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Thought this Abu Mahjoob caricature was pretty uplifting for the (political) season! So Eid Mubarak to you all and I hope you have a great holiday. Stay safe, do something fun, enjoy your family time, and go some place warm!

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Eid Mubarak!

19Sep09

Eid mubarak to everyone! One of the funniest things about Eid being declared by the government is the speech that the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Huliel, gets to give. It’s the only public time he gets so he takes full advantage of it, which for fasting Muslims translates to nothing more than excessive suspense. It […]



Trans-la-la-tion
Title reads: The global Yahoo company acquires the Arabian Maktoob
Logo reads: “And at last the world acknowledges that Arabs are good at talking!!”

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Yesterday, Khaled Mahadin’s trial began. For those who don’t know, Mahadin is being sued by Parliament for slander by way of an article posted on Khaberni.com, a Jordanian news site. A few protesters gathered outside Parliament yesterday morning as Mahadin was pleading not guilty. I hope he’ll win this case.

Meanwhile, in other media news, cartoonist […]



LMAO.
Once again, Hajjaj describes how we all feel…

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Shot somewhere in Madaba yesterday afternoon…

Abu Mahjoob

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Tummaleih

14Oct08

God rest his soul

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In what I imagine can only be dubbed inevitable news, the Matrix Company for Financial Investments has been charged with attempting to defraud its investors after it recently announced voluntary liquidation, which inspired thousands of their clients to pretty much invade the Matrix offices around Jordan to reclaim their investments.
Some of the offices were even […]






MARCH 12th: Blogging For A Censorship-Free Jordan


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