مظاهرة 6 كانون الثاني 2009 تصوير رمزي اللداوي
رؤية شباب يساري

يواجه الشباب الاردني اليوم واقعاً يفرض عليه اجتماعياً، وسياسياً واقتصادياً نهج معيشي حالي ومستقبلي مدعوم حكومياً بمسلمات عدة مثل “الاردن بلد صغير ليس له موارد وعلينا أن نقبل بهذا المصير وتبعاته” أو “التحالف مع الولايات المتحدة أساسي لتطور الاردن سياسياً واقتصادياً” أو “السلام مع اسرائيل ضرورة [...]

Disclaimer: Before making a comment, bear in mind that I am an avid supporter of the Palestinian cause. I have not been “washed away” by Israeli propaganda nor can I begin to explain my fury and frustration at what is going on in Gaza right now.

Written By Farah Nimri

I was reluctant to speak about this [...]

[ December 28, 2008 6:30 pm to January 28, 2009 6:30 pm. ] Location: Makan - Jabal Lwaibdeh
City/Town: Amman - Jordan

سيرد معرض ورشة عمل الحيوان اليدوي على المذابح الاسرائيليّة في غزّة
الافتتاح اليوم في مكان في الساعة 6:30 مساءً

Manual Animal Workshop Exhibition will respond to the Israeli massacres in Gaza. Opening today at Makan at 6:30

مكان، بلوزات، تيبسيم
Makan, Blouzaat, Typism

Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Written By: Musa Al-Shuqairi
Hamas form of resistance failed to achieve substantial results and placed the population it presided over in an impossible situation. Leaving the heavy-hearted emotions and condolences aside for a moment, one cannot help but wonder what was/is the Hamas leadership plan (hoping they have one). 
So assuming that Hamas [...]

Written By: Marwan A. Kardoosh
For an award winning bank, Arab Bank’s service is nothing short of paltry. This all began on November 3, 2008 when I made two wire transfers to my Barclays UK-based credit cards; one for the Visa card and another to the MasterCard. Typically, this is a process that takes anywhere from [...]

Written By: Marwan A. Kardoosh, Economist

Read Part I

I thought twice before posting this. One because my deputy at Jordan Business Naseem Tarawnah thinks that a 31-year old economist shouldn’t be playing video games, to say nothing of making this public. Two is because I don’t want to be thought of as simply having a rant [...]

Written By: Marwan A. Kardoosh, Economist

Name the single, most common complaint members of the Jordanian business sector have today. If you answer “Customs,” you are probably right. Sadly, the same holds true for regular citizens. As any Aramex Shop & Ship customer would tell you, the Customs Department has been dragging its feet in releasing [...]

Written By: Ola Eliwat
“She was in the car with him when her brother caught her in the act.”
“I’m not assuming anything, but it’s obvious there’s something wrong about her.”
“She had it coming, if you ask me! I always sensed she was hiding something.”
Many times we hear things like this, from neighbors, friends, relatives or even [...]

Written By: Elena Abuadas
I am one of the founders of a local NGO in Jordan. The NGO was created out of the initiative of several young people hoping to, maybe, change something in Jordan. We have been active for five years now, and we actually have had a successful record of achievements. Most of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Written By: Madian al Jazerah, co-owner of Books@Cafe
This is about where we stand in hypocrisy and bigotry…and where we will be if we remain quiet.
Books@Cafe and many other establishments have been closed this week. Here is what I witnessed and what happened to us at Books@Cafe:
The night before Ramadan, the police violently stormed into the [...]

Written By: F. Kay
As Tawjihi students started the school year, the holy month of Ramadan began, and ironically, summer’s high temperatures continued to climb.
As if studying and concentrating was not enough for Tawjihi students, they are now forced to do it while fasting and melting with this summer’s awfully high temperatures. The unbearable heat has [...]