Global Voices: It’s been an interesting few days on the Jordanian blogosphere. It seems nearly every blogger has been talking about Petra, the rose-red city that recently became one of the new Seven World Wonders. [Read]
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As I’ve come to expect, GREAT!
Cool and comprehensive summary! Good work!
Well done..
Naseem this is off topic, but I am trying to do something about this, please check it out and spread the word..
http://al-arabiat.blogspot.com/2007/07/please-please-read-this.html
Nassem ,,,I desagree with yoiu on this several Jordanian Bloggeres have ridiculed this event,not because Petra won,but because Jordanians have forgotten their priorities, and here is an example of that,أمة تتمزق ÙØ±ØØ§ لأجل البتراء by M. Kelany
And here is anoitherIt was a tragically historic day in every sense, a tragedy that will someday be looked upon in disgrace and total amazement… maybe a hundred years from now maybe less students will be taught in history classes that Jordanians celebrated with great zeal from night till dawn while their brothers were getting killed in millions all over… they will see very different pictures of joy and blood pools… pictures in Iraq, Lebanon, Palastine, Afghanistan, Pakistan and so many places