Jordan is The Oscar Locker! "The Hurt Locker" wins 6 Oscar Academy Awards, Movie Director Thanks Jordanians!

In one of the world's biggest events, on one of the most significant stages, and next to Hollywood Red Carpet, shortly after becoming the first woman to win the Best Director in the Oscar Award's History, "The Hurt Locker" director - Kathryn Bigelow - thanked Jordanians and paid tribute to the Kingdom of Jordan and its hospitality.

As she paid in her acceptance speech: "If I could just thank the people of Jordan who were so hospitable to us when we were shooting." Bigelow, who spent two months filming in Jordan - summer of 2007, has previously said: "You could look 360 degrees in any given day of the shoot and it would be perfect. Shooting in Jordan was a great experience. It's very cosmopolitan; they have a very rich film school and a young film infrastructure.”
More than 150 Jordanian actors and crew worked on The Hurt Locker set, in addition to some 70 film professionals, the Royal Film Commission (RFC) said.

"The Hurt Locker" won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing.

Jordan has an established track record providing the background for Oscar-winning movies. following "Lawrence of Arabia", directed by David Lean, won seven Oscars in 1963, while Steven Spielberg’s film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" received one Oscar in 1990.

So Jordan has proved a great deal of filming capabilities, so we hope all of these achievements would be channeled to help the Jordanian Filming Industry to create great Jordanian Movies. besides, spreading more positive energy for all industry leaders to invest in our great country Jordan.

The Hurt Locker - Jordan

Jordan National Songs mp3: حسين السلمان: هذا الأردن اردنا - عمر العبداللات: مولاي

Couple of new Jordanian National Songs were published lately, showing how much Jordanians love Jordan and King Abdullah.


The first one is for Hussein Al-Salman, and the second is for Omar Al Abdallat, as the most famous Jordanian Singers, known to have a great collection of Patriotic Songs.


You can listen and download these songs below.


Enjoy :)

حسين السلمان mp3

كلمات اغنية هذا الاردن اردنا

هذا الأردن اردنا .. واغلى من الروح ترابه
الله الوطن قايدنا .. ومنقوشن على ابوابة
ميل ميل يا حبيب .. أردني وأصلي طيب
لو خيروني بينه .. و بين ابني اللي ربيته
ولاختارة وما اتردد .. هالوطن الـ حبيته
غرد يالطير الشادي .. بأرض الأردن واتغنى
و انفش ريشك واتباهى .. قلي من ترابك حنا
ويا الأردن احنا رجالك .. وهي يا محلا دلالك
نحلف والشاهد الله .. الغالي يرخص كرمالك

الاغنية من انتاج راديو فن اف ام كلمات الشاعر خالد الشريدة والحان : فلكلور وتوزيع موسيقي وائل الشرقاوي واشراف فني حازم العساف

عمر العبداللات mp3

كلمات اغنية مولاي

مولاي .. حضرة صاحب الجلالة الهاشمية
مولاي .. جيشك والشعب بأعلى معنوية
مولاي .. كلنا عزوتك نشامى أردنيـة
والأردن عشقنا وهوانا والهوية
جيناك وجينالك .. يا مولاي
ما غالي سواك .. يا مولاي.

مناسبة عيد ميلاد صاحب الجلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني, كتب كلماتها الشاعر الأردني ماجد زريقات ولحنها عمر العبداللات، ووزعها موسيقياً الموزع الأردني الدكتور أيمن عبدالله, تبث على قناة تيفينا وعبر إذاعة فن أف أم

اغاني وطنيه اردنيه

My Blog Traffic Statistics for 2009 - Web Visitors Details and Driving Traffic Keywords

This is to share some of my web blog traffic statistics and details of 2009, Web Traffic is tracked using the most powerful web analysis tool: Google Analytics.

2009 was bad at many perspectives, but let's talk numbers now:

281,415 unique visits over the year, averaging 771 visits a day, were driven through many sources, as below:

60.37% Organic Traffic (through Search Engines)
8.25% Direct Traffic
31.36% Referring Sites

Top Browsers: 61.48% used Internet Explorer, 27.61% used FireFox, while 5.34% were using Google Chrome.

