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 lives 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 100 at max! 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 Jordan Community without making troubles or making it easy 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

Iker Casillas Best Saves as named the Best Goalkeeper in the world by IFFHS - كاسياس افضل حارس مرمى في العالم 2008

Real Madrid's goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, made couple of unbelievable saves 3 days after being named as the Best Goalkeeper in the world in 2008 by IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics).


Iker Casillas made the best save in football history yesterday against Sevilla, while Perotti was about to score 1 meter away of a clear goal, Iker Casillas stretched from the left post to the right blocking the shot, so the crowd at Sanchez Pizjuan silenced their goal celebration songs.


below you can check these amazing moves in action:

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Real Madrid's Iker Casillas Named World's Best 'Keeper By IFFHS

The Merengues shot stopper was some way clear of his closest rivals...

Real Madrid 'keeper Iker Casillas has been voted the World's Best Goalkeeper in 2008 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

The shot stopper, who played a major part in Spain's victory in the European Championships last summer, finished some distance clear of rivals Gianluigi Buffon and Edwin van der Sar.

The IFFHS asked a wide range experts from 85 countries to nominate their top four goalkeepers, with points awarded on a scale whereby the top-ranked 'keeper would receive four points and their fourth-ranked shot stopper received one point.

The top 10 ranked 'keepers were as follows:

1 - Iker Casillas: 249 points
2 - Gianluigi Buffon: 170
3 - Edwin van der Sar: 143
4 - Petr Cech: 108
5 - Igor Akinfeev: 23
6 - Jose Francisco Cevallos: 21
7 - Julio Cesar: 18
8 - Pepe Reina:15
9 - Jens Lehmann: 13
10 - Justo Villar: 12
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أختير حارس نادي ريال مدريد والمنتخب الإسباني إيكر كاسياس كأفضل حارس مرمى لعام 2008 من قبل الاتحاد الدولي للتأريخ وإحصائيات كرة القدم
وحصل كاسياس على اللقب بعد أن ساعد فريقه بالفوز بلقب الدوري الإسباني للعام الثاني على التوالي، وتتويجه برفقة منتخبه بكأس أوروبا الأخيرة 2008 على حساب المنتخب الألماني.
وتقدم الحارس الإسباني على الحارس الإيطالي جيانلويجي بوفون (يوفنتوس) والحارس الهولندي أيدين فاندير سار (مانشستر يونايتد)، ليهدي بلاده اللقب الثاني بعد اللاعب تشافي هيرنانديز (برشلونة) الذي حصل على جائزة أفضل صانع ألعاب في العالم.
وجاء ترتيب الخمسة الأوائل على النحو التالي:

1. الحارس الإسباني إيكر كاسياس (ريال مدريد)
2. الحارس الإيطالي جيان لويجي بوفون (يوفنتوس)
3. الحارس الهولندي فاندير سار (مانشستر يونايتد)
4. الحارس التشيكي بيتر تشيك (تشيلسي)
5. الحارس الروسي إيغور إيكفينيف (سيسكا موسكو)
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Social Networks as Marketing tool for Musicians - Interview with SALAM winner of 2008 Jordanian Band Competition

The rapid rise over the last years of Social Networking Sites is changing the game, manipulating some rules, directing us to a new generation of social networking, leading us to some new lifestyles that were never there before.

So as social networking sites forced them selves to be used by the majority, it is not a surprise that they are being targeted by business leaders who are coping with the change and promoting their products online.

Musicians and Bands too are coping with these new lifestyles and doing their own ways to promote their Music Online, but some of them are not convinced yet of the great benefits they can get by using Social Networking Sites as tools to market their Music.

Myspace, Facebook and Twitter are the most famous and mostly used Social Networks.
besides the easiness of reaching fans cross countries and overseas, I guess one of the great features that a musician can find there is the ability to interact and connect with fans, getting immediate free feedback then publishing responses, unlike some old ways as mailing lists, audience and fans will feel closer to their celebrity hence more connected, so fans would be more reliable and they will act as another marketing technique themselves by sharing music or news of their favorite musician on their own profiles.

