Writing and Ethics

Writing is a very interesting job especially if it is accompanied with clear and strong ideas that enlighten the reader and further enhance his thinking.

I wonder or the most part why some writers do their job chiefly for purpose of money and fame. I think writing should be objective and should deal with the social and world problems about which few people know, it should also raise the readers’ awareness and provide solutions to the issue which is being discussed.

I am very depressed when I hold a newspaper in Arabic and find that articles lack clear ideas and the development of ideas is poor.

Criticism is good if it ends by calling for change in the way the community thinks and for enhancing the citizens’ ability to think of fantastic solutions. Lately and as usual, i read Arabic press online, especially Jordanian press and I discovered a lot of mistakes as to the style by which the writer wishes to convey his or her message to the public of readers, the most dangerous obstacle facing writers is that they adopt their own views about a given situation and neither pays heeds to the opposing opinion, and nor does he develop it within his or her article.

In some countries, the press has the major role in bringing about change in various walks of life including politics and social affairs, and it has got more and more influence on the street. However, in Jordan the situation is not always rosy, the lack of qualified civil institutions and strong opposition led to a most likely political inactivity in the country, for example a debate may rage regarding state high positions but a debate concerning national and important projects will not take place, and if it comes to happen, it will be dealt with secretly away from the people in order for the aristocrats benefit the most from such projects.

This is the problem of writing in the Arab World and especially in Jordan as I am Jordanian; I have close observation of what is going on there, although I am currently expatriate in Doha, Qatar.

To be continue …

WASTA or Preferential Treatment

I try to write in English not to show off or make the people talk about me writing in English, yet it is very great effort that I make to consolidate my ideas and make them clearer to the reader of English.

My message is to be clear enough for everybody or every reader could understand it eventually, including the average person, I mean the man of the street.


I would like to talk today about what is called in Arabic and Jordanian culture in particular Wasta, or nepotism in English, but I would use the term preferential treatment which as to do with any transaction of the government, as government interests every citizen

to be continue...

Without comment

It is good to ride a donkey ... I did that in our farm in Karak, Jordan.

حكاية مقيم ومتجنس الجزء الأول

حرب على الأسعار

لا بد ان يكون هنالك تحرك شعبي للثورة ضد ارتفاع الأسعار والعمل على استثمار الموارد الداخلية للبلاد العربية ، ووقف التدخل الأجنبي في مقدرات البلاد . لأن سبب تأخر اقتصاديات الدول العربية هي الهيمنة الخارجية الأجنية وعدم توفر ارادة التغيير لدى الشعوب.

هل الشعوب العربية مستعدة للتضحية من اجل اقامة حكومان انقاذ وطني في البلاد والثورة ضد المحتل ومن يستفيد من المحتل والمستعمر ؟الجديد من زمر الحكم التي تستعبد شعوبها بالأستبداد.

ان التحرك الجماعي لنخب الشعوب العربية سيحدث تغيير جذري في سيلسات البلاد العربية

وكالة رم للأنباء

وكالة رم للأنباء

memories

I started to write down my memories wiht my late father, after his death caused me much pain.
I hope to be able to release them in Arabic edition first, and then translate them into English and French as soon as i get enough time.
One thing that i can not resist or cure is death... and loss of our dear people.

Arabs and the World

When I was little child, I did not know what human dignity means at that time, but today I strongly believe that human dignity is fundamental, and none can do anything without it. Nobody accepts that we treat him unfairly. No people in the world like to be inferior and without will. Everybody thinks of his dignity before all as it is inalienable part of every person’s personality. However, difficult life conditions may force some people to rank their dignity as a second in importance; these conditions are mainly have to do with the economic life. Example to that is Arab people who lost every faith in itself and its vocation in life and this is due to many reasons among which the fierce competition of the world countries to produce and impose themselves as strong countries. However, the Arab world did not pay attention to this fierce competition and became interested in irrelevant issues connected to spiritual world phase.

The Arabic (not Muslim) mind is still full of mistaken thoughts (fallacies) which do not fit or useful to the contemporary life, including the value of human being, mankind freedom and choice, human vocation in life. Other important issue is the basic understanding of life on which I can expand very much and write a pile of books, also, the interrelations among Arab people themselves is not in its good condition: this includes cooperation, mutual admiration, and interests, respect for others, and their human dignity.

Relations among Arab states are not that much good and this is due to the nature of the Arab personality which, fairly speaking, is keen to make progress in the way to unity and democracy, but the political personality of Arab people is very much deformed (regimes and interests). However, Arab states regimes are often accused of abusing authority and rejecting the unity between Arab states to keep their regimes and privileges.

