Written by Ramsey Tesdell For all the problems this country faces, the general thinking follows the usual line that the country has been there forever and therefore can never change; or that the problem is someone else’s fault and there is nothing we can do about it. This type of thinking is self-defeating and depressing..

Photo courtesy of Samah Arafat

الكثير من البنوك والشركات حول العالم في صدد تقليص عدد موظفيهم بسبب الأزمة الاقتصادية. يبدو أن الأخبار السيئة تسيطر على صفحات الصحف و المجلات العالميةبشكل يومي.أما في الأردن ، فلم نر الأاثار الخطيرة للأزمة بعد. مع ذلك، في الآونة الأخيرة بدأنا نسمع قصص عن بنوك و مؤسسات تستعد لتسريح الموظفين. هل تعمل في القطاع المصرفي؟.

Written By Ali Dahmash I was at Books@ Café this weekend and I came across this magazine in the Bulletin Board area. The magazine is called “Crossing Borders.” The magazine has been produced with the financial support of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Crossing Borders is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides youth and.

    Photo Courtesy of Tala Omar Prince hamzah Street

Location: City Council Chamber at the Greater Amman Municipality City/Town: Amman We’ve been tooting and loving the blog world on the beautiful nooks and crannies of the the world wide web for over three years. Now, we’re taking it beyond the realm of fiber optics and wires, to a chamber with a roof and chairs..

Written By Ramsey G. Tesdell In a December 23rd column in the Jordan Times Newspaper, economist Yusuf Mansour asked a pretty basic question, “Can Jordan become a creative economy where young people’s ideas, those with the most creative minds in the world, can be translated into a powerful industry worth billions of dollars?” He then.

Written by Wendy Meridian. Nadia Dajani is a rare woman who has been able to combine her talents, unique upbringing and passion to succeed on her own terms in Amman. Even rarer, she is bringing other women along a parallel path with her from some diverse regions of the Middle East.  We had the privilege.

As Jordanian bloggers and media activists, we stand in solidarity with Philip and join the growing number of voices calling for his immediate release. The Associated Press February 8, 2009 CAIRO: Egyptian police have arrested a German-Egyptian graduate student after a rally in support of the Palestinians in Gaza and are holding him in a.

Hey people, this is MC NiZ-R a part from TAJ (The Arabian Journal) which is a part of MMD (Microphone Men Dahab), I have brought Arabic Hip Hop to Jordan 8 years ago, and I feel like a proud father watching Arabic Hip Hop finally growing in Amman, and seeing a lot of people showing.