Month: February 2006

  • Save Jordan’s Trees!

    How do you know internet activism is taking root in Jordan? When the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature puts up a web site asking people to sign a petion against the amendment of the Agricultural Law. The amendment would allow the government to sell public forests to investors. Dangerous stuff. Brough to my…

  • Decision time for global muslim culture: end the cycle of hate or feed it?

    Burning embassies! Trampling on the flags of Denmark and Norway! Death threats to Europeans! Glorifying 9/11! Men and women with crazy, violent expressions on their faces and Qurans in their hands! These are the images that have stuck with global audiences over the last tow days. When, a few days ago, hateful anti Denmark banners…

  • Ethan Zuckerman: a true global citizen’s view on the ‘cartoon war’

    Ethan Zuckerman was in Qatar when this whole cartoon war broke out. He recounts his interactions with Arab editors and reporters at Al Jazeera that illustrates the challenges of seeing eye to eye on such issue. Here is one enlightened global citizen’s view on the matter: searching for “danish cartoon” on Technorati reveals a wealth…

  • Jyllands-Posten new apology – in Arabic and English

    I just read Jyllands-Posten’s new apology for the cartoons here. You can read the English version here. Read these related posts on 360east: Another Denmark Google translate English-Arabic! Another resumé disaster Genpets fiasco: thank you Emad Hajjaj! Wadi Al Seir, Wadi Seer, Wadi Sier or Wadi Sir?

  • A thoughtful message from Denmark

    This message below was submitted as a comment on my earlier suggestions about the Danish cartoons. It explains how the events unfolded on the Danish side and reports on positive measures to ensure more cultural understanding. So I thought this comment deserves to be highlighted in a post on its own. *** From: Nicolai Steinø,…

  • Toot announces Top 10 bloggers for January 2006

    The readers and bloggers have voted! And here are the top 10 bloggers for the month of January. Yippeee.. I made it at number 9! . Thank you everyone who voted for 360east. As the votes are reset at the start of every month, make sure you vote for your favorite blog again in February.…

  • ‘Smash Hits’ magazine folds, lives on as website

    A 360east reader brought this to my attention today. Smash Hits magazine has succumbed to competition from the web and is ceasing publication this month. Alongside Sinclair User Crash, Zzapp, Computer and Video Games and others Smash Hits was one of the magazines that formed my connection to the outside world. It’s British humor and…

  • Digg this?

    A few months ago I found out about Digg. What is Diigg? Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do. Neat idea. So…

  • Wondering how the Prophet might have responded to the cartoons..

    In the Islam religion class in school I, as all children in Muslim world, have learned about the life of Prophet Mohammad. I would like to briefly recount three of the ones I remember: 1. His story with the Jewish neighbor who used to THROW GARBAGE at his doorsteps: The Prophet had this Jewish neighbor.…

  • Google plans R&D center in Israel

    The two magic letter R and D. Hint, Hint, to the Jordanian IT industry Haaretz – Israel News DAVOS, Switzerland – Google “is in the process of establishing an R&D center in Israel,” Sergey Brin, a founder of the Internet search titan, told Haaretz during the World Economic Forum here. Brin and co-founder Larry Page…

  • Aqaba starts duty free shopping ad campaign

    The Aqaba tourism brand is making more apearances. Today it was an ad promoting duty free shopping in Aqaba, emphasizing how much Aqaba has changed, offering a seaside shopping experience that combines modern shopping and traditional markets.

  • Know your rights: The Jordanian Constitution

    Today Al-ghad is carrying a special supplement containing the full text of the Jordanian Constitution. Al-Rai is also carrying the full text of the Constitution and an ad campaign with the slogan ‘Know your rights, protect yourself’. The three published ads are about the Constitution, against nepotism and against early marraige. The ads carry the…