Jordan's Free Voices

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Posts

• Why Selling Jordan is Good!

  Recently, we have been witnessing investment deals being made all over the country. Many, if not most, of these deals are with Arabs, specially from the petro-dollars awash Gulf region. Many Jordanian bloggers ( Batir , Hareega , Bashar, khalaf, mohanned Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 10:40 from Arabs & Globalization | 0 Comments

• "People like you should be burnt alive"

  Al Arabeyeh reports that an Egyptian court sentenced five Egyptian men to three years in jail for being homosexual. (The news of the arrests and sentencing were reported elsewhere in February). Two of the men are HIV positive. Since the Egyptian law has Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 07:51 from Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice | 0 Comments Filed under Egypt, homophobia, gay rights

• Back to School

  Nujoud Mohammad Ali , a Yamani eight year old, had won a law suit against her father and husband. The judge agreed to annul her marriage to a 30 year old man on the basis that she was not of age yet (I take that to mean that she's not menstruating). Nujoud Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 07:13 from Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice | 0 Comments

• One Red Light And You're Out

  If you drive through a red light in Kuwait, and you happen to be a resident as opposed to a citizen, you are out!!! Of the country . Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 06:54 from Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice | 0 Comments

• Jordanian Blogs and Lack of Debate on Critical Issues

  The following post should be read with this post from Naseem Tarawneh I was just strating to energize my brain cells to write about a phenomenon I have long observed in the Jordanian blogs, when I read Nassems' fantastic post about the same issue entitled Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 05:38 from Jordan Watch | 0 Comments Filed under Blogging, Political Reform, Media Freedoms

• Meta-Definition

  Suppose we define a horse's tail to be a leg. How many legs does a horse have? This question is part of a joke, but I decided to turn it into a real question... What do you think the answer should be?! Read More: This question is part of a joke that goes Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 03:02 from Devil's Mind | 0 Comments Filed under Random Thoughts, Philosophy, Debate

• I'm Over It!!!

  Lately I suffered a lot from getting over my last relation, so a friend of me advices me to make love with other guy in order to get over my ex!!! Although one of my life rules was not having one night stands but it seems that every thing is changing! Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 02:37 from JORDAN RAINBOW | 0 Comments

• Away

  My Blog will be on pause for a week, since I will be in Lebanon for vacation. I will miss writing and intercating, but you never know, maybe I can post something from the land of the Cedar. Ofcourse it's not going to be my first visit but I haven't taken Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 01:16 from Ali | 0 Comments

• Release dates for Windows XP SP3

  With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, we’ve managed to get our hands on the internal schedule for the release of the highly anticipated update to the aging operating system. As you can see in the list below, most of the stages will Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 10:46 from Jordev | 0 Comments Filed under windows XP SP3, SP3, winndows XP, release date

• MUST reads...

  By now I guess that most of us heard about what is going on in the country, but sadly few decided to talk about it, so there you go: The first piece is by the one and the only Khalaf . The second Piece is by Naseem of the black iris discussing the MPs Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 10:12 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under Jordan

• Monte Hall Problem

  Have you heard of the famous Monte Hall problem in statistics? It’s freaky. And I believe it offers the best evidence that our reality is subjective. The set up is this. Game show host Monte Hall offers you three doors.... Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 06:25 from The Dilbert Blog | 0 Comments Filed under General Nonsense

• A Japanese Mousepad

  By: rinkya blog Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 04:52 from Adel Blog | 0 Comments Filed under Art, Tech Stuff, Waw, Internet, Japanese Gadgets, Weird Stuff, Weird Gadgets, Cool Mouse Pad, Nippon

• ليش ما تصير حزبي..؟؟

  ليش ما تصير حزبي..؟؟ اضغط هنا لقراءة المقال و التعليق عليه اترك رابط موقعك اسفل التعليق ليتسنى للقرّاء الاطلاع عليه Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 01:53 from الكاتب الساخر كامل النصــيـرات | 0 Comments Filed under مقال ساخر

• Al Sabooha's marriage...and life

  Etmakhtari ya 7elwa ya zena, ya warda... I just love this woman's passion for life. No matter how much age takes away from her, she insists on fighting and enjoying every single moment of her life to the max, giving a role model not only to the people Read More... Posted 15-04-2008 12:30 from The Arab Observer | 0 Comments