This is the first of hopefully many letters that I'll start publishing here. Some will be in Swedish, some for officials, some to total strangers, some to people I love, and some to people I have yet to forgive. I have much to say to many, and this way I could keep...
I died two weeks ago. I had a wife and a daughter, I was 34, and was the first among my peers to die. I've seen them come and throw flowers on my grave before I was resurrected. Then I've seen how my own death changed their perspective on what's important and what's...
Water has always been on my mind. When I was a kid, I used to wait by the water tank on the roof for it to fill up once a week, only to place a huge lock on its lid. I had to bath with only one bucket of heated water when we didn't get water at all, let alone clean...
Keeping a distant from others can result in a meticulous process of self absorption. Keeping a distance from yourself, can be socially appealing. Recently, I've been wavering between the two, only to discover that you cannot take a distance from yourself, if you do...
Roger Waters performs The Wall in Stockholm last week. I swear oath to the humming beeslipping through the half open windowto awaken me.I swear oath an to the division bell,to the grass that is greener,to the night that is brighter,to the friends surroundingto the...
As public debate in Jordan centers on reforms, Jordanians are discovering that they cannot stand apathetic anymore, despite their disagreement on what they want and what they need. Since King Abdullah II took over charge little over a decade ago, billboards along the...
Thank you, King Abdullah of Jordan for standing up for the free word of the youth, for taking it upon yourself to preserve our right to free expression. For the first time since you became King of Jordan, I feel that you have finally addressed something that really...
I just posted this on the Facebook group: What do Jordanians need? (update, group was shut down the next day!)Great news! I received a donor invitation to a meeting to finance a project to help social media activists in the Middle East get unbreakable tools and bring...
Jordan's median age is 21 years old. Picture is from recent protest.As Jordanians continue to show unwavering support for Arab revolutions through social media, the majority of commentators seem to stand a little short of calling for similar action in their own...
I attended the other day a panel discussion (recorded streaming) at the Swedish Institute organised by a civil society think tank called Sektor 3. The debate was on “How to start a revolution” in relation to what is happening now in the Arab world. I decided to blog...
