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.

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!

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.

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.

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 [...]