Category: Analogue life
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More crazy stuff with an ‘Islamic’ label on it..
It’s Ramadan. Which is always a good time for the fanatics / forces of darkness / narrow-minded crazies, who have been in the driver seat of muslim culture for too long.. its a good time for them to come up with all kinds of stuff.. In Sudan, a woman was jailed, after a judge find…
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Video: From Amman to Zarqa, by train!
Ikbis.com’s very own video master Mohammad Jaradat took a ride on the ancient train from Amman to Zarqa, and came back with an FANTASTIC video report. The video speaks for itself. The train, the stations, the reaction of the people and the areas it passes through together tell a tough story. Mohammad does it in…
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Back to School (and the horrible schoolbooks Jordan’s children are given)
Can a schoolbook cover look more depressing? A miserable boy, asleep at the desk, writing in his copy-book, ink bottle by his side. I want you to feast your eyes on the the photo above and the eleven other examples from 3rd grade government curricula schoolbooks, which I photographed three years ago (but always kept…
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SYNTAX scraps its website, replacing it with one lousy web page
At SYNTAX, we’re the kind of people who’d make fun of companies and government departments who don’t update their websites. If you hire us, we’d lecture you for hours about the importance of “staffing your website” with people who can communicate on the web and keep your website fresh and updated. We’d also point out…
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Amman’s GPS map on Nokia should be released within weeks..
My own investigation and also some reader tips have indicated that the Nokia map for Amman and Jordan should be released within a month or so. It seems that Navteq/Nokia have finally gotten “local approval” to release their map. I don’t know exactly what was holding up the public release of both the Nokia/Navteq map…
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Where the heck did Amman’s big red tour busses disappear?
Ok, this is really old new by now. But I still would be interested in more info. Last year, Amman got its first tour busses which, like in any big capital, meant to keep going around town in a certain path, passing through all the cities notable sites, shopping opportunities and landmarks. They became part…
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Clinton brings the two journalists home: a moment of American greatness
Photo by Jonathan Alcorn for The New York Times Just a few hours ago, a white, unmarked plane carrying former US President Bill Clinton and two American journalists Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, touched down in an airport near Los Angeles, back from North Korea, where the two women were detained since March.…
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Amman’s public transport development: will we seize the moment?
Will we be riding a modern metro and bus system that takes us across Amman with comfort and ease? Any serious discussion about Amman and its problems is bound to hit upon the issue of transport. Wether we’re complaining about the increasing occurrence of traffic jams, how Amman has turned into a car city, how…
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Abu Ahmad the Nigerian, Jordanian, Ammani ‘Peanut Man’
(Photo from the Jordan Times, by Hani Hazaimeh) Amman is not a city of monuments. I still like to call it a city of human scale. Being what it is, it sometimes manages to elevate a humble street seller to a true city landmark. The story of Abu Ahmad, the peanut street vendor near Amman’s…
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Sunny’s 105.1 feel-good guide: truly diverse, truly refreshing take on Jordan
Yesterday I had one of those “feel good” moments about Jordan. You know, one of those instances (maybe rather rare instances) where you feel that Jordan is at its best. Where our mosaic or collage or whatever you want to call it just comes together. No I am not talking about some grand government scheme…
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Are you a Rainbow Streeter?
Totally biased. Totally unscientific. Totally convoluted. But GREAT! Roba’s Quiz: Do you have what it takes to be a Rainbow Crowder? Read these related posts on 360east: No related posts
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