So if you have been around me lately, you know that I’ve been quite the ray of darkness these days. There hasn’t been a tragedy, nobody is dead or ill, and – inshallah – nobody will be dead or ill any time soon. It’s just that I have found myself in a private little hellContinue reading “Thanks to Sarah, Matt, Anonymous Donor & Various Others”
Category Archives: Jordan
Monday Music: The Dusty Winds of Khamasin Edition
So we are in this season in Amman where the dust gets into my laptop’s keyboard if I imprudently take it outside, and it gets into the kitties’ fur as well, and this is why you’ll see me chasing the kitties with the Dustbuster and screeching a lot. I have accepted the fact that IContinue reading “Monday Music: The Dusty Winds of Khamasin Edition”
Sexual health, Jordan, and a few words specifically on abstinence
Naseem recently published a great post about the AIDS awareness campaign in Jordan – and the debate has been interesting. One issue that has come up several times is the idea that the promotion of abstinence is an integral part of Jordanian society. I believe that it is an integral part of Jordanian society onContinue reading “Sexual health, Jordan, and a few words specifically on abstinence”
Speaking of Violence & Jordan
This is a piece by a young American woman who came to Jordan to study abroad and found herself in a horrific situation one day. Katherine’s story, and how she dealt with what happened to her, makes for fascinating reading. Please note that there is a huge, neon TRIGGER WARNING on this one.
Yet another father murdering his daughter… and getting her siblings to join in
Jordan Times story on latest honour killing. A girl tortured and beaten for wearing make-up. Sold out to her father by an obliging uncle. From the piece: Every single member of the Cabinet and every single senior official and every single journalist, judge, lawyer, activist and citizen who isn’t doing something to stop this “horrorContinue reading “Yet another father murdering his daughter… and getting her siblings to join in”
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