More Arabic Blogging Services
Now as I expected earlier this year, many companies started introducing blogs as part of their service offering, as well I heard of many companies and efforts that is having blogs, and blog-related...
View ArticleExplosion in Amman
I just read in Al-Jazeera, and called a friend who confirmed.. it seems that there was a strong explosion in Amman near the Radisson SAS and Hyatt. I am a little nervous, don’t know what to say or...
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Amman’s Protest
We all felt that we should do something, but nothing much could be done after the attack. I got a message from Roba about a protest at 1pm, starting from the third circle (few meters away from Al-Hyatt...
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Candle-lit protests
I’ve never been in one, and I hope that I won’t have to be in one again. In front of the Radisson SAS and Hyatt people gathered for candle litting. It was emotional, stronger than shouts and words....
View ArticleThey could have been Jordanians
A comment that I heard the most in the first hours of the event, is that “It couldn’t be a Jordanian who did this”, I even heard it from officials. Well I disagree … I think it could have been...
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Rum, Singers, and poets at the 3rd circle
Today when I passed around 2pm in front of the 3rd circle I saw a stage being set up. After 2 hours, I got a call from a friend telling me that Rum is performing at the 3rd circle. Minutes later I was...
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GV in the WSIS
I wasn’t able to blog or access the internet much while I was in Tunis, so I will start in the next days blogging about the event, and the last days. As soon as I was in the ICT4ALL Exhibition, I...
View ArticleWorld Culture Forum Blog
Jordan will be hosting the second edition of the World Culture Forum next week, from 4th-7th of December. The event’s program and speakers list is extraordinary, which attracted me to the event since I...
View ArticleInformation hunting at the Ministry of Trade
Yesterday I was at the Ministry of Trade to query about starting a non-profit establishment or company, for one of the organizations/projects I am involved in. Entering the ministry was a nice shock,...
View ArticleLess Bloody Eid
This morning I read an article in Al-Ghad (Arabic) about sacrifices made for the Adha Eid, and the hygiene problems and the scenery associated with it in the city of Amman. Living in Marj Al-Hamam made...
View ArticleAmman now on Google Local
As soon as I read the recent google post about their Local service, I rushed to try it. with so much ease, I found Amman fully covered in detail, while it did not before. Google had updated their...
View ArticleAmman Sightseeing
Since I learned about Google Local now covering in Amman, I started to look and check places. It is very semilar to Google Earth, except that I didn’t really get to use Google Earth since there is no...
View ArticleIt’s Raining Snow
It’s 7:30am, I woke up 30 minutes ago to prepare to work, found it is snowing hard. So we had to do it.. Yes we do.. We opened on Jordan Television to see what they are saying and playing. It is part...
View ArticleJordan Television and the Parliament
This morning I heard an interesting report in BBC Arabic about a news report saying that the Chairman of Jordan Television (Warning: An annoying site with parts of it working with a “DLS Connection” as...
View ArticleDo you know where that is? because I don’t..
Every now and then, when I get into a Taxi, and ask them to head to Marj Al-Hamam (7km outside Amman, where I live) I get a “Do you know how to reach it, because I don’t”.. now I am used to being asked...
View ArticleFake News? what’s new ?
I was reading a story in the Independent about an investigation that is taking place in USA by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) about having news stations air “fake news reports” about the...
View ArticleAllah Ywafgak
Is it just me, or there is a big spike in begging in the streets of Amman ? I just took 3 minutes walk, from office, to super market, back to the office, and I was stopped and interrupted by: One Young...
View ArticleApple in Jordan: Premium Prices, for Sh*ty Support
OK, I had it, I can’t stand this anymore, and I got to spill it out. I love my Macbook Pro, and I can’t imagine how I was computing before it. But, the level and quality of support an Apple user get in...
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Skype Blocked in Jordan: A Big Step Backward
A coworker informed me today that few days ago, the site of Skype (http://www.skype.com ) is no longer accessible from Jordan. It seems that they are following the steps of countries that live in the...
View ArticleSkype in Jordan: Back online
I noticed it yesterday, and it is confirmed now (Thanks Ahmad), the TRC (Telecommunications Regulatory Commission) reversed their bad decision of blocking Skype. It seems that Skype is no longer a...
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