The story behind Facebook’s inception has always eluded most people. While relatively known to many, all we ever really knew was that a kid invented it during his days at Harvard along with some other people that he screwed over. That was the gist of it. A story like that, one that remains very short-lived [...]

I could write a paragraph about something or other but, suffice to say, it’s been a long week and this made me laugh. So enjoy and have a nice weekend.

The latest Corruption Perceptions Index report for 2010 has just been released by Transparency International, and Jordan ranks 50th worldwide and 6th regionally, in terms of corruption perceptions. I should note, as I often do when referring to this report, that it measures perceptions and not actual cases of corruption. In other words, to quote [...]

Yesterday, Environment Minister Hazem Malhas, resigned his post from the Rifai cabinet after having insulted Jordanian journalists. The remarks happened during a workshop organized by IUCN and UNESCO on journalism and covering environmental issues (full disclosure, our company, 7iberINC, is conducting a full day training in the 4-day workshop).Essentially, Malhas referred to the state of [...]

REUTERS: Jordanian parliamentary candidate Mahera Jewehan of the moderate Islamist Wastyea Party speaks with her supporters at her electoral centre in Amman October 21, 2010. I thought this was a great photo of the insides of a standard campaign tent, especially for those who have never seen nor heard of one. What is interesting about [...]

7:35am. Rabat. Morocco. Other . views . of interest.

Like all nations have their selection of staple goods, for Jordan, the tomato (aka, the bandora) sits comfortably at the top of the stack, right next to bread, rice and, to a lesser extent, chicken. Whenever the price of any of these goods enters threatening economic territory, you can expect to feel the panic pick [...]

To say it has been interesting to watch the Jordanian election season begin to unfold these past few days would be the understatement of the year. The unraveling of absurdities has been a fantastic spectacle to observe, to say the very least. The streets of the country’s cities are littered with posters showcasing familiar names, [...]