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Month: May 2006

  • Have a Waterlemon in Kuwait 😉

    OK, it’s NOT Watermelon as I first thought. It WaterLEMON. Sadly I only have this lame cameraphone picture from the menu of this innovative juice bar and cafe in Kuwait’s Marina mall (where a friend took me 2 days ago). Very interesting concept: the branding changes colors with seasons. Each season has a color and…

  • Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested with several other activists

    [via Sabbah’s blog] Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists: Alaa Abd El-Fatah, one of the Egyptian political activists, and one of the first bloggers in Egypt was arrested today together with around ten more activists during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with sixty activists who were arrested…

  • Introducing AdBlogArabia..

    Dear friends & colleagues, We would like to introduce you to AdBlogArabia (www.adblogarabia.com), a blog launched to bring you a daily updated package of interesting marketing, media and advertising stories from the Middle East and across the world. In the true spirit blogging, AdBlogArabia offers you news in a unique and brief way with a…

  • New Jordanian IT Strategy?

    Aha.. So there’s some movement to ‘revive’ the Jordanian IT sector. HM The King has apparently asked for something to be done and the government is drawing up a plan. (Arabic link to Al-Ghad story today). REACH is dead. Long live REACH? A second initiative is needed, according to Government and Intaj officials, to put…

  • All together now: YES for wife beatings!

    In Mahmoud Rimawi’s column in Al Rai Today (could not find it online!) a read a ‘very nice’ statistic: 91% of university students polled by the Jordanian Human Right Center approve of wife beating. An earlier study by another organization found out that a majority of WOMEN also supports the right of a husband to…

  • Will ‘Da Vinci Code’ be banned in Jordan? And what about Syriana, Paradise Now and Munich?

    The Da Vinci Code affair is coming to the surface again with the imminent worldwide release of the movie. According to the Jordan Times today, Churches in Jordan are asking for it to be banned. The book is supposedly banned (but I am seeing it all over the place, even in an Arabic translation). Jordan…

  • Wadi Al Seir, Wadi Seer, Wadi Sier or Wadi Sir?

    I consider Jordan’s bilingual Arabic/English heritage a big advantage for the country. It makes our cities, streets and businesses easier to navigate for foreign visitors. It makes English, the world’s global language, an everyday part of Jordan’s citizens’ life. In short it connects us to the world. I personally value people who are adept at…

  • So, is investment in Jordan trickling down to the poor or not?

    I’ve been planning to write a post about the supposed ‘death’ of Jordan’s middle class for ages, but sadly did not have the time (please have a look at the lively discussion I started about this in March). But I’ve been asking everyone, from millionaires to taxi drivers about this and have started to form…

  • Sphere.. The new Technorati?

    This is by no means a review of Sphere (how much did this domain name cost them??), the new blog search engine. Have a look for yourself. It also searches mainstream news sources and claims to return clean blog results without spam. Still new, but interesting. Is it the new Technorati? I don’t know. I…

  • Apple’s new video ads: Mac vs. PC, in person..

    Simply hilarious.. Have a look. [Thanks to Isam for the alert] Read these related posts on 360east: Apple’s video servers overloaded by demand for Jobs’ presentation Hello: Apple’s iPhone Oscar night commercial Skype Video For Macs debuts Today! Ikbis pioneers online video advertising in the Arab market, with Coca Cola Apple brand and sales in…

  • ASPU hosts first SYMPOSIODESIGN

    I still haven’t visited this event. It’s nice to see some movement beginning in the Jordanian design field, especially in academic circles. This is a Jordan Times story on the subject (pasted in full because the JT DON’T HAVE AN ARCHIVE!!). If anyone out there has participated in this event or saw the exhibition, please…