As a 24 year old male, this is probably going to make me sound like a big wimp, but I don’t care, because Suheir Hammad’s poems seem to be the only thing that have the ability to draw a tear from my eye these days. Of course, I will immediately pretend something is caught in […]

Another beautifully written Al-Bawaba article to lighten to mood…
Syrian beautiful actress Sulaf Fawakhirji is flourishing after the success she made in Egypt in her first Egyptian film “Halim”, which led Egyptian fans to fall in love with her. She played the soft and romantic role of the late singer and legend Abed Al Halim’s lover. […]

Some people work and become wealthy.
Others do the same and remain poor.
Marriage fills one with energy.
Another, it drains.
Don’t trust ways.
They change.
A means flails about like a donkey’s tail.
So always add the gratitude clause:
‘if God wills’.
Then proceed.
You may be leading a donkey, no, a goat, no, who can tell?
We sit in a dark pit and […]

With regards to this post, I’d like to declare a small victory as one tower has fallen, leaving one tower behind. We managed to finally get some police action going and an order was issued to have those two towers come down. Orange peacefully surrendered but Zain now refuses. Zain is pretty much insisting on […]

I had only been to the camp once before, many years ago, so this was my second visit. The Action Committee is a part of the Family International organization, and focuses a great deal of its efforts on the kids by taking them out on outings or to lunch. Very much a “Big Brother” or […]

I had a pretty interesting weekend and I think it’s because for once, I felt like I accomplished a lot. Yes, this is another one of those “I, I, I” posts, which some have encouraged me to do more of. I don’t know what the appeal is really. My life is not that interesting or […]

These spiritual windowshoppers, who idly ask, How much is that? Oh, I’m just looking.
They handle a hundred items and put them down,
Shadows with no capital.
What is spent is love
And two eyes wet with weeping.
But these walk into a shop,
And their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment,
In that shop.
Where did you go?
Nowhere
What did you have […]

I’ve been wondering lately which sex in Jordan uses wasta (nepotism) more. Females or males? And I’m talking about the instigators and not just the pawns. See, most would be quick to say males but if you think outside your immediate environment for a moment, I’ve observed a lot of elderly women living in towns […]

…Waiters at several coffee shops in the capital said the popularity of argileh increases “greatly” in Ramadan.
“Demand on argileh triples in Ramadan. Some young people who come to the Ramadan tents order argileh just to try it,” one waiter in a neighbourhood in west Amman told The Jordan Times.
But Bassem Hijjawi, director of the disease […]

Black Iris PSA: After reading this, please resist the strong urge to punch a nearby wall; you’ll only break a fist.
AMMAN - The Criminal Court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to 10 years in prison after convicting him of murdering four of his sisters in Salt last year.
The tribunal declared N. M. guilty of committing […]

I have received several inquires these past few days from various people/friends who wonder when I have time to blog. Most of these inquires are a way of people saying they’re pissed at me for not calling them, or getting together with them, or chatting with them, or responding to their emails.
Yes, it’s true, […]

Why does every thing seem to slow down during Ramadan?
Lunatic drivers seem to be the only people going fast these days, both before and after breakfast. Banks, who with their typical 9 to 3 hours already make it hard for customers to bank, seem to close shop before they even open, with their 9 […]