In the 1,000 years since the reign of the Caliph Mamoun as many books have translated into Arabic as Spain translates in one year, according to the 2002 Arab Human Development Report. In recent years

Leadership, leadership, leadership. These days, it seems that everyone is being trained on how to be a leader. The Jordan River Foundation recently completed a program, Youth Leadership Program 2010

In a recent daily column Jordan’s most prominent financial analyst/commentator suggested that the real solutions needed to reduce Jordan’s record budget deficit must be “surgical” solutions. These

In Jordan, on the world day against cyber censorship, the government is in ecstasy. Orgasmic waves are flooding the hypocrisy laden political atmosphere.It has been a while since we last heard about

How many times do I take things for granted that are a surpassing dream to the man I pass by on the street? A repeated encounter in a coffee shop in Wadi Saqra made me realize that my origin from a

I am inclined to respond to Farida Farouk’s article ‘Lower Thy Gaze?‘ as it appeared on 7iber on March 2, 2010. In her piece, Farouk uses ample Qur’anic sources to differentiate between concepts such

Anyone turning the pages of a tourism guide would know that Amman, spelled Ammann, is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. But to many Jordanians it is the city, where they were born

Earth Hour is fast approaching. Only 30 days left and counting. I think we, as Jordanians, and especially those of you who are connected, online and have a green spirit, need to be pro-active this

From a death sentence to a mere 10 year conviction - a young man who killed his married sister because he suspected her of having an affair simply because she was on the phone too long. Court

President Obama plans to offer up his own health care proposal on Monday, a few days ahead of the health care summit he’s hosting on Thursday, which will be televised. Details of the president’s