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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Bush isn’t the only one in town this week. If you’re in Amman, be on the lookout for famous news anchors and journalists covering the Bush-al-Maliki summit including CBS’s Katie Couric, ABC’s Charles Gibson, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Fox News’ Shepard Smith. [source]
Good luck with the traffic!

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A few weeks ago I was watching a Simpsons episode entitled “Girls Just Wanna Have Sums”, based on the premise that boys are smarter than girls, specifically in math and science.

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This was the title of tonight’s 20/20 special on Dubai. Most people in the Arab world know much of Dubai’s achievements in the Gulf when it comes to building a top notch tourist destination. For the first 10 minutes of the 20/20 episode made its American audience just as aware of these achievements. From the […]

Probably the most memorable TV character since that guy who did that thing that time.

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I’m not much of a gamer (anymore) but with PS3 out all the gaming companies are running their creative ads for the Christmas season. The commercial for Gears of War (on XBOX 360) is very different and dare I say even metaphorical. Instead of the typical macho heavy metal music and scenes of guns blazing […]

After watching one too many My Name Is Earl episodes back to back, I suddenly realized that there might be something to karma. For those who don’t know the show, it basically features the protagonist ‘white trash’ Earl who after winning the lottery decides to make a list of everything he’s done wrong in his […]

(Danger Will Robinson, Danger!: the following post contains a LOST spoiler)
Maybe the island is indeed Limbo. Maybe the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 all died but are stuck between heaven and hell waiting to be judged. The death of Eko is an episode laced in religious connotations: flashbacks to Eko replacing his brother as a […]

It’s unofficial but it seems NBC’s Heroes is about to become a phenomenon. I have to admit, as a comic book/superhero fan since childhood, the show is quite addictive. The characters and cast are likable and the storylines are the most seductive and mysterious since LOST. Every episode seems to play like a movie on […]

Remember that silly U.S. terror watch list that people threw a fit about simply because it contained thousands of common Arab names? Well evidently that list just helped apprehend one of Saddam’s son in this Daily Show story.

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Lately I’ve noticed these public service type commercials on a local Toronto TV station that says: “parenting isn’t easy, but it shouldn’t hurt”. It’s an anti-spanking campaign.
This naturally got me thinking because spanking is a common tool used in raising children everywhere in the world. I’m not a parent and I might be wrong […]

Danger!! Danger Will Robinson!! This post contains spoilers!!
Wow! This is the only word to describe the shocker what was this season’s premiere episode of LOST. It’s official, there is nothing more interesting on this island other than who the hell the mysterious “others” are and this episode’s first 5 minutes probably put the cyberspace theorists […]