Every year, there’s that one movie that is so low-key and independent from the glossy Hollywood spirit, that it sneaks on to everyone’s top 10 list. For 2007, and for me, Juno is that movie. It tells the story of a pregnant teenager who decides she wants to give her baby away to a picked [...]

It’s the question that seems to be on every political-aficionado/news-guru in town. If you ask most Jordanians, I think the response to that question would be a definite “yes” and the follow up to that would be “before Bush leaves office.” In the past few weeks I’ve heard a countless number of people draw the [...]

Congratulations to Toot Corp for gracing the cover of Pulp Magazine. Ahmad Humeid gives a great interview about what the company is up to in the digital world these days, getting a chance to introduce their latest venture: watwet. Ikbis, another Toot production, is celebrating its second year on the Internet, and what a year [...]

Last night I attended the jaha for my best friend Abdullah, who was visiting here from Canada for a few weeks. I’ve known Abood for over 13 years and so I can safely say this is definitely the only jaha I’ve been to in Jordan where I was actually happy for someone and/or happy to [...]

Meanwhile, the Lower House permanent office has rejected a request from a number of deputies to furnish their offices at their own expense, saying all MPs should have the same offices to insure equality. [source] Equality, eh?

Most of the time we are always doing something. Working, sleeping, watching, reading, eating, talking, walking, et cetera. There’s always something to do, somewhere to go, somewhere to be, someone to meet, something of great or minor necessity to do. Imagine writing every single thing you did in a single week. By the weekend you [...]

Egyptian female judges can’t be alone CAIRO — Egyptian women must not sit as judges because it would be against Islamic law or Sharia as they would have to spend time alone with men, a male Egyptian judge was quoted as saying Saturday. [source] That was back in March, 2007. This week, comes this lovely [...]

A few more reviews of movies you can find in the balad with excellent quality and are actually worth watching. Charlie Wilson’s War | Charlie Wilson’s War | Aaron Sorkin of West Wing and A Few Good Men fame, pens this witty and sharp script, with Tom Hanks playing the role of Charlie Wilson. A [...]