Top Operating Systems: 94.47% used Windows, and 3.10% used Macintosh

Top Countries: 32.88% of visitors were from Jordan, and 31.46% of them were from United States.

Home Page PageRank: 3.
Top Alexa Rank: 180.000 World Wide, and 411 (in Jordan).

some of the Top Driving Traffic Keywords:

• bing reviews
• اهل الهمة
• fake facebook profiles
• cristiano ronaldo real madrid
• arabic transliteration
• jordan independence day

Some of the Interesting, Funny and Weird keywords i received:

• "Rani Dababneh": 120+ visits. and "RaniTheBrainy": 350+ visits from Jordan, Egypt, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Belgium, Mexico and Japan!
• fastwalk amman rani
• rani jordan dababneh
• rani of jordan
• ranithebrainy\email
• viva rani dababneh
• rani and brainy
• rani El brainy


• amman girls e-mail
• amman girls story
• how does jordanian guys think about lebanese girls?
• what is 3anjad?


• queen rania @ hotmail.jo
• king abdullah jordan email address


• and I guess some people tried to hack my blog through: "www.ranithebrainy.com\haccess" LOL

Real Madrid VS Barcelona Clasico: Clash of the Titans - Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka VS Lionel Messi and Ibrahimovic

Real Madrid VS Barcelona game is beyond being called "Spanish Derby", it is the Clash of Titans, Clash of Galaxies, El Clasico, or SuperClasico.


El Clasico 2009 [Clasico Number: 159] is even more special, as usually one of the teams would be a bit ahead, would have some advantages, or would be equipped with better players. but it is not the case this time, as both teams (Los Merengues VS Blaugrana) are in one of their best cases ever. both teams are fully equipped and ready for the extraordinary breathtaking game.


The most Expensive, Famous, and Gifted players will be on the pitch in Camp Nou Next Sunday at 18.00 GMT, injured superstars are back, all fit to make history. so if you made any plans on that night, go cancel them now!


On Los Blanco side, Real Madrid's Talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, though he is not 100% fit, said "I want to play and win El Clasico against Barcelona", as he is still experiencing discomfort in his ankle it is the responsibility of the coach [Manuel Pellegrini] to decide on the minutes to be played by CR7 the superstar. on the other hand, Real Madrid's Elegant Player Ricardo Kaka, who plays in style, is fit to inject all team players with strength and spectacular passes to score, while he has his own awesome ways to score too.
Real Madrid central defender Pepe said: "With the players we have we can not go backwards, we must go for them, look them in the face."


On the other side, Barca has never been as ready as today for the Clasico, they can't wait to show their big guns, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who are recently back to train with their team, Abidal is also back swine flu free.
Barcelona midfield maestro Xavi said: "Real Madrid play a different type of game, neither better nor worse. They have been victims of our success - they have had to spend a lot of money in order to counteract us."

Real Madrid VS Barcelona Clasico Head to Head Records

Team	Win	Draw	Goals for
Real Madrid	68	30	262
Barcelona	60	30	242

Team	Home Win	Home Draw
Real Madrid	39	12
Barcelona	38	12

Team	Visitor Win	Visitor Draw
Real Madrid	12	12
Barcelona	10	12

Does Cristiano Ronaldo really use Clear for Men? Cristiano Ronaldo Commercial Video - is he a Selling Point for Clear Shampoo?

Does Cristiano Ronaldo use Clear for men? I'm not sure about that!! would Cristiano Ronaldo act as a selling point for Clear Shampoo? I don't think so, becuase Cristiano Ronaldo's hair is not a selling point itself, his hair is short, unhealthy and full of hair gel LOL so he is the wrong guy to advertise for shampoos, maybe David Bekham's hair would be a better candidate.

