My blogs

I started blogging in 2006. I used to blog more frequent when blogging was more important, but I still write from time to time, sharing my books’ news, my thoughts and snippets of my life.

Latest blogs

  • هيا, ماذا يحصل للابذرفر؟

    لا ادري ماذا حصل للابذرفر, او المراقب كما ترجمها شخص في مدونة محمد عمر, هنالك شيء غير طبيعي, لم يعد يكتب كما كان من قبل. اشعر بالشفقة تجاهه, فهو يحاول جاهدة بايجاد فكرة جيدة لطرحها للنقاش في المدونة, لكنه لا يجد, عقله مشغول في عدة اشياء. مشغول لدرجة انه لم يكتب هنا منذ اسبوع, و…

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  • The worst I read on Jordan’s blogsphere

    A so called *macho* man describing how appalled he felt for seeing an effeminate young man ordering a cup of coffee in one of Amman’s calm cafes – as he put it- (I wonder if he is talking about starbucks here). In a sarcastic tone, the smart ass writer, tries to explain how hard he…

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  • Petra in a snow globe!

    I have been excited about this for few months now. A friend of mine and I realized that, unlike a lot of other countries, Jordan doesn’t offer its historical monuments for people who visit us in snow globes. We do have different kinds of souvenirs, some are good and some are not, but we haven’t…

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  • A short story from "The Kite Runner"

    I have finally finished reading “Memoir of Geisha”. While I can’t say that it is not a good read, I can’t say that it got me hooked either. In fact, I struggled at the beginning to keep myself interested in the book because of some strong reviews of friends, and later it took me ages…

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  • Tales of a beautiful life – Naming our homes

    Why don’t we have the habit of naming our homes? Naming something gives him a totally different perception. For a home named “Mr. Arab Observer home“, it feels way much different if you name it ‘The home of warmth“. With naming, many other attributes are obliged to follow. We would have it at the back…

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