Month: September 2005
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The Guardian redesigned..
I remember sitting the Adbdulhameed Shoman library 17 or 18 years ago, when it was still in Shmeisani, reading the British newspapers that were available there. This was not a usual thing for a teenager to do in Amman, mind you. But these were pre-internet, pre-satellite dish days. For a kid interested in the world,…
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Jordan’s ad agencies got their night at the awards.. whhoooooooaaaaaahhh..
Salua and I have just come back from the Jordan Advertising Awards 2005. Jordan’s ad agencies had a ball. Everyone was pretty charged up and ready to go Wheeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooo” when their agency won an award. The ever dynamic Zeid Nasser is the man behind this event and tonight was the fourth time his company, MediaScope,…
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Amman: Waiting for GPS
TRENDS | With the recent debut of GPS services for business in Jordan, Ahmad Humeid wonders if we’ll be enjoying electronic city navigation anytime soon. I only remember how big Amman has become when I visit a relative in a part of town I haven’t been to. Amman is big and is expanding in all…
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New Orleans. Shameful.
The BBC’s Matt Frei, in New Orleans, says conditions in the convention centre, where up to 20,000 people are stranded, are the most wretched he has seen anywhere, including crises in the Third World. Can anyone believe what is happening?? When nature strikes, there is no denying that human beings can’t do much about it.…
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A new species: stock-crazed Jordanians
STOCKS | Missed the Internet bubble? Don’t miss Jordan’s stock revolution, playing on a browser near you, reports Ahmad Humeid. I never bought company stocks. Even in the stock-crazed late nineties when people were ‘playing the Nasdaq’ I was too busy building my own business to actually trade in the stock of hi tech companies.…