So the thing is: as per latest marketing requirements, Clear Shampoo decided to use Cristiano Ronaldo as a Brand Name to market their own brand, regardless his hair style or healthiness, as he is World's Best Footballer or to be more precise: as he is the Most Expensive Player on Earth. but in this case it's not really clear who is advertising for whom, because Cristiano Ronaldo is the one who's getting and grabbing the whole attention out of this Ad, and I really wish I could know how much did "Clear" pay for Cristiano Ronaldo to say: "My Name is Cristiano Ronaldo and I use CLEAR for men", because I believe this sentence might be rated as the Most Expensive Sentence ever.

Eventually, I hope their Ad Campaign would succeed to fool many people, as I love Cristiano Ronaldo's soccer skills and I have been also using Clear for men since Ronaldinho was the most expensive soccer player LOL.

[here in Amman - Jordan: Cristiano Ronaldo Commercial poster is spread everywhere, wherever you look in streets you will find Cristiano Ronaldo holding his empty CLEAR shampoo container, and looking at you back.".

Cristiano Ronaldo Commercial behind the scenes

Cristiano Ronaldo Video

I Cry Watching King Hussein of Jordan - in Memory of his late Majesty King Hussein bin Talal birthday

It is great how you get touched by a man you have never personally met, a human being who left this world leaving his immortal memory alive to inspire us all for years to come, he is one of the greatest Leaders in History, he is King Hussein Bin Talal (Hussein of Jordan), whose wish is accomplished as he once said:
"All what we hope for is that a day will come, when we have all gone, when people will say that this man has tried, and his family tried. This is all there is to seek in this world" - King Hussein Quotes.

Words can never describe how we feel remembering his majesty, even tears would not say it right, and in order to know what I'm talking about check out King Abdullah's face and eyes while he was listening to King Hussein's voice announcing the birth of his great son, in the 1st video I'm posting below. May you rest in peace King Hussein, and May God Bless your Great son King Abdullah II, long live the king.

King Hussein of Jordan

9/11 Attack Memorial - Amman Bombings 4th Anniversary: Don't Cry, Jordan is Stronger than ever! put Red Shemagh on PROUDLY

Through the eyes of our Jordanian Leader, King Abdullah II, you can feel how deep was Jordan hurt by Amman Bombings in November 9, 2005 [9/11] which we Jordanians will never forget.


I guess all of those who live here or at least spent couple of hours in Jordan, would agree that Jordan is the safest country in Middle East and one of the safest countries in the Whole World, [needless to mention that debate on United Nations Report on Security and Stability], as Jordan doesn't need such reports to prove that it is one of the safest countries in the world. History, Facts and Statistics would say it loud, besides it is so easy to sense and touch safety, security and stability in Jordan.

One mistake was done by all of us and by our security forces back in 2005, when we all, citizens and forces, over trusted security in Jordan - even it was based on facts [like Jordan is in good terms with everyone besides having well trained Police and Intelligence Departments] - but we neglected some security processes that made that big unusual sad surprise occur in our beloved capital Amman - Jordan.


Mistakes are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way, Jordan might have been shocked by Amman Bombings, but soon things got back normal, Jordan Forces arrested the failed suicide bomber couple of days after, who was shown on Jordan TV wearing the deactivated bomb belt while she was saying: "He [my husband] took one corner and I took another. There was a wedding in the hotel. There were women and children. My husband executed the attack. I tried to detonate and it failed. I left. People started running and I started running with them.". and after the huge shock safety was spread immediately by our wise leader, King Abdullah II, directions to forces and citizens, more security procedures were mandated to achieve maximum security levels, again and as always. our trust in security is never shaken.


Amman Bombings bolstered our resolve, and made us Stronger. Jordan is Stronger than Ever and will never forget Amman Bombings hurt, recalling such hurt injects us with more passion and Love to our Peaceful Country.

May all victims rest in peace, may God Bless our Country, King and People.

