Sunday, September 30, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
إلى القابعين خلف شاشات الحرية... تعيش الرقابة على المواقع الإلكترونية في الأردن!ه


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Monday, September 24, 2007
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
On Why Jordanians Live Longer?
Ever since that article hit the Jordanian Media and some blogs, I just couldn't find a decent explanation up until all was revealed today... It suddenly became obvious, how could I have been so blind!! maybe I got lucky and just as fasting has heightened other senses, this time it's the turn of "Thinking" and brain cells are at peak performance... you'll be the judge of that..
The SECRET of Grocery, every parent, child, man or woman is a grocery weight lifting champion in Jordan but that's only part of the secret, another one lurks in complex maneuvers and techniques mastered in generations... Just pass by the Safeway or any place that sells vegetables or fruit and you will see those heavy bags and cartoons hanging from firm unyielding fists...
Each fist firmly holds 7-10 nylon bags of heavy grocery.... arms and muscles from head to toe quite stretched at some points and quite stressed at others...
oooh the long walk to your car... then from car to home... and never forget the skillful maneuvers only Jordanians can perform after years and years of disciplined practice from early childhood... that's when you take out the keys and open the door without releasing your perfectly balanced grocery grip... Unbelievable strength, so subtle yet so powerful and time saving when performed accurately...
If you're not Jordanian, you might be fooled by the seemingly simple maneuvers, so casually performed in our streets and homes... You might be tempted to do it yourself and only then you will be exposed to full chaos, so disastrous if simple objects are at stake and a complete tragedy if eggs and watermelons are involved... for that, has an art of it's own...
Every part of your body functions in complete harmony to get that door wide open... Some movements are only seen by a keen eye when filmed in slow motion... The key element in that maneuver, includes a subtle but decisive tap with the waist, others may choose a more obvious kick but this also requires a great deal of "one-leg" balancing and impeccable timing...
Now, that's grocery "life-sustaining" fitness at its best :) and don't get me started on the super heavy book lifting for school kids...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Fasting & Heightened Senses
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Possible Outcomes of Who-Sane's Investigation!?!
So what now? The tragedy certainly didn't end... It was merely the end of the beginning, we are known as Arabs for paralysis after small victories... possible outcomes of the investigation...
Scenario (1) Al-Qaeda is linked!
Who Sane is found guilty for damaging the country's medical tourism and officials in the ministry of interior affairs are keeping him under parole, fine required is 1,000,000 JOD's!! The hospital management files a lawsuit and asks for compensation to individuals including the poor receptionist. Hussein's father is also found guilty for parking the car for more than 4 days in suspicious manner. Some newspapers are running stories on possible terrorist links related to the old man and his suspicious third cousin's behaviour. Some students testify that the car hit another vehicle just before parking! HMMMMM
Scenario (2) Conspiracy Theory:
Medical Investigation clears the hospital staff and awards them with an esteemed award for protecting the patients privacy, it turns out that the father insisted on not informing his relatives of his whereabouts and there are at least 6 witnesses to testify to that fact including, Doctors, Nurses, an Administrator and one very upset receptionist. (all witnesses are Non biased of course).
Scenario (3) Realistic Scenario
Investigation takes 1-2 years, no one knows the findings of the investigation. No one even remembers what happened in the first place. Nothing is published and all is kept in a file in one of those drawers in the health care division.
Scenario (4) Racist Scenario
The investigation takes one month, the leading investigator is unkown, some rumors say he is from Balgaa province, some even relate him to D.F., but one man is found directly responsible, he is the one who was cleaning the room. It seems he no longer works in the hospital, he managed to flee to Mafraq. His official paper's indicate that he is out sourced, guess what yes "another Iraqi". It starts to make sense, his father is from Baghdad, his aunt's name (belreda3a) is Sajeda and his mother is from Kurdistan but that's not it... his hiring company is Syrian but the owner's name is suspicious, it turns out he is from a Palestinian origin (Yarmouk Refugee Camp) and you can't possibly have a racist scenario without someone from Irbid, so the coordinator who choose the company is a "shamalati" (from the north), ya man those guys are destroying the country. You can sleep now it all makes sense.
