Written by Issa
Editor’s note: This article was written in response to Saned Raouf’s article on 7iber.com about the Tawjihi.
I have waited until 120,000 students finally get their marks, and reach today the end of the ‘tragic’ path of Tawjihi, to reply to the estimated blogger Saned and talk about the Jordanian general secondary certificate (Tawjihi).
Despite [...]

Written by Ahmad Humeid
After the recent opening of Wakalat Street in Al Sweifieh in Amman, many Ammanis have expressed their delight to the pedestrian mall and activities happening around Amman’s newest attraction.
According 360east’s Ahmad Humeid he was impressed by the number of people walking on Wakalat Street after 10pm.
Thousands of people. Jordanians, Iraqis, Gulf nationals. [...]

Written by Roba Assi
Recently, I attended one of the best musical performances I have ever been to in my life; Music Matbakh (which means music kitchen in Arabic), a performance featuring musicians from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and the UK. The lineup combined traditional and cutting-edge, bringing together ancient Arabic traditions with [...]

Written by Kinzi Jones.
Last month, my kids and I said a sad, one-sided good bye to ‘Rakan.’ It seems we just said hello to the impish little boy who would stand by the roadside rubbing his chin for a hand-out each Eid. We first saw him years ago when we moved this neighborhood, when we [...]

Written by Ruba Saqr
When I was invited by 7iber.com to blog my ideas away at this forum, I knew it was time to vent out a life time’s experience in the music scene in Jordan. In my opinion, what Jordan suffers from in this respect is lack of vision. Producers don’t know what to do [...]

Written by Jenny Ernst
We count the number of American soldiers lost in Iraq and shudder, but the number of Iraqi soldiers and citizens who have given their lives is often lost in translation. That country’s sorrow does not fully register with us, but the sting of unnecessary loss is felt across the Middle East as [...]

Written by Ramsey Tesdell
A lover of Um Kalthoum and hailing from a family with a long lineage of Sufi masters, Ruba Saqr is continuing the family tradition of using music to connect with the Divine, but also using her musical talents in Music Matbakh to introduce the world to the long tradition of Arabic music.
“Any [...]

Written by Ramsey Tesdell

When you ask football fans around the world who are some of their favorite teams, Jordan doesn’t usually make the list. But with a strong performance in Canada, the Jordanian national football team, playing in their first ever FIFA international tournament turned a few heads.
A full house was on hand in Burnaby’s [...]

Written by Batir Wardam
I was almost certain of Petra’s win in the New Seven Wonders competition, but it never crossed my mind it will be second only to the Great Wall of China. I thought Petra may end up in 5th-7th position judging by the small population of Jordan and the enormous influence of the [...]

Written by Pheras Hilal
Taken by the region’s chronic identity crisis, Omar Bilbeisi tries to bring Arabic Calligraphy back home by capturing the source of Arab World’s pride in his paintings: the Arabic Letters. 7iber.com sat down with the prolific artist for some insight on his work.
Omar Bilbeisi, is not the average artist you may have [...]