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Saturday, February 23, 2008 - Posts

• Mariam, The Only Jordanian Female Muffler Shop Owner

  "It takes more than a physical disability and the fact that she’s a woman to stop Maryam from realizing her dream, owning a car repair shop." The MicroFund For Women Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 09:59 from Arabs & Globalization | 0 Comments

• Is Ignorance So Terrible?

  Susan Jacoby laments : nearly half of Americans between ages 18 and 24 do not think it necessary to know the location of other countries in which important news is being made. More than a third consider it "not at all important" to know a foreign language, Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 06:47 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under applied ethics, democracy, social commentary

• Hate mail or Stupid mail?

  So after my post about Kosovo I got this e-mail from someone: " THE SOONER THE BETTER........KOSOVO,WAS TAKEN FROM THE SERBIAN PEOPLE BY ...TERRORISTS......WITH THE HELP OF SLICK WILLY CLINTON AND OTHERS THAT ARE AFRAID OF RECOGNIZING ANY OTHER RELIGIONS Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 01:49 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under Misc.

• Update: Hothaifa.

  In my previous post I offended some people and for that I apologize. I was outraged when I didn't see any action taken regrading Hothaifa.Sometimes it requires a wake up call for us to realize how much we ignored the life of another Jordanian. It is a Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 01:40 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments

• Coffee N’ News

  Coolest place in Amman. Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 01:37 from Sugar Cubes | 0 Comments

• Hursthouse on Moral Education

  Rosalind Hursthouse writes of The Virtues Project : unlike anything we philosophers have managed to produce, it is an extremely detailed and practical educational program and well worth our attention. Its admirable pedagogy makes it clear that the actual Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 12:37 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under Quotes, applied ethics, Education

• نعم لمقاطعة البضائع الدانماركية!

  قبل أيام سمعت واحدة من أحلى النكت في حياتي، حين ظهر "محلل سياسي" على قناة الجزيرة وبدأ يصرخ ويصيح مطالباً الحكومات العربية بقطع إمدادات النفط عن الدانمرك، وذلك رداً على إعادة نشر الرسوم الكاريكاتيرية، متجاهلاً تماماً أن معظم الطاقة المولدة في الدانمارك Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 11:59 from Yugi's Blog : Source Lines Of Code Of My Life | 0 Comments Filed under Arabic, Jerash

• Killed by statistics!

  So this report is about an incident where two people died. The two were in a truck stealing from a garbage dump. In the report they claim that the two were stealing equipment, but who knows! With poverty, hunger, and the soaring prices I would expect Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 08:43 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under Jordan, AHHH

• Kosovo..

  I am curious to know if any Arab or Muslim country recognized Kosovo as country? Up to now I didn't hear of any Arab country that did so, even though Kosovo has a Muslim majority that went through unimaginable atrocities.. I think only the pseudo government Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 08:03 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under Misc.

• Old Kinzi vs. New Kinzi

  Today, I got a call from Project Boy's school doctor. After introducing herself, she said, "Please, please, please, Um Project Boy.....(extended silence for optimal effect).... "Wash your son's school uniform." WHAT?? "AND....Please, please cut your son's Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 07:21 from my treasure | 0 Comments

• Good Road Signs

  I drove to Jerash yesterday to celebrate the sunshine and warmer weather. My son told me that parts of the road near Bekka are closed so I took the Abu Nusayr highway. This road is a pleasure to drive although the posted speed limit of 80 is violated Read More... Posted 23-02-2008 02:35 from Jordan Journals | 0 Comments