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Posted: December 31st, 2015, 8:35pm UTC
Jordan. Al Ordon. So much comes to mind at the mere mention of the word. The good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. I love it, and yet hatred ...
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Posted: December 21st, 2015, 9:58pm UTC
Dearest Me,
You've been feeling sentimental for a few days now, it has been consuming an undeserved amount of our time and this has been irritating us ...
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Posted: October 30th, 2012, 8:05pm UTC
They were perilous times; wars, revolutions and uprisings invading the lands, with a heightened sense of alarm spreading among mankind near and far. Saturday evening, a tribe of four youthful fellows: ...
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Posted: October 19th, 2012, 4:21am UTC
Disclaimer: This post reflects the views of the author and him alone. In no way does he represent any official group, religious, monotheistical, metaphysical, political, governmental, tribal, fundamentalist, or any ...
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Posted: August 1st, 2012, 5:01pm UTC
Disclaimer: This post has been re-blogged from the IFMSA-JO JUST LC blog where it was first published on July 15th, 2012.
As a start to this post, I would like ...
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Posted: January 17th, 2012, 12:16am UTC
As you might have heard (or not), I recently purchased a Kindle 4 Non-Touch (NT) ebook reader from Amazon. And having finally finished my exams, I would like to ...
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Posted: January 10th, 2012, 7:05am UTC
Looking back at my previous posts, a whole lot of them begin with my expression of regret over not updating this blog so often. Five posts were written since January ...
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Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 10:02pm UTC
Disclaimer: This post has been re-blogged from the TEDxDeadSea blog where it was first published on April 20th 2011.
It has been over ...
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Posted: June 27th, 2011, 8:10pm UTC
How much of a bad boy blogger have I been? If it wasn't for a dear cousin of mine who took the time to complement this blog, it would have been ...
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Posted: February 27th, 2011, 10:18pm UTC
Check out my first blog post on TEDxDeadSea, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience:
"As ...
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Posted: January 23rd, 2011, 3:28am UTC
Who would have known time could run so fast! Browsing through the archive it just struck me that I missed Qahwa Saada's first year anniversary, which was supposedly on ...
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Posted: January 21st, 2011, 12:02am UTC
It has been quite a while since my last blog post, my sincere apologies dear readers. I wouldn't have really thought I'd be saying this, but in the last few ...
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Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:03pm UTC
Seeing as there was a competition last week for designing the logo of the Faculty of Medicine at Jordan University of Science and Technology, I decided to give ...
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Posted: August 30th, 2010, 8:15pm UTC
More than a year has swept by since I last dusted the soles of my shoes at the towering gates of school, since I took those wary first steps into ...
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Posted: July 14th, 2010, 2:19am UTC
Now here's a rather eye-catching story. It turns out King Abdullah has been out and about on his Harley-Davidson, again! This time, though, Crown Prince Hussein is escorting him in ...
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Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 8:26pm UTC
Over the past few weeks, a topic that has been progressively drawing my attention is that of the United States demanding that Jordan relinquish its rights to produce its own ...
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Posted: June 15th, 2010, 10:37pm UTC
So here I am, after a rather delicious meal of home made mansaf, staring at my online Organic Chemistry slides, and waiting for the information to be fed into my ...
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Posted: June 13th, 2010, 5:16pm UTC
Ever since the 9th of June, or my birthday, I've been bugged with a voice in my head asking questions I have absolutely no words to reply to. I ...
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 6:56am UTC
I would like to say that these thoughts are strictly my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of any other Arab, Jordanian, or supporter of the Palestinian case. ...
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Posted: May 23rd, 2010, 5:47am UTC
I must admit it has been quite a while since my last blog post, can't say there's a specific reason, but laziness and medical studies come as the main ...
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Posted: April 6th, 2010, 2:45am UTC
Had I been asked about stand-up comedy a few years ago, I would have replied that I knew nothing about it. Today, however, my answer is a whole lot ...
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Posted: March 30th, 2010, 3:19am UTC
A few weeks ago I came upon a dusty, time-worn book buried in the stacks my grandfather used to read. At first, I neglected it as I did with most ...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:28pm UTC
I would like to share with you a short poem written by my dear friend Lana Khoury. If you've been discouraged lately by the bumps and hardships of life, I ...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 9:51pm UTC
Yesterday night, at 12:00am to be precise, the clocks were shifted an hour forward, to make Jordan 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Although in ...
