Every 15 seconds a woman is a target of violence around the world. One in every five wives is regularly physically abused by her husband.
According to new study 61 percent of Jordanian women are targets of domestic violence. The study shows that 33.3 percent of the domestic violence is focused on screaming, insults and contempt. [...]
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Eid Diet and Inspired Notes
09Oct08This is actually funny. Except for the kissing part, it’s very yucky. I was glad Eid is over because I was sick of all the kissing…ewwww it was my first “real” Jordanian Eid, and with all due respect to everyone, I now know for a fact that I hate the traditional Jordanian version of Eid, [...]
Suspicious Smoke
07Oct08Although Jordan ranks 10th in the world in terms of laws that prohibit smoking in public places, a recent study revealed that one-third of Jordanians are smokers.[Source]
If the laws are not being implemented properly and/or they just don’t seem to work, why do we still have them? What should be done is an amendment to [...]
Breakdance, a movement started in the west more than 20 years ago has been re-discovered by Jordanian youth nearly eight years ago. The whole hip-hop scene has only recently flourished and with that, the b-boying has finally come out of hiding.
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The Royal Film Commission- Jordan is pleased to announce the upcoming Documentary Film Workshop instructed by established faculty members of the University Of Southern California, School Of Cinematic Arts in LA (USC).
The two-session workshop aims to assist a group of emerging filmmakers (14 participants) with an understanding of the arts and practice of Documentary Film. [...]
“The United States of America has declared war on Islam! Take control of the American hero, and wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the world’s most destructive weapons!”
At one stage, he finds Bin Laden and kills him, before proceeding to kill the Prophet Muhammad, and at the end, killing God himself, as [...]
What if She’s Innocent?
24Sep08I always have difficulty believing such ridiculous stories! why would that woman write down the names of all the men she slept with, TWICE! first infront of the lawyer and then infront of her mother and siblings?? it’s just weird, why would anyone do that?
And why do we always believe that the woman indeed [...]
The Danish High Court on Thursday convicted six Danish citizens of supporting terror, after they were found to have funnelled money from T-shirt and fragrance sales to the Palestinian terror group PFLP and the Colombian guerilla group FARC.
The employees were initially found not guilty in the District Court last year, but Thursday the High Court [...]
So it’s that time of the year again folks and hopefully we can rally together to make a difference in the lives of a few citizens. The Action Committee has started its food drive for Ramadan and your help is needed! The Ramadan food package is going to cost 20JDs and will contain:
3 kg Rice
3 [...]
Mind Orgasm
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