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Content is a treasure that never fades off
“Content is a treasure that never fades,” Waheed said one morning as we were discussing developers’ career paths. He quoted the old Arabic proverb — Al qana‘a kanzon la yafna — and for a moment the room felt philosophical. Nadia laughed and pointed at me. “If that’s true, then Fadi is the treasure itself.” She…
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The Fruits of our Peace Treaty
Upon signing the Peace treaty between Jordan and Israel 13 years ago. There were much talk and hype triggered by the government of Jordan at that time to highlight the potential benefits of signging the treatment. Most of the talk focused on highlighting the economic gains Jordanians would benefits of with the promised global support…
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Jordanian Women and Family Trees!
Have you ever seen a Jordanian *FAMILY* tree? – Notice the boldness of the word FAMILY – I mean, the word family should mean the entire family members? right?Which includes males and FEMALES? YES, you heard it right F – E – M – A – L – E – SIn the definition of the…
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We need more of Amer Khaled
I just enjoy listening to this man talking on his show ‘A call for Tolerance’ (Da3wa lal ta3ayosh) where he doesn’t only show a great knowledge of our Arabic/Islamic History, but also gives us an excellent example of how a good Muslim can be by being a role model himself. Being a Christian Arab, and…
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A good month for The Arab Observer
July has been a good month for The Arab Observer. There seems to be more eyes on this blog than I am aware of. It just makes me feel happy and proud of being able to deliver my thoughts and opinion to this amount of audiance. Starting with radio Monte Carlo, and as I stated…
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Satanists are not what I used to think they are!
I have been thinking of writing about Satanists since my talk with Devil’s Mind about it a few months ago. Like many other issues that I was ignorant in, it came to my surprise that Satanists are not what I used to percieve them. In fact, my perception of them – which I am sure…
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Tune on Radio Monte Carlo 97.40
Hey guys,Tomorrow I will be on Radio Monte Carlo at 4:00 pm Jordan time. The show is about Jordanian young talents, hosted by Yan Isam Al Hajj. I was recommended by Red Rose (Thank you Manal) to represent a young writing talent in Jordan, and was chosen for my writings and popularity of this blog.…
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مسرح حياتي
تمضي السنين و يمضي عمري معها, ينبض قلبي في تتابع مستمر منذ تكونه في رحم امي و الي ميعاد رحيلي من هذه الحياة. توقف جسمي عن النمو, لكن وعي و ادراكي في نمو مستمر, نمو يوازي سنين عمري, نمو بلا توقف, يسير في ايقاع منتظم كنبضات قلبي, لا يتعب و لا يكل, يستمد قوته من…
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How dare you celebrate Petra’s win?!
How the hell we dare to celebrate the victory of Petra?!How the hell could we break up the culture of grumpness?!How dare we be happy?Isn’t being happy a sin?or *7aram* in ArabicIn fact mostly everything is 7aram ArabicHappiness is 7aram Sadness is 7aram Internet is 7aramBarbie is 7aramtjsadhjsh is 7aramPick anything, add 7aram, and you…
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"The Secret" – Another step towards Heaven
The Secret is released to the world! This ground-breaking feature length movie presentation reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries… to reach you and humankind. Have the secret of the universe beein there through that ages as the book claims? Or have it only been…