Manal and Alaa's bit bucket

Third day after the beginning of the never ending Middle East conflict; Israel/Lebanon war, the Arabic blogsphere speaks. Ranging between anger, celebration, condemnation and support, on both sides of the conflict, the bloggers views vary depends where they come from. Some sound extreme, others sound objective and reasonable, but all hopes ...

Modern slavery in Jordan:Tens of Thousands of Foreign Guest workers Stripped of their passports, trapped in involuntary servitude, sewing clothing for Wal-Mart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Target, Kohl’s, Thalia Sodi for Kmart, Victoria’s Secret, L.L.Bean and others.In the Western factory, which was producing for Wal-Mart, four young women, including a 16-year old girl, were raped by plant [...]

Abu Aardvark has an interesting post on an attempt to pass a law in Jordan that would forbid disrespecting the state. It started as a response to Syrian mockery of the really rather ridiculous “Jordan First” campaign launched by the Hobbit-King Abdullah. Usually when countries adopt a me-first policy, it means that they’re about to [...]

Bizarre: Jordan Plans to Start Its Own New England-Style Prep School.What, Harrow and Sandhurst not good enough anymore?

Yesterday, a senior Israeli military official, Major General Yair Navah, predicted that King Abdullah might be the last Hashemite monarch, causing a stir in Amman:Naveh noted that at least 80 percent of Jordan’s citizens are Palestinian and said that, due to regional threats including Hamas’ rise to power, King Abdullah is liable to be [...]

News from the Hashemite Kingdom of Boredom:AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A new Islamist weekly was launched in Jordan on Wednesday aimed at promoting moderation and countering militant “takfiri” ideology, which brands other Muslims as infidels, the chief editor said.The weekly Fact International emerges at a time when Jordan’s King Abdullah II has called for a [...]

As the debate rages on over the publication of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, Arab bloggers are reacting with their own take on the events that have unfolded over the past few days. Early on Jyllands-Posten stated that the cartoons were a test of whether ...

Today was the first day of Eid Al Fitr around most of the Muslim countries and communities around the world. According to the Hijri calendar, this day marks the end of Ramadan and breaking the fast, which is what the word Fitr means. However, while that is shared between all Muslims, ...