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		<title>Fadi Ghandour &#8211; &#8220;After 30 extremely rewarding years&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aramex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fadi Ghandour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many others, I saw this post on my Facebook feed&#8230; I had mixed emotions of happiness and sadness about it. It&#8217;s the natural flow of life, especially for one of the longest serving CEO&#8217;s of one of the most successful companies globally.

I had to get a clarification about it, at a moment of selfishness, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Ffadi-ghandour-after-30-extremely-rewarding-years%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Ffadi-ghandour-after-30-extremely-rewarding-years%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Like many others, I saw this post on my Facebook feed&#8230; I had mixed emotions of happiness and sadness about it. It&#8217;s the natural flow of life, especially for one of the longest serving CEO&#8217;s of one of the most successful companies globally.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Fadi Ghandour" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-14-at-8.38.38-PM.png" alt="Fadi Ghandour" width="525" height="125" /></p>
<p>I had to get a clarification about it, at a moment of selfishness, all I thought about is what will happen next to the most inspiring and supportive person I ever met, I just needed to make sure this man will stay between us (we entrepreneurs wannabes). Luckily, my favorite Reem Khouri informed me that Fadi will stay engaged with Aramex but he will concentrate more on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>Whatever I&#8217;m going to say here will never really express the impact Fadi Ghandour has on me, but believing that gratitude is the best attitude; this post is dedicated to Fadi for the occasion of his retirement &#8220;after 30 extremely rewarding years&#8221;.</p>
<p>Questions which I keep asking myself and people keep asking me; for what reasons this man is supporting you? for what he replies to your emails? for what he keeps saying good things about you? for what&#8230; for what&#8230; for what&#8230; I never had a proper answer for such a question, because whatever I&#8217;m doing can be easily neglected comparing to what he&#8217;s doing. Now, I finally have an answer; Fadi Ghandour with such an attitude and way of dealing with people is growing another generation of him, he&#8217;s cloning himself to create better citizens, he&#8217;s serving the humanity, he&#8217;s making this world a better place, he&#8217;s crazy enough to think he can change the world, and he&#8217;s actually changing it.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m very happy to know that the founder and CEO of Aramex (at least until this moment), is staying between us to keep communicating his message which is being delivered by very few people, a message that we need more than anything else.</p>
<p>Last but not least&#8230; This is better said in Arabic: &#8220;الله يخليك ويطول بعمرك يا نِعمَ القدوة&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>لولاكِ لأمضيت الحياة بحثا عنكِ لتكوني أمي</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[علاقة لفتت نظر الكثيرين من حولي تلك التي تجمع بيني وبين المرأة التي لولا  وجودها في حياتي لأمضيت الحياة بحثاً عنها لتكون هي أمي&#8230; صدَق القائل أن  وراء كل رجل عظيم إمرأة، و أنا هنا لا أدعي العظمة بل أجزم أن لي أماً  قادرة على إنتاج جيل كامل من العظماء.
إجابة واحدة تلك [...]]]></description>
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<p dir="rtl">إجابة واحدة تلك التي لم ولن تفارق لساني يوماً، عندما أُسأل عن سر تلك  العلاقة الغريبه التي تجعل معظم الناس من حولي يعلمون انني إن حلفت  بحياتها، فهو يمين لا كفارة له ولا رجعة فيه&#8230; إجابة لا تحتاج للتأويل أو  للتفكير، واضحة وضوح الشمس. لأكثر من 27 عاماً، سبقتها تسعة أشهر، هي إمرأة  واحدة التي جعلت مني ما أنا عليه، هي التي جعلتني أعمل وأفخر بنفسي وبها،  هي التي لو قامت الدنيا ولم تقعد، لا يهزها سوى أن تراني أنا أو أحدا من  اخوتي مهزوزاً، هي التي وضعت على عاتقي أكبر هموم الدنيا، همّ أن تبقى  فخورة بي أينما ذهبَت وكيفما تحدثَت، همّ أن تبقى سعيدة و أن لا يغمض لها  جفن إلا إذا كانت على أسعد ما يكون، هذا الهمّ الذي ما هو إلا مصدر لسعادة  لا مثيل لها.</p>
<p dir="rtl">هي انتصار  وحدها بعطفها وحنانها علمتني أن جمال هذه الدنيا في أشياء لا  نراها بل نحسها، هي التي جعلتني أنظر للدنيا من منظور آخر، هي التي جعلتني  أحس بغيري قبل أن أحس بنفسي، فكيف لا وهي التي جعلت نفسها في آخر اولوياتها  وأرسلت لي رسالة ضمنية تقول لي وبكل صراحة، إن مصدر السعادة هو عالم جميل  تبنيه بنفسك ولكن ليس فقط لنفسك&#8230;</p>
<p dir="rtl">لي أسبابي التي تجعلني أؤمن أن النساء قادرات على فعل العجائب، فأمثلتي كثيرة ولكن برهاني واحد&#8230; برهاني هو أمي</p>
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		<title>ماذا لو وصلت حملة &#8220;٦ دقائق&#8221; إلى ٦ ملايين أردني؟</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ruwwad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[تمت دعوتي من قبل الأصدقاء في روّاد التنمية لحضور الحفل الختامي لحملة &#8220;٦ دقائق&#8221; والتي تعنى بنشر ثقافة القراءة في جبل النظيف وخصوصاً بين الأمهات، لم استطع أن اتوقع قبل الوصول إلى هناك من هم الحضور أو ما هو برنامج الاحتفال ولكن إبداع شباب وشابات روّاد أشهر من أن يعرّف، وكنت متلهفاً جداً لحضور الفعالية.
