By Farah Mehdawi The recent military attacks on the Freedom Flotilla seem to have gotten parts of the world wonder about the Israeli madness, as one would expect. But this time I thought I should just watch my nation’s reaction on such attacks and see if it’s going to be any different, while reflecting on [...]

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, [...]

Written by Farah el-Sharif After countless festering cases of sexual abuse among Catholic Church clergy worldwide surfaced over the past month, Pope Benedict’s personal preacher compared attacks on the Church and the pope to “collective violence” against Jews. Needless to say, rabbis and Jews worldwide were appalled at the comparison of the Holocaust with allegations [...]

بقلم: سائد كرزون أتحدث في اليوم العادي مع عدد لا باس به من الشباب و الصبايا، و لاحظت مؤخرا ازدياد عدد الراغبين بمغادرة فلسطين و السفر إلى أي مكان كان، فقط للخروج من هذه المنطقة المحظورة، حينها شعرت أنني بحاجة كي اطرق باب ذاكرتهم و أن اسألهم سؤالا عاما محددا؛ شو رأيك بحياتك في فلسطين؟ [...]

Fifteen years ago King Hussein became the second Arab leader to sign a peace agreement with Israel, taking criticism from many sides, but also being heavily rewarded with US financial and political support. 15 years later, we ask, what has the Wadi Araba peace agreement done for Jordan? Have we benefited from the agreement? The [...]

Written by Farah Mehdawi. I have certainly not been expecting Obama to pull the rabbit out of the hat and surprise us all with some solution that could push forward the peace process, especially after winning the Nobel Prize. While the world is dazzled with Obama’s magical tunes with promises of peace, prosperity and a [...]

GAZA CITY – Sometimes its not even worth asking why in the Gaza Strip; why the electricity is cut, why the water is dangerous to drink; or why the banks barely functioning. It is better to understand a simple rule taught to us in the movie, Blood Diamond or in K’naan’s song, T.I.A. – This. [...]