While the Internet and mainstream media has turned its attention to Iran in the past few weeks, it’s almost difficult to see the country in non-political terms. In the name of comedy, The Daily Show sent Jason Jones to Iran to do a series entitled “Behind The Veil”. So far, it’s been a hilarious window […]

And now, a brief interruption in the US Presidential campaign…
Nader talks to a parrot (whom I mistook to be his running mate) about media coverage, national health care and of course, dressing up as a panda and making love to another panda at the zoo.

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…like all great fatwas, it started with a phone call…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia’s top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.
The 79-year-old Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan said Thursday that satellite channels cause the “deviance of thousands of […]

So it’s been the buzz of the Internet these past 24 hours or so: Tina Fey, the ex-head writer for Saturday Night Live returned to the show just to do a dead-on impersonation of Sarah Palin.

It has got to be one of the best political impersonations ever done on SNL and ranks right up there […]

…glorious…so, so glorious…

“We should not even be talking about Sarah Palin because it’s sexist.” Jon Stewart takes on Republicans like Karl Rove for playing the gender card whenever it suits them.
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From his rise to power to his eventual downfall and execution, the BBC along with HBO Films, produced a four-part miniseries about the life of Saddam Hussein that aired a few days ago. As far as a drama TV production, I have to admit, House Of Saddam was pretty good. It kind of reminded me […]

Back in February, I wrote a post on Jordanian perceptions regarding the US primaries at the time. Today, I am about to semi-contradict myself but, as always, bear with me.
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If you walk down Amman’s downtown and ask the average Jordanian about their thoughts on the American election, the average answer you might get is […]

I have to confess: I am in love with original content. In a world where the recycling of pop-culture and multimedia leaves so much to be desired, it is refreshing to see anything original being produced, especially when it comes to multimedia content. YouTube has been a phenomenal tool when it comes to original video […]

I just got through the fifth and final season of HBO’s The Wire and this may be as good as television gets. While it never got the ratings it deserved, the critics were all over this show for its realistic portrayal of life on the streets of Baltimore. For those who haven’t yet seen it, […]

Everyone’s been talking about that Obama speech, but Jon Stewart, everyone’s favorite Jew, gauges all three speeches made to “Oy! Pac” (AIPAC), the most powerful American-Israeli lobby in the US, and points out some pretty funny and blatantly obvious observations:

h/t: sabbah

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Oh. My. God.

I am blown away by this series’ writers and producers who have an uncanny way of storytelling that is perhaps light years beyond what any other show on TV has been producing. Nothing is lost in the story, everything finds a way to tie itself together, which is an enormous task considering the […]

I came down with the flu for what I believe was the past 3 days. In between sleeping a lot, drinking orange juice a lot, and staying in bed with my laptop trying to do some writing, I discovered the HBO series Rome. The show runs for only two seasons and it chronicles one of […]

Bab il-7ara was a big hit this year during Ramadan, and in fact people still seem to be talking about it in Jordan. I’ll admit right off the bat that I was too busy to watch more than 4 or 5 whole episodes but I found it astonishing to see the wide spectrum of people […]

A lot of people have been talking about this around town lately, since Laylat il-Qadr, but only recently did I get to watch it:

“It was an emotionally charged scene worthy of an Oprah Winfrey show when a mother and son who had been parted for 25 years were reunited on live TV. However the American […]

Let me make this clear right off the bat. I don’t watch much TV. Ever since I got back to Jordan I’ve been avoiding it like the plague. Don’t get me wrong, I have a TV in my room but it is dedicated solely to movie watching, which I do plenty of. But no actual […]

somewhere…in the corner of a very dark room…my childhood has curled itself into the fetal position while rapidly sucking its thumb.
Despite the sad realities of Israeli occupation, you would think Hamas would give its own country’s kids a chance at a childhood instead of a monochrome world view.

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