Reading an interesting article in TIME today, I found myself thinking in broader terms when I came upon this excerpt: In his 2008 book, Inside Egypt, John R. Bradley observes, “Egyptians are the most patriotic people in the Arab world.” But, he adds, “I have never come across a local who does not despise his [...]

This is an unusual “me” post, which, in the lifespan of this little blog, there have been few of (fortunately). But I thought I owed it to my readers (all 10 of you) to have some sort of where-have-I-been explanation. Besides, I feel like rambling. To start with, yes, as you can see from the [...]

The Golden Rule: do unto others as others would do unto you. finding and acting out of compassion. Something to live by in this day and age, when even religion has been hijacked. Scholar Karen Armstrong started a pretty interesting project after giving a talk at TED, dubbed the Charter of Compassion. The site for [...]

Yes, it took a while. But after many sleepless nights the new 7iber is finally up. There’s still a lot to do, but we’ve moved in without rattling the neighbors. Suffice to say, Jordanian bloggers and techies were there to help out in the past few weeks. Wael Attili designed the new logo, the good [...]

Around 100 university students gathered on Saturday to review political reforms and means to improve their participation in civic activities. In a national conference on youth and political reforms organised by Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Centre yesterday, Jordanian students from four private universities presented their visions and suggestions for political reform. Inaugurating the conference, [...]