New members have been added to the board of Jordan’s Higher Youth Council in an effort to revitalize it. I’m 99% sure that none of them are under the age of 50.
Sigh.

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This is an “in case you missed it” post. There is a very cool article on 7iber.com that is definitely worth reading, especially if, like me, you are constantly searching for some validation that not all is lost; still searching for hope. Given their socioeconomic environment and actual environment, these kids should be given a […]

You have to admit, it was kind of inevitable…
Three Rivers police have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker….police officers who were dispatched early Sunday to the Three Rivers 6 theater arrived to […]

This may be a week late but it’s given me some time to think the event over in my head. I’m not going to analyze local media’s reaction, which is pretty standardized and uneventful Jordanian reporting. And I’m not going to attempt to articulate the average Jordanian’s stance on Obama’s trip, because honestly the overwhelming […]

In the past week I have received a wide variety of messages to my cellphone from people not on my contact list. According to the messages, the GAM has launched a new website, I can send an SMS to find out my Tawhiji results, there is an Amman Festival this month, there is a new […]

When it comes to your Internet connection, are you getting what you paid for? Is that 1 or 2mb ADSL connection working out for you?
Most things in Jordan are expensive these days, but it seems the Internet is yet another example of bad quality matching high prices. In other words, even if something of “quality” […]

Without a doubt, The Dark Knight, is definitely an evolution of the Batman series. What Christopher Nolan has done with the franchise is simply superb, and The Dark Knight is a whole other step up from Batman Begins. The word “dark” is actually the only way to describe this film. It’s less focused on Batman […]

For the past two days I’ve been in Aqaba on a business trip, rediscovering our beautiful southern city, so apologies for the lack of posting. I haven’t been to Aqaba for nearly three years so it was kind of exciting to see how far it had come in such a short time. Imad Fakhouri, chairman […]

Never got the chance to blog about this the morning after, but better late than never. It was a great concert and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. The music was great and the orchestra was spectacular, not to mention Placido’s voice that echoed throughout Jerash. It was also a full house; apparently there’s a […]

Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the genocide that saw the slaughter of thousands of Muslims, has finally been caught.

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I just got through the fifth and final season of HBO’s The Wire and this may be as good as television gets. While it never got the ratings it deserved, the critics were all over this show for its realistic portrayal of life on the streets of Baltimore. For those who haven’t yet seen it, […]

A survey conducted by the Higher Media Council (HMC) revealed Sunday, showed that the media sector in Jordan enjoyed a 52.3 per cent level of freedom in 2007, a rate described as “acceptable” by the pollsters.
…424 of the targeted sample in the report said they had difficulties in obtaining information and, in cases, they were […]

It was strange to read today about the Arab League - which, along with the League of Nations and the Justice League, doesn’t really exist - who decided to hold a session regarding the International Criminal Court’s decision to indict Sudan’s president on charges of war crimes and genocide in Darfur.
Ministers said the ICC […]

A few hours ago (11pm Wed.) saw the shooting of what the news is reporting as “six tourists” in downtown Amman after the “Opera Under The Stars” concert at the Roman Amphitheater. The gunman then killed himself. The targets seem to be all Arab, with four Lebanese nationals, a Palestinian and a Jordanian. Technically, I’m […]

I’m not advocating anything here, and let me be clear right off the bat about the degree of cynicism and sarcasm laced within the following lines in case it should be missed by anyone, however, it needs to be addressed in whatever way possible. And frankly, I’m sick of talking about honor crimes in this […]

Farah El-Sharif’s post on hand-picking war criminals (which you should read) has got me thinking recently. Especially in light of yesterday’s news-of-the-day; the release of the first Guantanamo videotape showing a 16 year-old Canadian kid. Farah rightfully points out the irony of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir becoming the first current-leader to ever be called […]