Rethinking, rejection or reform?

by Marwan Al Husayni | May 14,2012 | 22:28 I had the privilege to be in contact with two of the world’s revolutionary professors and thinkers. Both are deceased now. Mohammed Arkoun died in September 2010, Kamal Salibi died in September 2011. Both were 82 when they left our world. I knew more about Islam …

“Cloud Governance” on Arab Servers

Marwan al-Husayni *   The Wikipedia entry under “Cloud Computing” states that this term “refers to the delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a heterogeneous community of end-recipients. The name comes from the use of clouds as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts …

Why Rajae Qawas makes us laugh

Standing up to stand-ups by Marwan Al Husayni | Apr 28,2012 | 22:43 Rajae Qawas is an excellent Jordanian stand-up comedian. He is skillful, surprising and connected to the themes that are of strong importance to the youth and community. Rajae is also bold in his criticism of negative trends and behaviours. His bits are …

ReliPolitik: the Ikhwan’s Shortcut to Power

Marwan al-Husayni * The plot of the 2004 movie “Shortcut to Happiness”, which I watched recently, goes like this: Jabez Stone is a complete loser. He is not able to sell his novels. He lives in a lousy apartment and does not have success with women. Stone sells his soul to the devil for success. …

Islamophobic Questions Raised by Muslims

by Marwan Al Husayni | Apr 10,2012 | 22:42 “Islamophobia” is a term that came into common use after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. It refers to the hatred and fear of Islam and Muslims in certain Western contexts. This is history now. Current affairs in the Middle East and the …

Facebook, Twitter and “Sacred Fear”

Marwan al-Husayni * A recent study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) found the Arabic content on the Internet amounts to less than 3% of the world content. This is a poor status when thinking of interactivity of the new media. How much of this percentage pours into dialogue? And by dialogue I do not …

Churches in the Arab World

Marwan al-Husayni * Churches in the Arab region are oriental spiritual heritage and no one has the right to tamper with it, whether in the name of religion, politics or ideology. Christianity in the East is a basic component of a human civilization in the region, which cannot be abandoned or damaged. As is the …

Ziad Al-Anani… A Name to Remember

If I were, today, to choose "The Poet of The Decade" in Jordan, I would, immediately without any hesitation, say: Ziad Al-Anani. Ziad is a magician, a true one. He is not an illusionist. Through his mastery of engraving words into unthinkable images, he takes us in an astonishing journey beyond realities. In his unique …