Ah, I’m just hating it! Hating this whole “you hate me, I hate you, they hate us, we hate them” crap! Seriously! I mean, turn on TV, surf the net, read newspapers, anything, and you’ll be faced with countless entries and articles and documentaries about hatred and resentment among us. Everyone defending their own stand, [...]

So I went to Amman in April, I was looking forward to it, specially that it’s been 2 years since I last visited it. I had so many plans, I wanted to meet many friends and bloggers, and things went greatly for the first week or so. Afterwards unpleasant surprises came up and for personal [...]

I’ve always believed that it’s such a shame for Arab countries to request visas from each other. I mean, we call for an Arab union, we dream of an Arab unity on all levels of life, but while dreaming and calling, we still stick to every single separation factor that helps only spread more division [...]

أوّل ما شدّني لهذه الرواية كان اسم الكاتبة: عفاف البطاينة. لم أكن قد سمعت باسم هذه الكاتبة الأردنية سابقا. قرأت خلاصة القصة على الغلاف وقرّرت شراءها. لفت انتباهي أنّ الرواية غير متوفّرة في أي ركن أردني مشارك في معرض الكتاب وأنّها لاتباع إلاّ في هذا الركن اللبناني، وعندما دقّقت النظر لاحظت أنّ دارالنشر التي تولّت [...]

Victoria Omeish, a name that may ring no bell to so many, but to me this name is strongly attached to a lovely period of my life in Amman. Omeish was a very active and inspiring figure in her career with Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTVC). Ever since I came to Jordan by the [...]

“A recent display of Jordan River Foundation (JRF) products at a London landmark is one example of how the organisation, which turned 10 this year, is going global. A 50 sq.m. section of Harrods department store’s floor space was lent to JRF from November through January to market the foundation’s home accessories, which are made [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

“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. [...]