Jordan's Free Voices

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Posts

• Checking In...

  I got to the office early and was making myself a cup of green tea when I picked up Refugees Magazine, published by UNHCR, and started reading an article about the grim world of stateless people – people who, for different reasons, have no citizenship Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 11:50 from Into the Wind | 0 Comments

• Humpty Dumpty

  When I was a little girl I found a page torn from a book in the small book case we had in the “laundry room” on the roof. The page had the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme illustrated on it, very similar to this one: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 11:04 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Opinion

• حكايتي مع الرقم ستة

  حكايتي مع الرقم ستة http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=\OpinionAndNotes\2008\06\OpinionAndNotes_issue255_day19_id59150.htm Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 09:42 from الكاتب الساخر كامل النصــيـرات | 0 Comments Filed under مقال ساخر

• Suspecting Wishful Thinking

  It's curious how often people accuse each other of rationalizing, or holding a position "because they want to believe it" rather than because they have genuine reasons for thinking it true. Sometimes people do engage in wishful thinking, of course. (Sometimes Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 01:21 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under Blogging

• The Voice of an Arab Woman

  I am currently reading Nawaal el Saadawi’s biography أوراقي …حياتي, and I can’t seem to get over the similarities between us. I could be imagining things of course because I respect her thought a lot, but it is undeniable that there Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 10:09 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Wonder Woman, Culture Arabia

• Kagan Statement: Have we been Fooled?

  In my last post, I wrote about a statement by John McCain's political advisor of foreign Affairs (Robert Kagan) during a "lecture" he is supposed to have given in New York University saying that Jordan should be the alternative country for the Palestinians. Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 07:24 from Jordan Watch | 0 Comments Filed under Jordan-Palestine

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• Noor will keep us alive

  I would like to thank the cast of the Turkish TV series Noor and all it’s fans in Jordan for delaying the closing time of my dorm from 10-11 PM every single day of the week. It has saved us, me and my room-mate (and best friend) Yasmine from a once Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 05:44 from Sugar Cubes | 0 Comments

• Suicidal Gold Fish in Da House

  I'm not returning to blogging. I'm not. I have other things to do with my life. So I'm not. But still. Our gold fish committed suicide this morning. How do I NOT share that?!?! So my little, 13-year-old brother Kareem decided to buy six gold fish last Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 01:04 from Rants and Rambles | 0 Comments

• I can't believe I'm blogging again coz I really don't want to...

  ....BUT..... I've just downloaded Firefox 3 and it's LOVELY! So pretty and so fast and ok sure, the URL search box kinda freaks me out a little because of its overly-smart psychic abilities - I mean I have enough people in my life who can read my brain Read More... Posted 18-06-2008 12:58 from Rants and Rambles | 0 Comments