In yesterday's news a new light of hope has been seen. The christmas celebrations in Downtown Beirut this year were exclusive. Regardless of how I may feel about demonstrations but indeed I was attracted to the way both Christians and Muslims shared the moments of celebration around the huge XMAS tree they planted and decorated. Seeing some Muslim girls wearing Santa Claus' hats will indeed be memorable... [read more]

The free phoenix would love to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry christmas and may all your wishes come true. I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR GOOD TIDINGS I BRING TO YOU AND YOUR KING I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR [read more]

Being away from Jordan temporarily on a visit to Canada and the UK. I thought I dump some thoughts here. Just wanted to say to my beloved Jordan GOOD MORNING. A VERY GOOD MORNING TO BEAUTIFUL AMMAN I also just wanted to tell you that I miss my delicious and simple breakfast of Labne, olives, thyme manageesh and sage flavoured tea. To the lovely people including my family friends and all the people... [read more]

To recap on one of my previous posts, browsing through the website of Al-Arabiya, two interesting stories intended to grasp readers' attention were posted. The first about a Kuwaiti court sentencing two women to prison on charges of 'raping' a man and the other about a group of 17 men consecutively raping a Philippino maid again in Kuwait. First of all this post, under no circumstances, is intended... [read more]

Yesterday, a new UN resolution 1737 has been adopted on imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran for its intentions to use nuclear power. As we all know, the USA is the main driving engine of the UN security council and uses it as a tool to give its decisions the global image. In the Arab world and since the occupation of Iraq, Iran has been accused of playing a role in Iraq through... [read more]

Many bloggers decided to tackle the way ALJAZEERA presents its news. There were so many positive remarks yet there were so many negative ones. One negative point as seen by journalist Batir Wardam for example is that ALJAZEERA talks about corruption of all Arab regimes with the exception of Qatar. He also feels that it deliberately tries to demonstrate political justification of attacks in countries... [read more]

Alot of us ask this question but no one answers. The current situation in the Middle East is witnessing so many events that characterises this area as HIGHLY UNSTABLE. Immigration, particularly to the WEST has always been the dream of so many of us yet with the current madness going on in these countries regarding new anti terror acts mainly aimed at us, Middle Easterners, this dream seems to remain... [read more]