Religious tensions in Jordan as a “Christian Jordanian sues her Muslim employer“… this is what’s on the news these days! Jordanians being split into 2 groups: Muslims and Christians, questions of religious discrimination within the nation… really that’s what it has come to? While everyone knows I’m 100% against anyone being forced to do something [...]

بصراحة، في كل مرة أكتب فيها عن أحداث الحرب في غزة، أجد نفسي أشكر الله على وجود أشخاص نشِطين لا يزال ضميرهم مفعم بالحياة، يحاولون إيجاد حلول فعلية للمشاركة في مساعدة منكوبي حرب غزة بدلا من الاكتفاء بالشجب والاستنكار والتهديد والوعيد واللطم والنواح. والحمد لله أن الدنيا لسّا بخير، فها نحن نرى شاحنات الإغاثة تنقل [...]

I really don’t know how I finally pulled myself together to be able to write these few words… since I really feel so helpless, so weak and so stupidly out of place. Right now, and while people are preparing to celebrate the New Hijri Year, and while many more are busy and confused not knowing [...]

“(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Amman) YouTube™, the leading online video community for people to discover, watch, and share originally created videos, today announced that Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan will be the premier recipient of the YouTube Visionary Award. Her Majesty will accept this honor in recognition of her [...]

I got back to Tunis around a week ago. I’ve been in a decluttering mode ever since, and I guess I’d be stuck in this mode for a little while. My visit to Amman was great, except for the fact that I was able to meet only two of my family members, I really miss [...]

So Queen Rania of Jordan decided to become a Vlogger addressing the problem of stereotypes, in an attempt to reach out to the west and break down these stereotypes. I believe it’s not unusual for the Queen to come up with such smart and creative initiatives of a huge impact. I personally think that stereotyping [...]

So it’s been snowing in many Middle Eastern countries in the past couple of weeks. God I miss snow! It’s been around 5 years since I last saw snow in real life. Snow actually triggers some of the sweetest memories for me. It reminds me of moments so dear to my heart that sometimes I [...]