House of Curiosity...

Elsa, is a very close Jordanian friend of mine, we have been friends from as far as I can remember… This girl has always been a little bit on the eccentric side…. Good hearted, sweet, creative, artistic, bohemian, talkative, moody, clumsy, day dreams, gets bored quickly, has a short span of attention and absolutely no [...]

our dear Roba tagged me! and since it is the first time i am being tagged i decided to tag along! so here we tag:
Number of books I own: ufft, it never occured to me to count! some of my books are in Amman, some are here with me… they have doubled in the [...]

At the time where the disparity between the east and the west, or by two cultures shaped by two religions.. Islam and Christianity is at its maximum. …my hands fell on a book called Ali and Nino… Where these two worlds wed in a fascinating exotic fantasy, compared to Shehrazad’s narrations.
I have never heard of [...]

I am on a list of a mass email that received the picture of baby Thomas celebrating his second birthday. Thomas happened to be the son of an acquaintance that was working with me at some point in Germany. Sarah is a very attractive, successful 38 year old young lady She has been in several [...]

Probably we are the first generation to grow up with the Internet as a routine part of our lives. We have taken to this technology effortlessly. But unfortunately, the same can not be said about our parents… This knowledge gap is very intimidating for our parents, who have to scramble to keep up with [...]

I would still write after my silly emotional outburst yesterday… but I promise it was not a cry for attention as much as a strong emotional reaction to some feedback I was given when I was off guard…. In a bad moment I wanted to throw everything out of the window I sometimes react too [...]

yesterday marked the annual anniversiry of Sheikh Imam’s death….he was never very famous in Jordan, but he is very celebrated in Egypt and Syria and Lebanon…
He is a major pillar of the Arabic political song which motivated thousands of workers and intellectuals rebellious against decadent times and ambitious for better tomorrow. He lost his sight [...]

Went yesterday to the Kazim il Sahir and Nancy Ajram concert… was amazing… I loved the intensity of the audience when Kazim started with a song called Baghdad… we all stood up, we all felt the adrenaline rush of the moment… just being part of a united group with all these strong feelings was really [...]