وصلت [...]]]></description>
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<p dir="rtl">وصلت إلى موقع الاحتفال في مركز الحسين الثقافي واستقبلني المتطوعون حتى دخلت إلى المسرح لأرى أكبر تجمع نسائي في حياتي، أمهات وأطفال من جبل النظيف يملؤون المسرح الكبير. جلست على الأدراج بين المقاعد لأنني أردت أن أكون قريباً من المسرح لكي ألتقط الصور اللازمة لتويتر، وبطبيعة الحال لم أكن لأجد مقعداً في الصفوف الأمامية. بدأ الاحتفال مع فتاة لم أعلم حتى اللحظة من هي، ولكن يمكنني القول أنها أبدعت في تقديم الحفل الذي كان أشبه بتجمع عائلة كبيرة في كرنفال احتفالي يتوّج حملة هي بنظري من اهم الحملات التي مرت علي منذ أن انخرطت في العمل الاجتماعي.</p>
<p dir="rtl">قوة وثقة لم أعهد أن أرها سوى من أقلاء يقفون على المسرح ليتحدثوا إلى الناس، امهات وشباب وأطفال من جبل النظيف، وكما تقال بالعامية &#8220;ما كان فارق عندهم إشي&#8221;، كل ما أرادوه هو ايصال رسالة واحدة للناس مفادها أن القراءة &#8211; وإن كانت مرة واحدة اسبوعياً &#8211; غيرت في مجرى حياتهم. قصص بسيطة تحمل في مضمونها الكثير من المعاني، وتحديات كثيرة هي التي واجهوها سواء من أزواجهم أو من آبائهم أو من أولادهم أو حتى تلك التي واجهوها الشباب من رجال الأمن عندما كانو يجتمعون للقراءة الجماعية.</p>
<p dir="rtl">كلمة حق تقال، ٦ ملايين أردني بحاجة لحضور فعالية مشابهة ليعلموا أثر القراءة الذي يجهله معظمنا والذي تعرفت اليه اليوم&#8230; فلن أنسى أبداً مقولة أحد الأمهات: &#8220;اليوم نهاية حملتنا، بس بداية قوتنا&#8221;</p>
<p dir="rtl">ابدعتم يا فريق روّاد برئاسة الرائعة سمر دودين وبالتزام عائلة جبل النظيف وبشغف الرجل الذي طالما كان مصدر إلهامنا، فادي غندور&#8230; يعطيكم العافية ومنها للأكبر</p>
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		<title>هل ستحملون ذنب أبناءكم؟</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[من منكم شاهد في الأفلام الامريكية ما يفعله الأهل عندما يبدأون الحديث عن اي موضوع يتخلله العنف؟ رد الفعل الدائم هو الطلب من الاطفال الذهاب لمشاهدة برنامجهم المفضل او اللعب في الخارج، هذه ليست بمشاهد تمثيلية مصطنعة، لانها من المستحيل ان تكون صدفة دائمة الحدوث، بل هي حقيقة وعادة تبنوها فعلاً.

