I haven’t been up with my blog-reading lately and I just happened to read this very interesting post by Palestinian blogger, umkhalil, where she breaks down a single week of Israel “securing” itself and how US presidential hopeful are falling head over heels to ensure that security. Definitely worth a read:
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I wanted to talk about this since the Jordan Festival but lately, Tim of “culture rage” inadvertently refreshed my memory with this story of a death in Wadi Ma’in. A Jordanian man drowned because neither he nor his friends knew how to swim in the 5-meter deep waters of the canyon. These canyons have been […]

“Flattery is still the best way to keep one’s job and freedom.” - Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008. Al Arab Al Yawm Editor in Chief Taher Adwan stated that “sometimes it is the administrations of media outlets or their owners who prefer to flatter the authorities in pursuit of their own interests”. […]

Any movie that has Jordan as its stage has, by default, something interesting to offer me as a viewer. And if behind that movie sits Ridley Scott in the director’s chair, with Russell Crowe and Leonardo Dicaprio in front of the camera, well, suffice to say, this has to be one heck of a movie. […]

Blog.ne.sia: (noun) The inability to remember a post one has written on one’s weblog.
…Something I’ve been experiencing lately. Someone will say “oh, you know that post you wrote about such and such?” and this will only conjure up a blank, dumbfounded stare on my face.

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So it’s Thursday (thank God) once again and I’m trying to start a tradition on the Black Iris where the goal is to end the weekday with a smile on your face because I read somewhere that’s supposed to put people in a good mood for the weekend and I’ve always had a pro-weekend agenda. […]

What is it about male hair that personifies some sort of statement? While women spend more time, energy and money on their hair it doesn’t nearly get the same attention a single hairstyle on a man gets. There seem to be political connotations always attached to male hair for as far as I can remember. […]

In nearly every poll, Obama is leading by several points. From the economic crisis to the Bush administration, to McCain’s voting record, to Sarah Palin as the heartbeat-away President, it seems like everyday something new emerges from the US presidential campaign that points to a universe where all the stars are aligning for Obama. And […]