House of Curiosity...

My grandmother is back home… she was busy last few weeks in a pilgrimage that included Shmeisani, Weibdeh, Swileh, Abu Nseir and Aqaba….basically her sons and daughters’ homes… she goes on this pilgrimage at least twice a year. This way she makes sure she visits everyone or she تصل الرحم as we would say in [...]

 Jordan times
AMMAN – Stereotyping of each other by Danes and Arabs has increased since a Danish newspaper published offensive cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in 2005, according to participants in a discussion last week.
Danish, Jordanian and Lebanese comedians, filmmakers and media representatives explored stereotypes of Danes and Arabs at the event, organised by [...]

Ok… so yesterday finally dragged itself to a close! And it ended up successfully I might add! but what a long day. I was running around like a person with mad cow disease! or bird flue these days!!
When I am preparing a seminar, I don’t maintain that calm pompous dignity with which I face [...]

I was watching Rotana Music yesterday, and this song caught my attention. It was about a university graduation ceremony… and even though everyone was an Arab including the Dean and the students, the ceremony looked exactly like a ceremony you would find in the heart of the USA! and not at all the graduation ceremony [...]

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 [...]

My mother asked me to get her books when I was in France, so I went to one of the biggest bookshops there… looked around and realized I have almost 0 knowledge of writers outside American or English culture! So I went to that section and bought her few translated books!
I decided to look into [...]