“There is no greater hypocrisy than a country that just 39 years ago, on Black September in 1970, murdered 10,000 of its Palestinian residents, dealing with international crimes today…Jordan will not be the one to teach Israel what combat morals are.” - Israel’s Internal Security Minister, Avi Dichter, expressing outrage at reports that Jordan planned […]

Last Thursday night I was in a car accident. Mid-way through a green light, a car swerved out of no where on my left, as it crossed its red light and hit me. The damage to my truck was rather minimal - the bumper and front guard need to be changed. However, the e-class Mercedes […]

The new cabinet isn’t the only funny thing happening around town this week. Another funny political joke I’ve heard recently actually took place in the final days of Salah Al-Muwajdeh as minister of health, who announced that smoking in public places such as the airport, malls and tourist-related restaurants will be banned starting the first […]

I wanted to write a lengthy post about the changes in the new Dahabi government and halfway through I was overcome with a bit of despair. Despair in the never-changing status quo along with the realization that the mainstream media will be filled with profiles about the new political players, or the old ones - […]

A belated birthday.
The fourth year ends.
The fifth year begins.
And I find myself wondering if there’s anything more left to say…
p.s. thank you all for putting up with me

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What words coming to life look like…

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Since the financial crisis was fully unleashed last September, the ripple effects have taken their time when it comes to reaching Jordanian shores. But nevertheless, they have. While the macro-economic situation is an assessment I leave to the so-called experts, I turn my attention to Jordan’s population of youth. Ironically, this evolving economic dilemma is […]

With Dubai’s economy in free fall, newspapers have reported that more than 3,000 cars sit abandoned in the parking lot at the Dubai Airport, left by fleeing, debt-ridden foreigners (who could in fact be imprisoned if they failed to pay their bills). Some are said to have maxed-out credit cards inside and notes of apology […]