7iber is working with JumpStart to work with a group of young people with blogs, social media, and basic computer literacy. The program is a five-week program based in the Red Cross Hospital in Ashrafiya. Our goal is to bring Iraqis, Palestinians, and Jordanians together to build a community blog in order to share their [...]

    ابراهيم أبو دياك تتميز الأردن جغرافياً بوجود السهول الممتدة على مد البصر، ومن الطبيعي أن تتخلل هذه السهول بعض من المرتفعات أو المنخفضات ،  فهذه هي الطبيعة… لكن الغريب أن ترى جبالاً من ” المطبات ” تكسو شوارع المدن الأردنية وتزينها بهذا العدد الضخم والمستغرب. من المؤكد أنك في يوم من الأيام قد أصبت [...]

Written by Ali Dahmash When Hamas came to power two years ago, cash flow to the strip was paralyzed by the Israeli embargo. Money transfers from banks in the West Bank and from Arab countries were blocked from entering Gaza. Israel controls the Economy of Gaza on top of Fuel supplies, electricity, Ports and border [...]

Written by Ramsey Tesdell Jordan boast one of the most educated populations in the Arab world and with one of the highest numbers of literate people, it is hard to argue with that claim. But in a new world where information and critical thinking takes precedence over simply being able to read, Jordan suffers dramatically [...]

    حمزة زعبلاوي  أسئلة كثيرة يطرحها كل منا على نفسه. هل الأبراج العالية في عمان هي الحل الأمثل و الأحسن لتحسين منظر المدينة؟ ذلك لو فرضنا جدلاً أنها بحاجة إلى عناصر إضافية لتحسين مظهرها. و هل إزالة مناطق من عمان القديمة -و إن كان وضعها رديء بعض الشيء- منطقي لبناء هذه الأبراج؟  عمان، هذه المدينة [...]

Photo by Nadine Toukan Why did the Jordanian cross the street? Two seconds before I clicked the pic, this sensible citizen was perched on the railing about to get off on the other side, where he landed elegantly on a flushed edge, and as you can see unhooked his bag and crossed the street….to get [...]

Written By Mohanned Al-arabiat With all the talk about decentralization and regions in Jordan one has to wonder: Will those steps-if ever taken- lead to further institutionalization of nepotism and corruption? What kind of power will those “regional” parliaments have? Are they a step to marginalize the “real” parliament we have? To refresh our memory [...]