Jordan Blogs

Posted: August 20th, 2012, 10:42pm UTC by Who-sane

Manipulating public interest is one of the oldest tricks in marketing books. I remember when a friend of mine first opened a coffee shop, he would call us every ...

Posted: March 22nd, 2012, 11:30pm UTC by Who-sane

Famous late Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani’s ‘The Cock’ poem was banned in several Arabic countries. If you read Arabic, you can appreciate why. This is, befittingly, dedicated ...

Posted: February 24th, 2012, 8:08pm UTC by Who-sane

I watched a classic Charlie Chaplin movie the other day. Released more than 60 years ago, The Great Dictator is still relevant today as it was in 1940. ...

Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:47pm UTC by Who-sane

The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. ...

Posted: September 4th, 2011, 4:02am UTC by Who-sane

I know I’ll have the time of my life with him. Life was good, but it just got better with him around. I know I’ll be taking him on ...

Posted: July 9th, 2011, 9:01pm UTC by Who-sane

Update: on the 28th of August, 2011, two months after being detained, Anas is finally free! Thank God! We always express compassion and sympathy towards people who ...

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 3:14am UTC by Who-sane

I was in the beautiful city of Barcelona* last month for the Mobile World Congress (my second time for the same event). Again this year, I didn’t get to ...

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 1:24am UTC by Who-sane

Now here’s a dining experience I never thought I’d have in my entire life: dinner … while strapped in a leather seat … suspended in the air … by ...

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 5:15am UTC by Who-sane

(This post was originally written for The Arab Expats and is a tribute to one of the greatest men in history: the great Salahuddin, who died on this day, ...

Posted: February 24th, 2011, 11:26pm UTC by Who-sane

A UAE daily newspaper recently ran the below image of an artwork. The artwork is part of a collection by artist Atelier Van Lieshout that Tim Van ...

Posted: February 22nd, 2011, 4:21am UTC by Who-sane

I was one of the lucky few to get a brief preview of the upcoming Kathakbox performances that will be taking place in the UAE this week. Kathakbox (pronounced Katak) ...

Posted: February 21st, 2011, 3:31am UTC by Who-sane

Here’s a very insightful excerpt from Muammar Al Gaddafi’s book, ‘The Green Book‘: Women are females and men are males. This is ...

Posted: February 21st, 2011, 2:14am UTC by Who-sane

This song goes out to all the dictators who, despite it being the 21st century, still rule with a rod of iron. I particularly like to dedicate ...

Posted: February 8th, 2011, 9:00pm UTC by Who-sane

I went to sleep last night with a big lump in my throat. Wael Ghonim’s interview on Dream 2 TV was not what I expected it to ...

Posted: February 5th, 2011, 6:37am UTC by Who-sane

By now you must have heard about the cruel, insensitive, tasteless, inhuman, tweet that Kenneth Cole posted. If you haven’t then here’s a quick recap: last Friday, ...

Posted: January 31st, 2011, 12:24am UTC by Who-sane

People are asking, demanding, the boycotting of a newly opened restaurant in Kuwait. Internet citizens are grilling, bashing, slamming a restaurant which is a little more than a ...

Posted: January 24th, 2011, 2:01am UTC by Who-sane

Why do we blog? What do we blog about? Who do we blog for? Where do we blog? When do we blog? What blogging platform do we choose? Is ...

Posted: January 16th, 2011, 10:59pm UTC by Who-sane

"So now that you've read that full page article on our recent #fail, we're going to magically erase your memory with this full page ad!" ...

Posted: January 15th, 2011, 8:52pm UTC by Who-sane

Who-sane’s is not a political blog, but there’s been a great deal of political turmoil in the region lately that one can’t sit and observe silently. Frustrated ...

Posted: January 15th, 2011, 2:27pm UTC by Who-sane

Thank you O great Tunisian people for reminding us of some of the important forgotten things in life: Thank you for reminding us That where there’s ...

Posted: January 11th, 2011, 10:39pm UTC by Who-sane

Arabs Got Talent will be airing this Friday (14th of January, 2011) on MBC4. The show, a franchise of Simon Cowell’s America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent, hopes ...

Posted: January 6th, 2011, 4:33am UTC by Who-sane

It’s really sad and frustrating to observe from afar what things have now come to. What’s interesting is the definition that the situation has been described by: ...

Posted: January 4th, 2011, 8:52pm UTC by Who-sane

Jordanian romance might sound like an oxymoron, but let me assure you that it is alive and well. And here’s a recent video to prove that (may provoke suicidal ...

Posted: December 18th, 2010, 9:38pm UTC by Who-sane

As I was guiltlessly banging my head to the awesome tunes of Guns N’ Roses on Thursday night (there are very few places and times where you can do ...

Posted: December 10th, 2010, 5:32am UTC by Who-sane

‘Obama Does Not Mind Announcing His Islam if That Pleases Republicans‘, was one of Al Hayat’s very interesting headlines today. Image courtesy: Kabobfest WHAT?! ...

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:12pm UTC by Who-sane

I read a very interesting, funny and ironic post over at the Fake Plastic Souks yesterday, and what was supposed to be a comment became a post. ...

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 3:11am UTC by Who-sane

By this post I’m not pretending to feel how it’s like to be subjected first-hand to injustice due to a religion or faith. But upon hearing and watching all ...

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:46pm UTC by Who-sane

Yes, it’s very sad. I’m breaking up with Android. Why am I ending this relationship? First off, let me say, I ...

Posted: July 25th, 2010, 9:25pm UTC by Who-sane

I was on a business trip to Japan recently. It doesn’t really warrant a blog post as the whole trip was too short (just four days and hence the ...

Posted: July 15th, 2010, 12:35am UTC by Who-sane

I’ve always associated Old Spice with, well, old people. I remember when I was a kid I used to love the smell of Old Spice, whenever my dad used ...

Posted: July 8th, 2010, 3:01am UTC by Who-sane

Look at that cute octopus! Oh wait, it’s a … dolphin! Octopus? Although the headline says: “The Octopus Beats Germany!” (of course ...

Posted: July 7th, 2010, 7:07pm UTC by Who-sane

My brother got me this bumper sticker as a gift and a joke of course. !وظفك؟ I LOL’d! To make more sense ...

Posted: July 4th, 2010, 10:20pm UTC by Who-sane

I recently read, and ranted, about a ridiculous article that appeared in the first edition of Elle Arab World. I was surprised, to say the least. ...

Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 10:22pm UTC by Who-sane

Uruguay's Luis Suarez For going down in history as the man who robbed Ghana of the chance of winning the world cup, and for breaking ...

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 9:01pm UTC by Who-sane

As I’m an Adroid advocate, when I’m not doing PR for a living, Dubai-based Shufflegazine recently asked me to write an article for them on why I chose ...

Posted: April 20th, 2010, 12:37am UTC by Who-sane

Yesterday, I got pulled over by a Dubai Police officer for taking a wrong turn, and for … well … not wearing a seat belt (I know, I know, ...

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 8:46pm UTC by Who-sane

I have so much respect for Dr. Norman Finkelstein … and that’s not primarily because he’s articulate, outspoken or that he makes perfect sense. It’s that he makes ...

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 8:27pm UTC by Who-sane