Category Archives: Odd News
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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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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Cheat Sheet: Must Reads From All Over
Daily Beast’s cheat sheet is a must read.
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Is Happiness Catching?
FOR DECADES, SOCIOLOGISTS and philosophers have suspected that behaviors can be “contagious.” In the 1930s, the Austrian sociologist Jacob Moreno began to draw sociograms, little maps of who knew whom in friendship or workplace circles, and he discovered that the … Continue reading
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Creative Jordanian Website
One of the more creative websites around in the Arab world. Enjoy browsing:
Filed under Arts, Jordan Photos, Media, Middle East Politics, Odd News, Photos
Notable Mystery Writers
Notable Mystry Writers Spotlight on World Mysteries, shines a spotlight on a selection of notable mystery writers from around the globe and their locations. Select an author to begin your own investigation into their work and world: Click here…
Facebook Group: World Leaders
This is hilarious. From the The Atlantic magazine by Sage Stossel. Kim Jong Il changed his profile picture. Kim Jong Il Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined the group People Who Always Have To Spell Their Names For Other People. Muammar Qaddafi is … Continue reading
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The Chicken and the Basketball Board in Amman
Filed under Jordan, Jordan Photos, My Two Cents, Odd News, Photos
32 Cool Websites You Don’t Hear About…
Here are 32 cool Websites that you may find useful but you don’t hear about… This is such an extremely useful list of websites that you may ask yourself how you have done without them for so long. They will … Continue reading
Top Sites in Jordan
Yahoo, Google and Facebook topped the list of most visited sites in Jordan but there are also interesting ones that made it in the top 100. Ad Dustour newspaper took a dive while Al Ghad is steadily improving, making it the second most read newspaper. Community sites like Jeeran (26) and Maktoob (8) are up there as well.
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