Date: Friday, October 3, 2008 Time: 8:00pm - 9:45pm Location:Cups & Kilos - Rabieh Street:Sabeel Buidling City/Town:Amman, Jordan Phone:0797144011 Email:customer.service@cupsandkilos.com Yazan Al-rousan will performing on Friday Oct 3rd @ Cups & Kilos Rabieh... free entry!...

Start Time:Monday, October 20, 2008 at 6:00pm End Time:Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 10:00pm Location:Zara Center Street:Wadi Saqra City/Town:Amman, Jordan The first solo exhibition by Jordanaian sculptor Anees Maani. Stone, plaster, wood and bronze sculptures....

Start Time: Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 6:00pm End Time: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 7:00pm Location:Jabal al Weibdeh Street:Nadim Mallah City/Town: Amman, Jordan Mona Hatoum Main Building The exhibition will include works produced by Hatoum in Amman, in cooperation with local craftsmen, as well as works from the Khalid Shoman Private Collection, among others. Of Palestinian origin, Mona Hatoum is an internationally recognized artist known for her performances and video works of the 1980s and for her large-scale installations and sculptures which turn the familiar into uncanny situations that capture the experience of permanent exile. RETURN of the souls: the Nakbah Project By Scottish artist Jane Frere Blue House Three thousand Palestinian figurines, each representing a Palestinian refugee will go on display at The Khalid Shoman Foundation – Darat al Funun starting October 11th. This extraordinary work – known as Return of Souls -- is part of an international artistic project exploring and documenting the history of Palestine during the late 1940’s.The process...

مسابقة بالصورة الفوتوغرافية لجميع المصوريين والمهتمين بالتصوير الفوتوغرافي والصورة من جميع انحاء الوطن العربي او العرب خارج الوطن العربي Date:Sunday, October 12, 2008 Time:6:00pm - 11:00pm Location: امانة عمان الكبرى رأس العين بقاعة المدينة Street:ش راس العين City/Town:Amman, Jordan...

Film By: Ibrahim Oweis In the past ten days, Median al-Jazera's opinion piece on 7iber regarding the closure of his iconic Amman spot, Books@Cafe, has sparked a great deal of controversy and even a religious debate. It even got the more observant people in the mainstream media to pay attention to the subject, both locally and internationally. Ibrahim Oweis has put together a short documentary on the topic, interviewing various people and getting their contrasting opinions on the closure. Wherever you stand on the issue, one thing remains true: the debate and dialog is essential. ...

Date: Sunday, 28th of September 2008. Time: 9 p.m. Location: The Royal Film Commission, Jebel Amman, 1st Circle, Omar Ibn Al-Khattab street....

The pianist Juliana Steinbach will perform on Monday, September 29th, at 9pm at the RCC within the framework of the program "Amman in classic" replacing the program initially planned. www.julianasteinbach.com She will be playing the works of Mozart, Ginastera, and Beethoven. ...

Written By: HE Thomas Fouad Lund-Sørensen, Ambassador of Denmark Transparency International (TI) publicized its anti-corruption index for 2008 this week. The eight most non-corrupt countries have something in common. They are small-sized economies with no natural resources. They are all heavily dependent on their ability to trade and engage with foreign countries. And they are all well established Rule-of-Law societies. Why do I say that? Because this is where Jordan should be and not further down the rankings. Let's have a look at my own country, Denmark that once again topped the ranking of non-corrupt countries. There are a number of reasons for that. First, and foremost, the Danish society has through the years developed a widespread culture against corruption. Starting in the 17th century, corruption was made a criminal offense and enforced rather strictly. The next major achievement came during the 1920’s where a code on...

Screening of the Jordanian film titled "Captain Abu Raed" Where: Jabal Al Weidbeh,Amman (Theater and Arts Department) When: 8:00pm Thursday, 25-9-2008....

بقلم: وليد حمدان

قام مجموعة من سكان منطقة الدمينة و الدريبات جنوب المنطقة الصناعية في وادي السير بجمع ما لا يقل عن 300 توقيع لتقديم عدد من الشكاوي ضد شركات الباطون الجاهز في المنطقة. بحيث تقوم هذه الشركات بطرح بقايا الباطون من الخلاطات ثم غسلها في الأراضي المجاورة و الشوارع الفرعية، خلال ساعات الليل المتأخرة و ساعات الصباح الباكر، ُمشكٌلة بذلك مخالفات بيئة صحية خطيرة. وذلك عدا عن مرور تلك الخلاطات عبر المناطق السكنية مسببة الضوضاء و التلوث البيئي الصادر عن تساقط الرمال وتصاعد الدخان الكثيف.

تتكررهذه المخالفات يوميا، دون اي رقابة او اهتمام بالأضرار الجسيمة التي تلحق بالمواطنين و الأحياء السكنية و...