Kamel Al-Asmar's Commentary
Venue: Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv
Date: the 24th of June
Staring: Nicola Sarkozy, Ehud Olmert, Shimon Peres.
On the 24th of June in the year 2008, the French President “Nicola Sarkozy” and his wife were saying goodbye to Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres at Ben Gurion airport. Suddenly an Israeli policeman shot himself while standing guard during the ceremony the airport.
Everyday we see promotions in the newspapers, streets, TVs or any other media for a loan to buy a car, a house or whatever! I have never seen a advertisement that says “take a loan if you want to complete your post graduate studies”. Actually I have never thought of this until I applyed to do my master’s degree online with the University of Liverpool.
Last night I was in Abdoun passing by a super market. A women with two kids passed beside me and she was talking to one of her kids “Habibi Talal, please take care of yourself and your brother, it’s a dangerous street”. Obviously Talal is neither American nor British.
Last night when I went to my bed to sleep; the falling sensation that I usually feel when I sleep happened again. I’ve never known the reason behind this so I decided to google it to find an explanation for it.
I found out that it’s something called “hypnagogic jerk” or “hypnic”. And according to wikipedia:
Sometimes it happens when you hear someone saying some words that are inside you like he’s talking on behalf of you. Zade Dirani is a twenty-five year old Jordanian composer and pianist passionate about playing his compositions that blend Eastern Arabic scales with Western contemporary influences.
Ahmad Humeid on 360east.com mentioned yesterday that there is something wrong going with Zain! I commented on his post saying that I was blaming the iPhone but definitely after what happened today it’s not related to the iPhone at all.
On the 17th of June 2007 a revolution in the world of online recruiting in the MENA region has been launched. Akhtaboot.com, that announced the arrival of the web 2.0 recruiting to the middle east, is one year old now. I joined the Akhtaboot team after two months of the launching but I had a big role in developing the website to reach its current state, and I’m very proud that I’m one of those who are trying to deliver cutting edge services to the job seekers and the employers.
In a country that lacks private audio-visual media, is Jordan TV the appropriate way to represent Jordan globally? I allowed myself to write this review about Jordanian official media.
I know that the main reason for any of the following issues is the shortage in the financial support.
Last week, Save the Children organization in Jordan contacted me to have an interview with me. Today the interview has been published on Al Ghad newspaper – Hayatona part (page 8).
You can download it in PDF format from here.
(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Amman) As the Axis of Evil comedy group returns to the Middle East for the third time this year, comedian Maz Jobrani has released some exclusive new material on Queen Rania’s YouTube channel to support the battle against stereotypes.
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