2018-06-04 10:54
“I know how much Jordanians have endured; this is their true mettle. We are working day and night to overcome this difficult situation,” – HM King Abdullah II. I’ve b… Read More
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2016-12-20 11:50
Photo By: Faridon Abida Words By: Naseem Tarawnah Whenever a tragic act of terrorism like the one that unfolded earlier this week in Karak happens, there’s usually a feeling of repetit… Read More
2016-10-11 11:48
Contributed By: Hamzah Nassif Probably the most misunderstood segment of workers in Jordan, the taxi drivers went on a protest today to voice their objections to the status quo of their sect… Read More
2016-10-06 09:51
Words By: Naseem Tarawnah There’s a cyclical nature in which social protests unfold in Jordan that isn’t just vexing, it has a dizzying deja vu effect. An issue spurs public conc… Read More
2016-09-25 14:07
Words: Naseem Tarawnah It’s been incredibly difficult wrapping my head around the assassination of Nahed Hattar earlier today. The whole story has been baffling from start to finish, a… Read More
2016-07-27 05:04
Words: Naseem Tarawnah | Visual: Dimitri Zarzar Whenever parliamentary election season arrives, it always feels like the circus has come to town. On the ground, the big tops go up and consti… Read More
2016-07-18 16:10
Words: Naseem Tarawnah | Visual: via Flickr It’s a 2am traffic light on a Friday night in Amman. Several cars waiting patiently for a green signal have their radio’s tuned to&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-04-27 08:23
Within hours of reports that the Governor of Amman, Khaled Abu Zaid, had, at the behest of a member of parliament – cancelled the much-anticipated concert of the Lebanese band, Mashrou… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Yarmouk camp, Damascus. Source: Guardian If a picture’s worth a thousand words, what story do they have to tell when they come together like this? Are they adjectives, like: unbelievab… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I have to start by saying this video is a fantastic communication product. Aired as part of a news program, it’s designed to stubbornly drive home a single message, and attempts to gri… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Who would’ve thought it, but after MP Mustafah Hamarneh gave a talk on tribes and was criticized for it by MP Adbul Kareem Dughmi in parliament, a heated debate on the role of tribes h… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This caught my eyes today: a video of Professor Boyer of Virginia Tech and his World Region class gleefully inviting HM King Abdullah to speak to them about the region. I thought it was a me… Read More
2015-12-24 13:18
Words By: Naseem Tarawnah This year, the Prophet Mohammad and Jesus (PBUT) share that rare day of birthday celebration. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a flutter of posts marking the… Read More
2015-12-22 04:00
Words By: Samih Toukan CoFounder of Maktoob, Souq and Jabbar Internet Group A few days ago, Yahoo! announced the closure of its Dubai office, its last office in the MENA region, making more… Read More
2015-12-20 18:15
Imagine yourself as a refugee – compelled to flee persecution, forced to flee the only homeland you’ve ever known. You come from a place where stories of brutality are the norm… Read More
2015-12-13 19:44
To say Hussein Alazaat is passionate about Arabic calligraphy would be a terrible understatement. Scroll through his Twitter feed and you’ll find an eclectic mix of photos featuring vi… Read More
2015-12-11 03:13
Tratamiento médico para la muerte fetal prematura (menos de 24 semanas) Enfermedad muy extendida en granjas rurales cuando existe la presencia de perros o gatos en ellas que son alime… Read More
2015-11-21 16:57
Words By: Naseem Tarawnah Between the persistent rain and grey skies, Brussels is a gloomy place to be this week. Belgian military roams the streets in pairs, their camouflaged uniforms cont… Read More
2015-11-16 09:03
It is 10:17pm Paris time when I receive a message from a friend in Brussels: “You okay? Have you heard the news?” Somewhere also from Brussels, at least one car has arrived in Pa… Read More
2015-11-12 15:11
Over the past week, many people have speculated that the recent rain floods in Amman were the result of the unusually heavy rainfall. Others have hypothesized that it is in fact the drastic… Read More
2015-11-11 19:00
In the week that has followed the 45 minute rain storm that flooded Amman, Jordanians have continued to express their frustrations with the catastrophic event that claimed four lives and lef… Read More
2015-11-09 15:30
Ten years ago today, I took what felt like the longest bus ride of my life. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, my parents were on a plane heading from Amman to Toronto where I was finishing… Read More
2015-11-08 09:18
We’ve grown used to injustice in this country. We’ve grown accustomed to remaining relatively silent for the sake of not rocking the boat. From bad laws, policies, scandals, what… Read More
2015-11-07 14:40
“Say not in grief that she is no more,?but say in thankfulness that she was.?A death is not the extinguishing of a light,?but the putting out of the lamp?because the dawn has come.&rdq&hell…Read More
2015-11-05 11:51
The past few days (if not weeks) have seen incredibly erratic weather hit Jordan, and much of the region. This week, Amman has been covered in dust from sandstorms, while today the rain came… Read More
2015-11-05 03:05
Words By: Amjad Yamin* Fareed is one of the thousands of Syrians who decided to move from one refugee camp to another across continents, plunge into the unknown and risk his life for a promi… Read More
2015-10-11 11:19
I was in my senior year at high school when the Second Intifada began in September 2000. While it wasn’t my first exposure to injustice in Palestine, it was a moment in which personal… Read More
2015-10-04 08:45
This past October weekend saw Amman’s 7Hills Skatepark being taken over with artists, skateboarders, beatboxers, and rappers in the Jordan’s?first urban festival. The Word Is You… Read More
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