The Black Iris is a Jordanian blog by Naseem Tarawnah. This Facebook Page is a virtual space where I can share the scattered material that interests me on a daily basis with my readers & where my readers can provide their own interesting links.
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- Thursday Feel Good Post: Stop. Motion. Go. 8:30am Nov 19
- Politicizing Football In The Arab World 12:40am Nov 18
- Black Iris Nominated For A Brass Crescent Award & Other Life Happenings 9:21pm Nov 17|2 Comments
I haven’t published a feel-good post in a while and it feels like it’s due. It’s been a hectic week, which I’m sure is true for at least 90% of those of you who are reading this. So that being said, here’s an end-of-the-week pick-me-upper. Or at least, my attempt at one. Lately,...
Reading an interesting article in TIME today, I found myself thinking in broader terms when I came upon this excerpt: In his 2008 book, Inside Egypt, John R...
The Black Iris Watch: No Way Through. The reality in Palestine is worse but the film gets the point across:
Source: www.youtube.com
Originaltitel: No Way Through Herstellungsland: Großbritannien Erscheinungsjahr: 2009 Regie: Alexandra Bouillon Sheila Menon Darsteller: David Chrysanthou Tony Dixon Alex Gardner James F. Lomax Amy Loughton Robert Mellor Barry Murray Michael Parr Tim Plester Sam Skempton
This is an unusual “me” post, which, in the lifespan of this little blog, there have been few of (fortunately). But I thought I owed it to my readers (all 10 of you) to have some sort of where-have-I-been explanation. Besides, I feel like rambling. To...
Ali Congratulations about the nomination dude, You deserve it :)
The Black Iris Oldie but goodie, probably my favorite TED talk of all time. How education destroys our creativity..
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TED Talks Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
The Black Iris Find out who won...
Source: www.7iber.com
Congratulations to everyone who participated in 7iber’s Postcard contest. We had a more than-expected turnout with over hundred’s of photographs submitted by Jordanians and visitors, and pictures submitted from all around the Kingdom.
Yes, it took a while. But after many sleepless nights the new 7iber is finally up. There’s still a lot to do, but we’ve moved in without rattling the neighbors. Suffice to say, Jordanian bloggers and techies were there to help out in the past few weeks. Wa...
Around 100 university students gathered on Saturday to review political reforms and means to improve their participation in civic activities...
The Black Iris Clever Hajjaj caricature on Israel's illegal settlement building & Obama's lack of teeth
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4yr-old who memorized inspiring pre-game speech
from the movie “Miracle.” Illustrating neurological power of passionate repetition h/t: daniel coyle
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Herb Brooks' pre-game pep talk before the famous 1980 "Miracle" game against the Soviet Union. as performed by "Rizzo" (4 yrs old)
