Category: Analogue life
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The NYTimess writes about Amman (and my fellow bloggers and tweeps complain)
I really love my fellow Ammani bloggers and tweeps. I really think that they are one of the best things that happened to us in the last ten years. I love that many of them have give a voice to Amman’s urban issues and urban activism. But sometimes they have me shaking my head with…
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A Lebanese man walks in Amman..
This might sound like the the first line of a joke waiting for a punch line. But this Lebanese man is not the star of a funny joke but the writer Hazem Amin, who one evening found himself as “Amman’s only pedestrian, stumbling over its sidewalks“. That’s the title of his article in Al-Ghad today…
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Abu Saleem Al-Almani Al-Ammani
Any name that starts with “Abu-something” and ends with a “ni” or “we” sound, might remind us of militants is Afghanistan.. But this Abu is different. Meet Abu Saleem the German-i. He may be no turbaned militant. But he has a bit of a beard. And he’s fighting for a cause: Environmental awareness in Jordan!…
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Jordanians want it easy!
There are few certainties in life: the sun will rise from the east and set in the west. Objects tend to fall back down when thrown up. And Jordanian Tawjihi (Secondary final exam) student will complain about the ‘difficulty’ of the math test. Another certainty: they will find a journalist to write about the complaints.…
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Say Happy New 2010 on Amman’s 1st Cricle tomorrow
Welcome the the new year in the open air.. on Amman’s 1st Circle! We want to celebrate the new year the Ammani way Everyone is welcome. Be creative. When: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:30pm to Friday, January 1, 2010 at 12:30am Details on Facebook (there aren’t really more details We just want to celebrate…
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My Amman: re-discovering, re-engaging, re-connecting our city
My Amman View more documents from SYNTAX. I had the pleasure of being invited by Jordanian social entrepreneur (and self proclaimed “doctor of companies, governments and peoples”) Maher Kaddoura, to give a talk about ‘My Amman’ at the pilot of NewThink, an initiative to spread a culture of positive action, a can-do attitude and entrepreneurship…
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The Steorn free energy story refuses to die as a new public demo is set up
They’re back! The guys from Ireland who claim to have created a magnetic machine that generates energy from nothing. It’s a story that refuses to die. Now the guys have set up a public demo in Dublin. Their failed demo in London a couple of years ago drew widespread ridicule. Now their ‘Orbo’ is spinning…
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Egypt x Algeria: Football, brands, the Arab national state and God in a snapshot
This moment I am lying in bed. I’ve been lying here for the better part of the last 48 hours, with a fever and a headache. It’s a common cold or a flu (apparently not of the swine variety). As I write this, the Nile has turned into a river of tears. A little while…
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Navigating Amman: Hands on with Nokia’s Jordan GPS maps!
Finally! I’ve been covering developments in getting Amman and Jordan mapped electronically for a few years now, at one point even suggesting that we as users just do it ourselves! This whole GPS maps and navigation business in Jordan was being held up for over a year by what seems to be regulations hurdles, combined…
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Amman’s most colorful day: a city no longer ashamed of itself!
For the past two years, the subject of Amman has been unavoidable for me. Not only do I live in this city, but I’ve also been, with my company SYNTAX, involved in the first big branding effort this city has undertaken. I am overdosed on Amman! The branding project has been completed but writing about…
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Experience Amman and its story: the most comprehensive city history site ever
It’s been a long time in the making, but now its here. Never before has Amman’s story been presented to its citizens and guest so vividly and comprehensively. It’s still a work in progress that Ammanis and their guest will complete in the coming months and years. I am talking about the Amman Centennial website,…
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Suddenly, public transport is ‘cool’ for Arabs. Thank you Dubai.
Dubai Metro by Gulf News Arabs are car crazed. This is one generalization that is safe to make. And Arab elites, are big car crazed. That’s another generalization safe to make. No wonder that public transport systems across the Arab world have not really evolved since the 1960s. Increasingly fueled by easy oil money, and…