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 [...]

By Dr. Rana Hajjeh and Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos
This week in Amman, leaders from across the Arab world are meeting to focus attention on an all-too-often ignored subject: childhood vaccines. For more than a century, vaccines have proven to be one of the world’s most effective public health tools. Yet, despite the Arab region’s advances in [...]

Ahmad Humeid first published this press release on his blog about AmmanNet being refused a permit to open a new community radio station in Zarqa. While details seem sketchy as to why the permit was rejected, we join Daoud Kuttab’s call for the new governmental cabinet to reverse this rejection of a community-based media outlet [...]

Written by Ahmad Sahli

Shari3 Thqafeh (Cultural Street in Shmesani) is a very unique street. I go there almost daily, and this street means a lot to me and many other people. Skateboarders, rollerbladers, foreigners, tourists, art galleries, families – there’s something special about it that gives it reason to be named “culture street.”
To some [...]

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 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 Saned Raouf
As June 16th is approaching, around 120,000 students will be heading to the overheated test halls in different schools around the Kingdom to sit for the Tawjihi exam. The Tawjihi, which consists of 14 exams in every subject you can think of, not only exhausts the brains of young people, but also [...]

Defining this project is almost an impossible task. Believe us, we’ve tried. It’s a collision of ideas bouncing off each other within a crucible we’ve created. It’s about community. It’s about amplifying voices. It’s about impact. It’s about bringing Jordanian culture and society into the virtual realms. It’s about the pen being mightier than the [...]

Sixty one years can seem like a short period of time but perhaps given the region, any nation in the Middle East can appear aged. It would be easy to reminisce about Jordan’s history, how it came to be; where it was and how it has become. It would be easy to focus on the [...]

Kalimat by Daoud Kuttab
For the most part the reform process in the Arab world has been stagnant. Political change is moving at a very slow pace despite the claims to the contrary by autocratic leaders. While change from top to bottom is slow and at times nonexistent, the change on the grass roots is another [...]