- Recently, one of my men here told me that his family had spent two thousand dinars for a camel that was offed during the Aid el Kabir celebrations. Two thousand dinars? That's like the price of a used car. Imagine killing your car and roasting the spark...
My life in the Peace Corps will always go down in my personal history as one of my sturdiest, most immovable ...
The first thing that you will notice about Jordanians, or Arabs in general for that matter, is that they are very soft ...
"Salesmen! I hate Salesmen!" - Pee Wee Herman, among billions of people Disregard the fact that this is the year ...
People are People (and when to shoot them like Dogs)
Saturday, December 01, 2007
In the US and elsewhere, people know what 'justifiable homicide' means. Without consulting the legal world here, it is ...
Have you ever recalled enjoying a television program even when you didn't understand it? Worse yet, did you feel that ...
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, prompting me to switch from my original topic (Arabic TV) to something ...
"I fought authority, authority always wins..." - John Cougar Mellencamp If people actually knew of this song and what ...
My cousin who emigrated a long time ago to New Zealand came across this local in Australia while traveling there. When ...
Progress, I am sure we agree, is a fact of life. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. I am sure that not many ...
To achieve the objective noted in the header, I get up at four in the morning and walk a couple of blocks through the ...
Just when you think that Murphy's Law has run its course you realize that exactly the opposite is true. In Murphy's ...
Baghdad or Bust II
Monday, November 12, 2007
It turns out I hadn't seen anything yet. At Sully Compound, where people awaiting further transportation assemble, I ...
After months of waiting, I am finally here. I postponed it for the longest time, my trip to Baghdad, even after both ...
Only less than six months ago, I finally became a father. It's a humbling experience, as, oh about trillions of people ...
After living in Morocco for over two years and now in Amman for almost one and a half, Arabs still fascinate me. No ...
