Popular Ammani-born female poet Suhair Hammad is starring in Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s first feature film Salt of this Sea (Le Sel De La Mer / Milh Hada Al-Bahar).
The film has been officially selected to the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard. Two talented and beautiful Arab women make Arab cinema history.
“Jacir’s film tells the [...]

Written By: Wendy Merdian
March holds one of my favorite holidays, ‘Mothers Day’. My children have been whispering little hints of the projects they have been making, precious creations of crayon, glitter, glue-stick and stickers. My husband will present me with a nice gift for the kitchen to make my job there easier or prettier. I [...]

Written By: Naseem Tarawnah
What will the Arab world look like in 2025? Over a hundred people from across the Arab world were in Dubai for a few days to discuss life in the year 2025. It’s part of an initiative created by the British Council and Young Arab Leaders, where delegations have come together to [...]

[ April 17, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Amman en Classique Presents

Florian Billot at the Royal Cultural Center, 8PM on Thursday 17 April 2008.

[ April 19, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 20, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 22, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 23, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Cultural Jordanian Francophone Association presents

L’Ecole du Diable
A play by the French writer Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Directed and subtitled into Arabic by Dr. Wael Rabadi, Al al-Beit University

On 19, 20, 22, and 23 April, at 7 p.m., French Cultural Center
To reserve your place, please call 461-2658
Tickets are 2JD will be on sale the evening of the presentations.

Picture taken in Farah Ghunaim

As spring begins to take its course throughout the Kingdom, Jordanian bloggers have had a lot to talk about these past two weeks. HM Queen Rania has become a vlogger, after launching her own YouTube channel with a video that seeks to battle stereotypes that have plagued the Arab world. Global Voices covered the early [...]