Above Social Networks are popular but general, so you can easily get lost there, so finding Specialized Niche Social Networks which are smaller networks with a targeted audience may be a solution so you will be having more "real fans" as people in such networks are all like minded. for musicians and bands you can find reviews of the best Music Social Networks here.

The use of General and Specialized Music Social Networks is the key to become a professional working musician today, and the web community is the best place to begin with.

I have Interviewed a Jordanian Musician [Salam Homoud, leader of SALAM Band - Winners of 2008 Jordanian Band Competition] and asked him couple of questions in this aspect:

Q. - Please tell us more about you and your band, a brief description of how did it all start

A. - I started making music 14 years ago, I taught myself to play the guitar, which was my main instrument of expression through the years, but I soon got my hands on a piano, a bouzouki and a few other instruments; in an attempt to bring out the music I heard inside my head in the most interesting way possible. I was part of many bands and formed a few as well, but a couple of years ago I decided to take it more seriously and formed my current band, “SALAM”.
The music I compose could be best described as experimental, fusing an array of music from around the world together, I sing in both Arabic and English… but it’s the instrumental pieces I feel most affinity with.

Q. - Since when have you been using Online Social Networks as marketing tool for your music?

A. - Since mid 2006.

Q. - which social networks are you using? have you tried the Specialized Music Social Networks or you are only using general ones?

A. - I started using Myspace since mid 2006, and created my Facebook music page around a year later. So far I haven’t used any specialized ones, maybe soon though.

Q. - Which is the best Music Social Network in your opinion and why?

A. - Each has it’s own audience, but in my opinion Facebook helped me connect with local and international listeners much easier than Myspace, It could be because of it’s simpler interface.

Q. - As your first target is the local audience, do you think General and Specialized Social Networks are really doing a great job in Jordan and Middle East? are fans familiar enough with them?

A. - Yes, I think Fans are getting more and more dependant on Social networks to discover new music and get notified about upcoming events and so on.

Q. - How far did you go using Social Networks, do your have fans overseas yet?

A. - Nearly half of the fans are from Jordan, but we also have many fans from North Africa, UK, Canada, France, Mexico, US, Germany, Pakistan, Greece, Netherlands and many other countries.

Q. - What other techniques are you using to promote your music? do u think you can get more fans than any other technique using Online Social Networks?

A. - No answer to this one, Sorry :)

Q. - What is your next step in promoting your music online?

A. - My first album will hopefully be finished before the end of this year, I posted some songs and teasers on Facebook and Myspace, and more will be uploaded very soon.
Our official website should be launched around the same time too.
I’m also hoping to make the album available for sale online as soon as it’s done, as it’s very important to me to make the album accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.

SALAM Band Myspace and Facebook fans pages:
http://www.myspace.com/salamonmyspace | http://www.facebook.com/salam.music

The Centennial Parade Photos - Story of Amman in 100 Steps | صور مسيرة المئوية - قصة عمان في مئة خطوة وخطوة

Amman the great capital of Jordan will be celebrated by its lovers at the first and biggest Parade in region, in the Municipality’s Centennial Anniversary of founding its first Municipal Council in 1909. so the Parade, which is taking place on October 9th 2009, is going to celebrate Amman History in the last 100 years besides commemorating the 10th anniversary of His Majesty King Abdullah II Accession to the Throne.

Lets pass our love to our Country, Lets Celebrate our City ..

For more info you can check Parade Details and Video Ads as published by the organizers below:

Taking place in the heart of Amman, the Parade will start at the Roman Theatre and ends after approximately 2.5km at The Greater Amman Municipality complex at Ras Al Ain.
We invite you to come and watch the Parade which begins at 3:00pm on Friday, During the 3 hour event, thousands of Jordanians who will attend and partake in celebrating the city of Amman along side over 2000 participants, 10floats, Khayaleh (horse mounted police) and Hajaneh(camel mounted soldiers), infantry units such as folk music bands, sports teams, school and university students and scouting groups, as well as representatives of various unions and professions in addition to celebrities.

