The Jordanian Government is almost certian to sell its majority shares in the highly profitable and successful Jordan TeleCom. The negotiations have been underway with France TeleCom, the holders of 40% of the current shares, and with the Jordanian tycoon Sabih Al-Masri who is offering the government 1.5 billion JDs to get hold of all the 81% shares of the government and France Telecom in the company... [read more]

  After the black comedy of the Parliament's vote on the public budget last week, I have to admit that I am ashamed, as a Jordanian citizen and voter, of the low professional quality of the Parliamentarian process and of course, the shallowness of the majority of its members. The debate for the public budget started with encouraging signs in the initial phases, but then dropped to a horrendous... [read more]

So we have been living in an illusion in the past decade, believing that Dubai is the most expensive city in the Arab world. It has been proved as a misconception by the highly credible Economist Intelligence Unit who have carried out a global survey on the living expenses in 128 countries in the world compared to incomes. The results were published in a recent feature in the London-based Al Sharq... [read more]

The very well-informed Egyptiam blogger Sandmonkey has discovered a shock. In a recent post in his blog Rantings of a sandmonkey he documented that an Egyptian newspaper called "al Fajr" has published the 12 notorious cartoons that have sparked a wave of hatred between the Muslim world and parts of Europe. The real surprise is the fact that the Egyptian newspaper published the cartoons in October... [read more]

Yesterday I went into a state of depression. I received an e-mail from the British charity organization Oxfam International containing a simple request to nominate a general character that has credibility and influence on people to act as a role model assisting Oxfam in its global fight against poverty. I wanted to search for a character/ role model from the Arab World, and guess what: I miserably... [read more]

The wave of inter-cultural struggle sweeping down all barriers of wisdom and tranquility between the Muslim world and Europe is casting a big dark shadow over the prospects of dialogue between civilizations.   In the last week we have seen a clear triumph for fundamentalists at both sides. Religious fundamentalists are leading a huge public campaign in the Muslim world, which the governments had... [read more]

The poor editor of Shihan weekly Mr. Jihad Momani is about to face the worst time of his life. For a reason nobody knows, he opted to publish three of the twelve notorious cartoons that have caused the biggest clash of civilization between Islam and Europe in the last week.   Momani's grave mistake has not only caused him his job, he will be put under a prosecution council by the Jordanian Journalist... [read more]