في ذكرى تفجيرات عمان: لا تبكي يا عمان .. يبقى الأردن دائماً أقوى .. عنقر بوريتك والبس الشماغ الأحمر

Jordan Newspapers and Media Stumble a Piece of News - UN Report Ranks Jordan 14th in Security and Stability! صحف اردنيه تخطئ خبر تقرير الأمم المتحدة

Jordan Newspapers and Media published a piece of news last week [October 31] which made sense for everyone by content, but got denied by source afterward, Jordan Newspapers published: "UN Report Ranks Jordan 14th in security and stability, United Nations 2009 report on security and stability around the world has ranked Jordan 14th among the world's top countries in preserving safety, security and stability for its citizens and visitors", this piece of news makes sense, and no one would ever think to doubt it, as Jordan is well known for its safety, security and stability.

I really wanted to blog about that previously but I was waiting for [9/11 Attack Memorial - Amman Bombings 4th Anniversary], so lately I decided to research and find the official source of that news so I would link to the United Nations report, but I was frustrated as I spent couple of hours searching and searching but I couldn't find any, which was so weird for me, even Petra the Jordan News Agency which is supposed to be the reference in Jordan refereed the news to AlRai Newspaper! which is so unusual, later on I found something made it even more shocking! I found that the United Nations denied the existence of such report yesterday [November 6], and United Nations office in Jordan stressed that "no such study has been conducted by the United Nations and no report was published by or for the United Nations containing such information"!!

Well, as most of you know, It doesn't need any hard math to do to conclude that Jordan is the most secure country in Middle East and one of the safest countries in the World, as such aspects can be easily felt in Jordan, you would sense and touch safety, security and stability simply here without even checking history, facts, nor statistics. but on the other hand that doesn't mean that media can spread any inaccurate news or sourceless reports, it has not been the case since ever and it should never go in that way, Jordan Newspapers and Media made a mistake and it needs to be explained.

So although the content of the news is nearly correct, we require to know the source of the report and why this stumble or fault took place in Jordan Newspapers, I hope Jordan Media would explain this soon.

الصحف الاردنيه تخطئ خبر تقرير الأمم المتحدة في تصنيف الأردن في المرتبة الرابعة عشرة بين دول العالم في قدرته على توفير الأمن والاستقرار لمواطنيه وزواره .. المضمون قريب من الصحة لكن بدون مصدر!!!

Amman FastWalk new trend - where are you going?

Amman FastWalk is becoming one of the latest trends in Amman, as the number of participants is rapidly increasing, I tried it only once to be honest but i had lots of notes that i kind of shared with the organizer Mowaffaq Maraqa in my "fast" walking chit chat with him.

It all started when I heard that the number of walkers is going beyond 500, I didn't believe it at first, until I went there last Wednesday and checked it myself, I was really shocked that walkers were around 800 and my first impression was oh my god this is too much this is dangerous!! I kind of came up with a funny conclusion as "Ammanies" are so much into "show off" and trends, I concluded this is all because its called "FastWalk", if it was called "mashi saree3 [arabic translation]" no one would even know about it, just like the other trend: "Cycling", when it was called "lo3ob 3al baskalait" it was not a preferred activity by many, as it was kind of "vulgar" or something, but now it's "Cycling" so it's different, people would wonder how come you don't go Cycling and how come you don't have Cycling Photo Albums on your Facebook! the use of English fancy names is how "Ammanies" get tempted.

Back to FastWalk, when it first started i was a bit upset of the huge number crossing streets, as we made couple of traffic jams on main streets, one old Jordanian man who was sitting in some bus waiting us to cross the street was shocked enough to get heart attack and he asked me: "where are you all coming from? where are you all heading? [3ammo wain bagyeen ento? wain ray7een?]" I just could not answer that wise old man, People was kind of freaking out while watching this huge number of people walking down their houses, and I don't blame them at all, i might act the same if i saw 1000 people walking in the street, i would think there's a fight or something. another incident happened when couple of women stopped their car asking me: "what are you doing? I was like: Walking, they asked: is it like a university/school event or what? I said no it's open for all", I don't know why everyone was asking me such questions, and policemen were making fun and kidding with me, maybe because i was the only one who had a "Shmagh Mhaddab" on!! (so all of you walkers can recognize me now LOL).