For those who will not be able to attend, will have the opportunity to watch the live coverage on Jordan TV channels (Terrestrial & Satellite).

Parade Story

The Centennial Parade shall be the biggest event of its kind in the region in terms of the number of participants, representation of the various segments of society, the quality and diversity of the participating units and performances.
The march will celebrate the journey of 100 years, starting from the early beginnings of the City, passing through the present and walking into the future. The parade will reflect ten decades, each celebrating the most prominent events that constituted a historical milestone. Every decade will be represented by a decorated float followed by units that are associated with the same period.
The Parade will include over 100 participating units; 10 floats, Khayaleh (horse mounted police) and Hajaneh(camel mounted soldiers), walking units such sports teams, school and university students, scouts, marching bands, as well as representatives of various unions and professions in addition to entertainment troupes.
The Parade will begin at 3 pm on Friday October 9 at the Roman Theater and shall end at The Greater Amman Municipality complex at Ras Al Ain. Hundreds of thousands shall gather for three hours of fun and entertainment while millions will have the opportunity to watch the live televised broadcast. There will also be a huge advertising and media plan devised to secure full coverage of the Centennial Parade.

[source: CentennialParade.jo]

مسيرة المئوية

تقام مسيرة المئوية في التاسع من تشرين الأول لعام 2009 بمناسبة الإحتفال بالعيد العاشر لتولي جلالة الملك عبد الله الثاني سلطاته الدستورية والإحتفال بالذكرى المئوية لتأسيس أول مجلس بلدي عام 1909.

ستنطلق المسيرة من قلب عمان ولمسافة 2.5 كم ابتداء من المدرج الروماني وصولاً إلى أمانة عمان الكبرى .

وندعوكم جميعا للمشاركة ومتابعة المسيرة التي ستنطلق الساعة الثالثة بعد الظهر من يوم الجمعة 2009/10/9 ولمدة ثلاث ساعات متواصلة يحتفل فيها العمانيون بمدينتهم والأردنيون بعاصمتهم، حيث تضم المسيرة آلاف المشاركين إضافة إلى الوحدات المشاركة والعشرات من المركبات المتحركة المزينة، الخيالة والهجانة، وحدات المشاة من: فرق موسيقية وفلكلورية، طلاب المدارس والجامعات وفرق الكشافة، ممثلين للنقابات والمهن المتنوعة، بالإضافة إلى الشخصيات الترفيهية.

تابعوا المسيرة وعلى الهواء مباشرة عبر قنوات التلفزيون الأردني. كونوا معنا على الموعد في 2009/10/9 الساعة الثالثة بعد الظهر.

"مسيرة المئوية" ستكون أكبر حدث استعراضي احتفالي، وستعتبر الأولى من نوعها في المنطقة من حيث عدد المشاركين، تمثيلهم لمختلف شرائح المجتمع ، نوعية وتنوع الوحدات المشاركة وطريقة العرض المقدم.

هذه المسيرة ستحتفل برحلة مائة عام -10 عقود مرت على عمان - بتاريخ المدينة بحاضرها ومستقبلها ،،، وبأهلها ، وستقسم مسيرة المئوية إلى عشر حقب زمنية ( عقد)، كل حقبة تحتفل بأهم حدث/ الأحداث التي شكلت منعطفا تاريخيا في مسيرة المدينة. وسيتقدم كل حقبة زمنية مركب مزين متحرك- Float يتبعه الوحدات المتنوعة التي تعبق بالحياة وتزخر بالألوان .

الوحدات المشاركة والمتنوعة ستضم أكثر من 2000 مشارك والعشرات من الوحدات والعروض المتحركة (المركبات المزينة)، الخيالة والهجانة والعروض الجوية، وحدات المشاة من: فرق موسيقية وفلكلورية ،طلاب المدارس والجامعات وفرق الكشافة ، ممثلين للنقابات والمهن المتنوعة ،،،،،بالإضافة إلى الشخصيات الترفيهية .

