Sabri Hakim

sabrihakim.com

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Picture I took of school kids Jordan, Natheef

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Painting of mine, "Modern Man Modern Woman"

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This I painted around 2 and a half years ago,

Picture I took of a Doctor

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This is Dr. Ghait Shbailat he will be featured in I magazines February issue.

Help me choose a picture.

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Pictures I took at the Nai.
If you were to design an ad for the Nai, which picture would you choose?
left is A right is B

Picture I took of a Tag

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Jad tagged me, here my response.

R.B.M.

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Picture I took of Orphans

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Picture I took of Stairs

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I want to crack ginger and squeeze on soft minds while I hop on ice and dream of salt, run down these stairs you are pure of age.

Picture I took of Regret

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Picture I took of a wet flower.

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Picture I took of a leaf

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Picture I took of a pianist in the making

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Picture I took of the wild

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Spotting G!

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Could it be? I saw this add in two Jordanian Magazines!!

Another Poem of Mine

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A thought that unleashed itself

I feel high and low at endings of sustained brains within masses of liquids at weak spinal cords of guitarist playing mad children raging about what shall I write about thinking I might add and make less to envision the character of morphine pain I've died, from heaven my wondering green hours speaks from an irrational mind I crave for you , for a light that strikes the backless me at dinners I shall be, in a low coast to coast, I do float and appreciate the complex taste of sugar and saturated fatty substances, I'm not a laughing chipmunk I'm a chimpanzee, ill not lay it down for you, you must climb up and see a radically vibrating illusion, a rather defective lens a chocking sense a very loud cough I drink water to feed I'm not a father I'm not need of large belts and metallic canes I will disobey for I am a rebellious figure of speech aching outward towards and upward come down I've heard enough of this, its too sane can it be, it I allow assumption and to that I declare thee strike a bell and announce he, strike the keys on boards for I carry a moist message I'm must convey. I'm astray; I'm not artsy or gay.

Sabri

Picture I took of the Guilty

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Picture I took of "Music"

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Picture I took of Tarek Koudsi

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Picture I took of a sick girl

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Picture I took at "Crime of love"

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It's out now!

Picture I took of an expression I didn't understand

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Eid Mubarak to you all

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be well everyone

Picture I took of a Woman

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Picture I took of Amin Matalqa and Laith Majali

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This I took during the Shooting of "Crime of Love"

Celebrating my 100th post.

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Picture I have taken of a street, I love this Picture.
hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have, and hope I have added a bit more color to our black and yellow streets.
Be well everyone.

Picture I took of Girls

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Girls of Al Natheef

الرجل لا يعيبه ألا جيبه

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الرجل لا يعيبه ألا جيبه

hope I got the spelling right2 guys at work are getting married in a weeks time, this quote I now hear all the time.

Picture I took of great Architecture

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I was inspired after seeing Sha3teely's post.

Picture I took of boys

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This was taken once more in The Natheef, I have gotten so attached to this place, in time, I will try to show you the beauty there is there.
regarding my previous post, about Hanin, Im working on a way to help her, I will let you all know how you can help too.

"law awareeky thahry la itkhafy"

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"I hate Fridays, he is home now, and the house still smells of yesterday's liquor, the one spilt on floor. Lord how my back hurts. I don’t want to get up, I've peed my self."

These might very well be the thoughts of 3rd grade Hanin. She lives in Jabal Al Natheef. I was at Hanin's school taking pictures, when her mother heard of our presence she sent after us, (a documentary film crew) saying she had a story and wanted to share. We arrived to a few cement layers on top of another forming what they call home. Her mother, an illiterate 26 year old female, as she put it, spoke of how her husband owns a "Basta" and how she manages to run the house with the 1 JD per day she gets from him. She then spoke of the abuse she had witnessed from her husband and how he beats her and her three kids. A crew member suggested that she called a family help line, some child's protection agency, she says that she did and they came took the children away for 3 months and hysteria this subjected her to. She goes on saying that she couldn’t live alone with him, he was always drunk and abusive, so she called the agency again, saying that her husband has improved and stopped drinking and abusing her. The kids were returned to her, when asked "Is he still abusive?" she replies:

"lisa imbare7 makleenha, la awareeky thahry la itkafy, ou thaher il binit kolo im3alem min il mayeh il magleyeh":
((she still gets beaten, if her back was revealed we would see violent bruises, and then she says if we look at her daughters back we would see the remains of the boiling water he pours over her when she misbehaves))

Bare in mind this, she, Hanin, is a 3rd grader, she plays and makes noises when he (the father) is asleep, he gets up, beats her, then goes into the kitchen to boil water, to then place over her. How bad can it feel to see that your father is going to place boiling water on you after lashing you and wait there for 15 min in between.

