As we enter October, there is no doubt in my mind that 2007 has been an incredibly bad year for Jordan. The gap between the poor and the rich has increased to the point where you can see it as clear as day and night. The government has done little about that. Media reform is […]

The Grizzly Bear is huge and wild
He has devoured the infant child.
The infant child is not aware
It has been eaten by the bear.
- A. E. Housman

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Action Committee is a group affiliated with Family International Jordan, and they arrange outings for kids from impoverished areas, such as the Baqa’ refugee camp. This Ramadan they’re distributing large “Ramadan Food Bags”. Each bag includes staples such as rice, sugar, dates, pasta, tomato paste, tea, beans, lentil, oil, maggi and amar al-deen.
Those familiar with […]

An anti-corruption group says three Arab states are among a dozen worldwide where corruption has seen a significant increase in the past year.
The Arab nations named by Transparency International were Jordan and the Gulf states of Bahrain and Oman.
The Arab countries with the least perceived corruption were Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. [BBC] and […]

Stepping out of a car and walking up the street towards yet another interview the other day, my boss tells me: “there has never been a worse time to be a writer in Jordan.”
Its statements like this that tend to fester.
I don’t consider myself a journalist. I don’t have a degree in journalism. Never went […]

The Muslim Brotherhood has announced that their political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), will participate in the November 20th parliamentary elections, putting an end to weeks of speculation.
Look for their withdrawal at around 11am on the day of the election.
Right before the vote rigging gets underway.

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Our Father
Which are in Heaven
White man owe me eleven and pay me seven
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
And if I hadn’t took that
I wouldn’ta get
None
- Negro Folk Secular
Modern slavery?
nuff said.

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Mohannad Al-Khatib leaves ATV.

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