An interesting study by the Department of Statistics was released, stating that 54% of Jordanians own computers and only 18% of them are actually connected the Internet. According to a Ministry of ICT spokesperson, 30 to 31% of Jordanians “use the Internet”, but I have no idea what that means. Do they mean penetration rates, [...]

Perugia, Italy. April 24th, 2010. Other quick shots:

As many people know by now, Prime Minister Samir Rifai held a meeting with a few bloggers, a meeting that I was invited to. This meeting seems to be referred to by almost everyone as a “secret” meeting. So secret that everyone who calls it a “secret” meeting found out about it from Al Ghad [...]

AP PHOTO – A Bedouin family is seen eating the traditional meal of Mensaf (meat, rice and yoghurt) inside their tent in Al- Jafr area, south of Amman. What a great photo. To read more about flying saucers in Jafr of a different kind…

I absolutely adore the way that the BBC and various other international media outlets are referring to Israel’s decision to banish, cast out, exile Palestinians from the West Bank as “deporting” – instead of calling it what it is. That word conjures up images of illegal immigrants being caught in Arizona and deported to Mexico. [...]

It’s safe to say we’ve seen it all before. It begins with two students quarrel only to resort in to a massive physical fight. It ends in a death. It begins with riots. It ends with Jordanian security forces invading the town to restore peace. It’s deja vu. It’s cyclical. How easy is it for [...]

“The political trust is gone….Economically, we were better off in trade and in movement before my father signed the peace treaty” – King Abdullah on relations between Israel and Jordan. In a The Wall Street Journal interview, King Abdullah offered a rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charging that his policy of building homes [...]

How many times have you gone shopping for groceries only to find a red-plated government car parked outside? At the cinema? At malls? In various places where you would least expect a red-plated number to be? I only have two hands, but suffice to say my personal count is, at this point, immeasurable. Obviously, this [...]