Note: I've place the photos, after she, the mother, asks that the video the crew captured be shown to others.

This is their living room

This is their kitchen

This is Hanin's Mother

This is Hanin

and a Happy New Year!

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Greeting Card.
Photo I took at the QIZ

Picture I took of a Black Eye

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These are 2nd grade kids, Public School, Jabal Al Natheef, Jordan.

Hello Jordan Planet

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Me and Adobe "2", Wishful thinking

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I did both Design and Photography.

Picture I took of Drinks, Sa7lab, Jibal Amman

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These are the drinks kids run off to get after their school day.

Pictue I took of a Positive Expression!

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Picture I took of Baptizing Water, Jordan River

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Merry X-Mas
Dead Sea, Jordan

Picture I took of a blue generation,

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Express, Positively!

Picture I took of school girls

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I will explain more about Express, Positively! as I proceed with it.
Thank you for all of you suggestions and Ideas.

I need your help!

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We always hear the negatives about living in the poor side of this country, they get paid little, they don’t save money, and they live in unhealthy and hazardous environments. I agree and have witnessed it to be true. Yet people, I have realized, do not have a true understanding or appreciation of the people in Jordan. In spite of all that’s bad, there is all that’s good as well and that has to come through. Not to be too broad, but even around the world the average Middle Eastern is rarely presented in a colorful manner.

In Express, Positively! I will focus more on what is positive, and on what is good. In the very little time I have spent with people from outside of Amman, I have come to learn about a different kind of happiness, I saw authenticity, reality, love, purity even appreciation of simple things. I in Express, Positively! I will try to capture that, to wipe off the dust lying over the positives in our locals. It's a project a campaign that will need the help of all of us.
Express, Positively!
"Adding more color to our black and yellow streets."
Please give me ideas and or suggestions, anything. This is a project that needs to be done by many.

I'm swallowing chestnuts look at me,

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and now for yet another outrageous hairdo...
Allow the yawning ants a napping afternoon.
I can't stop my self from chewing on my palms,
Call me anxious I call myself Fredrik
I'm going away tonight, yes in my mighty dreams,
Ala'a il Deen promised a rug, on merry threads I will fly,
Lift me away, "Screw Santa's sled, I can't wait till Christmas comes or till Christ dies" I'm going to moist lands now,
I'll meet many kings and marry queens in purple, I'm wearing heavy gold. I can break a neck without a lace,
Hello virgin oil,
Where is my wand I need magic to redefine beauty to the obese, children, allow my voice to be heard, I dedicate this to the remaining merchants in Vietnam, it’s day, not midnight, my pupils have gone astray, a cat I am for my eyes can mourn,
Chew grandfather, it’s a cheesecake with many barriers from wild fridges, its a sadists' delight, god bless the failing of mental institutions.
I'm swallowing chestnuts look at me, yes that's me in the light shade behind the palm tree, over there giggling my brain cells dry, chew-chop that trunk you retarded squirrel, feed the rabbits vibrant flesh and force them to make love,
Speak to me Alice, yes in Arabic, and then take me to your wonderland, shed tears on my back! Tea time! Yes, my cup is hot! Away from my pot you smirking elf, smile again and I'll take your hat,
When will the night fall, it's been daylight for so long. Come rooster don’t be afraid, create oozing echoes and awaken all that breathes, this is freshness of mountains without their dew, wake up! The lousy elephants have arrived, there's a change in the atmosphere, its raining mercury now. Warn the mammals it's slippery, need not run but glide.

Pictures I took at the QIZ, Sahab, Jordan

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Pictures I took of Female Boxers, Jordan

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These are the girls

These are the coaches
in action

This I did for Dagens Nyteheter.
Thank you Cecilia and Lotta.

I am shocked!

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I am not the one to usually post about conspiracies, but this you must listen to

Me and Adobe

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Picture I took of a smile

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Inspired by Zeid

www.zeidkoudsi.blogspot.com

Picture I took of boys of Amman

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Picture I took at the shooting of a video clip

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I was asked by a director, to take pictures of "The Making" for her video clip. This was done in Mazaj FM studio "95.3".

ps. as of yesterday, I've started saving up for a Video camera, I am going to work on a 3 min "short" I have in mind, that day I name my posts, Film I took of...