ستنطلق المسيرة الساعة الثالثة من بعد ظهر يوم الجمعة 9/10/2009 ، من المدرج الروماني وصولاً إلى أمانة عمان في رأس العين ، وخلال ثلاث ساعات من الفرح والمتعة ولأول مرة سيتمكن مئات الألوف من الحضور مشاهدة العروض الكرنفالية المختلفة، كما سيتمكن الملايين من متابعتها على شاشات التلفزيون في بث حي مباشر على الهواء . هذا وسيتم العمل على تغطية مسيرة المئوية من خلال خطط إعلانية وإعلامية ضخمة .

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Amman Streets Detours | اغلاقات وتحويلات شوارع عمان

إدارة السير والإدارات الأمنية المعنية ستقوم بإجراء عدد من التحويلات والاغلاقات للطرق والشوارع والتي تمتد من إشارة عبدون الضوئية السفلية وحتى جسر رغدان.
ويأتي هذ الاجراء في نطاق التحضيرات للاحتفالية والمسيرة الكرنفالية بمناسبة احتفالات أمانة عمان الكبرى بالعيد العاشر للجلوس الملكي ومئوية عمان (قصة عمان100 خطوة وخطوة

الاغلاقات والتحويلات ستكون على النحو التالي:
تحويل السير القادم من الدوار الثالث عبر شارع عبد المنعم رياض باتجاه إشارة عبدون السفلية إلى شارع أبو بكر الصديق وإشارة حي القيسية الضوئية بحيث يتجه إلى شارع الأميرة بسمة لإشارة عقبة ابن نافع أو على دوار القيسية إلى شارع الأمير علي ابن الحسين باتجاه إشارة السفارة الأميركية والسير القادم من الاتجاه المعاكس يتم تحويله إلى شارع عبد المنعم رياض باتجاه الدوار الثالث.
وسيتم تحويل السير القادم من شارع القدس (من جهة تقاطع الصخرة المشرفة وإشارة الكسارات الضوئية) عن إشارة حي نزال الضوئية باتجاه شارع الدستور أو إعادته للأعلى باتجاه شارع القدس.
وتحويل السير القادم من شارع المصدار (شارع الأمير الحسن) قبل مثلث المهاجرين مباشرة (أول تقاطع بعد دير اللاتين مباشرة) عن تقاطع شارع الأحنف بن قيس مع شارع صبحي زيد الكيلاني وعدم السماح بوصوله الى مثلث المهاجرين وتقاطع وادي سرور وإعادته للأعلى باتجاه طلوع المصدار أو جبل النظيف.
أما السير القادم من داخل منطقة الجوفة إلى وسط البلد سيتم تحويله عن مثلث وادي سرور (عن تقاطع شارع بركة بنت ثعلبة مع شارع محمد الحنيطي) وتحويله باتجاه تقاطع الجوفة أو شارع الطلياني لإعادته باتجاه جبل الجوفة وطلوع المصدار.
وسيتم تحويل السير القادم من مثلث الجوفة العلوي خلف الساحة الهاشمية والقادم من شارع الجزائر باتجاه وسط البلد وإشارة رغدان الضوئية من التقاطع الخلفي للساحة الهاشمية باتجاه مثلث جريدة الدفاع ومنها الى شارع المحطة القديم (شارع الملك عبد الله الأول) باتجاه شارع الجيش وشارع اليرموك وماركا الشمالية.وسيتم تحويل السير القادم من الهاشمي الشمالي والسير القادم من شارع الجيش من جهة جسر المحطة من أسفل نفق جسر المربط باتجاه شارع الاستقلال ومنعه عن وسط البلد.
تحويل السير القادم من شارع الجيش وشارع المحطة القديم عن جسر شركة الدخان باتجاه وسط البلد عن جسر رغدان باتجاه إشارة القصور الضوئية وجبل الحسين أو إشارة نفق الحدادة باتجاه شارع الأردن.
أما السير القادم من جبل الحسين إلى جسر رغدان عن إشارة القصور الضوئية سيتم تحويله إلى إشارة نفق الحدادة باتجاه شارع الأردن وجبل القصور إذا دعت الحاجة لذلك ومنعه من الوصول إلى جسر رغدان، أو السماح له بالوصول إلى جسر رغدان ومن ثم منعه من المسير باتجاه وسط البلد وتحويله باتجاه شارع الجيش أو شارع المحطة القديم (شارع الملك عبد الله الأول) باتجاه إشارة النشا الضوئية ومنعه من المسير باتجاه الشارع الخلفي لمجمع رغدان السياحي ومثلث جريدة الدفاع.
تحويل السير القادم من منطقة العبدلي نزولاً باتجاه وسط البلد عند مخرج سرفيس جبل الحسين خط9 على تقاطع شارع صلاح الدين الأيوبي مع شارع الملك حسين وتحويله إلى جبل الحسين.
ويتم تحويل السير القادم من شارع الأمير محمد وشارع عرار (وادي صقرة) عن إشارة علي بابا الضوئية باتجاه طلوع الحايك لجبل عمان الدوار الأول ومنعه من الوصول لمنطقة وسط البلد.
وسيتم تحويل السير القادم من شارع الأمير محمد عن ساحة البريد الوسط باتجاه شارع بسمان ومن ثم باتجاه شارع القبرطاي وعدم السماح من وصوله الى منطقة وسط البلد.