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 5:16pm UTC
"Blog About Jordan Day" is finally here, and I can't but admit that I was almost planning on "forgetting it", but after all, it is an event that occurs ...
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:31pm UTC
I would like to admit, that a couple of months ago, I would have not imagined Friday the 12th of March to be a significant day at all. Today, however, ...
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Posted: March 6th, 2010, 5:47pm UTC
"Arabs that don't know Arabic are honestly a disgrace..", my dear friend, who currently studies in Canada, went on to say as we were chatting a couple of days ...
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Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 3:04am UTC
"Men-Sushi, what's that?" At first thoughts, you'll probably be saying its just an extra large sushi plate specifically made for men with their "special hunger needs", but NO, on the ...
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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 7:58pm UTC
Ever imagined what it would be like if a group of armed people started banging on your front door demanding you leave your residence? How would you react, how would ...
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Posted: February 28th, 2010, 9:02pm UTC
Warmly seated at home, here I am, enjoying the splitter and splatter of raindrops at my window, thankful for the generous quantities of rainwater Jordan has received this season, and ...
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Posted: February 21st, 2010, 2:23am UTC
An absolutely hilarious video I found on JordanianObservations, a must see!
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Posted: February 19th, 2010, 6:53pm UTC
The recent shocking discovery of the hit team that assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh by Dubai Police has severely shaken the abilities and credibility of the once "highly regarded" Israeli ...
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Posted: February 15th, 2010, 2:21am UTC
Commuting has by no doubt become a part of our daily lives. According to US government statistics, Americans now spend over 100 hours a year commuting. Although one may ...
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Posted: February 13th, 2010, 12:39am UTC
A little while back I applied as a volunteer with King Hussein Cancer Center & Foundation (hereafter KHCC & KHCF). The King Hussein Cancer Center is the only ...
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Posted: February 7th, 2010, 11:52pm UTC
How often do we stop to say, to actually think, what this day actually means in history? How often are we thankful for the community, for the country in ...
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Posted: February 5th, 2010, 6:49am UTC
I've always admired camels for their everlasting cheerfulness, they always seem to be in a jumpy mood, with that cheeky smile drawn on their hairy faces, don't they?
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Posted: February 4th, 2010, 9:32pm UTC
Russell Peters Punk'd By The King Of Jordan?...
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Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:43pm UTC
Was searching YouTube for something to feed my boredom last night, when I came upon Queen Rania's YouTube channel. For those who haven't heard, Queen Rania of Jordan has launched ...
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Posted: February 1st, 2010, 7:12am UTC
It was a great shock today when I heard the most surprising news yet...that what happened in Haiti was actually an artificial disaster caused by the United States!
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Posted: January 31st, 2010, 9:52pm UTC
It has been more than fifteen years since Prime Minister of Jordan Abdelsalam al-Majali declared an "end to the age of wars" and Shimon Peres declared that "the moment ...
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Posted: January 20th, 2010, 10:23pm UTC
I would like to dedicate this post to Ibrahim and Samah, without whom I would not have learned about "Writing In Arabic" day.
As Samah says: "شو ...
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Posted: January 20th, 2010, 7:07pm UTC
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Posted: January 19th, 2010, 6:01am UTC
According to khaberni.com, which has obtained information from international weather forecast sites, Jordan will be affected by a cold wave on sunday night, which may bring snow to ...
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Posted: January 19th, 2010, 7:28pm UTC
According to Cheryl Haines of HighBeam research: "Ask most Jordanians about vitamin B12 and chances are they, or someone they know, will be taking weekly injections to combat ...
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Posted: January 17th, 2010, 2:33am UTC
The idea of getting a job in the Ferrari Industries may seem impossible, but with will and determination, anything could become a reality. This is a story I read in ...
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Posted: January 16th, 2010, 7:11pm UTC
An article that sparked my attention today was an article I read in AlGhad news, under the headline "Government undergoes study to lower medical costs for intensive care".
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Posted: January 15th, 2010, 5:30am UTC
JORDAN TIMES
AMMAN (JT) –– An explosive device went off on the side of the road leading to the Jordan Valley on Thursday as civilian vehicles, including two cars ...
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Posted: January 15th, 2010, 2:31am UTC
Here I am, writing my first post on Qahwa Saada, hoping for a prosperous future for this newly formed Jordanian blog.
Well, first is ...