شعور، هو الأسوأ من نوعه [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d9%2587%25d9%2584-%25d8%25b3%25d8%25aa%25d8%25ad%25d9%2585%25d9%2584%25d9%2588%25d9%2586-%25d8%25b0%25d9%2586%25d8%25a8-%25d8%25a3%25d8%25a8%25d9%2586%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a1%25d9%2583%25d9%2585%25d8%259f%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d9%2587%25d9%2584-%25d8%25b3%25d8%25aa%25d8%25ad%25d9%2585%25d9%2584%25d9%2588%25d9%2586-%25d8%25b0%25d9%2586%25d8%25a8-%25d8%25a3%25d8%25a8%25d9%2586%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a1%25d9%2583%25d9%2585%25d8%259f%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p dir="rtl">من منكم شاهد في الأفلام الامريكية ما يفعله الأهل عندما يبدأون الحديث عن اي موضوع يتخلله العنف؟ رد الفعل الدائم هو الطلب من الاطفال الذهاب لمشاهدة برنامجهم المفضل او اللعب في الخارج، هذه ليست بمشاهد تمثيلية مصطنعة، لانها من المستحيل ان تكون صدفة دائمة الحدوث، بل هي حقيقة وعادة تبنوها فعلاً.</p>
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<div id="attachment_719" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px"><img class="size-full wp-image-719 " title="من أمام السفارة الروسية - نقلاً عن تويتر" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kido.JPG" alt="من أمام السفارة الروسية - نقلاً عن تويتر" width="540" height="720" /><p class="wp-caption-text">من أمام السفارة الروسية - نقلاً عن تويتر</p></div>
<p dir="rtl">شعور، هو الأسوأ من نوعه منذ زمن، الذي راودني عندما نظرت في احدى الصور  التي تم تداولها على تويتر لطفل يرتدي الملابس التقليدية السورية أمام  السفارة الروسية في عمان وهو يلقي الشعر ضد النظام السوري.</p>
<p dir="rtl">في حديث بعيد كل البعد عن السياسة وبعيداً عن وجهة نظري فيما يتعلق بالقضية السورية التي نتلقى معلوماتها من محطات الاخبار التي لم اصدق انها تكذب حتى رايت اكاذيبها بأم عيني. كل ما أريده هنا هو الحديث عن ذلك الطفل الذي كنت اتمنى ان ادخل الى عقل والده في اللحظة التي جعله بها يرتدي ملابسه ويلقي شعره، في اللحظة الذي قرر الوالد انه سيبدأ &#8211; وبكل بفخر &#8211; إعطاء ابنه درساً بالحقد بغض النظر اتجاه من.</p>
<p dir="rtl">ما هي تلك الثقافة اللعينة التي نزرعها في أطفالنا؟ أليس من الأجدر بنا ان نوفر لهم فرصة تعلم ما ينهض بحضارة لم يدمرها سوى الحقد والكراهية؟ أليس من الأجدر بنا ان نتوقف عن الإبداع في الاتجاه الخاطئ الذي يتمحور حول السلبية في التعاطي مع الأمور والدفع باتجاه لوم الغير على أخطاء ارتكبناها بانفسنا وما زلنا نرتكبها؟ أليس من الأجدر بنا التوقف عن التقليد الأعمى ظناًً منا انه يمكننا نسخ الثورات لمجرد الشعور بنشوة الثوران؟ أليس من الأجدر بنا نسخ ما هو أنفع لنا ولمستقبل أطفالنا؟</p>
<p dir="rtl">اذا كانوا أطفال الحجارة هم قدر فلسطين، فهذا لا يعني باي حال من الأحوال ان نصنع أطفال التحرير، أطفال حمص وحماة، أطفال عدن وصنعاء او حتى أطفال المسجد الحسيني.</p>
<p dir="rtl">ثوروا كما تشاؤون ولكن دعوا أطفالنا وشانهم، فإذا كنتم جيل قد فقد منه الأمل، جيل كل شخص فيه يبحث عن أهواءه الشخصية تحت شعار الديمقراطية والعدالة والحرية والمساواة&#8230; فأرجوكم دعوا أطفالنا وشأنهم.</p>
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		<title>Attention please: stereotyping, rumors and labeling are not hobbies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks were filled with events and accidents that forced me to write such a post especially after a very weird meeting I had with someone who drove me nuts yesterday.
On the 27th of November, it was 10:00pm when passengers were stepping out of the bus at Cairo International Airport to get into [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fattention-please-stereotyping-rumors-and-labeling-are-not-hobbies%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fattention-please-stereotyping-rumors-and-labeling-are-not-hobbies%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>The last few weeks were filled with events and accidents that forced me to write such a post especially after a very weird meeting I had with someone who drove me nuts yesterday.</p>
<p>On the 27th of November, it was 10:00pm when passengers were stepping out of the bus at Cairo International Airport to get into Royal Jordanian flight to Amman. I was one of those passengers and I wasn&#8217;t shocked at all when someone stopped me in front of the plane&#8217;s door for security check, that was the first time ever but it didn&#8217;t need a justification; 15 min earlier I passed, with a bag that was full of electronics, through the x-ray machine at the gate for 5 EGP that I have been asked to give as tip to the one who&#8217;s supposed to make sure the flight is safe and secured. A Jordanian woman next to me was totally frustrated and wanted a proper justification on why they&#8217;re checking our luggage at the plane&#8217;s door, she considered it a way of showing off. Usually I don&#8217;t interfere in such situations because it&#8217;s none of my business.</p>
