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 […]

Yes, I am desperately wishing I had mansaf the first day of Ramadan. Instead I had a small can of Campbellâ??s Chunky soup and for s7oor the menu featured Cheerios. Don’t feel pity for me, these years when I’m living alone far from family, far from Jordan, are the only years where I can have […]

Every now and then my big sister sends me a two-liner email to make a suggestion or two on what I should be blogging about. Yesterday her latest email made me laugh. I paraphrase:
Nas,
Write a post about price gouging in Jordan during Ramadan and how these store owners who are fasting while committing this sin […]

This is Emad Hajjaj’s latest brilliant caricature on the condition of Islam and Christianity lately. He’s actually used this one before (hence the recyclable arrows) back in February of this year to describe the Sunni-Shi3a rift in Iraq. In both instances he manages (as usual) to describe exactly how I feel about both situations.

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This is the sixth year that I spend Ramadan away from Jordan and away from friends and family. On the long list of things I miss about home Ramadan may very well rank number one. I miss all you can eat at Pizza Hut with friends. I miss family around the table. I miss the […]

Well at least it’s colourful…

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Emad is simply put, a genius…

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There was an interesting article in the Jordan Times yesterday about the “Cities and National Identity in Jordan” colloquium held by the French Embassy recently the included a roundtable discussion on what it means to be Jordanian.
Jordanian political analyst, Ali Kassay, said that Amman generates 80% of the country’s economic activity and as the country […]

700 cases of food poisoning from bad shawarma in Zarqa

“Three shawarma without onions and without salmonella please”

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5th Anniversary

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Shirt Reads: The Children of Lebanon

The UN Security Council is set to discuss and vote on a new draft resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
It reportedly calls for a “full cessation of hostilities”, then for a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon “at the earliest”.
It is also said to authorise the deployment […]

The Lebanese lumber…

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Frame a Hassan Nasrallah picture

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