Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan
Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a musical heritage, one nay at a time.
Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a musical heritage, one nay at a time.
A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a virginity scale.
Reem Halasa profiles a handful of Arab women in Jordan who love to drive fast, compete and claim victory.
Janine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
Rana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history and quantum physics.
A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.
Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap and a skill.
Mohammed Jahama I’ve never been to the desert, but I’ve seen paintings of it. On my father’s side of the family, the only acceptable decorations are desert paintings and images… Continue reading Ramblings of an American Bedouin Palestinian, Lost in Amman
In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.