Reviewing Bush’s speech from earlier on, I have to say, it was probably one of the most hypocritical speeches I’ve heard in a while. He switched between talking about establishing a Palestinian state before the end of his term, something which one participant later discredited as fantasy in the following session, and then talked about.

The initial speeches by Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah and George Bush, have just ended and everyone is breaking. I honestly fell asleep several times during Mubarak’s speech simply because he droned on about subjects I felt were irrelevant to the regional issues. King Abdullah’s speech was similar to that of last year’s “Year of Opportunity”.

Written By: Saleem Ayoub Quna Reading the various commentaries and statements that were carried in the local media, in connection with changing the name of the art and culture festival from Jerash to Jordan, one would think that a major disaster has happened signaling the end of the world! Many self-acclaimed and other genuine intellectuals.

Picture By: Mais Irqsusi

Popular Ammani-born female poet Suhair Hammad is starring in Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s first feature film Salt of this Sea (Le Sel De La Mer / Milh Hada Al-Bahar). The film has been officially selected to the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard. Two talented and beautiful Arab women make Arab cinema history. “Jacir’s film.

Written By: Wendy Merdian March holds one of my favorite holidays, ‘Mothers Day’. My children have been whispering little hints of the projects they have been making, precious creations of crayon, glitter, glue-stick and stickers. My husband will present me with a nice gift for the kitchen to make my job there easier or prettier..

Written By: Naseem Tarawnah What will the Arab world look like in 2025? Over a hundred people from across the Arab world were in Dubai for a few days to discuss life in the year 2025. It’s part of an initiative created by the British Council and Young Arab Leaders, where delegations have come together.

Amman en Classique Presents Florian Billot at the Royal Cultural Center, 8PM on Thursday 17 April 2008.

Picture taken in Farah Ghunaim

As spring begins to take its course throughout the Kingdom, Jordanian bloggers have had a lot to talk about these past two weeks. HM Queen Rania has become a vlogger, after launching her own YouTube channel with a video that seeks to battle stereotypes that have plagued the Arab world. Global Voices covered the early.