Archive: jordan
2nd September 2009
Following the imprisonment of an Egyptian poet for “insulting” President Mubarak (reported here in July), another Arab poet – this time in Jordan – is preparing himself for jail.
Islam Samhan was arrested last October and charged him with insulting the prophets because of Quranic references in his… Read more
26th July 2009
It’s beginning to look as if the Red-Dead Project – an imaginative (some would say fanciful) scheme to channel water from the Red Sea into the Dead Sea – may one day come to fruition.
The Jordan Times reports that Egypt has dropped its reservations to the project, which was jointly agreed upon in… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
