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My inner leader and Sandi bell!
This is funny, today we had this leadership and gender workshop. The lecturer asked us to take a moment and meet the inner leader of us! It was a weird request, we had to sleep and relax (mediate) and she was guiding us of what to imagine. She asked us to image a place. I…
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Restoring virginity in Sweden?!!!
You won’t believe what I have found in a the second largest morning newspaper in Sweden. It is something that I would expect to read in one of the Jordanian’s newspapers or any other country. There is an article talking about the risks of “virginity restoring” operations, forced marriages, and under-age marrying. Maybe you wouldn’t…
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The world is back on track
It has been long 8 years. 8 years in turmoil, going through a crisis after another, and disaster after another. George W Bush has managed to shake up not only the US, but also the entire globe. It isn’t like we have been living in a peaceful world before that, but back then, the world…
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The bright side of homosexuality in Jordan
The general stand on homosexuality and its moral aspects from a religious/belief point of view is onething, and trying to build on people’s moral emotions by a bad journalist and an out-dated homophobic doctor is a totally another thing. Journalism and Medicine are two dangerous important fields that affect people’s lifes closely. When a daily…
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I hate museums!
Okay Hiba, here we go, I declare it on my blog, I hate museums! Why the hell do I have to walk all that stupid distance to check out a couple of ancient tools, some stones, and some skulls and skeletons for the vikings? Yes, I do find it interesting to know more about the…
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Question the un-questionable
A thing is not right because we do it A method is not good because we use it Equipment is not the best because we own it I copy those quotes from ‘The idea book’ they gave us to day as a part of the program. We had a very interesting lecture on creativity where…
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Sweden, second day, dinner at the Noble Museum
The second day of the program, today, friday, we had to wake up at 7 am Sweden time, 8 am Jordanian time to have breakfast before leaving to the Swedish Institute (SI) an hour later. Normally, in Amman, I would wake up around 10 and have some little chat over a cup of coffe with…
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My flight and arrival to Stockholm
It is funny, blogger has detected me in Sweden, he turned the menus to default Swede! It has been a long journey today. We had a transit flight to Stockholm passing through Frankfurt. We left Amman at 3 am in the morning. It was nice meeting the other 2 jordanian participants and the 4 palestinian…