<p>Friday, the 16th of December, a delayed flight to Beirut from Amman and finally a call for boarding; I stood in the queue for the security check at the gate and heard a Lebanese priest complaining to a Jordanian journalist because he didn&#8217;t find it suitable for him to be asked by the security men to take off his shoes and he knows very well that his &#8220;Ecco&#8221; shoes has some sort of metal, this actually happened again when he reached the next security check in front of me. I think everyone is familiar with such a procedure nowadays and it never annoyed me as long as it&#8217;s for security purposes but the priest was offended because he was wearing his vestments, I was wondering what would be his reaction if the security men allowed a muslim clerk with a beard to pass without taking off his shoes. That Jordanian journalist started to apologize to the priest on behalf of the security men and said: &#8220;It&#8217;s ok, we know they&#8217;re rude and lack the basic communication skills in addition to their frown&#8221;. I bet you, both of them would take off their underwear if the American security forces asked them to do so when they fly to USA.</p>
<p>Yesterday, a meeting with a girl who claimed being a proactive citizen and wants to help youth overcome their issues and decided that she doesn&#8217;t want to work with one of Nakhweh&#8217;s partners because they are corrupted and racist based on an article she read ages ago.</p>
<p>From the above I reached a conclusion, Jordanians love showing off, security men lack basic communication skills, Jordanians are well-known with their frown and one of the most respectful organizations in Jordan is corrupted and racist. Seriously people? how do you give yourself the right to label those who are serving us? Who on earth told you that stereotyping, rumors and labeling are hobbies to adopt? Can&#8217;t we find something of more value to do?</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t find a hobby, I&#8217;m giving you some suggestions and I&#8217;m not going to say swim and play chess, I will make it different:</p>
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<li><strong>Positivity</strong>: it&#8217;s a very nice hobby and helps you to overcome your day-to-day problems in a very simple way without taking them to another level. Always look at the full half of the glass and take it from there and see how your life will become easier and smoother.</li>
<li><strong>Curiosity</strong> (in a good way): if you see, read or hear something for the first time from someone, try to ask around to double check on the information you got. Google helps you a lot, communicate before you believe because we&#8217;re living in a virtual space where information flow from everywhere and we can&#8217;t verify what&#8217;s right and what&#8217;s wrong unless we make some effort.</li>
<li><strong>Pride</strong>: this is another hobby that makes you proud of your country, I don&#8217;t think Lebanese would do the same if it was the other way around between the priest and the journalist. You have to cover up for your citizens, and don&#8217;t stab anyone in the back.</li>
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		<title>Thank you Aramex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I was sitting with my friend Nora over food and argileh when we started to talk about some past experiences, she is an ex-Aramex employee who now works with Jordan River Foundation, I was introduced to her when she started to use Nakhweh as the very first adopter when it was the buggiest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fthank-you-aramex%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fthank-you-aramex%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Earlier today I was sitting with my friend <a href="http://twitter.com/yessaianora">Nora</a> over food and argileh when we started to talk about some past experiences, she is an ex-Aramex employee who now works with <a href="http://twitter.com/JordanRiverFDN">Jordan River Foundation</a>, I was introduced to her when she started to use <a href="http://twitter.com/nakhweh">Nakhweh</a> as the very first adopter when it was the buggiest website on the internet and she really had the passion for it, that&#8217;s why she&#8217;s one of my favorite. Nora, when she talked about some funny stories during her days at Aramex, brought this story back to my mind and made me write this well-deserved thank you message to the most supportive team on earth.</p>
<p>Back in 2008, all what I knew about Aramex that it&#8217;s owned by someone called <a href="http://twitter.com/fadig">Fadi Ghandour</a> who believes in youth (as I heard from people) and might support new initiatives, I had one email in my list for an Aramex team member, Mariam, who I approached for a sponsorship in 2006. I thought that the whole team should have the same email format and it wouldn&#8217;t hurt if I try and send Fadi (after googling the right spelling of his name) an email introducing an idea that needs his support.</p>
