House of Curiosity...

A tent in Jabal Al Natheef, blocking the street. A true display of selflessness and citizenship.

Our sense of belonging to our neighborhoods never ceases to surprise me. In this case, a grieved family blocked the street to grieve their loved one.

Mohammed, from Al natheef:

“I think it is normal, there is no venue here for funerals. The only available venue is too expensive. Therefore, people have no choice”

Arwad: from Al Ashrafiah:

“it is so thoughtless, If they own the street, I would say may Allah help us.  besides, if everyone wants to close the street for their happy and sad occasions. then let’s close Amman down u khalas… “

Um Islam: From Jabal Al Mareekh

“I am against closing down the street; I have to make a huge detour to get here in the rain… “

Zubaida from Al Natheef:

“We don’t have a space, so where are we supposed to carry it out?  Besides in Jabal  natheef, we are like a family , and everyone understands… My uncle died a few months ago for example and we didn’t have a space and therfore, we closed down the street…. no one complained and everyone came to help and take part in the funeral”

Abdel Rahman from Al natheef:

“I don’t agree, there are schools, there are employees, there are families… closing the street affects everyone.”

Suha from Al Musdar

“I understand why people would do it… I mean where do you expect people to carry out their funerals and weddings?  as long as it is not harmful;  and in this case, it is not harmful because people can use the parallel streets”

Saed from Jabal Amman:

“I hate people who are so self centered and who use the resources of the city for their own self interest.”

 

On our way a meeting, this is what happened
 
The thing is at least  12 Centimetres long… As a matter of fact, I am not sure I saw a screw this long before ( are they called screws?) Luckily we were driving uphill on the road that takes you from the municipality to Deir ghbar… and [...]

احد الأسئلة الي شغلت بالي في الأشهر الماضية هو ” ليش ما في عندنا اي نوع من انواع التميز في الأردن؟” ، يمكن عندنا تميز بسيط على مستوى محلي او اقليمي، و عندنا قصص نادرة كل فترة و فترة مثل شباب مكتوب، بس ما وصلنا للعالمية في التميز في اي مجال علمي، ادبي، ثقافي.
ما بعرف [...]

بالعادة بتجنب اكتب عن اي موضوع بيتعلق بالدين الإسلامي، و لكن موضوع اشهر العدة كان و لا زال بحيرني.

اول مرة كتبت فيه قبل كم سنه، لما اتصلت مع صديقة في دبي حتى ادردش معها، و خاصة انه حماها كان توفى من وقت قليل، و حماتها انتقلت حتى تعيش معهم بما انه هم اقرباءها [...]

Concert in Jabal Al Natheef
These wonderful people came to give the people of Natheef a concert. I was very worried, as the consensus here is that music is 7aram. At the time of the concert the hall filled with people, mostly children… they heard about something called a “concert” and curiosity drove them there.
Like me, [...]

The Egyptian community celebrated winning the African cup yesterday. In my neighborhood the Egyptian community made up of the guards and labor gathered together and marched the streets with so much pride. I found myself joining their march, congratulating them and enjoying their victory as if it was our own (when is Jordan going to [...]

Guest writer: Samar Sarhan
I have just recently moved back to Jordan after living in the US for about 8 years which is enough time to make you go crazy or become so engrossed in the culture that you find it hard to leave again. I would like to think I’m in the middle. I enjoyed [...]

في شيء بيزعجني في السيدات العمّانيات ، خصوصا في السيدات الذكيات اللي تعبوا على حالهم، اشتغلوا كتير و قدروا ينجزوا شي في حياتهم. في الأساس انا كتير معجبه بأي سيدة بتنجح بالأردن، لأنه تخطي الصعاب و المطبات اللي بيخلقها المجتمع بيحتاج لسيدات بشخصيات كتير قوية، و ارادة حديدية و ذكاء اجتماعي كبير.
 

… ولكن لا بد [...]