The video supposedly shows a first grader at a Jordanian public school being verbally and even physically abused by a “teacher” during a math class when he is unable to write a number on the chalkboard. He is seen begging the teacher and the person filming for protection. Chuckling can be heard in the background. [...]

It may go without saying, that in the past few weeks, since the one tragic football managed to reignite tensions between two major Jordanian camps – that things have been just a bit tense when it comes to the identity issue. To make matters worse, nearly every move the state has made has not helped [...]

An interesting article I read last week on a new and elite prison in Jordan… The town of Salhoub, north of the capital Amman, is now home to a ‘luxurious’ prison facility that overlooks one of the most famous pine forests now threatened with extinction. The prison, which houses 60 inmates, was built exclusively for [...]

One interesting story floating under the radar these days, past the looming shadow of a tragic football game and its impact on national identity, is ironically linked to that very topic. Or, at the very least, to the broader issue of crime and punishment in the Kingdom. On November 9th, Tahir Nassar, a 45 year [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past 24 hours, the biggest Wikileak dubbed “cablegate” has revealed thousands of US embassy cables. The results have been obviously quite embarrassing for the US government, which has spent the better part of the past week preparing for a visit to the diplomatic emergency room, which began [...]

So an Israeli soldier posts photos of herself hanging out with Palestinian prisoners, up on Facebook. Wait, why am I overcome with an overwhelming sense of deja vu? Eden Abergil, posted them on her Facebook account under an album titled “The Army… the most beautiful time of my life ” I mean, come on. Doesn’t [...]

The title of this post can be read in two different ways. Yes, that was intentional. So what were the results? 118,031 students sat for the exam. 50,362 students passed, i.e. less than half. Of course passing or failing the tawjihi exams also has an impact, which usually translated to fireworks, gunfire, and motorcades of [...]

REUTERS: Jordan’s Islamic Action Front Party leader Hamzi Mansour gestures during a news conference in Amman August 2, 2010. The Islamic Action Front, the political wing of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest political grouping, said on Monday that it has decided to boycott the November election in protest against a new voting system which [...]