Citizens participate in a community forum
Written By: Ramsey Tesdell
A community forum in Salt was held recently to determine the needs and wants of the community in Salt. The Amman Institute, a spin off of the Amman municipality, organized the event after the Salt municipality solicited their help in developing a master plan for Salt. The [...]

Destroyed Steps in Jabal Amman
JABAL AMMAN - A new blacktop road has been installed on Mango Street in Jabal Amman, the same street that houses Books@ Cafe and great views of East Amman. While most of the residents are pleased about the new road, some wonder why the new road had to come at the [...]

A few weeks ago, the 7iber crew met up with a few brilliant young residents of Jabal Al-Ashrafyah, who, in the absence of any official help from their City, had taken up the task of cleaning up their streets. Last Thursday, the 7iber crew went back to the Jabal to see what had changed since [...]

Written By Mariam A. Adas and Ramsey Tesdell
AMMAN - What does one do when your neighborhood, the place you live and play in, fills up with trash? For one thing, you don’t wait for the municipality to do something. For a handful of youngsters in Ashrafiyya, the best way to clean up their neighborhood was [...]

By Dr. Mohammed Dalabih

Reading Al-Ghad’s newspaper article on homosexuality in Jordan, I was shocked by how old and outdated the views of the medical officials in Jordan about homosexuality are. In this article I am trying to point out medical and scientific mistakes made by the official in that article.

The first paragraph [...]

HM Queen Rania has started a new initiative in honor of International Youth Day, where via the power of YouTube, she’ll be attempting to break down the stereotypes associated with the Arab world.

Written By: Naseem Tarawnah
It is common knowledge in Jordan that family names equal power. Every day, thousands of Jordanians capitalize on that fact alone. Getting a traffic ticket is a hassle avoided, and so is waiting in line when it’s time to renew one’s passport. Acceptance into a competitive university program with limited seats is [...]

Under the Patronage of his Excellency Mayor of Amman
Mr. Omar Maani
Al Balad Theatre
is Proud to Host Poet
MAHMOUD DARWISH
For a book signing event to mark the launch of his book
THE Butterfly Effect
On Saturday 23/2/2008
From 6:30 to 8:30 pm
At Al Balad Theatre
Jabal Amman/ First Circle
Open invitation to the public
Copies of the book will be available at the [...]

[ February 23, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Under the Patronage of his Excellency Mayor of Amman
Mr. Omar Maani

Al Balad Theatre
is Proud to Host Poet
MAHMOUD DARWISH

For a book signing event to mark the launch of his book

THE Butterfly Effect

On Saturday 23/2/2008

From 6:30 to 8:30 pm

At Al Balad Theatre
Jabal Amman/ First Circle

Open invitation to the public
Copies of the book will be available at the [...]

Written By Saleem Ayoub Quna
Despite the police traffic efforts and advice, motorists using the Jerash-Amman highway still insist on flocking the site where more than 20 innocent people lost their lives and many others became permanently handicapped. This behaviour could be seen not only as an expression of curiousity , but may be, also as [...]

From Kabobfest.
Written by Emily
In a new Jordan Times article, Hani Hazaimeh reports again that
According to DHAA officials, the complaints included ill-treatment by employers and being overworked, said Faouri, who believes the workers’ reasons for wanting to leave their posts were homesickness and cultural differences between Jordan and the Philippines.
The Jordan Times still fails to mention [...]

Written by Sam Bollier
What, then, do blogs accomplish in Jordan? Although they have a small readership and play virtually no role in Jordanian politics, it would be a mistake to assume that blogs are irrelevant. The most salient effect of blogging in Jordan is the ability of bloggers to, as Tarawnah put it, “vocalize [...]

Picture of girls in a schoolyard in Karak.