Blog Feed: Qahwa Saada

Kindle 4 Non-Touch Review

Published on 2012-01-17 09:16:00

As you might have heard (or not), I recently purchased a Kindle 4 Non-Touch (NT) ebook reader from Amazon. And having finally finished my exams, I would like to take the time to point out the goods and the bads of this model in contrast to the Kindle Touch and Kindle DX for you prospective buyers.Thus far I have only read two books on the device, being "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" by Katrina Firlik and "Our Last Best Chance" by King Abdullah. I am currently reading "Physics of the Future" b [..] > read more

Guantanamera

Published on 2012-01-10 16:05:00

Street art by David Walker. Check out Street Art Utopia for more awesome photos of street art, graffiti and urban art.Looking back at my previous posts, a whole lot of them begin with my expression of regret over not updating this blog so often. Five posts were written since January last year, shame shame.New Year's eve was spent in Irbid studying for my Endocrine exam, so was most of the past year really. I've grown rather accustomed to this lifestyle, to the degree that going back to Amman on [..] > read more

TedxDeadSea: The ReformJO We Need

Published on 2012-01-02 07:02:00

Disclaimer: This post has been re-blogged from the TEDxDeadSea blog where it was first published on April 20th 2011. It has been over two months now since the wave of Arab Revolt, as I would like to call it, hit our Jordan. Since demonstrations began invading front pages on our newspapers, making themselves a main focus of our daily talks and thoughts, and since the ReformJO hashtag made its way to the frontline of Tweets from JO tweeples. How far have we come as a result? Have we been wise crit [..] > read more

The Jordanian Harassment Problem

Published on 2011-06-27 06:10:00

How much of a bad boy blogger have I been? If it wasn't for a dear cousin of mine who took the time to complement this blog, it would have been totally out of mind. Put aside the fact that I'm on vacation, studies are minimal, and so on - I am j > read more

A Solar-Powered Jordan: Economic Independence a Heartbeat Away?

Published on 2011-02-27 07:18:00

Check out my first blog post on TEDxDeadSea, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience:"As most of you know, Jordan today is edging and hoping for major reform; a whole makeover in terms of g > read more

First Blog Anniversary and a Road Trip to Irbid

Published on 2011-01-23 12:28:00

Who would have known time could run so fast! Browsing through the archive it just struck me that I missed Qahwa Saada's first year anniversary, which was supposedly on the 17th of January, boo. Accordingly, I'm actually six days late, but come to thi > read more

The Light at the End

Published on 2011-01-21 09:02:00

It has been quite a while since my last blog post, my sincere apologies dear readers. I wouldn't have really thought I'd be saying this, but in the last few months, I've been surprised at the amount of time and effort medical school has been draining > read more

Faculty of Medicine Logo

Published on 2010-08-31 02:03:00

Seeing as there was a competition last week for designing the logo of the Faculty of Medicine at Jordan University of Science and Technology, I decided to give it a shot and participate. The design is pretty simple; more or less the original logo of > read more

It's My Life

Published on 2010-08-30 06:15:00

More than a year has swept by since I last dusted the soles of my shoes at the towering gates of school, since I took those wary first steps into the unknown world of higher education, making the daring decision of choosing to pursue the degree of Me > read more

The Jordanian Nuclear Bomb

Published on 2010-07-02 06:26:00

Over the past few weeks, a topic that has been progressively drawing my attention is that of the United States demanding that Jordan relinquish its rights to produce its own nuclear fuel and sign an agreement similar to that of the United Arab Emirat > read more

Random Thoughts

Published on 2010-06-15 08:37:00

So here I am, after a rather delicious meal of home made mansaf, staring at my online Organic Chem slides, and waiting for the information to be fed into my brain. I've got my final exams now, and I finish in a couple of days on the 17th. Honestly I > read more

Horoscopes and Astrology: Fact or Fiction?

Published on 2010-06-13 03:16:00

Ever since the 9th of June, or my birthday, I've been bugged with a voice in my head asking questions I have absolutely no words to reply to. I have a confession to make, I do not know what to make of horoscopes and "fortune telling" as they call it, > read more

My Views on the Gaza Flotilla Raid

Published on 2010-06-06 16:56:00

I would like to say that these thoughts are strictly my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of any other Arab, Jordanian, or supporter of the Palestinian case. I am a strong believer in humanity, and I strictly believe that those who don' > read more

The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia

Published on 2010-05-23 15:47:00

I must admit it has been quite a while since my last blog post, can't say there's a specific reason, but laziness and medical studies come as the main factors, my apologies.So the focus of this post will be about how I've recently been into editing W > read more

Stand-Up Comedy in Jordan

Published on 2010-04-06 12:45:00

Had I been asked about stand-up comedy a few years ago, I would have replied that I knew nothing about it. Today, however, my answer would be a whole lot different, surprisingly enough, this wild act has miraculously been taken to a new level of popu > read more