This week, the Jordan Media Institute has its open day featuring a round table discussion with Zaven kouyoumjian from Future TV) and Caroline faraj from CNN Arabic. The day is also an excellent opportunity for those interested in the Institute’s Masters program in journalism and new media to find out more before the application deadline. [...]

This week, Darat Al-Funun in collaboration with Tate Modern/London, opens a new exhibition titled “Out of Place”, in which four artists explore the relationship between dominant political forces and personal and collective histories by looking at urban space, architectural structures and the condition of displacement. The opening night will feature a concert of classical Arabic [...]

This coming Friday is World No Tobacco Day Celebration, and it’s marked with a special event here in Amman with music and dancing with DJ Tully, and performances by the Harley Owners Group, Al-Riyadi Basketball Team, the Source MMA, Freeway Dance Studios, and our National Football Team stars. Don’t miss it this weekend at the [...]

This week’s arts and culture agenda is not as packed as last week’s, but you have a number of interesting events taking place. 7iber’s next Hashtag Debate is taking place on Wednesday, at Makan Art Space, this time discussing Jordan’s economic policies since 1989 and the spiralling debt. Foresight32 Gallery hosts a new exhibition by [...]

This week Dar Al-Anda hosts a series of events in commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of Al-Nakbeh, starting with a joint poetry and music performance tonight by Najwan Darwish and Zina Asfour and an exhibition of works by Naji Al-Ali, to film screenings, readings, and a performance by Al-Hannouneh group for folklore. Combining storytelling, photo-art, [...]

Attention music fans! Three great shows by local independent musicians are taking place – on the same day! Autostrad will be launching their new album at the opening of the JARA Market on Friday. Abdel Wahab Kayyali and friends return for a second encounter of classical instrumental Arabic and oriental music, and Tarek Abu Kwaik/El [...]

رصد: حبر “يعرف الأردنيون أنه ليس هناك معارضون أو معتقلون سياسيون يقبعون في السجون، و أن  رؤساء المعارضة تحميهم قوات الأمن، و أن قوات الأمن توزع علب الماء على المعتصمين في الميادين العامة في الأردن”، تلك جملة من الأسباب التي يعتقد عادل أنها وراء قُدرة الأردنيين على الاستمرار بالنهوض والازدهار في ظل ما يحصل في [...]

Happy Labor Day! May is here, and Amman’s arts and culture calendar is getting packed. This week two festival kick off; the Holland Festival, which features a concert by RUM – Tareq Al-Nasser group with the Netherlands Blazers Ensemble at the Palace of Culture, and the Zakharef in Motion Dance Festival, which features world renowned [...]

This week Al-Balad theater in collaboration with a group of volunteers is screening Arna’s Children, by Juliano Mer Khamis, who was killed in Jenin last week. Proceeds from the screening will go towards continuing Juliano’s work with the Freedom Theater group in Jenin. This week’s calendar also features two interesting artist talks, one with resident [...]

رصد: حبر – “العنف هو العنف، لا فرق إن كان الجناة يحملون أعلام أردنية، أم شعارات أصولية” يدعو أحمد أن لا نصبح منافقين ذوي معايير مزدوجة في ظل التغطية الإعلامية الصارخة المنددة بالاعتدآء على رجال الأمن العام من قبل جماعة تدعى بالسلفيين أو التكفيريين. بالنسبة لأحمد مع أن السلفيين كانوا بالفعل  مخيفين الا أن “هؤلاء الرجال [...]