Category: Family stuff
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Shatana: Contemporary art meets ancient village
Just some images from my trip to Shatana on Friday, to attend the open day of the Shatana International Artists Workshop. More info and images to follow.. Read these related posts on 360east: Talal Abu Ghazaleh Group announces Aqaba Smart Village Amman is looking for its stories. Now YOU can write them.. Argentine Dishadashah: Arab…
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Ammanis flock to Wakalat street to rediscover pedestrian life
Although Amman’s first contemporary pedestrian street is still littered with building materials and punctuated by unfinished patches, Ammanis are already flocking there to shop, sit on a table of a street-side cafe and.. rediscover the meaning of street life. Of course, street life always existed in Amman. Go to Jabal Al Hussein. Even better, go…
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The Children Museum: Jordan can be proud..
A scenario of hope: A 9 year old kid (let’s call him Omar) from Al Hussein camp/Karak/Aluk/Jabal Al Natheef is on a bus. He and a bunch of other kids from his public school are on their way to make their first visit to the Children Museum. The bus passes the gate of Al Hussein…
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A week with the Nokia N95: There’s a little monster in my pocket and it’s SMART!
Almost exactly two years and 5 months ago, on November 27, 2004 I posted the photo below to say farewell to my Nokia 6210 which I carried for four years and say hello to my first ‘smart’ phone the Nokia 6600. Now it’s time for the 6600 to fade into the background, as I welcome…
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Got the Flickr/YouTube blues? Ikbis is the solution 🙂
Just saw this cartoon on AdBlogArabia.. I just want to say.. [Adopting TV commercial voice]: Are you tired of having your photos and video clips on two different sites with two different logins. Are you confusing your friends and family by referring them to different sites when you want to show them your stuff. Are…
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Mixed-sex boxing in Jordan. Shame! Shame!
Where is the respect for values among today’s youth? Is it not a shame that ‘some’ in our society are willing to act in this disrespectful manner. I have obtained the video above of two so-called Jordanian designers, a young man and a young woman, BOXING EACH OTHER at a party. The people around them…
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Amman map: A piece of Jordanian design history
While doing a Google Image search about Amman, I stumbled upon this rather outdated map of Amman (click to enlarge) on some city guide site. There is a little story about this map I’d like to share. This map was originally designed circa 1995 by my wife and SYNTAX co-founder Salua Qidan. I also had…
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We have Wii!
Our Nintendo Wii arrived yesterdays, finally propelling our family into 21st century gaming. The last console in our house was a hand-me-down PS1! I ordered the Wii from Cyberport, a German online retailer something like six weeks ago, who were not even guaranteeing delivery in the first quarter of 2007. That’s how frantic the demand…
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Carrefour opens today in Amman
After quite a long wait, Carrefour, the french global hypermart is opening its doors in Amman new City Mall. I will definitely go and check it out (unless we get too much snow). I know how a Carrefour looks like, as I’ve seen them in Dubai. I more interested to see their pricing policy, and…
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Question to Jordan’s game freaks: is anyone selling the Nintendo Wii in Amman (or Dubai)?
The Nintendo Wii has caught my attention recently. I am ‘in the market’ for a new games console as a birthday gift for my son. He, believe it or not, still uses a PlayStation 1 (which he inherited from his teenage uncle). So our household has missed on a complete generation of video games. Originally…
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Ending my self-imposed blogging hiatus
Once Ramadan was over, I decided that it’s time for my own “blogging Ramadan” which meant abstaining from writing for a while. So the long Eid holiday was not only free of work but also free from blogging. I hope that those of you who celebrated Eid, had a good one. I think I have…
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See how fast babies grow..
This video took the world by storm recently. I was busy with out own new baby so I didn’t notice Check out the “Enjoy Your Digital Life” blog here. Turns out this video was produced by a friend of a friend. Small world. Read these related posts on 360east: I want my kids to grow…