تحويل السير القادم من جبل عمان نزولاً باتجاه وسط البلد من شارع القبرطاي وشارع المحكمة الشرعية باتجاه شارع خرفان وعودته باتجاه جبل عمان مره أخرى ومنعه من الوصول باتجاه وسط البلد لشارع طلال.
تحويل السير القادم من شارع المهاجرين والمحاذي لشارع عمر مطر وإعادته مره أخرى لشارع المهاجرين باتجاه شارع عبد المنعم رياض والدوار الثالث.
واهاب المكتب الإعلامي بالمواطنين ضرورة الالتزام بتعليمات إدارة السير خلال فترة تحويل الطرق والاغلاقات المرورية لتوفير الجهد والوقت عليهم والتقليل من الازدحامات المرورية والمشاركة بهذه الاحتفالات والمسيرة بشكل فعال وايجابي لإظهار المنظر الحضاري الرائع الذي يتمتع به أردننا الحبيب

Jordan Amman Map | خارطة عمان الاردن

Amman Centennial Parade

The Centennial Parade Photos - صور مسيرة المئويه

قصيدة اردنية: يا عمود البيت (الملك عبدالله الثاني) - ماجد زريقات

قصيدة اردنية

يا عمود البيت

ماجد زريقات

سيدي انا اردني مكيف عليك وقلبي ودك
كان جدي ساير بجيش الشريف حسين جدك
وكان ابوي بجيش ابوك حسين الله يرحمه
والشرف كل الشرف اني انا و ولادي جندك

اعشق الشيبات الى نورت في مفرقك
واسمك اعذب اسم يطرب لو لساني ينطقك
انا اموت فيك واحيا فيك يا اروع ملك
وليت الاقي كلمه اكبر من احبك واعشقك

شفت انا صورة ملكنا بالجريده بيوم عيده
الفكر راح وسرح بين عيون نظرتها بعيده
كان ودي انقش الصوره على جدران قلبي
او الف قلبي معاها بين صفحات الجريده

ولما اشاهد صورتك من كثر شوقي اندفع
واحتظن بروازها والبوسه اطبعها طبع
يا حبيبي وتاج راسي يا كحل عين البلد
والله اني يوم اشوفك ينشلع قلبي شلع

