House of Curiosity...

من أهم التعديلات على قانون الأحوال المدنية الجديدة هي موضوع حقوق المرأة، بحيث سنعود الى قانون 1969 بدل من قانون 2003 و الذي تم إبطاله بقرار من رئيس الوزراء. و لكن ستكون هناك بعض التعديلات على هذا القانون و من أهمها، على حسب مدير عام دائرة الأحوال المدنية والجوازات مروان قطيشات، تتضمن [...]

زرت امبارح قريه هيشة البيضا القريبة في البتراء. القرية في وسط الصحراء و بتعاني من جميع أنواع التهميش. أقرب مركز حضري هو وادي موسى.
الشباب يقدروا يروحوا للجامعة بسبب الدعم من رواد التنمية و لكن بسبب غياب التام لأي نوع مواصلات. تكلفة الوصول لأقرب جامعة هة تقريبا 650 دينار في [...]

As always my post starts with a story. My car accident forced me to use the only reliable means of transportation in this country; taxis.
Getting e exposed to the taxi experience in the last few weeks reminded me of the agony that led to buying the car in the first place.
On Wednesday, I was running late [...]

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 [...]