Fadi Zaghmout فادي زغموت

I loved this article from the Jordan Times Nermeen Murad If you want to find out what is really happening in Jordan, you must read the blogs. Newspapers and Jordan Television obviously think that it is not their job to allow discussion of any controversy or draw attention to anything that in any way can…

This is INSANE! Written By: Madian al Jazerah, co-owner of Books@Cafe This is about where we stand in hypocrisy and bigotry…and where we will be if we remain quiet.Books@Cafe and many other establishments have been closed this week. Here is what I witnessed and what happened to us at Books@Cafe:The night before Ramadan, the police…

80% is the ratio of female to male entering the Jordanian public university this year! That is, in my opinion, *over-achievement* of women calling for equality in a society that suffers from male domination in many different ways. First of all let’s congratulate the ladies for their success. But then, such ratio is absurd! One…

So now the Vatican, and after 150 years, discovered that Darwin’s theory of natural selection doesn’t contradict the bible’s story of creation and thus they approve it! It took the Church that long to understand their own scriptures! So how long would it take for Muslim clerks to look deep into the Quran and give…

“It is against our culture” – Another red card. How many of us has been faced with this simple sentence when presenting an argument or behavior that is considered outside of the norms of the perspective of the person holding this card? My intention of this post is to try to address the validity of…

Source So it’s that time of the year again folks and hopefully we can rally together to make a difference in the lives of a few citizens. The Action Committee has started its food drive for Ramadan and your help is needed! The Ramadan food package is going to cost 20JDs and will contain: 3…

Social movements in the Arab world have been plagued by the political power play of the Arab leaders and their regimes. Military coups left them wary of any social movement that would gain ground in the street and threaten their leadership. They have been short sighted, and for the fear of their chairs, they ended…

It is not the perception of people that romance has disappeared at this age of time that is true, but it is the real romantic love stories that are magical and beyond even the imagination of the most brilliant writers that stand up for the simple emotion of life. The emotion of love that never…

While I have always been aware of the cultural sensitivity issues related to the differences between sexes in our Arabic societies, it didn’t really occur to me that men don’t just limit women physical movement and appearance but they also try to regulate and censor their mental activities and sources of information. It isn’t just…