اردنيه وفينا اعرق عرقك ونتباها فيك
لو تفزعنا تلاقينا بواريد بإيديك
المنيه و لا الدنيه هذا هو عنوانا
يالله حيالموت الله حي الموت يوم يكون في بذله فوتيك

سيدي يا صقر بالمرقاب جنحانه نفظ
من اجل رفعه بلدنا ومجدها قام ونهظ
دمك الحامي الي نوعه اردني طول المدى
في هوا ارض العروبه وعشقها قلبك نبظ

في فلسطين العراق جروح الها يفور دمك
لما تبكي عين تمسح دمعها اطراف كمك
هذا هو ابن الهواشم وافتخر يا ابن العرب
مين احن ومين اطيب من ملك هكلان همك

اردن الي نصلي خمس فروض فوق أترابها
الشرف بالطهر أمّ و كبر بمحرابها
ومع قرامي هالشجرحنا نمد شروشنا
والمفاخر بين ايديها مطوبه على حسابها

في عروق الاردن الاشواق ضخيناها ضخ
والوفا غيمات سقناها بسماها تزخ زخ
نفتديها بدمنا وبمالنا وعيالنا
ولو تدقها شوكه قبل ما تحس نقول أخ

ويا عمود البيت فوق الروس خيمة هالبلد
هون بين ضلوعنا دقينا للخيمه وتد
ومثل ما تشك الخرز الازرق بلدنا رواحنا شكشكيها وعلقيها برقبتك خوف الحسد

HRH Prince Faisal Honors Jordan Basketball Team - 10.000 JDs for each National Team Player - Jordan Basketball Shines in World Championship Photo

His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein - President of the Jordan Olympic Committee - honored Jordan Basketball National Team which qualified for Basketball World Championship after winning the third place in Asia Championship in a big ceremony yesterday, thanked the Heroes and motivated them to do even a better job at Basketball World Championship next year 2010 in Turkey.

He also rewarded them with around 279.000 JDs, 10.000 JDs for each player and 120.000 for coach Palma.

We all need to support our great team to show some awesome Jordanian basketball to the world, below is a design of mine:

Jordan National Basketball Team

الأمير فيصل يكرم منتخب كرة السلة المونديالي

تجديد الثقة بالمدير الفني البرتغالي بالما وجهازه التدريبي

عمان - كرم سمو الأمير فيصل بن الحسين رئيس اللجنة الأولمبية أمس أعضاء المنتخب الوطني لكرة السلة الحائز على برونزية بطولة آسيا ال 25 التي اختتمت منافساتها في مدينة تيان جين الصينية الأسبوع الماضي والمتأهل لنهائيات كأس العالم التي تستضيفها تركيا العام القادم.
وسلم سموه خلال الحفل الذي أقيم في قاعة يا هلا بمدينة الحسين للشباب مكافآت مالية مجزية للاعبين والجهازين الاداري والفني، بلغ مجموعها (279) ألف دينار، بمعدل عشرة آلاف دينار لكل لاعب وهم .. زيد الخص، سام دغلس، أيمن دعيس، زيد عباس، اسلام عباس، انفر شوابسوقه، فضل النجار، وسام الصوص، موسى العوضي، محمد حمدان، جمال ابو شماله، راشيم رايت وجمال المعايطة، ولم يحضر الأخيران الحفل لوجودهما خارج البلاد، ونال المدير الفني البرتغالي ماريو بالما مكافأة بلغت نحو 120 ألف دينار، كما حصل مدير الفريق - رئيس الوفد ينال الخص وأعضاء الجهاز التدريبي ماريو جوميش ويوسف أبو بكر ورسلان شوابسوقه على تكريم مميز .
وأشاد سمو الأمير فيصل بعطاء النجوم والتزامهم وحرصهم على تمثيل وطنهم بأفضل صورة، كما أثنى على جهود الجهاز الفني والاداري.
وخاطب سموه اللاعبين قائلا: حققتم انجازا رائعا وقطعتم خطوة مهمة على بداية الطريق، ونطمح للمزيد في المرحلة القادمة.
ووفقا لمستشار اللجنة الأولمبية وليد أبو عبيد، جدد سمو الأمير فيصل الثقة بالجهاز التدريبي والاداري والفريق، مبينا أنه سيتم توفير الدعم اللازم للمنتخب الذي بات يحمل الصفة العالمية.
وكانت لانا الجغبير أمين عام اللجنة الأولمبية استهلت الحفل بكلمة موجزة قالت فيها ان الانجاز يعتبر ثمرة لدعم واهتمام سموكم بالرياضة، ولما من جهد متواصل في سبيل تطورها.
وأعرب عملاق ارتكاز المنتخب الوطني أيمن دعيس في تصريح الى الرأي عن عميق شكره وامتنانه للتكريم الذي حظي به المنتخب الوطني من سمو الأمير فيصل.

