AP PHOTO: Pro-Palestinian Turks shout slogans “death to Israel” as they protest against Israel, at the entrance of Israeli ambassador’s residence in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 31, 2010. These past few days it seems a lot of people in Jordan have been keeping an eye on the approaching aid ships set for Gaza in an [...]

“I’m in the war of my life At the door of my life Out of time and there’s no where to run I’m in the war of my life I’m at the core of my life Got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done So Fight on…” “War of My Life” – John Mayer [...]

“I asked them if they could find any government in the world that likes the things I say.” – Noam Chomsky on being denied entry in to the West Bank by Israeli authorities, informing him that the did not like the things he said about their government. Chomsky was questioned for several hours before being [...]

UPDATE [Oct 10th]: After having tried Kulacom Jordan for the past 5-6 months, I can safely say that they are pretty much one of the worst ISPs in the country and therefore officially retract anything positive I may have mentioned below. I will admit that the initial response and interaction with Kulacom was quite positive. [...]

AP Photo: Jordanian protestors burn products from Israeli settlements during a rally in front of the fruit and vegetable market, south of Amman, in Jordan, Saturday, May 15, 2010, marking the 62nd anniversary of the “Nakba”, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation. In [...]

To Our Dear Jordanian Government, Hope all is well with you these days. It’s been a while. I’m writing to ask for something on behalf of myself and some 6.3 million other people that reside within the borders of this Kingdom. It’s actually quite a simple request really. So here it goes: Can you please [...]

In the regional headlines lately is Ketermaya village in Lebanon, where a 38 year old Egyptian worker was apparently lynched by an angry mob: Mohammed Muslem, a 38-year-old Egyptian reportedly working as a butcher in Ketermaya village, had been arrested on suspicion of shooting dead an elderly couple and their granddaughters aged seven and nine. [...]

April was a rather inactive month in Jordan, but things seem to be turning around as we enter May. Looking through the papers recently, air bubbles gradually fill above my head, and I thought this would be a reasonable space to share them all before they burst. – First off, if you don’t know about [...]