• A man? A woman? or a question mark?

    This is the limited social definition of a man and a woman that you would see in human societies these days and in which is more prominant in less development societies. Man Woman ? Male Female Intersex XY XX XXY, XXX, XY, XX Masculine Feminine Tomboy, ladyboy Dominant Subservient neutral hetrosexual hetrosexual homosexual, bisexual, asexual,…

  • National identities: Israeli Palestinians vs Jordan Palestinians

    I had recently the chance to meet someone from Arab 48 (Arab Israel) and had an interesting conversation about both mine and his national identity. For him, he clearly identifies himself to be a Palestinian although he had been born under the Israeli state, lived, studied, grew over there and has always been carrying the…

  • التحرش الجسدي في النساء الاردنيات

    لم اكن اعرف ان التحرش الجنسي للرجال في النساء بالاردن ليس منتشرا لفظيا فقط بل جسديا ايضا و بشكل كبير. كنت اعتقد ان جرأة الشباب لا تتعدى نظرة جنسية او تعلبق ساخر او حتى ممكن ان تكون ملاحقة من بعيد, لم اتوقع انها تصل الى الملامسة الجسدية كمسك الثدي او بعص المؤخرة! و حتى لو…

  • Love is a prayer

    It is there, in the cold of winter where I find your warmth We sit in a small room, me on a sofa, and you on another onewith two cups of coffee stuck in our handsas if they have their own love storyand their own history, and futureboth, moving in harmony to the dynamics of…

  • Wall-E – The most romantic movie ever

    I have never imagined that I would be touched this deeply with human love by watching a film about robots! Wall-E is the most romantic movie I have ever seen! Human emotions is reflected on those robots so deeply where sex, race and religion is left out of the equation leaving pure human emotions that…

  • The General Manager of Publicis comment

    Mr. Amre Husseni, the general manager of Publicis in Jordan commented on my post about Publicis and the Jordan Festival on his first attempt of giving an official statement clearing out Publicis’s stand about all the fuzz and rumors generated around the festival. Because older posts are rarely checked up, I though of copying his…

  • Polygamy should be a two way street

    For a long time, polygamy has been one of the things that I disliked about Islam. The idea of having more than a woman sharing the same man used to be repulsive to me. I used to believe that it is kind of unfair for women to be put in such situation. When they used…

  • Let’s sue people around the world! Hurraaay

    Hal Ta3lam – Do you know that in Jordan (and Jordan only?) you have the ability to sue anyone around the world according to our local penal code or Press and Publication Law? So while some *smart* men find it as a chance to get to journalists and editors involved in the republication of offensive…

  • Excessive pride vs excessive humility

    “Excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humilty” It does amaze me that eventhough I do consider myself to be a non believer, such phrases do strike me at the heart of my perception of life and the exact motivation one may…

  • The Danish Ambassador blog

    The Ambassador of Denmark in Jordan started his own blog to address the Jordanian-Danish issues. He states that his stay in Amman has been positive so far and that he is amazed of the friendliness and openness of the Jordanians. On his blog he is trying to communicate his country policies, and internal political and…