The best answer to the Arab world difficulties is the better understanding of the life, away from the faith in the spiritual life which is supposed to be personal and concentrating on the daily life issues and paying much more attention to the importance of participating in the international competition which became inevitable in a world where single dispersed states do not weigh. So will Arabs learn the lesson before it is too late?

Dad Passed Away

I am very sad, sad and sad ... My father DIED ...

oh my father, i feel u in every word i write, i do not know why you left us and you did not told us that you are leaving ...

Everyone cry over his father annd i am one of them ...

your life is full and was full of everything good, you left many things behind you and first of all you left us ...

why you did not tell us that you are leaving for ever...

you will not come back ... but that is life my Dad, and you know it better than us ... i was looking at you every time and every time i feel your are strong and healthy ...

I do not know what to say ... it is a big ordeal ...

where are you now ... why things turned this way?

why i should say that ... i remember you came and visited me when i returned home somtime ago. You were very happy.

now you leave this life and i am still feeling that this miserable ... I say that i am very unlucky, i wish you very good rest ... and i believe that you are strong like me

goodbye father ... goodbye father ... we are coming to you one day ...

Oh i feel very great pain in my eyes and everywhere ...

Enough Is Enough

A new cabinet has been formed in Jordan, the government went to Aqaba to hold its first meeting, the names of the ministers are leaked to the Jordanian media and they seem brilliant. However, their background is also a mystery.

The people are starving because of the unprecedented economic retreat, prices increase and the horrific economic deep recession of the country. The Jordanian media hurries to report the news, as if Jordanians wait it impatiently. The most important thing for the Jordanians is the daily concerns of economic aspects.

If any government wants to gain the trust of the people, it should start by reforming itself; first and foremost, it should follow a real austerity policy. However, the government should come from the core of the people and for them; the new government is a big failure to the policies of the previous government, which tried hard to bring the country’s economy back on the rails. Any government should work for the sake of the people’s needs; it should provide answers to their questions concerning the economy and the plans to bring more investments to Jordan.

Apparently, this government is oligarchic because some figures had at least a member of their family served a high ranking position in the previous governments, they are already wealthy and will profit from their new positions to further enhance their own interests and they will adjust country laws in their favor.

Jordan needs a very active and dynamic government, which gives top priority to the economic concern starting by curbing the widespread corruption in the country. The ministers should prove to the people that they should be trusted; actually, the people did not appoint the government. Therefore, the confidence, which the coming parliament will give to it, is absolute and certain.

The media should play a constructive role by overseeing the governmental performance and pointing out the violations of the policies including the silence of the parliament, which supposed to carry out supervision and legislation, in a democratic and courageous way. The public opinion waits for the media to be serious and accurate in reporting the news, and at the same time, it should be critical to the acts of both executive and legislative powers.

Arabic should play its role alongside other languages

English is the world language, then come other languages especially French and Spanish.

I remember a saying of an Italian writer who said once that what is the value of the life of a man if he does not build a home, write a book or have a son.

i wonder why people write if their articles, essays do not have impact (positive) on the society where they live. some writers do their work only for the sake of earning money at the end of the month and not to shed light on the problems of the their societies and try to find a solution to them.

the title may differ from the content of this article but i need more time to gather my ideas and not make others feel that i would defend my language for racist reasons.

I would like Arabic to be like any other language, very energetic and give humanity a lot of things, and i believe that everyone of us can contribute with a new thing in this world.

so the way is still long and far and we need to prepare ourselves very well before continuing this road ...

do words please anybody.... I do not care .... it is important to say what i have then i would think of what others may think ... this is the basic of everything we do in life and things should go this way.

back again

Dear Readers,

I am back again and i am full of enthusiasm to write on this blog after a short break.

About Sponsorship

Sponsorship in the Gulf countries remains a major obstacle to the economic development in these countries. The human rights are not a kind of concern for the officials there; human rights are ignored most of the time on behalf of the “economic development.”


I, personally, have an issue, although not big, with the sponsorship system in Qatar and I hope that the Qatari officials take proper steps to ease the tension that we live in because of the issue. The US Department of State report on the human trafficking listed most of the gulf countries amongst the countries where workers suffer from the most severe conditions and maltreatment.


I call on the gulf officials to review their policies in regard to the workers’ rights to human and dignified life, free from coercion and intimidation by their sponsor. I wonder if the gulf countries have learned from the civilization of the other countries (European Union, United States of America and Canada) how human beings are treated on foot of equality and they are given the right to say no.


Arabs, in general, are required to fight the stereotypes and make evolve their mentality. The gap is getting wider and wider every day between our Arab nation and the rest of the world, and if we do not start to fix our problems, others will do that for us. I always call for a review of our plans and configurations everyday morning. Our leaders are requested today than ever to work hard to meet the aspirations of their people in democracy, development and better life.


