Elderly man on Kharfan Street, just off Rainbow Street: “Do you know why they painted all those houses in east Amman? So the people that come here will have a better view.”

And the quote of the day goes to… (drumroll please) Interior Minister Nayef Qadi on Monday criticised certain media institutions for their lack of accuracy in covering news, describing some journalists as “agents of foreign agendas”. During a press briefing after a meeting yesterday with Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and governors from across the Kingdom, [...]

AP Photo – Artists draw a mural that calls on Jordan to cancel a 1994 peace treaty with Israel at the premises of the Islamists-dominated Professional Associations

Having just returned from a brief mental vacation that didn’t even require me to leave Amman, I’ve been amused by some of the news that’s dominated local headlines recently. Although distancing myself from my laptop, I have to admit, the blogger in me was a consistent visual stenographer, taking mental notes all the while. – [...]