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This has probably been the most talked about issue these past few days on the Jordanian street: what’s happening with prices. Speculation is running abound as economists and columnists alike have all been turning the rumor mills of uncertainty. Gas prices have been on a decline for once and the line ups at gas stations [...]

Apparently plans to begin banning smoking from public places are moving forward, with one of the first stops being shopping malls. This is all supposedly in line with the Public Health law. According to the law, this includes hospitals, healthcare centres, schools, cinemas, theatres, libraries, museums, public and nongovernmental buildings, public transport vehicles, airports, closed [...]

Wael, who is, in my humble opinion, one of the most creative minds in Jordan today, created something I just found brilliant. If a picture can speak a thousand words, the following is an ethos. And I post it here because it begs to be seen over and over again. via: sha3teely

I’d like to emphasize that the following post is merely a personal rant. It is not meant to be an articulate assessment or commentary of anything particular other than the fleeting thoughts that enter my mind on a semi-daily basis. As usual, they reflect the opinion of me and me alone. That being said: Public [...]

I have been reading the local papers today with some amusement. The ripple effects of the King’s meeting with media industry representatives are making headlines only a day after that meeting. It’s as if with one sweeping statement, everything has changed. Now while the King’s words are in all probability sincere, a commentator in yesterday’s [...]

…I would highly appreciate it if you would, for the love of God, discard of that CD, which plays the flute versions of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”. It’s been playing on your store speakers for the past decade and it’s gotten to [...]

First off, homosexuality is not a topic that I think I’ve ever discussed on this blog and mostly because it is a topic that people seem to be so opinionated about (not to mention preoccupied with) to the extent that every conversation about it seems destined to descend in to a spiral of insults and [...]