The LA Times has an article about Ahmed Oweidi, an ex-MP who is head of a small political party, Jordan National Movement. I used to receive a lot of emails from their website for some reason and I guess they put me on a mailing list. I am pretty much at odds with a lot, […]

We’ve been working hard to reshape the way our little digital project, 7iber, looks and functions. There are still tweaks to be made here and there but the gist of it is up and running. I’d appreciate any feedback I can get on both style and content of the site. A survey is in the […]

After all this time. After a great deal of frustration. After years of no archiving and broken links. After years of a design that looked like it was created when the Internet was born. Jordan Times gets a facelift.
Yes ladies and gentleman, the one and only Jordan Times has a new website that actually has […]

She is a confidant and a comrade. She is a Trekkie and a sci-fi junkie. She is a leo or a lion in the body of a cat. And she almost always has my back. She is my “anonymous source”. She is a great hugger and an excellent punching bag. She bruises like a peach. […]

So it’s becoming a bigger story now on the blogosphere, Iraqis in a prison at the Queen Alia Airport, where they are interrogated for hours, whipped by the evil Jordanians, then put in a cage with lions and those who are lucky enough to survive the ordeal are sent back to Iraq to die. It […]

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During the recent Municipal elections I think some people misunderstood my intentions when it came to voting. This is based on comments, emails and remarks I received online and offline. I was planning on writing this post long before all that but I figured I’d take the opportunity and kill two birds with one post.
The […]

Last month Pulp Magazine ran a one-pager listing the top blogs in Jordan. This was met with some eager responses from the blogosphere, specifically those people whose names were mentioned in the first place. Our dear friend Bakkouz posted a summary of the “Real” top bloggers according to Technorati ranking, which is more or less […]

It took me awhile, because I am both slow witted and busy these days, but I managed to figure out and read up on the latest “controversy” in the Jordanian blogosphere. First of all, that we should even define a fight between two Jordanian bloggers as even a minor controversy in light of all the […]

“This is one of the most dangerous agreements that affects the rights of citizens as well as the nation’s identity and values…This agreement, as well as similar American and Zionist efforts, seeks to steer people away from religion…Scholars, rulers and citizens must confront such efforts, which are aimed at destroying the Muslim family.” - Ibrahim […]

I’m the best. I’ve got the highest Technorati ranking. Alexa loves me. Comments are flooding. Everyone’s linking. Everyone loves me. I’m the best. Hits are through the roof. And any blogger on my blogroll is instantly made famous for just being in my immortal presence. Because I’m the best. There’s scientific polling to back this […]

Something to look forward to this fall.

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T-Quest has become an annual competition in Amman, where teams of four sign up to scour Amman for certain treasures. You have to wake up pretty early Friday morning, which isn’t the greatest thing, and after turning you team’s driver and car into walking/moving advertisement, you’re released into the wild with a small square card. […]

AMMAN (JT) — ATV announced on Wednesday that it did not launch its transmission, scheduled for 5:00pm yesterday, in accordance with a decision by the Audio Visual Commission. ATV’s managing director said the commission, which had also suspended the channel’s test transmission last Tuesday, demanded documents from the station related to technical permits and […]

It wasn’t the worst election in Jordanian history, but aside from an increase in women participation, it left a lot to be desire in terms of changes. But hey, what kind of election would it be if the Islamists didn’t illegally pull out while accusing the government of vote rigging, or without fights and skirmishes […]