Jordan is one of the countries required to review its policies in favor of the Jordanian citizen, the higher state policy should be dedicated to protect the citizens and give them the chance to live better life, and this includes a new economic system based on the national interest and the protection of Jordan as a sole country living in peace and security in a turbulent region.


Today, I complain about the sponsorship in the gulf countries and Qatar in particular. However, the question is why I travel to these countries? Did I have the choice other than leaving my country? The questions are extremely open and vague. In fact, I was forced to leave my country because of the state corruption, unemployment, and favoritism which is widely spread in an unprecedented way.


To be continued … maybe

Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

FRENCH REVOLUTION

First of all, I do not wish to write just to fill the paper with ink or to count how many words there, I would rather wish to write for the sake of objectivity, and one tries to write straight to the point. Frankly speaking, We should try hard to convey the message in the shortest way possible; otherwise, it does only mean that we do not write but instead we lose the opportunity to make our message reach the reader.

I was wondering why I use the slogan of the French revolution which is Fraternite, Liberte, Egalite. Well I would say these words are not purely French. It is first of all human expression (feelings). I can say something universal and banal that everybody understand very easily. I would give the example the music, it is world language, it does not need translation. Does it? However, it depends on the listener’s taste and mood. Thus, music is all about mood and let me add another thing which is the culture and I will give you the chance to think about this or maybe you can add to that something that support this saying.

This saying is as exactly as the music; Freedom, Liberty, Self-confidence are common and universal values. The same applies to the abovementioned French words which are basically universal and the circumstances provoked the French revolutionists at that time to pronounce this rule.

What does this mean? Does this mean that I am in part influenced by the French culture? The answer is yes, and why not to be so. If man is able to learn new things everyday so why not? Humans influence each other in good and bad things. In short, we should not deny the French influence in the entire world in the past and at present, France plays very good role in the world of today although this role is facing fierce competition because of the US preponderant dominance of the world of today. However, I hope that France keeps the same strong level of friendship with the Arab world as it has been always. France and Arab countries have very strong and historic relationships since long time ago, the geographic closeness helped much in strengthening these ties.

Sarkozy takes over office at this year 2007 and Arabs hope that Sarkozy maintain the same level of ties with them as they were at the time of Mr. Chirac. France can help in the establishment of just, comprehensive and lasting peace in our religion. Arabs looking for French help in this regard. It is known that France plays very positive role in this area and we wish that she continues that direction.

The French policy is intelligent and positive in most cases, and I notice this very closely through my observation of the French updates. French like to seize and create opportunities, establish relations with states and restore the deteriorated relations. This policy has always been ambiguous and undercover. I wonder if this policy would succeed or has succeeded. However, French fear the US great dominance in the world and they are looking for a role to play in this world and they are right.

Before ending this article I would like to ask if French will be able to continue the direction of seizing opportunities and recover their ex-dominance in the world, a success, if achieved, will create the necessary balance of the world of today where monopole policy widely weighs.

Travis in Closer

Enjoy listening ...

Ferige- Big Girls Do not Cry

If you would like to listen to this song, it is interesting ... Enjoy it. Here is following the lyrics:
Da Da Da Da
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS:]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
[Big Girls Don't Cry lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
[Big Girls Don't Cry Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com]

[CHORUS]

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to
'Cause I want to hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS]

La Da Da Da Da Da

It is time to seek change

How could we solve our problems when we find that the adults behave with the same mentality of retardation and follows old fashioned thinking? How could you talk to them? We fear to wound them sure. If we tell them that what they do is wrong or they should not do that, they will see it as an offense against them that one should not do. However, there should be a dialog when we see something wrong taking place, the adult and our parents should be tolerant and understanding. I know that youth avoid to engage in such discussions that might hurt parents because they say it is a long story and that parents will not listen to us and we feel ashamed, we fear to oppose them or offend them (this is for respect to elderly in general and to parents in particular). Other youth say that if we talk to our parents they will never listen to us and wewill make them angry so there is no use to initiate such discussions or talks.

I would compare the parents in the Arab world with the politicians and governments in specific, and the youth with the people and the public opinion (PO). The politicians do not want to change and they fear change while the PO wants the change and wants to talk, (not like youth who hesitate to talk to parents). The PO is almost absent in the Arab world or is not active at all. Why PO is passive? There should be as many as reasons as one can imagine. First of all, the incredible intolerance of the politicians and governments, poverty, and the fact that the PO is still not very much cultivated, and its elements still think the old fashioned thinking. However, we should underline that both governments and PO elements share the same background including values and culture, but politics and governing should not always stick to culture and values as much as it does to the absolute value of change and competition in a world where we witness every day a new development and change. This trend of change is absolute and one can not stop world from change.

