Fadi Zaghmout فادي زغموت

“Albak Abyad” an egyptian expression that indicates a person with a good heart. It is literal translation to English is “You have a white heart” as opposed to being a bad person with a black heart. The expression is widely spread in our culture where I have always subconciously translated it to English thinking that…

It all started when I first brought home proudly the June issue of VIVA Magazine with my first article published in it. I rushed with a smile to my mom, dropping the magazine from my hand on to her lap and telling her to check how her son writes. Before that day, she had no…

Because ART usually reflect societies’ culture. And because Arabian -so called- ART is picking up due to the media technology revolution that hit the Arab world along with the strong competition of satellite channels. And because we – the Arab men – are still living in an era where a man’s masculinity is measured by…

I have been working at the same company for the past 5 years. Yet and while I hear some people calling their co-workers *family*, I still feel myself stranger. No matter how much of an easy going I am, and no matter how easy my communication with my fellow co-workers, and no matter me being…

Ramadan is over. Eid is over. And now we are back to our normal life and daily long working hours. I know that it wasn’t easy for people who had to fast in Ramadan, and that the shorter working hours is all about making it easy for them, but I have also witnessed the impact…

عند ستي كم هائل من القصص التي تصلح لملء مجلدات من الكتب لتوثيق تاريخ حيلة عائلة مسيحية فلسطينية و التغييرات التي حصلت في المنطقة خلال القرن الماضي. عندما تبدأ بالحديث, لا تستطع التوقف. لديها اسلوب جميل في السرد, تضيف اليه بعض الفكاهة, وتمييزه بلكنتها الريفية التي حافظت عليها الى اليوم. تتكلم بلغة تجعلك تتعجب للتغييرات…

لقد فرغت للتو من قراءة قصة بيت الأشباح “ذا هاوس اوف سبيريتس” ل ايزابيل اليندي. تروي الرواية قصة عائلة في ثلاثة اجيال عاشت في تشيلي خلال القرن الماضي. تتنقل الراوية بين الحياة الاجتماعية للشخوص و تفاعلهم مع محيطهم و التغيرات الاجتماعية, الاقتصادية, و السياسية التي مر في تشيلي خلال القرن الماضي ما يدعو للأستغراب و…

“harmful to the dignity of the state” Are you kidding me? A critic of Jordan’s royal family was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday for sending e-mails abroad that the court ruled to be carrying “false news” and harmful to the dignity of the state. While I hate what this guy Ahmad Oweidi…

How much a social single behaviour can affect the whole economy of a country at large along with every single family income and expenses practices? This is not about mocking the west blindly or trying to inject some social foreign behaviour in our own society that defies our culture and tradition. It is just a…

Is it easy to change your family name in Jordan?Before bashing meYou don’t have to change yoursI am talking about myselfand other people who would like to change theirsas I know how much people in this country are pround of their family namesThey build their identity..Their safety..Their relationships with others..Their job potential..Values… For instance, if…