A blog by Ahmad Humeid. Since 2003. Currently for Instagram text overflow.
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Shopkeepers from hell: How Amman takes out the fun from shopping (and what this says about us)
Shopping in Amman often can be an unhappy experience. In many shopping situations, one has to deal with one of the following traits (or a combination of them): unfriendliness, ignorance, rip-off, lack of empowerment, arrogance and sheer stupidity. Take, for example, the latest shopping incident my wife had to endure. Around a week ago she… more
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A universal logo for human rights: vote for your favorite now
A few months ago I was appointed as a jury member of an amazing global design competition. The aim: to create a universally accepted logo for human rights. Peace has its symbol. Religions have their symbols. Global non profits and corporations also have their all-present symbols. But universal human rights, which have become part of… more
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Can’t install Mac OS X Lion, because of “no Recovery HD” problem? This might work
I am writing this blog post just to find some meaning in the agony of three frustrating nights trying to install Mac OS X Lion on my kids’ Mac Mini. The Mac Mini (running Snow Leopard, updated) has a Bootcamp partition on which we have Windows XP installed. This seems to be the source of… more
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A nuclear Jordan? From outdated logic to inspiring possibilities
I will freely admit that I am an opponent of nuclear energy. For me this is a moral stance. But I know full well that the issue of nuclear energy can also be discussed on other levels, not just from a moral point of view. I am also not an energy expert. But there are… more
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Seriously GAM.. What on earth is going in King Faisal Street?
Why does a promising urban rehabilitation project like the one GAM is doing come with so much agony, dirt, carelessness. This fiasco has been going on for too long. Every reasonable person knows that a major rehabilitation of a street will result in disruptions. But the way the construction work in Faisal Street has been… more
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“Jihadist” violence. Fascist violence. No difference.
The Jordanian state, media and large part of public opinion are loudly condemning the violence that happened in Zarqa last Friday. Of course, many people are extra nervous because the people who demonstrated in Zarqa belong to an ultra-fundamentalist group. Some call them Salafists. Some call them Takfirists or Jihadists. Whatever. These are scary guys… more
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Who will be Jordan’s entrepreneur of the year?
I get contacted by PR agencies quite often to plug product launches and stuff like that for 360east, and I usually decline, unless its something that really interests me. So here is one of those We’ve all been engulfed in the news of political change that is sweeping the region this year. But you know… more
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19 things we have gained/learned already in the struggle for reform in Jordan
1. Jordanians have been forced to be interested in politics and public affairs. It’s Politics 101 for many young Jordanians. (Question from a young colleague at the office: “Ahmad.. What is a ‘Leftist’ party?”) 2. Students, workers and other groups suddenly have a voice after years and years of not being heard. Political organizations reflecting… more
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Jordan’s choice: democracy & unity, vs. fascist thuggery
Two photos from the last 2 days in Jordan. You choose what Jordan you want to live in.. The youth of the March 24 movement. (via 7iber) The so-called “loyalists” with knifes. Am I over-simplifying here? Aren’t there a million shades of grey between these two pictures? At a very basic level, the choice is… more