Written by Farida Farouk
In my religion and spiritual search, I happened to come across literature for authors, especially women who have influenced my interpretation and understanding of Islam. For a long time, I refused to read anything written by Muslim men since they had dominated the conversation for far too long. But through the work of scholars such as Nasr …

The Dark Side of the Spoon is a comic strip created, written and penciled by Mike V. Derderian, and inked and colored by Waleed Qutteineh.
The first official episode appeared in U Men’s August 2009 issue—Thank you Shirene.
It follows the lives of Mako, a Mako shark with amphibian abilities and the appetite of—duh—a shark, and, Me-ouch, a one eyed well-read cat.
How …

Photography and captions by Samah Arafat and Samar Sarhan.

شو قصتك؟
قبل ثلاث سنوات، في الخامس والعشرين من أيار 2007، أطلقنا موقع حبر دوت كوم. أردناه أن يكوم منصة للإعلام المواطني وأن يوفر مساحة للناس ليحكوا قصصهم ويتفاعلوا في مناقشات حول القضايا التي تهمهم والتي قد تغيب عن الإعلام السائد.
خلال هذه السنوات الثلاثة كبر الموقع ونما بفضل المجتمع الرائع الذي يدعمه باستمرار، يشارك القصص، ويتفاعل مع الحوار.
ولهذا ارتأينا أن نحتفل …

Jo Bedu sell their creative productions at Souq Jara in Jabal Amman.
Photography by Ola Eliwat.

By Rula Zein-Iddin
I am in awe of the rapid rate of change – predominantly for the better – in a country that has seen it’s share of hardships yet generously opens its arms to so many of its neighbors.
And yet, there is one thing that always intrigues me: the blatantly viral effect of anything innovative that is introduced to a …

The University of Jordan is hosting Noam Chomsky, renowned linguist and leftist intellectual, at 12PM NOON at the Atheer theater at the Faculty of Educational Sciences (closest gate is the North Gate).
If you are attending, please send pictures, videos, or commentary to editor@7iber.com
Mr. Chomsky was recently refused entry to Occupied Palestine. For more information read this, this, and here.

Written by Saed Tillawi
Amman has flourished quite a lot in the past few years. With the big fuss being made about the big projects and plans for Amman, many people are saying that Amman is on its way to be a metropolitan city, with variety, zoning, and organization. I beg to differ.
Before I explain why I am not for this …

Written by John Lillywhite
“Communications for Empowerment” – so what exactly does that mean? Marty Neumeier may be the author of the ‘Brand Gap’, but you do realize that no one out here in Jordan knows that right? It’s too risky doing a new media and knowledge sharing forum right now: marketing budgets have been slashed, no one has …

By Farah Al Mufleh
If I were to say I’m going to Afghanistan in search of Bin Laden, I wouldn’t get the same high pitched gasp I usually do when I’m discovered as a non-Facebook user.  The conversation normally begins like this:
“I couldn’t find you on Facebook, how do you spell your name?”
At which point I usually find myself mumbling that, …