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If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A Jordanian citizen has pleaded guilty to helping operate a multimillion dollar human smuggling ring that brought hundreds of illegal immigrants from Iraq and other Middle East countries into [...]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II [official website] has urged the Jordanian parliament to quickly approve new anti-terrorism legislation, drafted two weeks ago [JURIST report] in the wake of last month’s hotel bombing [Reuters report] that left 60 people dead. During the Thursday opening of the third parliamentary session since 2003 elections, King Abdullah II said that [...]
Breaking News: So, as expected before, the Jordanian government lead by Dr. Badran has resigned today. King Abdullah II entitle the head of ‘Jordanian National Security Council’ - Dr. Maarof Al-Bakheet to form the new government (Source: JTV)
Just got these from a friend in Jordan. Click on picture for bigger photo size
The first is “Tagi3” and second is “A Smiley Face.”
Third is “Mgalli3” and last is “Etla3 Men Rasi.”
Dare not ask for translation. This is just for Jordanians
Tololy just inspired me to jot these words. As a senior manager for the last ten years in my carrier, I always had to face this question from some employees. Why are we implementing a dress code? Well, to be honest at start I had a hard time explaining why. But with time and experiences [...]
All of a sudden, almost everyone in the Jordanian blogsphere is talking politics. While this is good, it is late. Late for what happened already, but ahead of what might be coming ahead (good and bad - God forbid). Some time back, it was impossible to get a conversation going. Conversation worth the time spending. [...]
Bomber’s wife arrested in Jordan!
Photo of the terrorist as she appeared
on Jordan TV describing her crime.
Police have arrested a woman suspected of having wanted to blow herself up in a triple suicide bombing in Jordan, King Abdullah has said.
Police say the Iraqi woman is the wife of one of three Iraqi male suicide bombers [...]
Shout in their face, I’M NOT AFRAID!
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Up-to-date Jordanian bloggers reaction:
Random Consistent Ideas, Arab Chatter, Tololy’s Box, SHIFAA, Whats up in Jordan?, I Heart Amman, mozzy’s blog, 360east | Ahmad Humeid’s blog and podcast, Thoughts that Echo, Into the Wind, Isam Bayazidi’s Blog, jameed.net,
Reega Reega Hareega, Sugar Cubes, Mental mayhem, And far Away, Abeer’s Blog, Chronicles Of A Utopian Writer, PALFORCE, Part [...]
ARTICLE 19 recently released an analysis of the 2004 draft Jordanian Press and Publications Law(PDF File) which highlights a number of areas where the draft law violates international law, beside shedding some light on the positive side of the draft PPL. The existing Press and Publications Law2 is even more problematical and needs to be [...]
“Jordan is being invaded by Iraqi looters and prostitutes,” said Ahmad Oweidi Abbadi, a former lawmaker who heads a small right-wing group called the National Jordanian Movement. “They�re all alien to our culture and traditions.”
Now the country of 5.5 million reckons it has 400,000 Iraqis — or double that number, by unofficial estimate. Out of [...]
So, what is Saraya al Aqaba?
�Saraya Aqaba� is a Jordanian private shareholding company, whose founding shareholders include Saraya Jordan, Jordan�s Social Security Corporation, Aqaba Development Corporation, and Arab Bank plc. Saraya Aqaba will implement the US $610 million �Saraya Aqaba Project�, a premier tourism and leisure destination, with a mixed-use themed development. Situated on the [...]
Honestly, I never heard of the Jordanian - Al Anbat daily newspaper (Arabic) before. Howevere, while going through Jordan Times online edition, I read that Al Anbat was attacked by anonymous assailants yesterday.
An investigation is currently under way by the security services into a complaint by Al Anbat daily newspaper that it was attacked [...]
Sorry, Israel, the clash of civilizations will not happen. Despite all your efforts and the Zionist money to pit Arab against Americans, Arabs Do Not Hate Americans. Contrary to that, Arabs Care About Americans. Have you heard of the donations from Arabs to Katrina victims?
From Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, [...]
I’ll go visit Uncle Bassam in Tulkarem after I obtain a Tasreeh (an Israeli pass permit) and when The Bridge is open, OK Dad?” My elder son, Noor said.
Noor is almost seven years old. The other day, I was talking to my uncle in Tulkarem over phone, Noor also talked and after he chatted with [...]
Early last century, the biggest threat to the Hejaz Railway was Britain’s T.E. Lawrence and his camel-mounted Arab rebels, who sabotaged the desert track to attack trains packed with Turkish soldiers.
Today, a lack of passengers and improved highways may kill off the Hejaz Train once and for all, a quiet demise for a train that [...]
Over a week ago, tens of thousands of people attended what they thought to be the biggest Palestinian wedding ever, in addition to the huge media coverage. A mass wedding ceremony sponsored by the Islamic Jihad organization in the Gaza Strip, 222 Gazan couples got married in Gaza city on Friday, 22 July 2005. But [...]
In my to-do-list, I always wanted to meet some/all of Jordan Bloggers, and that wish came true last night. On top of that, it was more pleasant to have Ethan Zuckerman from Global Voice attending and sponsoring this meeting.
Having said that, you can imagine how interesting it was. Starting from the place we meet at, [...]
Pop singer and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Ricky Martin during his visit to the Art Center of the Noor al-Hussein Foundation in Amman - Jordan (July 24, 2005). Martin, who was a guest-of-honour at the Arab Children Congress, met participants from the Arab Children Congress and toured creative workshops.
Photo: A Palestinian girl puts a Palestinian [...]
The latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, called Islamic Extremism: Common Concern for Muslim and Western Publics and conducted among more than 17,000 people in 17 countries this spring, finds that while many Muslims believe that radical Islam poses a threat (to Americans and Westerns), there are differing opinions as to its causes. [...]
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