politics

It took me a while to figure out how to write this post. I wrote one of those long boring ones at first and decided it wouldn’t fly so my index finger held down the backspace key for a long time. Political Leadership has to be my all time favorite

Obligatory Disclaimer: I apologize in advance for the unavoidable incoherence of this post as I’m sure there are many who won’t get it. This is because the thoughts themselves are based on a recent post I’ve read on the blogosphere about religion. Out of respect to its author I won’t

Al Gore may have lost his sense of navigation in the American political landscape. Otherwise he would’ve known that it was only a matter of time before a right wing group would try to embarrass him by employing the worst political maneuver in American politics: telling the truth. So

Before I say anything, I am publishing Khaled’s message here: Statement On December 30th 2006 when Jordan Planet decided to shut down, it took me 24 hours to come up with an alternative portal in a genuine attempt to keep all Jordanian Blogs together. And although I’m going through a major step

Perhaps one of the biggest aids in encouraging Jordanian youth to get involved in politics is the lowering of the voting age. And I’m not talking about various debate skirmishes in the past few years that finally resulted in lowering the voting from 19 to 18 in the last elections

Loyal readers of this blog know that the women’s quota in Jordanian politics is something I’ve spoken of (against) several times on this blog. One of those readers, Maha, emailed me a Jordanian music video that was actually done as a sketch on a popular JTV comedy show: “Haik; Mish

...but I'd like to meet someone who... - is a socialist - is Muslim and religious - wants to travel/work abroad - likes sushi - cares about the environment - is interested in politics and social justice issues - is sensitive/funny/all the generic stuff - likes coffee  - is in my generation - is single, duh.  See? NOT picky... it is

Within a month from now, eligible Mauritanian voters will be choosing from a long list of 19 candidates who will run the country for the next five years. There is a luxury of choice, definitely. At the same time, voters will have troubles making their minds about the picks. After

I read it in the newspaper... then when seeing it on TV, I was irritated. My European cousin on seeing my bothered self said: "why? it's great in their opinion, they're invading America". I smiled and said: "I see it as: they're putting America on the map in terms of

by ~Psychomind-studio Is Israel an apartheid state? Here are two pieces to answer this question. One is from and American professor, another from ex Israeli Minister of Education: Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel By George Bisharat Americans owe a debt to former President Jimmy Carter for speaking long