Like a leaky boat, information on the new cabinet changes to Samir Rifai’s government have spilling out, specifically on electronic news sites, which seem to be beating mainstream media to the punch once again. According to Ammon, the changes include seven ministerial replacements as follows: Minister of Education & Deputy Prime Minister: Dr. Khaled Karaki [...]

I have always been amazed at Emad Hajjaj’s ability to merge two issues-of-the-day together that are typically unreleated, and still gaurentee some comedic gold. Such can be said of his latest caricature depicting a frazzled Abu Mahjoob with gun in hand and Abu Mohammad pushing him on. Rough translation: Abu Mahjoob: “I jumped in and [...]

Muder Zahran recently published an article in the Jerusalem Post regarding the Jordanian treatment of its citizens who are of Palestinian origin – referring to the state as adopting a “well-established apartheid system” that is “no different than that formerly adopted in South Africa, except for the official acknowledgement of it.” While this isn’t the [...]

If I’m not mistaken, it seems this incident took place on the First Circle in Jabal Amman, where Peta Asia decided to dress a local female activist in a gown made of lettuce leaves. Yeah, not the most interesting concept. The lettuce girl, Amina, held up a sign that read “let vegetarianism grown on you”. [...]

Criminal Prosecutor Ali Abu Zeid on Saturday charged a 43-year-old farmer with premeditated murder in connection with the shooting death of his female relative over the weekend, official sources said. The suspect, who was not identified by officials, reportedly shot his 16-year-old niece with a machinegun at her home in Deir Alla on Friday, a [...]

There is perhaps little doubt that Robert Fisk is probably one of the most knowledgeable and analytical minds when it comes to Middle Eastern affairs and his commentary is as insightful as it is enlightening. Suffice to say, when Fisk has something to say about the Middle East, which is frequent, it is wise to [...]

I read this piece of news a few days ago and have been waiting to see how accurate it was as most of the major mainstream media avoided reporting it for some reason. Alas, a Jordanian computer science student has been sentenced to two years in prison by the State Security court for supposedly insulting [...]

Just wanted to point people’s attention to a few interesting things flying under the radar these days. If you haven’t seen it yet, 7iber is continuing an online discussion that unfolded last night, where the Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh, took live questions from Tweeps. Regardless of one’s politics, the conversation was undeniably interesting. On Campus [...]