As I previously mentioned, I had a "Fast" walking chit chat with the organizer Mowaffaq Maraqa at the end of the track, and it went as follows:

Q. Do you mind writing a review of FastWalk on my (1000+ visitor a day) Jordanian Blog with criticism flavor?
A. Nice, no I don't mind

Q. When was your first FastWalk event?
A. 3 years ago

Q. Really? I recently heard of it! how and when did it get famous?
A. we were only 20 - 30 walkers, but early this year Al Jazeerah Channel made a report of the activity and after that numbers got rapidly increasing.

Q. What is your main objective of this activity?
A. Changing culture, making Fast Walking more of a habit, and gathering all social levels together, rich and poor.

Q. Do you see any negative sides of this event, have you ever faced a trouble during FastWalk?
A. No

Finally, I would list Pros and Cons I noticed, plus couple of suggestions to maintain Pros and avoid Cons below:

Amman FastWalk pros: healthy activity for participants, trying to inject more discipline and systematic behaviors in Jordanian Culture, gathering multiple Social Levels of the Jordanian Community in one activity.

Amman FastWalk cons: creating traffic jams especially in main streets, gathering such huge amount of people in the street is dangerous as it will be easy for trouble makers to do their business, people living safely in their homes would freak out when seeing huge number of people walking beside them!

How can we maintain pros and avoid cons? by controlling the number of walkers to be 200 at max, all should be organized and systematized so they don't slowly walk and scatter in the streets, or you can even categorize them as per their ages!! as i don't see any need to gather 1000+ walkers in order to achieve FastWalk objectives, controlling the number of participants will inject health and discipline into Jordanian Community without causing troubles or making it easier to troubles to happen. so all objectives of FastWalk would be achieved, and drawbacks would be avoided. besides, controlling the number of walkers would help you decide how many organizers or volunteers you would need, leaving it open will only make it harder to organize and easier for troubles to occur. [if you see any need or benefit of gathering 1000+ walkers, pros and cons, please share them with us]

"When Israel sends a Satellite into space Arabs would invent a new type of Hummus" True or False?

When I first read this piece of news I was just laughing at the comparison done by the senior Israeli academic and director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, Mr. Dan Shiftan, who made this harsh speech to his students in his course on Israel's security concept plan for diplomacy and security at Tel Aviv University.

One student left the course saying: "It's undignified and rude to speak in classes like this, this is not why I came to University". While some other students quoted his speech and here are some highlights of his words: "Arabs are the failure of humanity, Arabs are the biggest failure in the history of mankind, and there are no cracked people under the sun more than Palestinians", "in the Arab world they use guns to shoot in weddings to prove that they have at least one hard thing that can shoot and work correctly."!!
Dan Shiftan - who is one of the most influential academics of senior defense and political leaders in Israel - also said: "When Israel sends a sophisticated Satellite into space Arabs would be busy inventing a new type of Hummus"!!!

Back to the impact of such words, I really was laughing at the beginning while thinking "oh come on you must be kidding", but then I got shocked by futuristic vision based on a flash back of late Arabs history, so I was like: What if this man is right? is there any chance? well, lately the trend of Arabic people was much into food, marked in Genis book of world records to the biggest Hummus plate in history, getting addicted to silly TV series, imitating negative attitudes of the west side, silly songs and other crap. But on the other hand, Arab World also embrace genius and creative Arabic people who are making a difference in the whole world. for example we Jordanians are going through an advanced level when it comes to technology, and web industry, Yahoo's acquisition to Maktoob [as a Jordanian company] is one example. and our king is doing extreme efforts for the development of Jordan and Arab World.



but does the above mean that this is all what we care about? does it mean that Arabs would be really busy thinking of new types of hummus while Israel and other countries would be creating a new evolution in Satellites? does it mean that Arabs would be busy watching silly TV programs while other countries are inventing new weapons?

