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Yusuf Mansur دعوا الوحدة الاستثمارية تعمل

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Added by Yusuf Mansur on December 6, 2009 at 6:09am — No Comments

Laith Zraikat Hybrid cars: Let's give them more tax cuts

Anyone who owns a hybrid car knows that hybrid cars will become mainstream and that its just a matter of time. What is slowing this down is the price tag on the vehicle which -for the most part- can be tipped by governments through tax incentives for corporates and individuals. Hybrids are known to be more expensive than gas-powered cars of the same class, but our government has made a very unlikely decision - thanks to the efforts of H.E. Khaled Irani, Minister of Environment- to exempt hybrid… Continue

Added by Laith Zraikat on December 4, 2009 at 1:29pm — 1 Comment

Laith Zraikat Calling on all Hyrbid Car Owners in Amman

This is a call to all hybrid owners in Amman to gang up and create an "Amman Hybrid Owners Club". The purposes being: 1- Educate people about hybrid cars 2- Push for government initiatives and more support for hybrid cars in Jordan. Ideas: more tax cuts, free gas coupons,... (make your wish) 3- Share cool tips and advice with other hybrid owners. [... please feel free to suggest more] A lot if people today know what a hybrid car is, but even the most well read on the topic still don't know wha… Continue

Added by Laith Zraikat on December 4, 2009 at 12:31pm — 3 Comments

Leena de Paz Refreshed by Simplicity

There is something about baking bread that brings me back to earth from all the stresses of everyday modern life. Maybe it is kneading the dough, in all its simplicity and physicalness, that helps the most in relaxing me.Maybe it is the time required to let the bread rise that forces me temporarily to slow down. But whatever it is, these "back to earth days" and baking bread especially when it made by grandmother's bread have become my safety zone where I can take some time and gain a perspectiv… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 3, 2009 at 10:41pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz Book Review : The End Of Poverty Economic Possibilities For Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs

We live in an era of globalization that consists of different transactional social forces intimated privacy by human rights and a vision of human community based on the unity of divers culture seeking an end to poverty, oppression and collective violence. Furthermore, the view of poverty has thus been constructed primarily from the views of people living in very different conditions to those whom Sachs cites in The End of Poverty. It is a view shaped by individual poor people from across the wor… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 3, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Abeer Hisham Abu Touq جائزة الصحفي المتقصي لعام 2009 / نقلا عن موقع صحفي جو الالكتروني

صحفي . جو - لقد بدأ البحث عن أفضل صحفي متقصي لهذا العام! أي صحفي يعمل في الصحافة المكتوبة أو في الصحافة المرئية وكذلك التصوير الصحفي في أي من العراق، الأردن، سوريا، لبنان أو فلسطين يكون مؤهلا للتنافس على " جائزة الصحفي المتقصي لعام 2009 ". للصحفي المشارك حرية إختيار موضوع التحقيق المقدم للمسابقة على أن يكون ذات صلة وأهمية للمنطقة وشعوبها وأن يكون باللغة العربية. ستقوم لجنة من الحكام بتقييم التحقيقات المقدمة من حيث التميز بالبحث المتعمق والشامل والأسلوب المبدع والمتمكن في الكتابة والعرض. بالإ… Continue

Added by Abeer Hisham Abu Touq on December 3, 2009 at 8:58am — No Comments

Abeer Hisham Abu Touq المدونون العرب يثرون تجربتهم بالأردن / سفيان الشورابي / نقلا عن موقع صحفي جو الالكتروني

سفيان الشورابي - منصات احتضنت العاصمة الأردنية عمان خلال الفترة ما بين 22 و25 نوفمبر 2009 دورة "مهارات الإعلام الجديدة" بحضور قرابة 25 مدون من مختلف دول العالم العربي. الدورة التي نظمها مكتب عمان لمنظمة "فرادم هاوس" غير الحكومية كانت متميزة من ناحية التدرب على تقنيات الحماية الالكترونية وتجاوز الرقابة وتشبيك جهود المدونين العرب في تنظيم حملات توعية مشتركة. فمما لاشك فيه أن المجتمعات العربية تتحد في اجتهادها للبحث عن آخر وسائل محاربة الإعلام الالكتروني الذي أضحى يشكل خطرا على هيمنتها على وسائل… Continue

Added by Abeer Hisham Abu Touq on December 3, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

Leena de Paz The Olive Oil from MOM

Olive trees have always held a special place in my heart and my memories. The olive tree itself is an essential part of the Palestinian life. To this day my mom sends me olive oil that is pressed from olives, which are hand picked from the ancient olive trees that grow on our land. These trees, some hundreds of years old, were planted by my ancestors: my great grandparents, my grandparents, my parents, and now, even by cousins. We planted thirty olive saplings in 2000 that today produce some mag… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 3, 2009 at 12:52am — No Comments

