By Lana Nasser Where do I get my inspiration? Different places and times: Sometimes it’s from personal experiences and events, sometimes it’s from stories I hear or read, with a bit of pepper and salt. Sometimes it comes from nature, dreams, and news reports. Sometimes inspiration just comes, from a place unknown to me. Usually, [...]

رصد: حبر “أحترم القوانين الصارمة لتبني الأطفال بالأردن، من المهم جدا  أن نكون حذرين جدا عندما يتعلق الموضوع بمن هم الأكثر ضعفا. و لكن لدي فضول لأفهم لماذا لا يرغب أحد تبني أطفال من غزة؟”  تتساءل إحدى قارئات مدونة مريم التي كتبت فيها كل ما تعلمته عن التبني في الأردن و الإسلام وغزة.  ”الأمور ليست [...]

Written by Ramsey Tesdell On the eve of the World Cup final I witnessed an incident that struck me – a Christian and non-Jordanian Jordanian (my mother can’t pass on her citizenship to me) living in a decidedly Muslim country – as particularly odd and humbling. I went with a group of friends to a [...]

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 [...]

Islam has had an enormous positive impact on life, culture, and thought around the world. Yes, despite this rich history, Farida Farouk argues that recent “rediscoveries” of Islam are leading the world’s fastest growing religion down a dangerous path. Governments and autocratic regimes need to change and adapt a secular policy in order to modernize [...]

Wearing a headscarf, I do not feel militant, oppressed or ignorant; quite the contrary, I feel honored, proud and strong to be resembling the noblest of women in history, from Mary the Mother of Jesus to Fatima, the lady of all the women of the world

Picture by Ranoush. Written by Farida Farouk In recent times, there is a growing connection that the hijab has become as much a symbol of Islam as the Crescent. The hijab worn by some Muslim women has become an issue between Muslims and non-Muslims and between liberal Muslims and traditional Muslims. The hijab has also [...]

Written by Farida Farouk أبو الوليد محمد بن احمد بن رشد Ibn Rushd, also known as Averroes, was one of the best Islamic philosophers. He became known in both the East and West as a commentator and explanations on the works of Aristotle. Ibn Rushd’s ideas affected much of the philosophical ideas in medieval Europe. [...]

Photo by Sitmonkey Written by Moamer Khalaileh I felt obliged to write something concerning a recent fatwa (religious ruling) by Al Azhar prohibiting the use of Facebook. Their reasoning: The use of Facebook may lead to illicit relationships between men and women. The Azhar scholars cited a survey that indicated the social networking site was [...]

Written by Hend Fayez Abuenein Amid the growing debate about narrowing the gap between genders and how we’ve climbed up the scale of narrowing gender-discriminating practices, a number of questions emerge about gender related legislation in Jordan. Being members of the Organization of Islamic Conference, we draw our definitions of human rights, from Islamic Shari’a [...]