Forty: the age of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) when he first received the relevation delivered by Gabriel. Forty: the number of days and nights for which rain fell during Noah’s flood. Forty: the number of thieves in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Forty: the number of years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert. [...]

The digital age is really, really fascinating. Greeks fed up with their pesky neighbours, old flames, the government, or society in general can find release in a new Internet site that posts e-curses for free. “Have you been dumped, harassed or angered? Why not unload with a curse?” offers www.e-katares.com (e-curse.com), which currently has more [...]

The New York Times recently ran an article in its travel section on food in Amman, painting it as the “stable center” of the Middle East. After reading it once over, I picked a few things that annoyed me but I brushed them aside. More recently, someone else who read the piece brought it to [...]

So apparently it’s supposedly cold. I’ve had the house to myself these past couple of days and anyone that comes over thinks I live in a freezer. Years of living in Canada have rendered me adaptable; cold blooded, so to speak. I am seriously thinking of wearing some shorts and a t-shirt this week, just [...]

“We already cannot cope with daily increases in prices.” – Hossam Atrash, a member of the Armed Forces. Consumers already burdened by rising prices expressed dismay over an expected 17 per cent increase in the price of imported infant formula this year. The father of three wondered whether the decision was a message to encourage [...]

There Will Be Blood | “When ambition meets faith”. Based on the book Oil!, the movie tells the story of an oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, at the turn of the 20th century, who becomes a self-made man in the oil business. His fate leads him to California where he is told of a ranch that [...]

Author’s Note: I thought long and hard about publishing this post and how people might react to it. Especially those who read this particular blog. There are times when writing or saying what I’m about to say can be confused with being opportunistic. This, I assure you, is not one of those times. There is [...]

…and the world keeps spinning around and around and around… Jordanians’ assessment of the level of democracy in Jordan dropped in 2007 despite the fact the country witnessed two major elections, a survey showed. According to the poll conducted by the University of Jordan’s Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS), respondents ranked the level of democracy [...]