Leena de Paz Gender Inequality in the Middle East Education System

Education must provide opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can, when at its best, provide a rich and challenging environment. Thus, my senior studies have helped me to explore my own way in. I remembered my Education class at Birzeit University where my professor discussed about Education and Gender inequality. The issues of inequality and equality of education are still at the core of the education debate in the Middle East (ME). While many experts agree on the need to improve the quality o… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 2, 2009 at 7:09pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz Zeina Candlelight in the Dark Room of Cancer

I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be one day be the social worker of a child with cancer. The idea didn’t even remotely cross my mind, until one horrible day when I rushed with my uncle and his 6-year-old son to the emergency room, on his pediatrician’s advice. The stay in the hospital was much longer than expected. After ten days of hospitalization, during which extensive check-ups of all kinds were done, the doctors spelled out the horrible news to my uncle: “your child has a m… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 2, 2009 at 7:05pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz اين التسامح الذي نناشد به

عظيم هو ذلك التسامح الذي نناشد به ولكن اتعلمون علينا في البداية ان نتسامح مع انفسنا ونتصالح مع ذواتنا المبهمة ... علينا ان نحدد من نحن على وجه التحديد .. وما هو انتمائنا على الاقل بلغة فنية يجب ان نصل الى مرحلة التماهي حيث يكون ناتج كل عمليات الخلط الفكري والعقائدي والنفسي يجب ان يكون اللون الابيض .. اي ان نصل الى التسامح مع ذواتنا حتى .. نهدد من نحن من نكون وأين انتمائنا .. حينها يمكن لنا ان نتحدث بدون جمل عند التسامح على اساس البشرية المتساوية لكم دينكم ولي دين اهذا هو التسامح والمساواة البشري… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 2, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz واقع المرأة العراقية في يوم المرأة العالمي

عاش العراق بدايات الألفية الثالثة في انفلات في الوضع الأمني والعديد من المشكلات الاجتماعية ، وذلك بعد أن لفظت الحرب نيرانها الأخيرة. تميزت هذه المرحلة بمرارة عيش أهل بلاد الرافدين ضمن مراحله الانتقالية، لاستعادة السيادة والاستقلال، والانطلاق نحو التقدم الاجتماعي والتنمية وبناء أسس الديمقراطية وترسيخها. لم تقتصر نتائج الحرب على فئة بعينها، بل طالت المجتمع بكل تنوعاته، وللمرأة نصيب منها. لقد مرت المرأة العراقية بظروف صعبة بعد الحرب الأخير؛ فكانت النساء لا يستطعن الخروج إلى الشارع نتيجة الفوضى وان… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 1, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz العمالة المصرية واقع و تحديات

تشكل الطبقة العاملة المصرية الطبقة الاوسع عددا واكثر تهميشاً في الاردن ومع ذلك فانها كانت ولا تزال نسبيا تتحمل الاعباء بشجاعة متناهية احيانا ولا مبالاة مزعجة احيانا اخرى، ويمكننا هنا ان نحدد اسباب هذا الحال غير العادي وهذا نتيجة كون الغالبية العظمى من العمال عديمي المعرفة بدور الطبقة العاملة واهميتها في تطوير المجتمع بالاضافة الى جهل مطبق بحقوقهم المبدئية كعمال وهنا لا نلقي اللوم على العمال انفسهم في هذا بل ان الخطأ كان عل النقابيين الذين والوا الانظمة وابتعدوا عن تلمس مشاكل العمال خاصة العاملين… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 1, 2009 at 11:55pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz Hijazi Railway: History and Nature

This spring, I traveled with my friends on the Hijazi (Hidjaz in Turkish) Railway, starting in Amman and heading towards Zarqa. We started near Amman Al- Mahta Balad and end up to the Zarqa highway. After a short taxi ride to the station, we entered the railroad trail just up the road from the station itself. Along the way, we had the chance to meet four young Jordanian men who lived around Al-Mahta. They told us that hijazi was built to transport pilgrims from Damascus to Madina cross Amman and… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 1, 2009 at 11:52pm — No Comments

Leena de Paz A Legal Framework Against Sexual Violence

From my previous work experiences as a case worker, social work (SW) practices became embedded in my insight as a Jordanian-Palestinian: I came to believe that nothing is more sacred than protection from gender based violence (GBV) and sexual violence (SV). SV is “any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances or threats of harm, by any person regardless of relationship to the victim” (ISAC, 2008). In Jordan, women are at risk of SV including rape and sexu… Continue

Added by Leena de Paz on December 1, 2009 at 11:48pm — No Comments

Yusuf Mansur Jordan is not Dubai

Two years ago, it would have been odd to use such a title for a column here. But at least for this week, it is most opportune to remind us all that Jordan is not Dubai. Having said this, we should not write off the Dubai economy, which this analyst believes will rise again. Dubai, which for over a decade has been making headlines as the model envied worldwide, is back in the limelight, but this time for a different reason: the UAE government asked creditors of Dubai World, a government-backed… Continue

Added by Yusuf Mansur on December 1, 2009 at 8:40am — 5 Comments

Naser K Sea food in Jordan? I'll pas ...

