House of Curiosity...

Um Raed, our neighbour at the Jabal. She has a wide range of children (literally). The age range starts from 5 and ends at 25.
Her life is difficult, mostly because her husband is a mean old lazy bum. He could never keep a proper job, and he never quite figured out the meaning of a [...]

“When the girl who was burried alive was asked: for what crime was she killed?” ~Surat Takweer (81:8) and (81:9)

Rania, a young friend came to talk to me a couple of days ago. She wanted to seek my advice.  “ I am embarrassed of M.” She started off her sentence.  “M.” is a common acquaintance. They [...]

Guest writer: Samar Sarhan
I have just recently moved back to Jordan after living in the US for about 8 years which is enough time to make you go crazy or become so engrossed in the culture that you find it hard to leave again. I would like to think I’m in the middle. I enjoyed [...]

October 2008
We have finally joint the 70,000 Jordanian families that have foreign live-in domestic workers. Irani, is 23, smart and ambitious. She started her studies in economics at the university, and is here to save enough money to be able to go back to school…. I picked her up when she arrived…
And for a split [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]