I’m working right now on a startup project called Libroswap. The purpose of this project to facilitate the swapping of books between university and school students. Despite the many advances in technology these days, books remain an important source of knowledge. We … Continued
How to localize Facebook Javascript SDK dynamically with PHP
Here is a quick snippet on how to localize your Javascript SDK based on your user’s locale preference, there are localized Javascript SDKs in all of Facebook’s supported locales. Once you get the user object with the PHP SDK, just use … Continued
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing – Baraka Band
I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I also haven’t found anything cool to post in a while. I JUST DID. And it’s beyond awesome. Now apparently, there’s this Egyptian band called Baraka Band and they’ve been formed since 2007. … Continued
What is Nessa’? Digitizing Arab Women Rights History
For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to put the chaos of ideas that are into my brain into well-formed ideas, and words, but I just can’t keep up with my eagerness towards making this one project called Nessa’ … Continued
Drought and Treachery by ElFar3i
Elfar3i, the brainchild of Tareq Abukwaik, has always been something special. He’s always never afraid to speak out his mind, with socially-conscious music that always leaves you thinking. He is by far my favorite lyrically in the Ammani music scene. … Continued
When will they get it? Municipal Elections Edition
I saw a poster for the municipal elections today. If I’m not mistaken, it’s the first batch of the new posters from the new government. The only thing new, however, is the first line on the poster, that says, “The … Continued
Natasha Story by DJ Jordan
This is an old music video but I got reminded of it recently, its quite hilarious. Never gets old. Possibly everything that’s wrong with Arab pop music. Wait, not everything, here’s the rest of what’s wrong with music.
Brodas Bros bring the streets of Barcelona to Amman
Yesterday at the KHCC in Ras-el-Ein, the Instituto Cervantes and the Spanish Embassy of Amman presented the Brodas Bros, a Catalan Hiphop dance group (Facebook). And they were AWESOME. I had my reservations before going to the show, I’m not … Continued
5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Hire a Social Media Agency for
If you did a double-take when you first read the title, then you’re one of the people that know that I recently got hired at a social media agency. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons I was … Continued
Wardi and Aziz are gonna rock Amman this October
Tarakiyee is happy. Friday the 28th of October will be biggest event in Amman ever this month, and that’s including Halloween. Just check out the websites for Bands Across Borders. It might be no secret that I’m a Wardi fan … Continued