<p>Email was sent to Fadi after I showed it to many people who made sure it has no mistakes because it&#8217;s going to a very important person who might delete it without even reading it, surprisingly (at that point) I get a call from someone called <a href="http://twitter.com/reemkhouri">Reem Khouri</a> who had an extremely sexy title, &#8220;Special Project Executive &#8211; Office of the CEO&#8221; at Aramex, asking for a meeting because of that email, I felt so special because someone with such a title is going to meet me. I remember that first meeting at the Hyatt hotel with Reem where I sounded very stupid (at least for myself) when she started to share information about things that Aramex does with Ruwwad and how a business can be built, she asked me to do the thing which I really hate, she asked for a business plan. My experience in writing business plans wasn&#8217;t so good, especially when I was a finalist of Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition. I only wanted to see my idea implemented without these complications, I tried at that point to do what Reem asked for but it never happened for many reasons and I disappeared.</p>
<p>Nakhweh went online in August 2009 after I quit my job at Akhtaboot and decided to start my own thing; couple of days later, Fadi Ghandour starts a conversation on Twitter about what we, entrepreneur wannabes, need to make it happen. I sent him an email with my own opinion about it and Reem decides to call and meet again for that. Honestly, if I was in her shoes I would never call someone who disappeared earlier but she thankfully did.</p>
<p>For those who don&#8217;t know Reem, she&#8217;s the kind of person who takes an idea in 2 words and gives you her opinion in a very professional way that you can&#8217;t ignore or even disagree with. I can write books about Reem, but I will sum it up and say: she&#8217;s my &#8220;Godmother&#8221;. Actually some people thought I&#8217;m exaggerating about Reem until they got the chance to meet her.</p>
<p>Since that meeting until now; I met a huge number of people from Aramex and Ruwwad. I told Nora, every single person of them is of a priceless help. Let me tell you about <a href="http://twitter.com/linasheh">Lina Shehadeh</a>, a superwoman (literally) and one of the sweetest persons I&#8217;ve ever seen. Lina, the Chief Marketing Officer of Aramex, is someone who gives free ideas and knows the pros and cons of any project that involves communication and many other things, she&#8217;s very strict when it comes to work but a friend like no other everywhere else.</p>
<p>When it comes to Fadi, no words to describe! The story above says enough and you can <a href="http://twitter.com/fadig">follow him on Twitter</a> to figure it out by yourself <img src='http://kermittheblog.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Raji, Nader, Hani, Walid, Diana, Samar, Dima, Tarek, Mariam, Feras, Kefah and all these amazing people who work with the great Fadi Ghandour deserve a huge thank you from someone who they really impacted with their kindness, professionalism and endless support. I&#8217;m extremely lucky to officially have two of you on the <a href="twitter.com/nakhweh/advisory-board-members">Nakhweh Advisory Board</a> but you all will always be my advisors.</p>
<p>Thank you Aramex, thank you Ruwwad, thank you Fadi Ghandour.</p>
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		<title>This is why Jordan is different&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my visit to Egypt two weeks ago to attend the regional panel of Ashoka, many things happened and encouraged me to write this post. I used to get one question from everyone in Cairo, &#8220;how&#8217;s the situation in Jordan?&#8221; sometimes it&#8217;s being asked differently as in &#8220;how&#8217;s the revolution in Jordan?&#8221; definitely such questions [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fthis-is-why-jordan-is-different%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fthis-is-why-jordan-is-different%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>During my visit to Egypt two weeks ago to attend the regional panel of Ashoka, many things happened and encouraged me to write this post. I used to get one question from everyone in Cairo, &#8220;how&#8217;s the situation in Jordan?&#8221; sometimes it&#8217;s being asked differently as in &#8220;how&#8217;s the revolution in Jordan?&#8221; definitely such questions didn&#8217;t surprise me; the norm in Arabia now is to have a revolution, otherwise we&#8217;re behind. My default answer was &#8220;No Jordan is totally different&#8221;. Usually I&#8217;m not a fan of politics and I don&#8217;t really understand that dilemma and I didn&#8217;t actually want to get into an endless conversation to explain why Jordan is different.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a candidate for the upcoming elections because it will help me to meet the minister&#8221;, an Egyptian friend said in front of me, &#8220;Do you have to be in the parliament to be able to meet a minister?&#8221;, I asked, &#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s not that easy&#8221;, he answered. I&#8217;m very thankful for such a conversation which made it easier for me to answer their questions of &#8220;Why Jordan is different?&#8221;.</p>
