This is just a short rant about something that’s been on my mind lately. Over the years I’ve been called on by numerous people to talk about the Jordanian blogosphere. Many of those people tend to be foreign journalists or graduate students who are researching the extent to which blogs in Jordan create political change. [...]

So since last week’s attempt to start a little campaign regarding the incredibly bad level of service Orange Jordan offers its Internet customers, my Internet connection has been down. Some people have even fueled my head with conspiracy theories but I wouldn’t go that far. It is however ironic that just when I was starting [...]

Since writing that open letter to Orange Telecom Jordan on their terrible service I’ve noticed the link really flying around the twittersphere. It’s gotten around 1,700 views in the past 48 hours, which, along with the comments and emails people left me, is a real indication that many are simply not happy with the Kingdom’s [...]

Dear Orange Telecom (and all Jordanian service providers), It’s been a while since I’ve written. In fact, I’m simply terrible at keeping in touch, so let me get straight to the point. You have a problem and it’s starting to affect others around you. Just like that guy at the gym who refuses to wear [...]

Here’s the thing about Ramadan: it is a month of ominous perspectives and social commentaries. Observations that would otherwise pass as conventional cynical reminders of the day-to-day experiences in a Muslim nation, are reduced to cliches. Let me simplify. One. Ramadan is a time when coffee-starved, nicotine-detoxing employees render services delivered unbearable and the workplace [...]

Madas wrote an interesting post on why Jordanian women are less empowered than women in the Meghrab region (morocco, tunisia, etc) and after linking to it, an interesting comment I got from one of my twitter readers was the following: @tarawnah myb coz not only women, but most of our ppulation z dsngaged from deciding [...]

Remember back in April when it was revealed that there was some political corruption in the “Decent Housing” project at a ministerial level (of course it was never talked about again), well this time there seems to be a bit of corruption at the parliamentarian level. Is it just me or does this multi-billion dollar [...]

Let me break down this story to see if I have it right (if anything, for my own sanity). A 31-year old, headscarf-wearing Egyptian Muslim woman, Marwa Al-Sherbini, who was about four months pregnant, takes her German neighbor to court for calling her a “terrorist”. Now, in the courtroom, the neighbor, Alex W., stabs her [...]