House of Curiosity...

Grizzly was entertaining me with some anecdotes, including incidents that took place during Salat Al Tarawee7.  As he was praying a few days ago, the man beside him did not take a breath between saying Al Salam Alaikum (an indication of the end of the prayer) and shouting at the kids who were playing, running around, [...]

Inspired by the conversation that was created on Nas’ blog about the Hijab… I was wondering why some people tend to get defensive when it comes to the Hijab.   
I followed Sarkozy’s historic speech addressing the French Parliament this last June,  where he addressed one of the most debated issues in France, the Hijab!

“We cannot accept [...]

I was having one of those stimulating discussions with my brother O. and my sister E. about the genetic engineering field.  O. was briefing us about the latest news in the organ replacement and transplantation field.  This discussion soon evolved into a discussion in which we pondered if there is a relationship between Islam and [...]

A close friend of my dad’s passed away last week.  Not only was the news shocking, they were also very upsetting.  His death came unexpectedly. He was preparing a salad alone at home, when he had a heart attack. He was found a few hours later, with his tomato half cut, and the tap water [...]

I know this is old news; it dates back to the 21 of February.  I received this from a friend few days ago and it was one of those interviews that got me thinking for days. I am talking about Dr. Sultan Interview at al Jazeera TV.
Now let’s try to keep an open mind about [...]

All the comments from the previous blog, left me unsettled thinking for the last couple of days whether we really are a violent nation… at the beginning I thought that violence in other countries is much higher… or maybe it is not, violent stories are well hidden in Jordan and we don’t know about them?? [...]

I am in Santiago de Compostella in the north of Spain. I have been here for the last few days to finish some administrative work. Today I have spent the whole day discovering every single christian building in this city … and how tired we are now at 11:30 at night and after hours and [...]

I called a friend of mine in Dubai to wish her a happy new year. Her father in law passed away couple of months ago in Jordan and her mother in law moved in with them in Dubai. I was asking her about things and she told me that her mother in law just finished [...]