Israeli murder of a theatrical Jewish activist for Palestine/ Don't miss TEDxRamallah in Amman!

After this theater aficionado and Palestinian activist extraordinaire Juliano Mer-Khamis is assassinated by Israeli State forces in Jenin April 4th we revisit his Palestine freedom campaign where he recognises the mistakes of the Arab side and the folly of some of the methods attempted in the name of raising awareness for his fatherland.

See YouTube clip and observe the horror of the brutal death of this inspired voice for peace.

"Ideas worth spreading are those that are inspiring, encouraging and world-changing ideas. and this is what I believe TED and TEDx are mainly about.

TEDxRamallah I believe is one of the most inspiring and challenging events. It’s very important to register Now because the registration will end (today), April 9th."

"Even if you’re not in Bethlehem or can’t go there, you still have a chance to attend one of the cities that will host some of the speakers like Amman and Beirut."

So apparently, Ahmad Obeidat has decided to start his own alternative to the government’s National Dialogue Committee.
"So apparently, Ahmad Obeidat has decided to start his own alternative to the government’s National Dialogue Committee.

I think that’s awesome.

In fact, it’s so awesome that I want to start one too. Here are my picks of the people whose vision I think should shape Jordan’s future."



Steve Jobs Let’s face it. Jordan is a tiny, almost landlocked country. It has no petrol, no water and a tenacious leech-like public sector sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.

Experts believe the French language is not at risk in Lebanon despite a clear increase of schools that use English as a language of instruction, saying that two-thirds of the country’s students can still be classified as French-educated. “There is definitely a dominance; a majority of schools in the private and public sector are using French as the first foreign language,” said Fadi Yarak, the director general of education at the Education Ministry.

I definitely feel the existence of the French language in Lebanon, but dominance? Give me a break. The new lingua franca in Lebanon is English by any measure.

Speeding up the campaign for faster internet for the world's slowest internet provision:

"Flip The Switch Group just crossed 1100 members, and over 4000 invitees to the planning session for the upcoming demonstration!"

I was expecting some sex movie or nude scenes but instead all I got was some dirty talk. It is quite funny how Arabs consider such silly things as scandalous.

Still this 'shameless' and provocative talk and enactment have led Razan the Lebanese TV show host to the brink of nervous breakdown and hospitalization.