House of Curiosity...

Was in Egypt
Cairo ‘s vivaciousness never ceases to surprise me.
I was attending a conference about a potential research on Arab identity. I won’t get into the details of the conference itself; however I would like to write about a question that came up there.
The question of whether women should share their salaries with their households.
A [...]

Beauty and the financial crisis
 
I have been always fascinated by the beauty industry in Amman. It is available, affordable and professional. But what fascinates me most is that it is thriving and on the rise despite of the financial crisis.   For this post, I asked several “Salons” how their business is doing with the [...]

As I was cleaning up my computer, I found an old picture. I remembered that I wanted to blog about it a few years ago (2006)… there was one problem at that time. I was not sure how to post pictures! (thank God I become less technically challenged with time.)
I can see Nas rolling his [...]

I think that Jordanian women often confuse being assertive with being aggressive.  Through thinking they are being strong; they often get reduced to acting bitchy and being pure Rada7at!
Why am I saying this?
I got in a car accident couple of weeks ago. I was at a crossroad. I did not see the other car [...]

Sunday October 5, 2008
I had a nightmare yesterday… in the dream I sat in my room, knowing that I am home alone… suddenly my door opened and a total stranger poked his head into my room… I almost gave myself a heart attack… I went through the motions and the feelings of this scenario as if [...]

I was invited to a meeting yesterday. I was supposed to tell them about my project. I got there only to find out that the meeting was this kind of meeting…
Oh horror! I was a unique figure among all these men!
When my turn came to speak, Tayseer gave me the microphone. The moderator, a [...]

 
 
First I hope to God that several people would not read this post! Because I am reacting a recent incident or incidents and the people involved will know exactly what I really think of them. By the way this post was originally called the Bitches of Amman, but it changes last minute to Witches of [...]

My young Friend Rasha. was talking to me about her  yet to show up charming prince, she spent her adolescence reading these passionate love stories and now they are so ingrained in her brain…she started feeling she is Cinderella, and truly believes her destiny will be like her, this is not trivial at all as [...]