Written By: HE Thomas Fouad Lund-Sørensen, Ambassador of Denmark Transparency International (TI) publicized its anti-corruption index for 2008 this week. The eight most non-corrupt countries have something in common. They are small-sized economies with no natural resources. They are all heavily dependent on their ability to trade and engage with foreign countries. And they are.

بقلم: وليد حمدان قام مجموعة من سكان منطقة الدمينة و الدريبات جنوب المنطقة الصناعية في وادي السير بجمع ما لا يقل عن 300 توقيع لتقديم عدد من الشكاوي ضد شركات الباطون الجاهز في المنطقة. بحيث تقوم هذه الشركات بطرح بقايا الباطون من الخلاطات ثم غسلها في الأراضي المجاورة و الشوارع الفرعية، خلال ساعات الليل المتأخرة.

Words & Photos By: Naseem Tarawnah The Action Committee spent the past ten days in Ramadan collecting funds for Ramadan food bags and on September 20th, went down to the Hussein Refugee Camp to distribute them. The campaign, driven mainly through online activism with the help of Facebook, emails and Jordanian blogs, was able to.

طائرات ورقية لروح محمود درويش تطير في أربعينه حاملة أشعاره وصوره لتكتب وصيته فوق الغمام، يشارك فيها مجموعة كبيرة من الأطفال يوم الجمعة الموافق 2008/9/19 Time: Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 9:30pm to 11:00 PM Location:mohtaraf remal Street:nemer al edwan sti City/Town: Amman, Jordan Phone:4620259 Email:pr@mohtaraf.org

Kids playing by the Karak Castle. Photo Courtesy of JoLadies

Written By: F. Kay As Tawjihi students started the school year, the holy month of Ramadan began, and ironically, summer’s high temperatures continued to climb. As if studying and concentrating was not enough for Tawjihi students, they are now forced to do it while fasting and melting with this summer’s awfully high temperatures. The unbearable.

Written By: Ramsey Tesdell A community forum in Salt was held recently to determine the needs and wants of the community in Salt. The Amman Institute, a spin off of the Amman municipality, organized the event after the Salt municipality solicited their help in developing a master plan for Salt. The event took place in.

Written By: Susan Miller-Coulter Cast of characters:  Fourteen young ladies, two mini-video cameras, two teachers, a film-maker, and a volunteer climbed into a commuter bus on a blazingly hot morning. Checklist: Release forms for interviewing “people on the street,” spare tapes for the mini-cams, permission from police for filming in public locations, and water; except.

Start Time: Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 9:30pm End Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:00pm Location: SAKIA, Beit Al-Harrawy, and Jesuits Cuture center City/Town: Cairo, Egypt Contact InfoEmail:info@eftekasat.com Uniquely talented artist “RUBA SAQR” will be a guest star featured by EFTEKASAT Jazz and World Music group in the band’s SUFI JAZZ TOUR. Ruba will.

Words & Photos: Naseem Tarawnah It starts with an idea. A blogger who emails another, who emails a friend, and before you know it, you have an online campaign spreading through the local blogosphere and social networking sites. Some might call it online activism coming alive, but at the end of the day, it took.