Category Archives: Arts
Jordanian Orphanages, the Minister of Social Affairs and the Media
Written by Daoud Kuttab* 7bir.com Orphanages are notorious the world over for being a very sensitive place. Losing one or both parents is a shocking and highly emotional condition. Having the same young parentless children living away from the warmth … Continue reading
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Google and the New Digital Future
By Robert Darnton November 9 is one of those strange dates haunted by history. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, signaling the collapse of the Soviet empire. The Nazis organized Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, beginning their all-out … Continue reading
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Bill Moyers Interview with Howard Zinn
Watch the interview with Bill Moyers: HOWARD ZINN Renowned historian Howard Zinn joins Bill Moyers to discuss the voices of today’s people — facing big interests’ outsized influence — and his new film. There’s a long tradition in America of … Continue reading
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Invictus: On Nelson Mandela
Click above and watch the trailer for this new movie (looks really good!) Or Listen to NPR’s interview with Morgan Freeman on filming a ‘game’ that changed a nation
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NYT:100 Notable Books of 2009
Take a look at the NYT Review of Books 100 notable of 2009: What were some of your favorite book this year? Twelve collections made our fiction list, and four biographies of short-story masters are on the nonfiction list.
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Great cartoon on bureacuracy
Take a look at Emad Hajjaj’s cartoon on bureaucratic procedures: (VERY rough translation: No, I don’t want to rob the bank, I just want my paycheck without signing 5 times in red ink then with blue ink, without my national … Continue reading
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Arab investigative journalism conference this week
AMMAN – More than 200 Arab journalists are convening in Amman on Friday to discuss ways of enforcing quality in-depth journalism under the motto, “From Arabs to Arabs”. Supported by the expertise of veteran international journalism professors, reporters … Continue reading
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Jordan’s Rainbow Street Living
Somewhere Over On Rainbow Published in Living Well Magazine By Rana F. Sweis November, 2009 Decades after it first opened, customers still flock to Awni supermarket on Rainbow Street in Jabal Amman. The shop owner, Mohammad Swenda, says for many … Continue reading
Chimanda Adichie on the danger of a single story
Click here to watch this TED video: In Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has helped inspire new, cross-generational communication about the Biafran war. In this and in her other works, she seeks to instill dignity … Continue reading
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Charity: Water a simple yet brilliant idea
Click to watch how one idea changed hundreds of lives
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