There was an interesting debate in Al-Ghad the other day about one of Emad Hajjaj’s latest caricatures which some Christians found offensive. Portraying Gaza as a female crucified on an Israeli cross, that is in reality an electricity pole.

January 21st, 2008
I couldn’t find an online copy of what was said but I suppose the […]

Emad Hajjaj has been using his artistic genius lately to issue a strong and dark statement about this latest disgusting social phenomenon, which I’ve personally dubbed “the dumpster babies”, that has been on the rise since the fall. At times he addresses the topic directly, an sometimes he uses these incidents as a metaphor for […]

Energy, or lack thereof, was a big issue in 2007. Prices have gone higher than ever before, affecting everything from heating to being able to afford bread. So to commemorate both the New Year and the wonderful announcement of the lifting of oil subsidies in 2008, coupled with the expected new price for a natural […]

Ammoun News reported yesterday, that a GAM worker discovered a new born baby in a plastic garbage bag, just beneath the Abdoun suspension bridge. The worker heard the baby’s cries and found him shivering and blue from the cold. This is the second newborn that’s been found in the garbage in the past 2 and […]

The Jordan Center for Social Research has conducted another poll, about 6 months after its first horrifying one. As before, I’ll run down the results as mentioned in a Jordan Times article, to spare you the excessive reading.
According to the poll:
- 64.8% of Jordanians see the Kingdom as generally being on the right […]

Parliamentary elections are officially up and running now. The first two days of candidate registration saw 916 names and as Lina points out, 15.8% of which are women. That’s a pretty decent percentage in my case, considering that the majority of that number are from fairly conservative cities like Irbid and Kerak. Although it’s yet […]

Emad Hajjaj does, what I personally consider, the best social commentaries on Ramadan in the Arab world, especially in Jordan. They portray Jordanian society in all its aspects. From the workplace environment with the angry boss who hasn’t had a cigarette, to setting new working hours according to who’s fasting and who’s not, to the […]

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Perhaps the best critic and/or observer of the recent food poisoning cases in Jordan stemming from fish and shawarma mayo, has been Emad Hajjaj. These are some of the past few caricatures that captured my attention…

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With inflation what it is these days, not to mention taxes, maybe this is the only benefit of election time in Jordan this year. By the way, be sure to read Oula Farawati’s article in Jordan Business on the tax hell we’re living in.

Not mentioned above: Turkish delights (or ra7a)

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I think Hajjaj’s latest explains perfectly the inflation situation in Jordan…

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What I always found to be interesting is when Emad Hajjaj remodels an old caricature to reflect a more updated take on it. A real fan will experience a sense of deja vu and today’s caricature is particularly intriguing as it takes on an issue that I am developing a personal taste for: political participation […]

Hours after the latest US veto in the UNSC on Israel’s Beit Hanoun massacre, Arab ministers met and the Arab league’s Chief Amr Moussa called the veto “incomprehensible”. After the usual lengthy meeting the ministers decided it was time to end the freeze on Palestinian aide in protest of the incomprehensible veto. Arab banks have […]

A lesson in Arabic grammar. Despite it’s simplicity, you have to admit, it’s pretty damn clever…

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I’m one of the biggest fans of Emad Hajjaj and his caricatures of Abu Mahjoob. I was actually a big member that was addicted to the forums for several years before I left early this year due to conflicts with the administration that exercised a little too much aggressive censorship. I also had a lot […]