Pictures I took of Dmitri Onyschenko and Svetlana Rossiskaya

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"Russian Opera"

Taken at the Charity Concert in the Royal Cultural Center.
"Greater Amman Municipality & The Russian Embassy" organized this event, They will perform once again in Movinpick Dead Sea on Thursday.

Picture I took of Amman Buildings 2

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Picture I took of "Love" / "Man in love"

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I swear to you, this is one of the "tuffest" guys in Jabal Al Mareekh

Picture I took of Water

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Picture I took of girl in black on white

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Regarding those labeled as "7afartaly".

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Inspired by Lulus' comment,

I feel exactly the same, seeing how someone else paints, draws or writes allows viewers a view of their minds, that's a privilege. All human experiences are unique and worthy of sharing. Things can still be beautiful even when they don't appeal to us. We must learn to appreciate all things. Especially here in Amman where classes are gaping further and concepts are evolving.

Think of a local female, veiled and poor living in the Balad (downtown) and falls in love with a man selling gum down the street, it is a love story, its just as good as any another. See the beauty in it. See how her own definition of seduction and creation of temptation is; think about her waking up looking at the mirror dumping on loads of different shades of red and green makeup to look more beautiful, to her, to him, this is how a female impresses a guy.

Instead of the lame comments many make about how far she is from the civil western world, or how a veiled girl (most likely forced) wears makeup! People should become appreciative of our locals, think about the gum selling lad, he sees her every now and then, he shows off to his friends about knowing her. He fantasizes about her in those cloths and this make up, and prays her father allow that they marry. To him she is beauty, to me that's beauty as well.

Many people here in Amman have come to only intercept one standard of beauty. Beauty and art are diverse; they are in everything even in those they label as"7afartaly". Those using such terms are should be suffocated for they suffocate me. (Someone please translate the term). Noura commented beautifully on a photo I took of “Fashion in Madaba” I recommend you read.

Appreciate Jordanian culture, this is what I try to do, this is what I try to understand, and this is what makes visits to different places in Jordan more enjoyable and rewarding. Photographing beauty in the eye of the beautiful. People should seek beauty in everything to appreciate this country and culture; after all it is not the culture of the upper class that makes this country beautiful.

Paulo Coelho is not my favorite author, but in his book the Alchemist, in the introduction, he spoke about how the most genuine alchemists are those that do not know recognize they were, beauty can implied on locals in a similar way.

Beauty is in the door mans un-matching winter clothing, in the loads of gel on a paper boys hair, in the fonts of Arabic love letters have, in golden teeth, in the Ja3ed on Taxis, in the gangsters tone of car maintenance personals, in Ridaky ya Oumy stickers, in how people mix the pronunciations of B and P.
What do you think?
I leave you with this picture now It was meant for another post, but I thought it serverd here a higher purpose.

A painting of mine

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and now for something different, I paint and thought its time to share bits of my paintings.
this was inspired by the movie "A Clockwork Orange" and a calculus proffessor.

I name all my paintings, this I called "a pink mathematician".
ps. thank you for the comments, compliments and support.

Picture I took of a dead man resting

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(The man photographed above is a friend and is alive)

Picture I took of an orange tree, Ghour, Jordan

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Picture I took of a flower.

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Picture I took of "The Make Up"

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For this to make sense, you must first see this.I had to make them make up.

Picture I took of a "Street Fight", Al-Natheef, Jordan

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During a photo shoot for a documentary by Aramex, I counted 6 street fights in 2 hours, people living in Jabal Al Natheef claim that at nigh it turns into gun fights and cops never get there on time. There is no police station to begin with.

Jeeran.com

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These are their offices

This is their Logo

It's nice to see companies really implementing their theme. I am moving there soon , for many reasons, #1 reason is Blogger is way too slow.

Picture I took of sadness

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Picture I took of someone homeless

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Picture I took of a building, Natheef, Jordan.

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The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.
"Frank Lloyd Wright"

Picture i took of a Classroom.

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"Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them."
Sigmund Frued

Picture I took of a Jordanian sunrise.

