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 […]