Jordan Tastes the Glory of World Cup - Jordan Basketball Team qualifies to FIBA World Championship | صور نشامى الأردن تحلق إلى كأس العالم لكرة السله

Jordan Basketball forced a Jordanian Dream comes true, as Jordan National Team qualified to FIBA World Championship [World Cup] - for the first time ever - in 2010 which takes place in Turkey.

Jordan Basketball National Team secured a place at the biggest and strongest basketball tournament ever -FIBA World Championship - after winning the 3rd place in FIBA Asia Championship scoring a great victory over Lebanon 80-66. though the Jordanian Team had even a better chance to be also FIBA Asia Champions, but they hardly lost the semi final game in the last seconds by 2 points [75-77] to Iran who are announced as Asia Champions now as they won over China in the Final Game 70-52.

This great achievement of the Jordan National Team is a result of great efforts done by every single player as they all were enthusiastic to win to prove to the world that Jordan can do it, they all showed a great sense of the team and passions to Jordan even the only American player in the team Rasheim Wright who cried after the game, and he also won the Best Scorer in Asia Championship with 20.7 PPG average Points Per Game.

The Jordanian Royal Family, Queen Rania of Jordan, His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Ibn Al Hussein, the regent, His Royal Highness Prince Hamzah bin al Hussein, all called the Jordan basketball team: "Heroes", and said their qualification to the world cup was an achievement and a source of Pride for all Jordanians. Go to World Championship and make us even more proud.

We Jordanians are so proud of our Basketball team - and we hope that our Soccer Team can also do it for World Cup - Lets all support Jordan and wish them luck to be World Champions in FIBA World Championship 2010 [28 Aug. - 12 Sep. 2010]

Jordan Basketball to World Championship

Photos

Jordan Basketball player Zaid Alkhas takes a risk while Ayman Idais celebrates the Achievement

Jordan Basketball Player touched by the glory of World Championship

Jordan Basketball players celebrating Coach Palma

Jordan Flag covers Jordan Team

Jordan Flag is the reason why we did it

Ayman Idais on the top of "Destination Turkey 2010"

Ayman Idais celebrations

Fadi Al Khateeb the best Lebanese Player sadly leaving to Lebanon

صور المنتخب الأردني لكرة السله إلى كأس العالم

Jordan Team deserves to qualify more than any other team: Palma

Unlike many others who might have reveled basking in the glory of the maiden medal at the FIBA Asia Championship, the Jordan coach walked out of the court telling his spearhead Sam Daghles, “We need to discuss our plans for the next season. We need to discuss a lot with Zain and ASU (the leading clubs in the Jordanian league).”
Such was the man’s focus on the job ahead.
Excerpts from Palma’s comments after winning the bronze

On the bronze medal play off
Our players were not nervous and were focused on the job at hand. We decided to fight from the first minute to the last.
We played a great game on defense, we played a great game in organization in offense, we played a great game on fast breaks and most importantly we had a great desire to win.

On Jordan’s performance overall
We came here wanting to qualify. Our target was Turkey when we landed in Tianjin.
But through the course of the Championship we started to believe that we could win the Championship. And last night we almost close towards our goal.
But when we lost the semifinal, unlike many other teams we were not outraged. We were disappointed for sure, but we knew we couldn’t lose focus.
And then it was easier to go back to our original goal.
I think that was the main reason why we could play better than them (Lebanon) tonight.