<p>Did you see the tweet of my friend @<a href="https://twitter.com/GhadaSaba/status/142607047932919811" target="_blank">GhadaSaba</a> last Friday? Or the comment of @<a href="https://twitter.com/QueenRania/status/142612090790748160" target="_blank">QueenRania</a> on that tweet? I&#8217;ll get back to this but let me share with you a story first, a story that came back to my mind when the Ashoka panelist from the United Kingdom asked me: &#8220;how did you build your contacts?&#8221;</p>
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<div id="attachment_701" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 586px"><img class="size-full wp-image-701 " title="btwsxj" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/btwsxj.jpg" alt="by @GhadaSaba" width="576" height="432" /><p class="wp-caption-text">by @GhadaSaba</p></div>
<p>Back in 2006, I was an ambitious computer science student from Princess Sumaya University for Technology (I&#8217;m still ambitious but got over the computer science phase), I heard something about the award ceremony of Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania. I was already fed up of the educational system and trying to figure out my options as a proactive citizen, thus, I wrote a small proposal on a paper, put it in an envelope and stood right behind the girl who&#8217;s giving the flowers to the Queen so I can give her the envelope directly. 2 weeks later, the office of Her Majesty contacts me and I took it from there. I thought: &#8220;if it was that easy to reach the Queen why would it be a problem to reach anybody else?&#8221;. Please take into consideration that I&#8217;m not the son of an ex-prime minister, a famous business man or a millionaire. I was born in Kuwait as a Jordanian from Palestinian origins and lived a life with a lot of downs and some ups, nothing was special about me or any member of my family except that I&#8217;m very stubborn by nature and my English language was a disaster when I entered the university.</p>
<p>Do you know now what makes Jordan different? Where on earth leaders would be closer to their people? Where on earth someone like me would see the Queen and have a conversation with her many times? Where on earth someone like me would be invited to a dinner hosted by the royalties to have a conversation with the King? Where on earth someone like my friend Ghada would be able to take a picture of the king and the queen at a public place having lunch? Where on earth leaders would go to have dinner at the most traditional place in their city?</p>
<p>For me that&#8217;s more than enough to make Jordan totally different&#8230;</p>
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		<title>صياماً مقبولاً؟ الله أعلم&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[في أول أيام شهر رمضان المبارك أعاده الله علينا و عليكم،  خرجت من مكتبي القريب من شارع الوكالات في الصويفية بإتجاه مخابز بردايس  لشراء الخبز المنقوش &#8220;موضة رمضان&#8221;، و للذين لا يعلمون؛ المخبز عادةً ما  يكون مزدحماً بسبب القطايف. دخلت المخبز و لم أجد من الخبز الذي ذهبت  لشرائه فكان علي [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d8%25b5%25d9%258a%25d8%25a7%25d9%2585%25d8%25a7%25d9%258b-%25d9%2585%25d9%2582%25d8%25a8%25d9%2588%25d9%2584%25d8%25a7%25d9%258b%25d8%259f-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d9%2584%25d9%2587-%25d8%25a3%25d8%25b9%25d9%2584%25d9%2585%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d8%25b5%25d9%258a%25d8%25a7%25d9%2585%25d8%25a7%25d9%258b-%25d9%2585%25d9%2582%25d8%25a8%25d9%2588%25d9%2584%25d8%25a7%25d9%258b%25d8%259f-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d9%2584%25d9%2587-%25d8%25a3%25d8%25b9%25d9%2584%25d9%2585%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p dir="rtl">في أول أيام شهر رمضان المبارك أعاده الله علينا و عليكم،  خرجت من مكتبي القريب من شارع الوكالات في الصويفية بإتجاه مخابز بردايس  لشراء الخبز المنقوش &#8220;موضة رمضان&#8221;، و للذين لا يعلمون؛ المخبز عادةً ما  يكون مزدحماً بسبب القطايف. دخلت المخبز و لم أجد من الخبز الذي ذهبت  لشرائه فكان علي الانتظار لبضعة دقائق حتى ينتهي خبزه.</p>
<p dir="rtl">في  هذه الأثناء؛ خرج ثلاثة عمال يحملون وعاء ضخم يحتوي على عجينة القطايف  ليوصلوها إلى مكان التحضير، استطيع القول و ببساطة أنها تحتاج لأربعة رجال  على الأقل لنقلها. خرج العمال و وصلو إلى منطقة الدرج و فجأة لم أسمع سوى  &#8220;الله يلعنكم، الله يلعنكم دنيا و اخرة&#8230; لو أنا صاحب محل ما بوظيف حمير  متلكم&#8230; الله يلعنكن، ما بتعرفو تقوللي زيح شوي؟&#8221;، قبل أن أحاول أن أعلم  تفاصيل الموضوع لم يخطر ببالي سوى أنا ذلك الرجل ما هو إلا واحدٌ من أولئك  الذين طالما كان افطارهم أفضل من صيامهم.</p>
<p dir="rtl">اقتربت  من الموقف قليلاً و لكن لم أتخيل أن الموضوع ممكن أن يكون بهذه الدرجة من  الجدية، يالها من مصيبة، هل يعقل أن يفلت الوعاء من يد أحد العمال لكي يؤدي  ذلك إلى اتساخ بنطال الزبون قليلاً (الله يجعلها أكبر المصايب). طبعاً لا  مجال لتفسير الموقف هنا سوى أنا الرجل هو فعلاً صائم ولكن صيامه يعني  &#8220;تحميلنا جميله&#8221; و كأننا نحن من فرضنا عليه الصيام فعلينا تحمله.</p>
