Month: November 2005
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A million Jordanian signatures against terror
In today’s Al-Ghad Newspaper, the was a call for a campaign to gather one million signatures against terror and its ideology. I truly hope that this idea is taken up by the Jordanian media and NGOs. This will not deter those who have already adopted the ideology of terror, but it will send a clear…
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Want to understand terror?
Maybe out of our tragedy in Amman we’ll gain some deeper understanding. Some tough reading is in order. Below are some excerpts from an amazing article by the Syrian intellectural Sadik Jalal Al-Azm. I highly encourage you to read it in full here. I just selected some paragraphs below.. Time Out of Joint Western dominance,…
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Photos from today’s downtown demonstration
Amman downtown demonstration Originally uploaded by humeid. The demonstration today was organized by Jordan’s opposition parties and the professional associations (many of which are currently controlled by the opposition parties). Earlier today I was tempted to offer an analysis of what I saw and heared today. I will, for now, refrain from that. I think…
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24 hours ago..
Read these related posts on 360east: Why is the net so slow today? Construction accident knocks out 360east for several hours We apologize for this technical error.. Dubai Mini-Marathon at the IDF Is Akismet working properly?
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Haaretz – Israel News – No truth to report of Israeli evacuations before Amman bombs
Haaretz – Israel News – No truth to report of Israeli evacuations before Amman bombs No truth to report of Israeli evacuations before Amman bombsBy Yoav Stern, Haaretz CorrespondentThere is no truth to reports that Israelis staying at the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman on Wednesday were evacuated by Jordanian security forces before the bombing…
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Friends around the world react
From emails I received over the past 18 hours.. “I was disturbed by the callousness of the attacks. Most of the dead are, after all, Jordanians. This tells us something about the attackers: they wish to terrorize local populations as well. This has been a pattern in their (fundamentalists) indiscriminate deadly zealotry since the beginning…
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Amman explosions: Jordan’s bloggers react
At the moment I am just too confused, angry and sad to write anything useful about what happened in Amman tonight. My only thought is: life must go on. I refer you to Jordan Planet for an overview of the ongoing reactions of Jordan’s bloggers.. Also: Ethan Zuckerman’s post. Read these related posts on 360east:…
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Steve Jobs: An ‘Arab American’?
A story has been making the rounds on the web lately about an unauthorized, still unpublished new biography of Apple’s founder Steve Jobs. The story of Jobs as an adopted child is well published and known. It was also know that his bilogical father was Arab (who emigrated to the US in the 1950’s and…
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Tragedy. Hope.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Palestinian’s organs go to Israel The parents of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank have donated his organs for use in Israel, in the hope of promoting peace. Twelve-year-old Ahmed Ismail Khatib was shot in the town of Jenin by troops who mistook his…
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Caring not only for knowledge.. but the future of knowledge!
An excerpt from an excellent post from cacopolis. The librarian showing us around said something striking. The library has a view of building collections regardless of current demand, where perhaps the particular section on, say, the history of Afghan-Persian relations in the 17th century, may be of interest to some members in 50 years time.…
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MixUp Arabia episode 8 | Nov 3, 2005 | The Eid Cast!
It’s the first day of Eid al Fitr.. and also my birthday. It’s time for episode 8 of MixUp Arabia!!. Featuring the ‘laser dance scene’ music from Ocean’s Twelve, a funny ‘deleted’ audio scene from our friends at Play 99.6 and a Song For Free.. (Also see artis page on the Podsafe Music Network here.…