On Jordan’s progress in Asian basketball
When I arrived in Jordan Jordan was 68th in the FIBA ranking. Last time we moved up to the 40s. And now I’ms sure we would have moved a lot higher.

On the team
We had a team that played excellent basketball. We made everybody look up. We made everybody talk about us. And I’m very happy, because we have worked together for three years and it has finally borne fruit.
This team has sacrificed a lot. They have spent months away from the family either playing tournaments or in training.
We have spent more time in hotels and (air) planes. I think this team deserved more than any other team here to the world championship.

On Jordan’s preparatory path to Turkey
We are just not going to the World Championship to make the numbers.
We are going to play hard.

Ayman Idais, Wright take Jordan to Turkey

TIANJIN (FIBA Asia Championship) - Ayman Idais and Rasheim Wright scythed through the rival defence during each other’s slump in form to help Jordan to an 80-66 win over fellow West Asian nation Lebanon in the bronze medal play-off on Sunday.
The win helped the Mario Palma trained Jordan to book their entry into the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
“We have been working on this for the last three years,” Jordan coach Mario Palma said.
“I think Jordan came into Tianjin as one of the teams capable of winning the Championship. We fell short in that, but today we were focused,” Palma said.
Lebanon finished without a medal for the first time in three championships, having bagged with the silver in both 2005 and 2007 FIBA Asia Championships.
Jordan had never beaten Lebanon coming into this Championship – having lost all their three previous encounters – but in Tianjin, Jordan opened their campaign with an 84-67 win over Lebanon and finished it beating the same rivals.
“What matters is the timing of the win,” bemoaned Lebanon coach Dragan Raca said.
Wright shrugged off a second quarter strife to find rhythm and led the scoring for the game with 28 points, in a 55% field record (9/14), including a 2/6 in three-pointers.
Wright also had five rebounds – four in defence – and five assists.
Idais stepped up when Wright struggled and returned a 20-point haul.
Idais converted only one of his three two-pointer attempts, but shot down an incredible 6/8 in the long rangers.
Fortunes in the early part of the game resembled the Tianjin Eye with the teams gaining absolute control of the proceedings, when their offensive plays worked only to start going down, allowing the rivals to come up similar scoring sprees.
Wright contributed five as Jordan scored the first 10 points of the game, but Lebanon hit back with a 19-0 run to close the first quarter 19-10 ahead.
Fadi El Khatib who opened the scoring for Lebanon converting his twin free-throws went on to add four more and Jackson Vroman combined to a nicety in the paint for Lebanon to take this lead, which only piqued Jordan to fight back yet again.
“I think our team took it for granted at that point. They thought they had won the game already and became complacent,” Raca said.
Idais sank two silken three-pointers and Sam Daghles added another as Jordan blitzed the latter part of the second quarter with a 13-1 run to head into the locker rooms with a 36-28 lead.
Idais who drew a blank in the 3:46 he played in the first quarter, had 15 points in the second quarter, all of them coming in three-pointers out of a six attempts.
Wright added only two points, but effected four assists in the second quarter.
But the former Tulsa 66ers guard, exploded with customary fluency in the third quarter accounting for 13 points, in a 5/7 field record including finding the mark in his only three-pointer attempt during this time.
That surge kept Jordan in good stead till the final buzzer.
“The difference between yesterday and today was that we got those shots in which we were missing yesterday,” Palma said.
“After the loss yesterday, we watched the second semifinal and the players told each other ‘C’mon let’s forget it and move ahead. We have Turkey in our sight,” said Jordan guard Sam Daghles.
Vroman ploughed a rather lonely, and therefore, losing furrow for Lebanon with 18 points.
Fadi El Khatib shot a woeful 3/10 in field attempts for his 13 points and Rony Fahed had as many points.