Scenario (5) Slightly Optimistic + Synical
The investigation takes 3 weeks, two men are found guilty, the receptionist and the man who was sleeping next to Who Sane's father. Yes, that man isn't that good after all, its true he did feed him his pills but he didn't call the family, it turns out that the man's motive was he wanted company in that cold room. So the receptionist is given a warning letter and a two day salary cut plus a two day customer service intensive course in Arabic, the old man is deprived from seeking further health care in any government hospital and dies shortly after that (he got that one coming).
Scenario (6) A Dream:
The investigation takes two weeks, all facts are gathered from everyone involved, family, patients, anyone who was on duty, day or night; nurses, doctors, administrators, officers on duty, senior management, receptionists.
Key elements of failure to report the incident or provide medical care are stated one by one, accountability for each and every action is assigned to a person by name and position. Each action is evaluated in terms of severity and proper punishment is therefore applied, some will be fired, some will be penalized, some will be barred from medical services for ethical and professional reasons.
The investigation and it's outcome is published in local media, a decent amount of money is paid to compensate the family for all the trouble and it comes out from the pockets of all of those involved from nurse to director by court order. The Hospital director resigns after the shameful publicity and is never to be given such a position.
Who sane is considered a patriot not a traitor, someone who defends the rights of Jordanians in need of health care and his father's story stands on the hospital's entrance with a huge mobile number to call in case anything similar ever happens. The mobile owner is the new hospital director.
A clear procedure is established that states exactly how to handle cases of entry to hospitals for un-identified patients saying who does what to avoid similar cases. The procedure is then given to all hospitals (private and governmental).
And we end up with a better Jordan a better health care system and Jordan still leads the middle east in medical care for the coming 100 YEARS.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
شعور لطيف بالجوع
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
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Friday, September 14, 2007
يا مفطر هلأ هلأ... بتمك جردون معلأ...ه
أذكر أننا كنا نتحدى من سيصوم كل رمضان هذا العام و طبعا هناك دائما من كان مثالا في قوة الإرادة... شخص ما كان يفتخر بأنه صام رمضان كاملا في الصف الثاني إبتدائي و طبعا لا أحد يتجرأ على الكذب في رمضان... و خصوصا إذا قال أحدهم "إحلف" أو "الدنيا رمضان"... إيه يا ترى عما يتحدث أطفال الصف الثالث و الرابع ربما عن أغنية شخبط و لخبط أو تحدي السجائر
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Friday, September 14, 2007
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Bloggers Consolidarity at its Best!
There is still hope for a nation that can feel with such intensity for a man who is connected only by a simple thread of bytes...
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Greatest Page YOU ever wrote!
At least once in your life you have written something so intense, so full of inspiration, perhaps so funny or maybe just so sad... You would look at those few lines and pride will glitter in your eyes, you'd say "I wrote this... I can't believe I did :)"... Then, you would probably put those amazing words back in a drawer, locked forever, where no one would ever read... you would hope that someday, maybe after you die one of your kids, or grandchildren would know how great you were!
You have probably written this marvelous piece of work on the back of your lecture notebook ages ago in the university, maybe in your good old composition notebook at school... Perhaps, in your diary... In a published article if you were lucky enough... or in your blog!
Those few lines that you wrote and believe to be the best you ever wrote, would be the goldmine of human emotion, inspiration, intelligence, charm and wit... to name a few...
Every person would have experienced something unique to the extreme, whether it is love, grief, inspiration or anything else...
I would urge you to link your own greatest post ever written right here... I'm actually thinking of publishing a book that would include what you think is YOUR greatest post, if we get enough to publish a high quality book, and will work on marketing it... why not! publicity to everyone, and a wealth of talent for those who search for it... Better yet, I will work on a website that will host such posts/pages with links to your original post :)
Go ahead and post your link, make sure you select only one post... It's not easy choosing, I know but it is a must.... My advice is choose the piece you would like to be remembered for writing... the one you think represents the best you ever wrote... If you don't have a blog, just write it and make sure to write your name...
What do you think, let the world know of your page!?
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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Monday, September 3, 2007
عندما تموت النخوة في مستشفى أردني
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Monday, September 03, 2007
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THE MUST SEE FLASH On Jerusalem
Great Detective Journalism and documentary effort a few minutes of eye opening information.
This is the single most important Flash I've ever seen, it's more of a detective nature... Great approach to giving you the full picture on what is happening in Jerusalem and what are the plans... A must see indeed... you can find it here:
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FA611AE9-8F4E-4B9F-8351-58D7DA235992.htm
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Monday, September 03, 2007
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