Archive for November, 2005

WSIS Feedback (2): Jordan’s Participation

24 November 2005

I thought we’d have the time to look around the exposition hall as much as we like, but taking part in activities and conferences during the summit left us only little time to visit all stands. Every time I’d reach Jordan’s pavilion it’d be already too late and they’ve packed their stuff to leave. So […]

7 Things…

24 November 2005

My dear friend Eve tagged me a while ago and finally I’m posting it.
7 Things I plan to do:• Quit my job and find a better one.• Start planning for my charity project.• Contact my family and friends more often.• Put on weight. • Get a haircut.• Read more books.• Maintain a healthier lifestyle.
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Art VS Terrorism: “Erasing The Black Day”

21 November 2005

More than 15 Jordanian artists will join forces on Nov. 23 in a memorial exhibition entitled “Erasing the Black Day,” to showcase their rejection and condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks in the Kingdom.
“Erasing the Black Day is a gesture for our beloved country and shows the clear solidarity of Jordanian artists against terrorist attacks, […]

8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup

21 November 2005

So last Friday was the 8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup. What made this meetup particularly special was the presence of Rebecca, Jeff , Mite Nishio, and Isam.
The lovely Rebecca; a very smart, friendly and impressive lady, full of ideas that if implemented, will make a revolution in the blogosphere, specifically the Arabic one! One of her […]

Attention!

20 November 2005

Tomorrow Zaven will be hosting a special episode in Amman about the terrorist attacks that took place November 9th. The episode will include an interview with Ashraf and Nadia, the newly-weds whose wedding turned into a terrible massacre…
Zaven’s program: Sireh Wenfatahit will be aired live on Future Satellite Channel tomorrow at 8 p.m. GMT, […]

WSIS Feedback (1)

19 November 2005

Where do I start!I have so many things I’d love to share you with, but they can’t be said all at once, so I guess I’ll be posting about this experience bit by bit.Let me start by how I actually got to the summit! As I mentioned in my last post, I was selected by […]

Representing Jordan In WSIS

16 November 2005

This is a quick post from inside the World Summit On Information Society (WSIS)in Tunis. I was selected by the British Council as a representative of Jordan in their section in the summit.
What can I say! Lovely experience, met so many people from so many countries, will be writing about that soon. Now I’ve […]

Blood Banks Make Appeal

11 November 2005

“AMMAN (JT) — The Amman blood banks have appealed for donors to come forward with type O+ and O- blood. Donors with these blood groups should go to the Blood Bank in Al Bashir Hospital.
Blood Bank officials have urged those wishing to give blood to space their donations over the coming weeks and months. […]

Palestine Mourns Victims of Jordan Blasts

11 November 2005

Palestinian Authority declared three days of national mourning starting yesterday for the souls of the innocent who were brutally killed in the Amman blasts November 9th.
More: Arabic, English.

Terrorism Hits Amman!

09 November 2005

3 horrible explosions took place about an hour ago in Amman, in 3 hotels: Radisson Sas, Grand Hyatt Amman, and Days Inn… one of them targeted a wedding! The explosions were caused by suicide bombers!What the hell is wrong with those stupid people! First Aqaba and now Amman, plot after plot, terrorist act after terrorist […]