AP Photo - A Palestinian man makes straw sweepers at his shop in Al Wehdat Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, Sunday July 26, 2009.

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In recent months I’ve noticed a new way of social activism emerging in Jordan and it’s happening on a grassroots level. By grassroots I am referring to something that is taking place on a societal level and not by government bodies, institutions, NGOs or social entrepreneurs. Different issues, causes and people have been coming together […]

AP Photo - Jordanian veiled brides line up as they prepare to take part in a mass wedding party in Amman, Jordan on Friday, July 24, 2009. Fifty eight brides and bridegrooms took part in the 16th mass wedding organized by the Al-Afaf Islamic charity association to encourage and help Muslims marry.

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Madas wrote an interesting post on why Jordanian women are less empowered than women in the Meghrab region (morocco, tunisia, etc) and after linking to it, an interesting comment I got from one of my twitter readers was the following:
@tarawnah myb coz not only women, but most of our ppulation z dsngaged from deciding their […]

All people are equal…
Generally, people are getting the calories they need, but only a few can afford a healthy and balanced diet. Poor families often substitute cheaper alternatives such as cereals, sugar and oil for fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. For tens of thousands of children, this has resulted in deficiencies in iron, vitamin A […]

There’s an article that’s been floating around the local twittersphere as well as Facebook and quite possibly blogs in a bit. It’s a news article from Ammon’s English-language site that has a slightly misleading, sensationalist headline that reads “The Kingdom drops legal exemptions for honour crimes”.
AMMAN - Reduced sentences in cases where a person […]

Reuters Photo - Travellers sit in front of a photograph depicting the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) and Jordan’s late King Hussein, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. Israel said on Wednesday it would allow the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day […]

Remember back in April when it was revealed that there was some political corruption in the “Decent Housing” project at a ministerial level (of course it was never talked about again), well this time there seems to be a bit of corruption at the parliamentarian level.
Is it just me or does this multi-billion dollar project […]