Lawmakers on Wednesday observed a minute’s silence in a show of support for Iraqi television reporter Muntazer Zaidi who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush earlier this week. The action was taken following a proposal by MP Tayseer Shdeifat, who also asked House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali to issue a statement demanding [...]

“I was sitting in the House speaker’s office waiting to meet him, when Atiyyeh came in and started to call me names, then [he] threw an ashtray and a stapler at me.” – Nidal Faraaneh, Rum Online journalist after supposedly being attacked by Jordanian Member of Parliament, Khalil Atiyyeh, in the House Speaker’s office. [source] [...]

Dear Readers, You probably noticed that little box in the sidebar these past few days that says this little blog has been nominated for a 2008 Brass Crescent Award in the Middle East category. I am nominated amongst some pretty great blogs, including two of my personal favorite Jordanian blogs (Sabbah and Southern Muslimah), which [...]

On Monday, it was reported that a three year old in east Amman was kidnapped in the early morning with the kidnapper demanding 50,000JDs as a ransom. Ammon is reporting this as the first case of its kind in Jordanian history. Supposedly, the kidnapper had some sort of financial dispute with the grandfather in the [...]

In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, a reporter stood up and shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,” before hurtling his shoes at Mr Bush, narrowly missing him. [source] Here’s the kicker, if by Western standards, Palestinian kids throwing rocks are terrorists, then what about Iraqi journalists [...]

Author’s Note: I decided to write this disclaimer after I finished writing this post for the sole purpose of encouraging anyone wishing to comment on the post or the subject matter that there is a need to read the post all the way through. It should also be noted that I have not read the [...]

“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond to eat white currants and see goldfish: and go to the fair in the evening if I’m good. There is not hope [...]

Without a doubt, Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal and subsequent resignation as President, is one of the most interesting moments in US, if not world history. Frost/Nixon is a film, based on a play, that chronicles the famous post-resignation interview of Nixon by British interviewer David Frost. The former is portrayed (dead on) by Frank Langella [...]