Therefore, the PO classes should themselves believe in change more than the politicians or governments do because those in office fear change and the repercussions of their policies, and this is not justified but they do so either for lack of information or for lack of courage and self-confidence. However, the main reason for the governments not to change their mentality is the fear from losing their privileges and people's made-importance which is the nature of human. (I have never been politician or in a high profile position because I am young and even I do not like politics nor do I have ambitions at all, but when I see that the affairs of my country badly managed, I strongly believe that I should interfere and say something good at least) but I guess this is one of the reasons that make politicians stick to "the chair" (as it is said in Arabic). The other most important thing is that the PO does not help politicians to change since the PO itself does not want change for cultural and traditional reasons (we call this in Arabic Takhalluf that is to say Awareness Retardation or Backwardness).

I do not like politics and I am not rich enough to reach a position in the state, I do not have a big tribe that can compete with other tribes in my country. If I advance to speak they will say from where you come, and that you do not have anybody behind to support you (This is the thinking of the tribalism in Jordan). I do not regret to live abroad; I do not regret anything at all because I understand the mentality of the people there. However, I have the right to write about my country from the principles of democracy and citizenship but not from the principles of tribalism, regionalism or aristocratism (I am not rich) at all.
However, why do I speak about the people of Jordan and the Arab people in general? for the simple reason that I find that there is bad behaviors and concepts that we should get rid of, for the simple reason that I have frequented people from the western world and I was able to set the difference between both mentalities. I think it is time to say something good, to criticize for the good of others. It is time to seek change.

From the heart of experience

-Keep a distance between you and others for they respect you more and more
- Do not say anything, not everything we know should be said.
- Believe in you culture and nation whatever the price, at the end we are all human and none is better than other, Arab and Muslim culture is very rich and we learn from them a very good things.
- Do not believe in cultures clash but believe in people's bad intentions and interests conflict, human have never been in conflict since they are weak from nature and they have need for mercy and passion.
- Do not allow anyone to be superior to you but law should be superior, the law laid down by people not by one person or a none-representative group of people.
- Love from your heart the people who appreciate you and your love, every one of us needs appreciation and respect.
- Cut the road on the people who make from you dump or disabled, they do that just to gain more benefits and rival you on many things in life. Self-confidence and strength are very good remedies to those people.
- Defend your ideas and beliefs very strongly but be in agreement with others.
- You have the same right to enjoy your life exactly like any other individual on the earth.
- For me I will battle any deviation and corruption I am subject to.
- The moment when you think you are superior, you are the dumpiest.
- Do not claim to be better but let your acts prove this.
- Love is appreciated value whatever it is but it should be coordinated with other human values.
- Change comes slowly and it can not happen overnight.
- Lying is very easy to detect so you had better not try it.
- If we do not learn a new thing everyday, there should be something wrong, especially for youngsters

Life is precious Just take from it as much as you can

I was talking to my colleague about life and how we do not appreciate it very much, once one dies his life finishes. so you should benefit from your life reasonable and as much as you can. I was talking about it not from biological point of view as i visited many websites talking about life.
I would put forward these things for anyone whishes to listen to me or read what i wrtie, I do not write for amusement or to bring pleasure, my writing is serious and brings new ideas and lasting ones.
Anyway, the main points I would like to stress are as follows:
1- Respect of life requires respect of living humans and other livings.
2- Once one respects his own life he should respect other's life, well, here we can use this word life-respect to be a synonym of self-respect.
3- Each of us has the choice to live his life the way he sees proper, with the condition that this will not effect other's life. We can remember the saying: Your liberty ends when others liberty starts; this resumes what we can say in this regard.
4- I wish to ask poor people what life means for you. What do you wish, hope and look for. At the same time, I would ask rich people the same question. What the answer would be ... I am sure for the poor it will be mostly concise and precise while for the rich it will be a little bit complicated and long. So let’s share poor this life by giving them the chance to participate in constructing this life.
5- Life requires urgently the cooperation among livings. It is about interdependent relationship.
6- Life should be always precious and venerated...
7- Religion is part of the life and life is not part of the religion
8- Life could not be resumed in one word and it is a theater where everything happens.
9- Life is not one event that happens once and this event is not long. In fact life is a series of events.
10- Life is characterized by change, it is not stable, people change by time, they get older and older. they understand life differently from stage to another.
11- Lives are different, they are not the same. People do not live the same way and style but they all cherish it.
I hope I can write more about life in the coming occasions...