I have been on a low blogging diet for the past three weeks. I have been focusing all my time on finishing my current employment as a national coordinator for a UNDP project on the implementation of global environmental conventions for biodiversity, desertification and climate change in Jordan. So, my mind was concentrating on the final financial and progress reports, final studies and assessments... [read more]

I was terribly shocked to read a statement that Jordan Planet is being "put to sleep" for a period ranging from no less than 3 months to 6 months, due to the "unpleasant" quality of the posts, as describing by the writer. I always put myelf in place of the person on the other side. I know that the guys behind Jordan Planet have done  marvellous efforts in upgrading blogging  in Jordan by providing... [read more]

Last week I was in Cairo to participate in a regional workshop on the impacts of the Free Trade Agreements and WTO agreements on development in the Arab World. The workshop was very useful and gathered a lot of regional and global experts including the well-known Third World Network that is specialised in advocating for fair and development-based economic activities in the developing world and exposing... [read more]

This is a question that each one of us is asking while watching the massive boom in the real estate business including investments in new residential and tourism complexes as well as the bargaining and financial flows in real estates. Does this remarkable flow of money lead to development in terms of fighting poverty and unemployment? I think in principle any economic activity can lead to development... [read more]

One of the major indicators to assess the nature of the visit by Mr George W Bush to Jordan is to compare it with the former visit by Bill Clinton in 1995. The Jordanian people, like all Arabs and Muslims and almost 90% of the world population hate the guts of the current US president for his arrogance, misjudgements and the total catastrphic failure of his policy in the region. The actions, and... [read more]