House of Curiosity...

Last week, I was hanging  out with my friends from 7iber in a conference they were organizing. And since I was not involved, I could enjoy sitting back and observing.  That conference was attended by young people from 15 Arab countries.  
I was extremely impressed by the 7 young women and 3 young men who [...]

Mel complained last week at how jealous her Boyfriend makes her feel… she feels hurt when he devotes his time and attention to someone else, but what she hates most is when he stares at other women…A couple  of years ago, I would have had one opinion regarding this conversation:
He is an A-hole. He does [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

No, this is not the wailing of a delirious woman… in fact, this was a perfectly calm conversation taking place at a flawlessly respectable place in Amman, while Diala  and I were staring at the hills of Ashrafiah shimmering in the velvety sunset.
 
I have been begging Diala (an assumed name) to go out for [...]

It must be women’s virginity that is the issue here…for how can a man possibly lose his virginty to sports?
 H. was telling me today, how she will never pardon her parents for not allowing her to play sports when she was younger… they never explained. They gave her excuses such as it is 3eib for [...]

 
 
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 [...]