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"For what is it to die, but to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?" Kahlil Gibran

Picture I took of 2 "high" Shepard boys

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Thoughts of mine

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I've been smoke free for 50 days now; I still ache and scratch my self when I crave, I repeat my need for breathing smoke, exhaling heavy clouds of dust.
You must learn Philippe.
This is exile, hang him for he looks like a beast, allow the sirs and generals a piece of chocolate each, I will be down soon for now I need to floss these teeth.
I want to look at something blindingly bright. Call on hail marries to bring rosemary and cranberry. Let's play with light and shade. Today I am color bind free.
Allow me to jump off a bridge and land bare foot in muddy forests; I'm dancing alongside pink mammals. "AHHH dear God" allow my screaming to rip part my vocal cords. Let's wrestles gardeners till they break our bones. Jump along with me on this presto wood. This is how you reminisce, Rage thy child, glow your hair and be shaved, this is how to conduct and interview. Screw fabrics of the fabricated.
"Hello tiger"; allow me to pluck your whiskers. No more picking on Elephants for they are entitled to glasses and can read. I am complicated I tell you, yes highly genius too; I like the sounds of violins and can calculate an askew.
{Picture taken at a farm in Um il Amad}

Help me choose!! Pictures I took of churchs in Jordan

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Left is A, Right is B.
Which do you like best?
"A" was taken in a church at Mount Neebo.
"B" was taken in a church at the Baptism site in Jordan.

Picture I took of a Jordanian Director.

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This is Moataz Jankhot.
This is in the Ashrafeyeh.

These I did for I magazine.

Fashion in Madaba

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Taken on my way to Mount Neebo.

Picture I took of "Jordans first bar"

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This I took for I-Magazine.
The bar opened in 1946, grandparents used to get drunk there.
for the record, I dont drink or smoke.

Picture I took of a Guitarist

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This I took for I magazine.
Artists are free, you can't break their hands nor can you nail them to the ground.

Picture I took of a street mirror

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People on the bus didn't go surfing afterwards.

Pictures I took of a demonstration.

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لا يدري القاتل في أي شيء قَتَلْ

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ورد في حديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ((ليأتينّ على الناس زمان لا يدري القاتل في أي شيء قَتَلْ، ولا يدري المقتول عن أي شيء قُتِل))(رواه مسلم في صحيحه، كتاب [الفتن وأشراط الساعة]، رقم (2908

I want to cry my eyeballs dry while I vomit.

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I wish asking my grandfather “why didn't you stop the bombing?” sounded more rational. I stand behind my father grabbing his coat over looking the news from his shoulders, asking for comfort but he fails to reassure it.

I don't know what to say for so many reasons; Men have gone astray and left me speechless. Reality just struck like a whip of boiling wires on bare back skin. People have reached conclusions, and I still stand stiff on no grounds.

The public expressed their emotions, some on the streets in their cars playing "Jaishana" at maximum volume while others follow in silence contradicting them. Drivers were in cars beeping with bodies half way out of windows holding the Jordanian flag. This hospital public is too pure to be attacked in such ways. In the visits I’ve made to bombing locations I took pictures of demonstrators, some smiled at my lens because they didn’t know what else to do.

My first thoughts were concern over the economy and stock value, after absorbing it all now, I am sick to my stomach; I want to cry my eyeballs dry while I vomit. I’m disgusted it’s making me shiver.

I never knew the amount love I had for this country; it hit home I keep telling my self, these things do happen to normal people I keep telling my self, I want to bite hard on my teeth till they crack, I keep preventing my self.

I feel fear, hate, anger, frustration, I am worried. I feel betrayed. Life shouldn't just go on but it will, the day after the bombing I saw two undercover officers parking in the middle of the road, running down towards two bearded men who were walking. After slapping and shaking them to the ground, they apologized then returned to their pick up. I kept an eye on the bearded men as they adjusted their clothing; I recall the words of Edward Norton in Fight Club “I want to breathe smoke” and get the urge.

Life does go on I tell my self, it shouldn’t, but it must, and it will...
God bless

www.jordanplanet.com has more

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these are some of the Photos I got last night

Im on CNN again,

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I like everyone else in Jordan didnt see it, it was not broadcasted on CNN international but on CNN America, I was lucky that my brother in Cananda got a few shots. Thank you once more CNN

Pictures I took of Day two

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"Day two" Picture I took of the Grand Hyatt

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I will upload/update later. I want to thank CNN and Gran Angular for their interest in my work.

"Radison Bombing" Pictures I took, Amman, Jordan

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speechless, the best I could do was to take these photos, I almost got beaten and arrested for doing so and not being a reporter.

Barbie wears the Hijab.

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This is a picture of a coloring book I found.
I love it.