This is not the time to curse or blame the senior lecturer who said that harsh words, it's time to make a review of what we have been doing lately, we should forget about that really old history of arabs that we always rely on, like arabs invented algorithms, arabs were advanced in medicine, arabs invented decimal Zero and they are the pioneers in math. well this is all great but now it is really Old News, we should focus more on new tangible achievements to prove it to the world that Arabs are still there and doing great job in up-to-date needs.

Now you can do your rational comment on what Mr. Dan said, true or false and why??

Halloween Costumes ideas - 2009 popular Halloween Costumes kids girls couples homemade food and funny Halloween Costumes

As Halloween [October 31] is around the corner, I guess half of the world is looking for new unique costumes, couples costumes or even homemade costumes. I thought it would be fun to share some 2009 popular Halloween Costumes, besides other costumes for kids, girls, and couples along with funny looking Halloween food.

[Wiki: Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It originates from the Gaelic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America during Ireland's Great Famine of the 1840s.The day is often associated with orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, reading scary stories, and watching horror films.]

2009 popular Halloween Costumes

Halloween Food - Brain Cupcakes

couples halloween costumes

kids halloween costumes

funny halloween costumes

[It could be seen as a festival of the dead. The ancient Gaels believed that the border between this world and the otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home whilst harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces.]

Weird Phenomenon in Jordan - Al Salt: Scorching heated earth puts everything on Fire | السلط .. حريقة!!

An extraordinary weird phenomenon was discovered lately in Jordan - Al Salt (Balqa), Rumaimeen village, where some limited area (approximately 2000 M³) is extraordinary heated (approximately 400 °C) so it burnt all trees and still burns anything touches earth.

Jordan Civil Defense and General Safety Forces performed their precaution procedures and currently ready there for any emergency, while Royal Jordanian Geographic Center, Royal Scientific Society, University of Jordan and other Jordan Research Centers are studying the case to come up with more details and explanations, on the other side, people are discussing the chance of having a Volcano or Earthquake in region!!

below are the News [in Arabic] from Alghad Newspaper:

إجراءت أمنية احترازية عقب ظهور "منطقة حارقة" في السلط

اتخذت سلطات الأمن العام والدفاع المدني الاحتياطات اللازمة للحفاظ على سلامة مواطنين في منطقة الرميمين بمحافظة البلقاء بعد ظهور منطقة حارقة تبلغ مساحتها حوالي الفي متر مربع ولا يمكن للبشر أو الحيوانات الوقوف فوقها حيث تحترق على الفور.

وقال محافظ البلقاء عبد الجليل السليمات لـ"الغد" ان الاجراءات الاحترازية تم اتخاذها وان سلامة السكان اخذت بعين الاعتبار والأمر برمته أصبح بين يدي اختصاصيين وخبراء لدراسته من نواح علمية.
واضاف انه تم تشكيل لجنة مكونة من "سلطة المصادر الطبيعية، المركز الجغرافي، الجمعية العلمية الملكية، الجامعة الاردنية، جامعة البلقاء، الدفاع المدني، الامن العام، القوات المسلحة، سلطة المياه".
وزاد "ان هذه الظاهرة غريبة وغير مسبوقة ولا نستطيع معرفة أسبابها إلا بعد خروج نتائج لجنة التحقيق".
ولفت السليمات إلى أنه تم تبليغ الجهات المختصة بعد ان اكتشف راع للغنم في المنطقة احتراق احدى القطعان.
وقال شهود عيان أن أي مادة تقذف في تلك الأرض تنصهر وتحترق بشكل مباشر وتتطاير اسحبة الدخان منها، ما أدى إلى حالة هلع بين المواطنين.
وحضر الى المكان محافظ البلقاء ومدير شرطة البلقاء ومدير الدفاع المدني ورئيس جامعة البلقاء التطبيقة الدكتور عمر الريماوي ومساعده للشؤون الاكاديمية الدكتور عبدالله الزعبي اضافة الى مدير سلطة المصادر الطبيعة الدكتور ماهر حجازين والعديد من كبار مسوؤلي اقليم الوسط.

God Bless Jordan