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  • هيا, ماذا يحصل للابذرفر؟

    لا ادري ماذا حصل للابذرفر, او المراقب كما ترجمها شخص في مدونة محمد عمر, هنالك شيء غير طبيعي, لم يعد يكتب كما كان من قبل. اشعر بالشفقة تجاهه, فهو يحاول جاهدة بايجاد فكرة جيدة لطرحها للنقاش في المدونة, لكنه لا يجد, عقله مشغول في عدة اشياء. مشغول لدرجة انه لم يكتب هنا منذ اسبوع, و…

  • The worst I read on Jordan’s blogsphere

    A so called *macho* man describing how appalled he felt for seeing an effeminate young man ordering a cup of coffee in one of Amman’s calm cafes – as he put it- (I wonder if he is talking about starbucks here). In a sarcastic tone, the smart ass writer, tries to explain how hard he…

  • Petra in a snow globe!

    I have been excited about this for few months now. A friend of mine and I realized that, unlike a lot of other countries, Jordan doesn’t offer its historical monuments for people who visit us in snow globes. We do have different kinds of souvenirs, some are good and some are not, but we haven’t…

  • A short story from "The Kite Runner"

    I have finally finished reading “Memoir of Geisha”. While I can’t say that it is not a good read, I can’t say that it got me hooked either. In fact, I struggled at the beginning to keep myself interested in the book because of some strong reviews of friends, and later it took me ages…

  • Tales of a beautiful life – Naming our homes

    Why don’t we have the habit of naming our homes? Naming something gives him a totally different perception. For a home named “Mr. Arab Observer home“, it feels way much different if you name it ‘The home of warmth“. With naming, many other attributes are obliged to follow. We would have it at the back…

  • How much our social structure affects our financial status?

    We usually tend to blame the government for our financial status. This is fair to an extend because the government is responsible of setting the necessary regulations and control the flow of the economy in a way that guarantees the best level of living for the citizens. That being said, one would also try to…

  • Emos! a new catch for traditional writers!

    So you have been to the mall, and were appalled of the behavior of teenagers?It is not those who smoke that bothered you,neither those young boys harassing young girlsor even those bored ones, not knowing how to spend their spare time except by strolling back and forth in boredomWhat bothered you is their looks!Guys don’t…

  • How much you reflect of your self in your clothes?

    I usually wear a trendy jeans with a colorful shirt. A couple of years before, at college time, my choice of shirts colors was limited in few dull colors. At that time, grey, black, and blue were the only common colors for men. Later on, when Bossini, Pull n Bear and Zara brought colors to…

  • Ideas: Colored Kenafeh, Panty hose 7atta, Buttoned shoes

    Some weird ideas have been crossing my mind lately that I am not sure how much potential they carry or how possible it is to implement them. I wanted to write them down in my idea book, but it seems that sometimes I find it easier to take it out on my blog rather than…

  • Red in a broad line on LBC: Arab homosexuals and their surroundings

    It seems that the most successful business strategies for modern Arab media is to give their audience what they want to hear regardless of how much truth is there in their statements. LBC, the Lebanese broadcasting channel, has been trying to penetrate the gulf area and gain more user base for sometime now. Homosexuality is…