Jad's Thoughts

Just like aridness years we should dedicated a prayer for stupidity in the Muslim world instead of chopping our heads with the over repeated speech while almost yelling at us! we should be praying that we will not encounter such stupidity next year or the purpose of our existence is nil.

Turkey
Top court lenient on ’honor killing’
Afghanistan
84 Afghan girls hospitalized in apparent poisoning

[tags]prayer, poisoning, Afghanistan, Turkey, Friday, muslim world[/tags]

guardian.co.uk – First produced at the Royal Court earlier this month, Caryl Churchill’s play for Gaza has divided critics and audiences. The Guardian’s Michael Billington called it a ‘heartfelt lamentation’, while the Times found it ‘straitjacketed political orthodoxy’. For Howard Jacobson, it is ‘wantonly inflammatory’. Bloggers have debated whether the play is antisemitic. Judge for yourself

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Please allow me to repeat myself here, I’m not against CEDAW but CEDAW is against me.

Each and every country, nation, religion and even community on this planet has the right to make their own choices based on their own ideology and/or belief. Some people do believe that we human beings descended from monkies, some other people believe that the world’s savior lost his way in a tunnel but he will find his way one day and save us, some other people yet believe that going out of the norm and having a sexual affiliation with the same gender is just normal, some others believe in exorcism and getting possessed. In this world, there is an endless list of beliefs that I consider weird because it doesn’t meet my standards and at the same time many people might find my beliefs weird, such as believing in a book named The Holy Quran that was sent to an illiterate shepherd in the middle of Arabian desert.
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Contains three hours negotiating a 16 years old girl to convince not to commit suicide in Irbid because her family prevented her from continuing her studies and a 33 years old man was charged with the premeditated murder of his mother.

What a negative news to read before heading to bed after night long of work, now I’m afraid I’m going to commit suicide in my dreams.

An advice for my fellow bloggers, keep an eye on the news for new suicide so you can decide whether you should open a new category in your blog and name it Suicide in town or not.

Not sure if you can handle one more piece of news even if it wasn’t as disturbing as the above but but I rejoined Twitter and you can follow me and you still can take this blog reader & visitor survey

Good night, wish me good dreams! and good morning to those who didn’t even wake up yet!

BatJad

[tags]premeditated murder, negative news, suicide, dreams, night, family[/tags]

I will appreciate your time if you can take this survey which should help me understanding my readers. If you can’t see the Survey in this page then please click here to access the survey on SurveyGizmo
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May Allah bless Jordan and our awesome special force
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has made a significant new commitment to cancer control as part of the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign, an initiative to address the burden of cancer worldwide. The five-year, $300 million commitment from Jordan will fund three important cancer control initiatives – building a cutting-edge cancer treatment and research facility, developing a national cancer control plan and creating an Office of Advocacy and Survivorship.

More at livestrongblog.org…

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A West Point grad, Rhodes Scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unique education and struggles with the hard lessons that only war can teach.

“The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education” (Craig M. Mullaney)

One haunting afternoon on Losano Ridge in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney and his infantry platoon were caught in a deadly firefight with Al Qaeda fighters, when a message came over the radio: one of his soldiers had been killed by the enemy.

Mullaney’s education, the four years he spent at West Point, and the harrowing test of Ranger School, readied him for a career in the Army. His subsequent experience as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford couldn’t have been further from the Army and his working-class roots, and yet the unorthodox education he received there would be surprisingly relevant as a combat leader.

But despite all his preparation, the hardest questions remained. When the call came to lead his platoon into battle and earn his soldiers’ salutes, would he be ready? Was his education sufficient for the unforgiving minutes he’d face?

Years later, after that excruciating experience in Afghanistan, he would return to the United States to teach history to future Navy and Marine Corps officers at the Naval Academy. He had been in their position once, not long ago. How would he use his own life-changing experience to prepare them?

Written with unflinching honesty, The Unforgiving Minute is an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge, while at last coming to terms with what it really means to be a man.

The Information Technology Association of Jordan (int@j) is pleased to announce its second seminar on OSS entitled “Open Source Opportunities for Jordan”. This two day meeting will convene from 26-27 July 2005. The meeting wil cover topics of special interest to the Business, Academic, Government and Banking communities. All sessions will be open to all participants who are encouraged to take advantage of as many of the sessions as possible.

Registration link

OSS Tentative Agenda (PDF)
[tags]amman, events, opensource, seminar[/tags]

Few days ago I had the chance to enter Citadel at night with a friend who is working on a very interesting project there and of course I had the luxury to spend four hours there photographing every possible corner there.

Enjoy it!

Copyright notice:
Please do not steal this photo and claim you that it’s yours else I will enjoy chasing you legally.

[tags]amman, photo, citadel, luxury, Umayyed, project, Flickr, night, [/tags]