Archive for August, 2007
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 [...]
Blogger Vanity
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.
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. [...]
ATV Ends Before It Begins
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 frequencies, [...]
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 [...]
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