Picture of the 5th circle traffic jam tomorrow

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I hate how the traffic will be tomorrow, I hate working in Shmaisany, I hate the 11 falavors of icream Atta Ali has, but I like the green in Shmaisany, I like Hadiket il toyour, and I like that this week is only 5 working days.

Thought of mine

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lets play with gray carbons and break expensive chairs, lets ruin seating arrangements, lets dance to create anger and appear rebellious, while chucking bricks possessing catastrophic thoughts, I want to strike governments and systematic progression of governments and be afraid, I want to become dangerous and feared, I need affection like a flower from a bee, I want to be different and wear black and present cliché, to dream and be awakened in a dream like world, blurry and without temperature, I am able to smell liquor and breath differentiated fragrances from different skin tones, I see the curls of hair and the different ways you can dress a body, to walk and keep walking in crowds and inner crowds creating minor destruction of conversations, a little bad boy is trapped within me, evil he smiles and crooked he sees, creating an off balanced buzz in the upper chest area, I'm sleepy, I feel like Henry the 2nd on his fourth day of ruling, like a worthy king, happy and very cheery, like a fish in large aquarium, I'm a rabbit with a golden tooth, I want the teeth of a slim shark to chew on soft green beans…

Pictures I took at the SOS

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Picture I took "Girl playing the Cello"

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Taken for I Magazine, also at the National Music Conservatory.

A business card from heaven

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It's Free and it's almost Eid.
You could give away cloth as well.

Please save his number;
Abu Islam: 079/5586905

"Gool lal Malek Abdullah" Pictures of Al-Mafrak.

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(Click on Photo to enlarge)

2 days ago People from Aramex called and asked if I could do a photo shoot, I agreed.
Departure: 6:30 AM
Desination: Al-Mafrak
Purose: Aramex Donates food and cloth
"Gool lal Malek Abdullah" she screamed yelled shouted and whispered. "Tell him about this, tell him about what you saw here." she held my hand, I didn’t try to let go, "Gool Walah La Agolo!"

Pictures I took of Iftar Jabal Al-Natheef

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To veiw the rest of the collection click here

Picture I took of Globalized Gatayef

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Picture of a Mannequin "I felt she’d become uneasy"

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I walked the Balad in search of beauty to fill my CCMOS. I came across an abandoned mannequin on the side walk, she spoke of more emotions than the beings around her, her nose was disfigured and so was the environment, she wore sunglasses and was missing the lower part of her body. I got closer to her and felt she’d become uneasy, I shushed her and began snapping my shutter without reluctance, I then hear the men behind me giggling “Oh thy Merchants of Downtown look upon thee, this colorful Lad thinks it’s real”

FASTLINK comment by Mahd Tahboub

2005-10-21T10:37:00.000+02:00

Sabri, going back to ur fastlink topic even though a couple of days past for that post I still would like to point out a couple of issues regarding GSM service providers in Jordan.Well even though currently I have tested all service provider, I really don’t care what each company is trying to market, am not a fastlink fan too, not for the reason that u r annoyed with their advertisements but for technical reasons that I would like to share with others to prove technically for the Jordanians what’s really going on in this multi million market.

1. Unfortunately Fastlink has the majority of GSM users and that makes their company in control of the market, I really don’t blame Fastlink and I definitely blame the ignorance of Jordanians for this monopoly. For this reason Fastlink is ignoring many services that are a must for consumers where mobilecom and omnia offer and try to educate and inform customers about such services in order to compete with Fastlink. For example, mobilecom they are so detailed and well established in their services to the point where once I had to setup my imate pocket pc phone to connect to the internet over gprs, mobilecom managed to place a detailed step by step instructions on their website and I think this is a great option. On the other hand I wanted to setup this service on fastlink, of course they do not offer the imate phone settings on their customer service and asked me to visit any fastlink showroom after I tried calling 12 times and no one pick up cause I have a prepaid SIM. So I decided to follow up and head to Abdoon showroom where I figured out no one has any idea to setup the phone, later they asked me to visit their main showroom on the eighth circle.

2. I assure you from my testing that mobilecom never dropped a call and the service of their network coverage is the best in Jordan.

3. Fastlink is controlling Jordanians by their expensive interconnection charges (cost of calls between two different networks) as the majority use Fastlink, people think they save money as most of their calls are to Fastlink and this is partially true.

4. For internet geeks and technology freaks, internet over gprs using Fastlink network is the most expensive, slowest, and the worse but still people stick to Fastlink cause of the interconnection charges to other networks. By the way Omnia they have the best prices and offers for calls, gprs internet and services but still need to work on their networks and sms services to the rest of the world.

