People differ in their reading preferences, when it comes to me, no matter what language the book I’m reading is, the thing I really hate is using a rather complicated language structure. I really can’t stand a book that’s written in a sophisticated kind of way, to me, I believe this is either to show [...]

President of Dubai Ladies Club, Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, launched the Young Artist Award: “New Signature”, an art contest targetting new and young local artists in the UAE. The contest will be open for artists aged 18 years and older, who will submit some sample artworks, and a panel of local [...]

By our Jordanian friend: Naseem Tarawnah. This woman I see like my mother, like my sister her hands are manifestations of modern tragedies she grasps ink dry pens to record poetry she breathes words into her dying lungs this mother who is beautiful this wife that is tragic has a wing span that can stretch [...]

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 [...]

The great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish arrived to Tunis yesterday and met the Minister of Education as well as the Palestinian Ambassador in Tunis. Mahmoud Darwish will be participating in the Carthage Festival by reading some of his amazing poems tonight. [Source:Assahafa (AR)]. I’ve always been a fan of Mahmoud Darwish, and I’ve always admired [...]

Last week I’ve finished reading this stunning memoir of Dr. Ghada Karmi. Every time I try to write about it, I find myself speechless. I have no words good enough to express my feelings towards this book and its great writer: Dr. Ghada Karmi. A person you can’t but admire for the unusual honesty and [...]

Nobel laureates from across the globe gathered in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra on Wednesday with the lofty goal of seeking solutions to the world’s problems. Over the course of 2 days, the 29 laureates and other leaders will examine and try to find solutions for problems in four main areas, including terror and [...]

The other day and while checking Serdal I found a great recommendation of his: COLOURlovers.COLOURlovers is run by a very creative person who is deeply in love with colours: Darius Monsef. This site is a must visit for any designer or anyone who loves colours and mixing them. It’s such a simple, plain and lovely [...]

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 [...]

If you think you are beaten, you are;If you think you dare not, you don’t!If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,It’s almost certain you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost;For out in the world we findSuccess begins with a fellow’s will;It’s all in the state of mind! If you think [...]