The World Committee on Disability and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute honored Jordan with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award in a ceremony at United Nations Headquarters, to be the 1st Arab country to win this award.The award recognizes outstanding action in support of the United Nations World Program of Action Concerning Disabled [...]

[Photo from: media.mit.edu] Scientists at MIT Media Lab in the U.S. have come up with the cutest, most practical and effective invention to be ever invented for those lazy sleepers, whose fingers just love pressing the “snooze buttons” every time the alarm goes off. The invention is called: CLOCKY, an alarm clock which makes even [...]

Palestine won the prize for the saddest photo in the BBC “Sadness and Joy” photography contest.The photo captured by the Palestinian TV producer Abdul-Rahman Al-Humran, shows three young girls weeping in sorrow for their brother, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the city of Rafah in Gaza, won the first place in the [...]

As many already know, under Islamic law both payment and receipt of interest are forbidden. This has created sort of a problem for Muslims in countries that offer no Islamic banking systems. Now Lloyds TSB, Britain’s 5th largest bank became the country’s first high street bank to offer mortgage services compatible with Islamic Sharia law.Lloyds [...]

After the creation of the Audiovisual Commission (AVC) in 2002 and introduction of the Audio Visual Media Law, which eliminated public sector domination of the radio and TV industry, opening the door for private entrepreneurs, three new radio stations got their license and will soon start broadcasting in the Amman area, joining the Kingdom’s five [...]

8:30 a.m. The bell rings, I open the door, it’s the building door keeper.He: there’s a mail package for you, it’s been lying downstairs since last week. I thought I’d finally bring it to you if you’re ignoring it.I: sorry, but you know I never ignore our mail. Anyway, maybe I didn’t notice it for [...]

Yesterday Tunisia celebrated the Day for National Handcrafts and Traditional Costume. A day that Tunisians use to revive their beautiful culture and its different trends that have been preserved throughout the years.Other than the exhibitions, seminars and the discounts on many items of the traditional costumes and handcrafted products, many Tunisians wear their traditional costumes [...]

Just like today, March 16th, 2003, the 23 year old American Pro-Palestinian Activist Rachel Corrie was brutally killed by two Israeli soldiers while trying to block an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bulldozer from demolishing a Palestinian house. THIS IS HOW THEY KILLED HER! I guess from a quick look at the pics, one can easily [...]

Im Rülzheimer EDEKA-Markt kann man per Fingerabdruck jetzt bezahlen… Ja, das ist wahr! Der deutsche Lebensmittel-Einzelhändler EDEKA setzt künftig auf das Bezahlen per Fingerabdruck. Im Rülzheim hat EDEKA in Kooperation mit dem selbstständigen Kaufmann Roland Fitterer und dem Internet- und Biometriedienstleister it-werke einen Supermarkt eröffnet, dessen Kassen mit kapazitiven Fingerabdruck-Scannern ausgestattet sind, an denen Kunden [...]

Construction on Settlements outposts in some locations in the West Bank continues despite the latest report by attorney Talia Sasson on government involvement in building and funding “unauthorized” outposts. The report basically demands the government to dismantle all outposts, those prior to and after March 2001 and cease any other channeling of funds for further [...]