So ever since I got back from Thailand I've been longing to have some tasty nicely cooked fish, the one thing I remember distinctively after I spent a while in Thailand is thinking to myself "oh boy! fishes do actually vary in taste, tenderness, etc, and the same kind of fish can also have slightly different taste according to how its cooked!!", that revelation was stunning to me, cuz for as long as I can remember "fish" tasted the same, always, anywhere (in Jordan;that is). And I remember wishi… Continue

Added by Naser K on December 1, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Naser K على جفرا السلام

و أتحدث هنا عن مقهى جفرا في وسط البلد، كان الزمان وكان في مقهى جديد إسمو جفرا بوسط البلد، مكان هادئ ولطيف و"غير"، وعلى حائطه وأنت تصعد الدرج لتدخله خارطة الوطن العربي باللون الأسود وعلى جدرانه من الداخل بعض كاركتيرات لناجي العلي وصور بالأبيض والأسود لأعلام عرفت منهم البعض وشعرت بالسوء لعدم معرفتي بباقيهم، وكانت دائماً فيروز ودائماً ماجدة الرومي ودائماٌ تلك الموسيقى التي تقصدها عبارة "الموسيقى غذاء الروح" متواجدة، وأحياناً كانت هناك قراءات شعرية أذكر منها أمسية جميلة للوركا بالإيطالية وبالتزامن ل… Continue

Added by Naser K on November 29, 2009 at 7:16pm — No Comments

Abeer Hisham Abu Touq عبير أبو طوق تهنئكم بعيد الأضحى المبارك .. عيدكم سعيد ..

صباح الخير للجميع .. كل عام وأنتم بألف خير بمناسبة عيد الأضحى المبارك .. ان شاء الله ينعاد عليكم بالخير والصحة والعافية ..وأتقدم بالتهنئة الخاصة لأسرة موقع أردن مبدع بمناسبة العيد وفي مقدمتهم الدكتور المبدع يوسف منصور .. وللعزيزة نادين طوقان ولجميع أعضاء هذا الموقع المتميز فعلا .. فكل عام والجميع بألف خير .. عبير هشام ابو طوق abeeryarmouk@gmail.com Continue

Added by Abeer Hisham Abu Touq on November 27, 2009 at 10:56am — 1 Comment

Deena contextualising debates on 'honour' within larger Islamic philosophical questions; an amateur's pursuit

Originally published on http://lasharaffiljareemah.ning.com/ Al-Jaberi (1982) has said that one of the greatest conflicts within Arab-Islamic philosophical thought has been the divergent perspectives regarding the centrality of Aql (reason) and Naql (revelation). The discursive contestation between al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd is, perhaps, the clearest manifestation of this conflict. Yet, this ancient dichotomy still stands when appl… Continue

Added by Deena on November 25, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

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Nadine Toukan commented on Yusuf Mansur's blog post 'Jordan is not Dubai'
And Dubai is not the center of the universe :) I've been fascinated by the Dubai World communication fiasco. And that's all it is. Investments fault on their debts time and time again, banks reschedule loans, and visionary investors work on the d...
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Ali Alhasani commented on Laith Zraikat's blog post 'Calling on all Hyrbid Car Owners in Amman'
Good Info laith, But you know what, I don't even have 50jd, Owning a car is a dream until now.
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Laith Zraikat commented on Laith Zraikat's blog post 'Hybrid cars: Let's give them more tax cuts'
How can the government encourage banks to give low interest rates to hybrid car buyers? Maybe they can even be motivated to do 50% financing at zero interest for the first year.
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Laith Zraikat commented on Laith Zraikat's blog post 'Calling on all Hyrbid Car Owners in Amman'
It's really a cycle that will power itself eventually. As people see more hybrids on the road, they will feel more confident making that decision. As for buying one, I happened to talk to several salesmen who import them and I know you can get a ...
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Ali Alhasani commented on Laith Zraikat's blog post 'Calling on all Hyrbid Car Owners in Amman'
I really love that Hybrid cars are getting popular in jordan, I'm seeing them a lot these days and i wish they spread even more, I'm already converted by i need cash to buy a car, LOL!
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Yusuf Mansur replied to Nadine Toukan's discussion 'ماذا بعد حل البرلمان؟ Parliament dissolved, now what?'
According to the Constitution only emergency laws should be passed as temporary laws when the parliament is not in session. One has to remember that 'reforming" the tax law is not an emergency and has been met with many failed attempts as it was p...
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The 2020 Forecast highlights the need for "schools" and centers of learning to be life-affirming organizations-for learners, their families, educators, and the broader community. Secondly, it emphasizes the need for learning to be an ongoing proce...
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