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February 02, 2010
22:15
Decent Housing For Decent Living
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According to this [www.jordantimes.com] published report in the Jordan times, the government represented by the minister of public works is proposing new scheme for the decent housing for decent living project to make it better than the way it is being currently handled.The scheme entails that the house loan pay back period would be extended from 20 to 30 years, the limit imposed
January 31, 2010
18:03
King's Interview with Fareed Zakaria
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In his interview with Fareed Zakaria, King Abdullah stressed that strengthening of the middle class would be a definite plus for the future of Jordan, he didn't exactly use these words but I understood it to mean that way from watching the taped interview. As far as I'm concerned there is no clear definition of what is a middle class in Jordan supposed to mean, over the past few years
January 28, 2010
14:05
Obama Speech
» ‎ Arab Chatter (jordan)

Last night President Obama delivered his first stste of the union speech, he didn't mention anything about the Arabs or the Palestinian issue, the speech was mainly about his domestic agenda for the United States, it included issues like health care, jobs, deficit, Tax cuts, and other highly ambitious programs. I'm not really concerned so much about the speech, I'm more concerned about the
January 26, 2010
13:14
50 Postives/ Negatives about Jordan
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I can't believe that I'm joining this charade but nevertheless here we go. My list will include a combination of both positives and negatives. 1) Not being able to find change even for one Dinar 2) Not being able to find public bathroom in downtown after the Husseini Mosque bathrooms close around 9:00pm 3) Watching people and shops in down town 4) Discovering one souq inside another souq inside
January 13, 2010
10:27
And Justice for all
» ‎ Arab Chatter (jordan)

you all must by now have heard about the Court of Cassation decision to make the notorious press and publication law apply to the electronic media in the same fashion it applies to all other media. Therefore, all the news websites are now subject to the judgment of the watchful eyes of those in charge of enforcing that law. The exemption clause is rescinded, the honey moon period expired, it is
January 12, 2010
23:02
Suicide
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What is going on in Jordan?! People are killing themselves left and right, so far six people commited suicide since the start of the new year, that is an average of one suicide every other day.Is the life in Jordan getting so intolerable to the point where people find no way out other than kill themselves. Many years ago,While I was growing up in Jordan the suicide phenomenon back then was a
November 26, 2009
19:53
Impolite People
» ‎ Arab Chatter (jordan)

While in Amman during the summer months everytime I go to the bank someone parks their car immediately behind my car totally preventing me from getting out of my parking spot until they come back and move their car, sometimes I had to wait five minutes other times I waited for as long as twent minutes. When I go downtown and go to the market for shopping someone usually park their car parallel to
November 22, 2009
7:41
Orange Sucks
» ‎ Arab Chatter (jordan)

I take it back, Orange doesn't suck it is the suckiest Internet provider in Jordan.Five months of going back and forth to their offices in various parts of the city, I finally managed to suspend the service order.Actually, there was never any service since I never got connected since my initial application for service, but some how they got tired of me coming back time and time again to check on
November 20, 2009
14:35
One year later
» ‎ Arab Chatter (jordan)

I'm officially unemployed the first time in twenty eight years. I lost my job, my health and life insurance, the employer's portion of the Workman's compensation contributions, the employers portion of the matching pension contributions, and many other perks that were built into the contract such as free mobile communications, free transportation, free tuition. I lost my home to foreclosure due

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