Having never heard of the fellow I have to say that I absolutely loved the way that he managed to virtually empty West Amman on a Thursday night. It was, for me, a midsummer’s dream. So thanks man. I also think he generated more interest in Petra than the whole New 7 Wonders campaign that’s [...]

Pronunciation: [ræt.É™.ˈtu.i] Rat-a-too-ee In the midst of all the expected and awaited summer blockbuster, one movie which did make it to number one last week but might go unnoticed by the adult crowd is Disney’s Ratatouille. The animated story of a rat, Remy, who can cook and a young man, Linguini, who can’t, but together [...]

One of my childhood favorites came alive yesterday on the silver screen. I went to the 12am premiere at Century even though I hadn’t slept in exactly 36 hours straight due to work. But it was definitely worth it. The story centers on Earth getting caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between the [...]

And so the countdown begins. The campaign has been wild and its coming to an end soon. So this is your last chance to vote for Petra! Do it….do it now! It will haunt you for the rest of your life that you weren’t apart of this.

Throughout my online-virtual life, which I think became fully aware of itself in 2002, I have been a member of online Jordanian discussion forums (such as Mahjoob dot com) as well as Facebook groups more recently. Both such arenas of mass discussion have a high joining rate and a high turnover rate. I used to [...]