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.
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ideas generator
expert web savvy
social entrepreneur
information architect
social media junkie
concerned about branding
December 20, 2011
December 7, 2011
This is why Jordan is different…
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, “how’s the situation in Jordan?” sometimes it’s being asked differently as in “how’s the revolution in Jordan?” definitely such questions didn’t surprise me; the norm in Arabia now is to have a revolution, otherwise we’re behind. My default answer was “No Jordan is totally different”. Usually I’m not a fan of politics and I don’t really understand that dilemma and I didn’t actually want to get into an endless conversation to explain why Jordan is different.
August 1, 2011
صياماً مقبولاً؟ الله أعلم…
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 “موضة رمضان”، 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.
March 28, 2011
My story with the inspiration of Queen Rania
Jordan River Foundation
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’s team in Deir Alla – Al-Balqaa to live cover a follow up visit of Queen Rania on the foundation’s work there on Twitter.
February 11, 2011
يا أئمة المساجد، أقول قولي لكم…
ممكن أن تكون صلاة الجمعة هي الصلاة الوحيدة التي أحاول الحفاظ عليها نظراً لأهميتها الدينية والعادة التي التصقت بي منذ الطفولة. فبالأمس دخلنا في نقاش حول أهمية خطبة الجمعة و هل بالفعل هي بالأهمية التي توجب علينا في أيامنا هذه حضورها؟ تلك الخطب التي لم يتغير مضمونها بالنسبة لي منذ 23 سنة أصبحت عائقاً بيني و بين الصلاة، حتى انني أصبحت اتفادى حضورها لأصل وقت إقامة الصلاة لتأدية فرض الركعتين.
بعد أحداث مصر بدأت أشبه أئمة المساجد بالرئيس المصري حسني مبارك الذي إتضح أنه بعيداً كل البعد عن الشباب و مشاكلهم و ظروفهم و انفتاحهم على العالم. لقد أصبحت خطبة الجمعة بالنسبة للشباب مملة لدرجة أن بعضنا يفضل النوم لوقت أطول عن الذهاب للصلاة و سماع الخطب التي إلى حد ما تكون مستنسخة في جميع المساجد.
December 3, 2008
InsideJo – collaborative effort to create GPS Car Navigation System
Developed under a joint venture of Genie-Soft and Reborn Industries, InsideJo is a GPS Map and Navigation System for Jordan. It is the first locally manufactured (consumer-oriented) hardware and software device, designed and developed entirely by Jordanians.
As InsideJo team say on their website:
“InsideJo is a promising company which aims to gain a competitive advantage and enhance the lifestyle of Jordanians through commitment and hard work. We hope to assure the highest quality of provided services, developing & pushing all the local & international standards; in order to satisfy your needs.”
April 12, 2008
Do you people want to volunteer?!
Sometimes I feel like I care about people more that caring about myself. I always wanted to do something that keeps my touch in the society and I’m still trying.
Few months ago, I was talking to a lot of people about volunteering and how much we lack volunteers in Jordan. Most of them was like “yes, you are right. We hope to find somewhere to volunteer at”. I thought that it might be the miscommunication between the organizations that need the volunteers and the volunteers themselves. So I started to look around for those firms that need the volunteers in order to organize information so I will be able to get back to people with some helpful information.