Jadal – Arabic Rock Saturday Dec. 15 2007 Al Balad Theatre Tickets 8 JD For more information: 078 557 2275 Tickets sold at Books@Cafe, Chillihouse Dahiyai, Cups & Kilos Abdoun www. jadalband.com Directions to Al Balad Theatre

A market scene in Karak, Jordan.

A Christmas Quilt Concert Featuring Deema Gazelidis, Lexi Haddadin, Kay Mukhar and Tarek Younis Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Dina Mired Satruday, 22 December 2007 – 8:00pm Zara Expo – Tickets 10JD

By Dr. Rana Hajjeh and Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos This week in Amman, leaders from across the Arab world are meeting to focus attention on an all-too-often ignored subject: childhood vaccines. For more than a century, vaccines have proven to be one of the world’s most effective public health tools. Yet, despite the Arab region’s advances.

7iber.com sat down with, Aziz Maraka, the father of ‘razz’ to get the inside scoop on the motivation and inspiration of this rising musician. 7iber: Tell us a little about yourself, where you grew and where you hail from. Maraka: I was born in Tunisia in 1983, lived there for 10 years, then had to.

After the successful release of their second album “Zad” last September, Jordanian band Sign of Thyme will be performing in a live concert on Sunday December 2nd, 2007, alongside guest musicians Aziz Maraqa on Piano, Yazan Roussan on Percussions, and Nabih Boulos on Violin. The show will feature new works besides songs from their album.

Ahmad Humeid first published this press release on his blog about AmmanNet being refused a permit to open a new community radio station in Zarqa. While details seem sketchy as to why the permit was rejected, we join Daoud Kuttab’s call for the new governmental cabinet to reverse this rejection of a community-based media outlet.

Written By: Mohammed Dalabih Earlier this month, the world celebrated “World Diabetes Day”. Diabetes is a disease affecting blood sugar control in the body, a major cause of morbidity around the world, and with its many complications a major contributor to death. Without getting into too many details, diabetes is of two kinds, type I.

“In my opinion, the olive tree is the symbol of peace. The trees are as old as time, and are absolutely delightful; you can walk around it smell it and rest under it. To the people, they are everything.” – Mahmoud Twaissi, Mapping Coordinator, Abraham Path Initiative A project to create a path that connects.

The elections are over, (most of) the votes have been counted, the winners announced, and the morning papers are aflutter with post-election coverage. Here’s a rundown of some of yesterday’s highlights as relayed by the local media and Jordanian bloggers: Despite the gloomy and rainy weather, voter turnout as of today, stood at around 55%,.