<p dir="rtl">دخل  الرجل و هو &#8220;يبرطم&#8221; في محاولة لتنظيف البنطال و استمر &#8220;بالبرطمة&#8221; حتى إضطر  العامل أن يقول &#8220;ما قلنا آسفين، خلاص بأى&#8221;&#8230; ثارت ثورة الرجل الذي قرر  أن يتصل بالشرطة و المحل بكامله يحاول التخفيف من حدة الموقف، ولكن الرجل  صائم. إستمر النقاش الحاد حتى قرر مدير المخبز إنهاء خدمات العامل الذي  &#8220;كفر&#8221; عندما زلت يده و أوسخ بنطال الرجل، و فعلاً بدأ العامل يخلع ملابس العمل و لم يطمئن قلب  الرجل حتى أقسم له المسؤول أنه &#8220;روح&#8221; العامل.</p>
<p dir="rtl">صياماً مقبولاً؟ الله أعلم&#8230;</p>
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		<title>و شاءت الأقدار</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[لم أكن أتوقع أن قراري الغريب للخروج و إحضار العشاء من مطعم  كنتاكي في الصويفية الساعة الواحدة و النصف ليلاً كان قدري للقاء أم محمد&#8230; وقفت قرب  نافذة خدمة السيارات انتظر طلبي و فجأة ظهرت لي طفلة لا يتعدى عمرها الخمسة  سنوات تبيع بعض الألعاب، ما لفت انتباهي هو جمال الطفلة و [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d9%2588-%25d8%25b4%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a1%25d8%25aa-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d8%25a3%25d9%2582%25d8%25af%25d8%25a7%25d8%25b1%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2F%25d9%2588-%25d8%25b4%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a1%25d8%25aa-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d8%25a3%25d9%2582%25d8%25af%25d8%25a7%25d8%25b1%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p dir="rtl">لم أكن أتوقع أن قراري الغريب للخروج و إحضار العشاء من مطعم  كنتاكي في الصويفية الساعة الواحدة و النصف ليلاً كان قدري للقاء أم محمد&#8230; وقفت قرب  نافذة خدمة السيارات انتظر طلبي و فجأة ظهرت لي طفلة لا يتعدى عمرها الخمسة  سنوات تبيع بعض الألعاب، ما لفت انتباهي هو جمال الطفلة و برائتها قبل كل  شيء، لم يخطر لي سوى أن اسألها عن سبب وجودها في ذلك المكان حتى تلك الساعة  المتأخرة من الليل فأجابت: &#8220;ماما ما بدها تحكي مع التاكسي&#8221;.</p>
<p dir="rtl">وصل  طلبي، خرجت من المكان بالسيارة و توقفت فجأة لأعبر عن مدى ألمي على تويتر  ثم انطلقت مجدداً باتجاه المكان الذي جئت منه لآتناول العشاء لاتوقف مرة  أخرى و أقرر العودة للقاء الأم، وصلت إلى مرآب المطعم من جديد و ترجلت من  سيارتي و بداخلي شعور بالكره يعتريني تجاه تلك المرأة التي جعلت طفلتها  تبيع الألعاب في مثل هذه الساعة المتأخرة من الليل و زاد شعوري بالقهر  عندما رأيت طفلاً آخر بحجمه لا يمكن أن يكون عمره قد تعدى ال ١٨ شهراً.</p>
<p dir="rtl">بدأ  النقاش الحاد بيني و بين المرأة التي سرعان ما اعتقدت أنني من &#8220;الحكومة و  جاي اقطع رزقتها&#8221; و لكنني شرحت أنني من أحدى الجمعيات الخيرية معتمداً على  الصفة الرسمية لنخوة. بدأت بسلسلة أسألتي المعتادة و التقليدية مما جعل  المرأة ترتاح لوجودي أكثر بما أن لهجتي هي أبعد ما تكون عن &#8220;الحكومة&#8221;</p>
<p dir="rtl">خلاصة  الموضوع لكي لا أطيل عليكم القصة؛ المرأة زوجة لسائق تاكسي سابق يعاني من  أمراض في العمود الفقري و المفاصل و هي اعتادت أن تعمل كخادمة في البيوت  حتى بدأت عملها الذي يعتمد على جعل أبنائها يبيعون الألعاب كغطاء لتسولهم و  الأب في المنزل عاطل عن العمل، الطفل الصغير &#8220;محمد&#8221; هو في الثالثة من عمره  و لكنه يعاني من قصور في النمو بسبب مشاكل الغدد و علاجه يكلف يومياً ٢٠  دينار و يمتد على مدى سنوات و لم يبدأ بتلقيه بعد، فالأم تنتظر دوره للحصول  على الدواء من وزارة الصحة مجاناً، تأثرت جداً بدموع المرأة لحزنها على  ابنها و هي تروي القصة.</p>
<p dir="rtl">كوني شخص غريب لم تتقبل أم محمد  طلبي أن تزودني برقم هاتفها و لكنها قبلت عرضي و حصلت على رقم هاتفي و أنا  بانتظار أن تتصل بي لتعطيني معلومات عن علاج الطفل الذي سنساهم جميعاً به  إذا لم يحصل عليه من الوزارة بأسرع وقت ممكن بمساعدتنا أيضاً. و في نهاية  الحديث أكتشفت أن المرأة لم تكن تريد طلب سيارة الأجرة لأنها إذا اتصلت  بالسائق ستدفع إيجار الطريق إلى ماركا و إذا حضر لوحده سيوصلهم مجاناً. لفت  نظري أيضاً استعداد المرأة للعمل و لكن بعيداً عن وظيفة الخادمة نظراً  لتقدم سنها و تأخر صحتها و هنا لا يسعني سوى شكر صديقتي فالنتينا التي  اجابتني فوراً باقتراح لمساعدة المرأة للحصول على عمل.</p>
<p dir="rtl">خرجت من المكان مجدداً و بدأت أفكر بالقدر الذي جمعني بأم محمد بعد أن رفضت اقتراح صديقي وحيد بتناول العشاء من مطعم آخر.</p>
<p dir="rtl">هذه  ما هي إلا قصة أخرى عن حالة هي ليست الوحيدة و لا نادرة الوجود، إنما تحيط  بنا في كل مكان و يجب علينا كأفراد العمل على المساعدة بالحلول التي تقضي  على اعتماد الأفراد على المساعدات و التسول و تأدي إلى تمكينهم.</p>
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		<title>My story with the inspiration of Queen Rania</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kamel Al-Asmar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My work with my friends at Jordan River Foundation (JRF) on many levels, one of which includes providing social media consultancy services by Ideation Box, gave me the chance to go in a visit with JRF&#8217;s team in Deir Alla &#8211; Al-Balqaa to live cover a follow up visit of Queen Rania on the foundation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fmy-story-with-the-inspiration-of-queen-rania%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkermittheblog.net%2Fmy-story-with-the-inspiration-of-queen-rania%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><div id="attachment_666" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-666 " title="Jordan River Foundation" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/183261_203356873014611_154431524573813_879601_3848144_n.jpg" alt="Jordan River Foundation" width="200" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jordan River Foundation</p></div>
