Archive for October, 2010

Suddenly

I find it hard to believe how suddenly winter dawned on the residents of Amman. One day it’s t-shirt sunny and the next day it’s dark at 4:30 and wool jacket cold.

Good bye, yellow brick road.


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50-90% off

Who doesn’t love discounts? I definitely do.

GoNabit is the Middle East’s first “discount” site, and it just launched in Amman this week.

They have a discount deal of over 50% every day, and their first deal is a Swedish massage for half-price at the new Nirvana Spa.

I can’t give away all their upcoming deals, but I can release one secret for the ladies. Let me tell you, if you’re looking for a gym subscription, hold your horses. There’s a REALLY good deal for that soon ;) That of course doesn’t keep away the guys from other deals.

Check it out here: GoNabit Amman.


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Ideal means of inter-family communication

Yes. Email is indeed dying.


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10 Arab TV Ads That Will Take You Back

I know I still haven’t told you about MarketingHub.me (unless you follow me on Twitter or have me added as a Facebook friend :), but I thought I’d share this funny post with you.

Ban, our awesome web editor, came up with a fantastic article idea today: awesome Arabic TV ads that we used to watch as kids.

We spent a whole hour in the morning marveling over how quickly the Arab world’s TV scene is changing (though it lay stagnant for 25 years!), laughing over how funny everyone looks, and trying to remember our favorite ads as kids.

Check out the post, it’s hilarious and brilliantly nostalgic.

This is my favorite one from the list:

What were your favorite ads as kids? Add them here.


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Lending Shelf: The Millennium Trilogy

I decided to read Stieg Larsson’s “The Millennium Trilogy” after I read countless reviews and had it recommended to me by a million engines.

The series consists of thee novels; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, were first published in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. They are set in Sweden, and are themed as an outcry against violence against women.

The books are definitely entertaining reads, though the author rambles on and on and on, often needlessly. The details are killers. I must have skimmed through one-third of each book.

Read them if you enjoy mysteries with dramatic plot twists. Forget it if you don’t feel like wasting a few good weeks on needless blabbering.

Other book reviews on AndFarAway:

The Mists of Avalon 
All My Friends are Superheroes 
The Lord of the Rings
His Dark Materials
Persepolis
Harry Potter
Blood and Gold
1984
Twilight
Maus
Fatal Identities
Cry to Heaven, Anne Rice
The Time Traveller’s Wife
The Alchemist
Eleven Minutes


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What I found today when I got home…


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