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It only has 5 yes/no questions so it’s really easy and wouldn’t take over a second of your time. Thanks!
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Here’s a fresh view of a different Jordan, picture taken by Noor Bishouti

Although the class is probably the most interesting one I took so far in terms of theory, and regardless of all the Nescafe gulped beforehand, I always manage to doze off. I just can’t help it. The room is so small, probably measuring around 2m by 4m, with black curtains surrounding it from all directions. The buzz of the projector and the laptop give off a very sleepy sound, and I just sit there surrounded by the rest of the students as we sit packed on cafeteria tables and cushioned chairs. The tiny room is overheated so my jacket would be piled up on the table in front of me like a big pillow that I just lean my head on, and then wake up 20 minutes later, with Noor and Sultan laughing at me, completely oblivious to what is happening.

Seriously. I love it so much I wish I can hug it and feel it oozing its bitsy bytsey love back to me.

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Check out my public page from my Protopage here (and my private one remains private :D YAY).

One shot, which ones are mine?

So today we (Lina, Khalidah, a Moroccan blogger, and several students attending a conference with the UN) went to Jafra, the new “communist” cafe in Downtown Amman. Pretty cool place I must say, though I didn’t feel any communist vibes; I ran into a good amount of professors and students from my Fine Arts Faculty at JU. I actually really liked the crowd, which appears to be a quite eclectic mix of people from all walks of life, old and young.

Other than that, I personally do not enjoy the style that the cafe is decorated with (too typical) but it’s very clean with a very laid back environment, in such a way that it reminded me of Beirut. They’re apparently aficionados for sponsoring the arts as they had a lot of paintings on display, and I really love the location of the place, right across from Hashem El Balad (though it’s hard to find a parking spot). The only real setback of the place though is that it has really loud music.

So, will someone tell me more about the communist bit? I really want to know where that came from, if its true, and who really owns the place. I admittedly was lulled to visiting the place because of that, and so I looked for political signs, but the only thing I found slightly political is a map of the Arab world proudly displayed on the staircase. Otherwise, not even the very long and rambly “story of Jafra” hanging in the entrance gave any signs of politicization. If indeed it is a communist cafe, then kudos to Amman, we’re finally going somewhere (though I’m a hearty believer in open economies).

Enjoy my wonderfully blurry pictures of Jafra Cafe.