop trio DAM, rocked Amman last night as part of the Fete De La Musique (Music Day) series of concerts that took place across the city. Popularized on the net, I thought they were worth checking out and indeed they were pretty entertaining given that […]