7 Places I Want to See Before I Die: a Jordanian perspective

"Not a long time ago I suggested a very plausible and completely implementable solution for the notorious problem known as “Summer traffic jam in Amman”. You know, with the expats coming home for their annual dose of Shawerma and Falafel Al-Quds, among other things. So this comes in the spirit of making room for our fellow citizens to quench their nostalgic whims and perhaps, just perhaps, make them take a little more time before they get bored and sick and want to go back to their “host” countries, especially our brothers and sisters suffering the Green Card Effect Syndrome or other related disorders identified by non-stop comparisons and the high susceptibility to heart attacks at the sight of someone crossing the street anywhere without a zebra crossing."

"I'm very worried about Hama and what is happening there. The city is fiercely independent and the memory of what the regime did there in 1982 is still fresh..."

"Yes, that was I standing before the U.S. Embassy in Athens on the eve of the July Fourth weekend holding the American flag in the distress mode – upside down."

Interview with a failed flotilla activist:

"Canadian activist Dylan Penner describes what has happened to The Tahrir, its crew, and international activists since it made a dash to leave Greece early Monday. The interview is abruptly cut short."

"It seems that the Middle East can’t get enough of crowd sourcing, and rightfully so. The Egyptian website, 18DaysInEgypt is aiming to put together a collaborative and interactive documentary about the 18 day uprising in Egypt. 18DaysInEgypt is an attempt to “showcase the power of crowd sourced documentary filmmaking.” "