<p>My work with my friends at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JordanRiverFoundation">Jordan River Foundation (JRF)</a> on many levels, one of which includes providing social media consultancy services by <a href="http://twitter.com/ideationbox">Ideation Box</a>, gave me the chance to go in a visit with JRF&#8217;s team in Deir Alla &#8211; Al-Balqaa to live cover a follow up visit of <a href="http://twitter.com/QueenRania">Queen Rania</a> on the foundation&#8217;s work there on <a href="http://twitter.com/JordanRiverFDN">Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>At a certain moment, while we were collecting requests from beneficiaries to deliver to Queen Rania&#8217;s office staff, a quick flashback in my head took me back in time to 2006, when I heard news about Her Majesty&#8217;s visit to attend the awards ceremony of Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition at Princess Sumaya University for Technology. At a moment of courage I decided that I&#8217;m writing a paper and handing it out to the Queen once she arrives to the venue, that paper had one of my dreams that needed the support written on it and it&#8217;s the same reason why I&#8217;m working on <a href="http://twitter.com/nakhweh">Nakhweh</a> or with JRF.</p>
<p>Honestly speaking, I had my own point of view about royalties at that time and thought: &#8220;such a paper will end up in a trash can, maybe a different trash can at the royal court&#8221; but it was worth the try especially for a big fan of Her Majesty like me.</p>
<p>Two weeks later I got a shocking call from someone introduced herself as a member of Queen Rania&#8217;s office team. I went the next day to meet with her and others who work at the office, we discussed what was written in the paper and figured out that they can&#8217;t support me for that one, maybe it was a little bit disappointing but on the other hand I was very happy with the recognition and the &#8220;royal&#8221; channel that was opened in front of me.</p>
<p>One of the most important highlights during those times was &#8220;Le Beirut&#8221; trip that was also communicated to Her Majesty&#8217;s office and they decided to put me in touch with the amazing <a href="http://twitter.com/vqussisiya">Valentina Qussisiya</a> (JRF&#8217;s Director General) who went with me through the details of the foundation&#8217;s work and decided to support the initiative.</p>
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<div id="attachment_664" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 468px"><img class="size-large wp-image-664   " title="Le Beirut" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/169172_10150368335055594_572680593_16619864_4430565_o-715x1024.jpg" alt="Le Beirit" width="458" height="655" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Le Beirut</p></div>
<p>During the 5 years since I gave the Queen the paper until now, I passed through many experiences and challenges that involves a lot of work done with JRF, that was established by Queen Rania 15 years ago, I also kept watching very closely how Her Majesty is getting into social issues and trying to address many of them in addition to the help in putting Jordan on the map with the amazing image she&#8217;s giving about this country and its people. At some point Her Majesty became my role model who always inspires me when she launches new initiatives especially if they are technology or social media related and she made me think and work hard until I finally launched <a href="http://nakhweh.com">Nakhweh</a> in August 2009.</p>
<p>My story with the inspiration of Queen Rania never stopped and it kept growing remotely until I had the chance to meet her in person few weeks ago for more than 2 hours with my fellow social activists to discuss many issues that face youth in Jordan especially volunteerism.</p>
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<div id="attachment_665" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 528px"><img class="size-full wp-image-665  " title="A lunch with Queen Rania" src="http://kermittheblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/165661_500367652769_114299277769_5839476_3659690_n.jpg" alt="A lunch with Queen Rania" width="518" height="346" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A lunch with Queen Rania</p></div>
<p>Today, after choosing Ideation Box to work with JRF on their social media &amp; online communication strategy, I have to say that everyday I learn something new from more than 260 people who work with Her Majesty&#8217;s foundation, and I really think that the 1,000,000 beneficiaries they reached couple of months ago is not an accurate number, if they don&#8217;t count someone like me in.</p>
<p>I will dedicate another blog post very soon to tell you more about JRF&#8217;s work but I have to say that we&#8217;re the luckiest citizens on earth for having such leaders who are very inspiring and close to their people.</p>
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