House of Curiosity...

I have been hearing many complaints about hair loss in Jordan recently. Actually, I notice my hair is much more prone to breaking and falling out. It falls out even when I just touch it.
I thought I have a problem, and blamed my diet, then I blamed my shampoo… but then I realized that a [...]

In Egypt
 
Inspired by Nas
 I was in Egypt last week.  And even though my love to Cairo is as big as the pyramids, I was disappointed at how Egypt received the Algerian team.  Not only did they beat them up, but thousands of people spent their night honking and beeping around the hotel in which the [...]

As I was driving home yesterday late at night, I noticed a car parked on the side of our road. A man and a woman in their late twenties or early thirties were sitting there making out comfortably.  A sudden pang seized my heart; there was something innocent in the way they looked. Even though [...]

During Gaza’s darkest moments, I discovered I have two cousins living there.  Discovering them unveiled a hidden part of my family’s history. I won’t be able to tell the story of how we lost each other, as this story is not mine to tell. I wish I could talk about our reunion story, which was [...]

I think the safest way to start this post is by admitting that it is elitist! Even though I spent 4 hours yesterday trying to figure out a way to put my ideas, which did not seem elitist at the time, in the best possible non-elitist form.
Here we go:
After a few years of working in [...]