Fadi Zaghmout فادي زغموت

In the first gulf war in 1991, there was a great belief in Amman that Saddam Hussem would most certainly stike with a nuclear weapon! In Arabic “Nuclear” is translated as “Nawawi”, while “Sperm” is translated as “Manawi”. Notice the similarity in spelling? My mother’s grandma used to say – by mistake – Saddam will…

In our part of the world where sex has been a taboo for ages, teenagers have to get their sex education from their peers instead of getting the right information from the right person of a parent, teacher or a mature adult. Our parents claim that no one has taught them anything and yet they…

Two weeks ago I have finished reading the new novel of the Egyptian famous writer Alaa Aswani who wrote Yacobian Building that was a big hit last year. I loved Chicago as much as I loved reading Yacobian building. Alaa has a very nice style in writing. I loved the way he gives glimpses of…

This woman cracks me up. I always check Saadna’s blog for new posts hoping to get a smile or a laugh. This 18 years old young girl has a deep perception of life along with a sence of innocence and strong humor writing skills. I do love her style in writing. She tells a story…

I don’t really believe in zodiacs and the effect of distanced planet on us, but sometimes I feel that it is time for a certain thing. Like for instance someone looking for a job getting two or more job offers in the same day or someone not doing well in his exams that he has…

Finally I had the chance to watch the 300 movie. Like everyone, I loved the cinematic animation scenes (they are brilliant), but I have also loved the story as well. Before watching the movie, I have read some good reviews about it on various blogs. Roba gave a good review about the movie in general…

I have been watching the movement of King Abdullah II in the past few months and his persistance and constant pushing towards coming up with a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Every day or two you read the headlines in the Jordanian newspapers about the efforts of the king to push this matter forward. Whether…

Inspite of the opposite stand most of the commenters on my yesterday’s post took of not likeing to hear anyone talking loudly about a good quality in him, I still see that sometimes it is good to talk about someone’s own goodness. I feel myself a loveable person. I don’t know whether my perception of…

“One who compliments himself is a liar”, this is the translation of the Arabic proverb “Made7 nafso kazzab”. My friend Haitham always reminds me of this whevever I acknowledge something good in me. For instance, he would say “They love you”, then I say “yeah, I am loveable”. He would groan and say “Made7 nafso…

Recently I have met several young men/women from different Arab countries. In my trip to Dubai I have met the fashion designers who participated in Mission Fashion last year, and who came from different the Arab countries to compete for the Lancome Award in Dubai. Last week, a nice young woman from Tunis came to…