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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An American exchange student visits Jordan and talks about his experiences.
The Age of Marriage
24Sep07I think someone should make a sitcom similar to Seinfeld about life in the Arab World.
One of the funniest things in Arabic societies is marriage. Yes, we have actually identified a certain period in a woman’s life during which she can, and must get married, and if we could, we would’ve created an actual marriage [...]
Ramadan is Here
12Sep07With it’s blessings and joys.
May the holy month brings you closer to God this year and every year! And fills your heart with love.
Laundry Time!
11Sep07Yesterday at around 8:30 at Books@Cafe - Jabal Amman it was laundry time!
I absolutely loved the idea of unfolding our secrets on an actual laundry rope. It was really cool to be part of it. Maybe part of it’s beauty is the fact that you could post whatever you want anonymously, and hang it [...]
Did I tell you how much I love Amman before? The best thing about life in Amman is that there’s at least one cultural event you can go to every single day. I can’t describe the pleasure and excitement these events bring into my life. From music to film screenings, art exhibitions, poetry readings and [...]
Like normal beauty pageants are not bad enough, now we have beauty pageants for veiled women!
Wearing bikinis or covered from head to toe what’s the difference really? beauty is still measured by height and limited to a certain age. It still requires the knowledge of more than one language, as if speaking a second language [...]
Reef @ Blue Fig: Brief Review
10Jul07
Photo Credit: Mazen Al-Ali
As part of the local music competition that is taking place in Amman, this month it was Reef’s turn to play for the crowd and the judges at Blue Fig - Abdoun. There performance wasn’t exactly great but it was definitely entertaining.
Reef is a rock cover-band. They played two of Pink Floyd’s [...]
Macadi Nahhas @ Ras Al-Ain
25Jun07The idea of playing in the outdoors was good, in terms of not having to pay for tickets or to physically reserve seats. I have to say though that I’m not a fan of her or her music. She definitely has a good voice, but I wasn’t impressed at all. I know that more than [...]
kinzi, UmmeAaiman
UmmeAaiman, Hazel, Mayur, Savanah, Clyde [...]
Nas, Secret Window
Shaden, Hamzeh N.
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