Owning the Night: Nature’s Last Patriarchal Frontier
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream …
Category Archives: Jordan
Al Wihdat Riots
On Friday night:
Eid Mubarak!
I cannot decide whether I am a very remiss blogger, or timely – accordingly to Google, yesterday was Eid al-Adha. …
Calling All Photographers!
Iconic Images of Jordan Needed I have a special request: my forthcoming book on Palestinians in Jordan requires a cover …
Fisk on Middle East Christians
An interesting, if not hopelessly bleak overview of Christianity in the contemporary Middle East: This is, however, not so much …
What’s Wrong with Women in Lebanon? by Nadine Moawad
Nadine Moawad is one of the most vociferous feminist voices in the Middle East today. I have long been a …
Eid Mubarak!
After much hmmming and hawing over the actual date of this year’s Eid, I have decided to enter the celebratory …
Reema
Reema’s story is one of tragedy, ignorance and sadness at a promising life lost at the hands of superstition and …
Haram, A Million Times Over
… and that will still not be enough to address the following: The criminal prosecutor on Sunday charged a 45-year-old …
Learning Arabic: Where Is Best?
It’s been a while since the last poll and with my choice of Tunis as the source of summer Arabic …