Finally summarizing up fastlink lacks many other services that I did not mention, and monopoly made them ignore many services that mobilecom and omnia offer efficiently. One thing I would like to add and is the most important that Fastlink sometimes cheats with the switches of their networks and cause other networks calling Fastlink phones drop calls of course naïve customers would believe their mobilecom or omnia network sucks, this is illegal and the TRC (telecommunications regulatory comity) does not realize that until now.Fastlink is cheating the customers and spending millions in advertisements trying to get consumer confidence, but the media campaigns are all false, only to keep up with minor competitions and the real power Fastlink has is Interconnection fee to other networks.If there is no interconnection fee no one will stick to Fastlink.
Mahd Tahboub
October 21, 2005 2:09 AM

Picture, Story, Theory…"Allah Yewafgak Ya Khoy"

2005-10-20T11:11:00.000+02:00

It feels like I have paid a visit to the Mokhabarat. I'm sick, I took the day off and I still woke up at 9:09, god damn the Body Clock. (Going back a week or two) Its 2:43, I'm stuck in a traffic jam. "Allah Yewafgak Ya Khoy" her voice cracked in more ways than I thought possible, just another Um-Uthaina traffic light, a female, still wrinkle free held an ill baby, went up to different windows of different cars spotting sympathy. There he was, apparently a rich father of the two young girls in the back seat, five or six years old. She tried exposing the baby's face, I watched while the young girls climbed over one another to get a glimpse of its face, once they did they gaped at it. Three seconds later the woman walks away and the two girls in the backseat have big smiles on their faces, they lifted their hands and shook them, forcing themselves to giggle. Below: (from a website that discuses the works of Sigmund Freud)

"The defense mechanisms, Denial involves blocking external events from awareness. If some situation is just too much to handle, the person just refuses to experience it. This is a primitive and dangerous defense, no one disregards reality and gets away with it. It can operate by itself or, more commonly, in combination with other, more subtle mechanisms that support it."

The picture is a year old, its the most relevant I thought.

Picture "Tooth Brushes of Tabarboor"

2005-10-19T08:25:00.000+02:00

Tiny little hands each morning struggling to make it over the sink and all the way to the wall of the tooth brushes, it often takes them a couple of attempts, While Mama Baheyeh cleans up the remains of the breakfast, and Khaleh Samya waves a visible hello from her house, young boys and girls, some strangers to one another brush away the sorrows of life. Above is a picture of the Tooth brushes used by the kids at the S.O.S. I was happy to see a Colgate toothbrush amongst them. This I had done for I Magazine, once the issue is out I will post some of the Photos I took there, some are amazing.

Picture I took of a girl playing the flute

2005-10-17T08:26:00.000+02:00

This I took for I Magazines next issue.

I BEG YOU

2005-10-15T10:16:00.000+02:00

This weeks issue of Waseet had 6 Full page adds by Fastlink, last week they were 7. pages that are too simple too clear too blue and too many other bad things. (just for the record I hate fastlink <-- not using capitals on purpose!) I hate their green and blue, i hate thier 7th circle building, I hate monopoly, I even hate scrabble, but most of all i hate thier over polite slaves on the other end of the phone. Now back to the Waseet, whats with the "PLEASE SAY YOU SAW IT IN AL WASEET"? please, pleeeeeeeease I beg of you oh thy weekly reader. say it, please dont say you saw it in Mumtaz, No No NOoooOOo Please.. ok enough now, back to work

"Veranda of Jeans"

2005-10-15T08:14:00.000+02:00

I hate working on Saturday, all the people that don’t, you just don’t work as hard as we do!!! Its 8:16 AM now, I still have to shower and get dressed, I took a look outside the window desperate for any signs of trouble any excuse to dismiss a days work (Smoke, Fire, signs of a Hurricane. Anything!), Fridays are never relaxing and Saturdays seem like they are. But the electricity was working, the 5th Circle seemed busy as usual, the Maids were on their Verandas, workers were on the Side walks, people awaiting white busses with green stripes, the school buss was still beeping for that child that is always late, NOPE!! I don't have an excuse its normal Saturday "Must go to work, Must go." I keep on telling my self.
here is something that caught my attention though, the "Veranda of Jeans", here is a picture of a neighbors Veranda, 3ala 2ol that guy from Hoor il 3een "Lil Boyouty 2asraroha".

Pictures I took of Birds in Amman

2005-10-14T10:47:00.000+02:00