Protest Posters for Gaza

I made some Posters , they are quite simple, if you felt like joining people on the streets, feel free to use any of them. print, get a flat stick and glue and you are ready.

if you do anything of sorts, Protests around ME or you do Poster Design, please do share your work.

whatever done is better than nothing, whether you would join a donation campaign, Fund Raise, Join Peaceful Events, write, or hit the streets. all is good, but its cool to have objectives.

in Dubai, all I do is wear a Keffiyeh and hit the walking areas and the malls. Im contacting the red crescent, WFP tomorrow morning and see what they are doing.


GAZA should keep standing. it should survive till Jan 20th and Feb 10th.

Hussni Mubarak biddo 7areg!

Livni will not win the next elections. take my word.

Day by day in every way, the world keeps getting better and better

TOKYO 30/12/2008



JERUSALEM 1/1/2009



MONTREAL



SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA





ATHENS



SYDNEY , INDONESIA



SWEDEN


FRANCE


NEW ZELAND

TOMORROW: EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST MASSACRES IN GAZA!

EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST MASSACRES IN GAZA!

TIME: MONDAY 29th, 4PM

LET US SHOW OUR OUTRAGE TOGETHER!

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

LOCATION: SHARE3 AL-THAQAFA, SHMESANI

(This protest has been approved by the Governor of Amman and is organized by concerned Jordanian citizens).

Contact:

Mary (079 55 22 702) (English/French)
Ruba (079 55 07 479) (Arabic)
Mohammad (079 9207 056 (Arabic/Spanish)

Note: We will be gathering at the Radisson SAS hotel at 11am tomorrow (Monday) to prepare posters and banners. We need help. Please join us. Please call numbers above for information.


اعتصام إحتجاجاً على المجازر في غزة

الوقت: غداً الإثنين 29/12 الساعة الرابعة مساءاً

المكان: شارع الثقافة - الشميساني

لنظهر غضبنا معا!

من فضلكم أخبروا أصدقائكم وأقاربكم

(يلاقي هذا الإحتجاج موافقة من محافظة عمان وينظم من قبل مواطنين أردنيين مهتمين)


للاتصال

ماري 0795522702 انجليزي/فرنسي
ربا 0795507479 عربي
محمد 0799207056 عربي/إسباني

ملاحظة: سنتجمع في فندق الراديسون ساس غداً (الإثنين) الساعة 11 صباحاً لتجهيز اليافطات. نحتاج للمساعدة. نرجوا أن تنضموا إلينا. للمزيد من المعلومات يرجى الاتصال في الأرقام أعلاه.


People. there is no shame in protesting and its not useless, when we join together for Peace. Voices will be heard. Step Up. Speak Up. No one will chop your head for voicing your mind. those people got their permits and there you have the numbers to call and verify.

LET THE WORLD HEAR OUR VOICE, LET THE WORLD HEAR US REASON.

PEACE

PS: get creative.

on Greater Amman Municipality Website : Neighborhood Parks and Community Facilities

I have been thinking about this for a while now, and I wanted to introduce this idea;

Neighborhood Parks and Community Facilities are two different terms
what do we mean by those and why do we need them?

A Neighborhood Park is an open facility for community that would be in the range of 1- 2 dunums (2000 square meters/ .2 Hectares) dedicated and set for neighborhoods that have high population densities and administered by the Municipality.

A Neighborhood Park is a simple open space and I need to stress on this integral idea, it doesn't have to be big or full of " 7ajar ", also, its not fragments of a street, its a one whole area dedicated for people who can't afford the space, established in a way to be near the areas they live in so they won't need to commute, hence called neighborhood park.

now in one Dunum land area in a neighborhood, what can you put on this land when it comes to design?

Any of those;

1- sand area with playground equipment on a "level" land for [ 3-6 ] years old children
2- picnic tables and benches under a fixed tent for sun protection
3- Basketball Court
4- Soccer Court
5- multipurpose field
5- Signs
5- Jog and exercise course
6- Green space, you can put ornamental trees, grass with efficient irrigation system, plant certain types of trees; we don't have problems with soil or weather in Jordan, but think green, no need for 7ajar.
7- swings ( when was the last time you adults were on a swing?)
8- parking

if Greater Amman Municipality is thinking of pavements inside the parks, this is a personal request, pleaase don't use what you used in Rainbow street, there is something called " concrete interlock pavements " which is awesome, flat, solid, pretty and easy to clean and maintain, you can walk and run in the park, I wish I can see parks where the width is enough to take four people standing side by side. as simple as this, wide flat and green.

Now lets think of where should these Parks be at, since they are not big in size, this is what needs to be done:

1- check out the neighborhoods in Amman, concentrate on east Amman first before beautifying west Amman

I was looking up online, I got to this map and it divides Amman into 27 areas and these areas respectively into neighborhoods. ( click on each area to see the neighborhoods)

after mapping the neighborhoods, determine the most dense, the poorest and

2 - suggest several small pieces of Land that belong to the government and are not developed and are close to highly populated areas

3- within the radius of 500 m surrounding each suggested land mark out the points where there are :

A- Schools
B - Mosques / Churches
C- Community Facilities
D- Libraries
E- Clubs

and then develop an understanding for the area needs and make a design for what you can put on the land for the youth and families of this area, hence the requirements while keeping in mind safety measures and standards and lets learn from Rainbow Street Example

4- since we have the land, the area, the requirements, hence we have an initial idea of what we want to do on this plot.

another fantastic tool is wikimapia for Amman, you will find hilarious information there. but on the other hand you can add information about areas that needs help as well, you can use it to map the less fortunate areas. Amman is big and there are places I personally never been to. so people lets widen the scope and think collectively and prioritize development to infrastructure so poor people can contribute and this comes through providing support to their day to day micro-communities experience.

so, whats the difference between a neighborhood park and a community facility?

its basically the area and the purpose.

community facilities are measured in hectars, ya3ni 5 dunum w tloo3, Hussein Gardens are considered community facility, and when it comes to the purpose of these facilities, its either; family gathering areas for picnics and BBQ, athele specific areas for workout with various kinds of courts, bcycle rentals, running track, children play area, space for Landscape displays; like fountains and ponds, public theatres, cultural display.

a decent example for a communit facility is Al-Safa Park - Dubai / Community Facility

as for Greater Amman Municipality Website , I was looking for the districts and then I went to Abdali Disrtict/public parks to look up public parks and I had to wonder how come they consider " sahat Paris " a public park? its a roundabout with cars arount it right?

Public Parks in Al Abdali Ahali Queen Noor St. Al Aqsa Ismal Babouq St. Bilal Bin Rabah Abdul Halim Al Nimr St. Jordan Hospital Queen Noor St. Maysaloun Abu Thor St. Nawafeer Sukayna Khalid Bin Al Walid St. Princess Alia College Ahmad Bin Hanbal St. Princess Haya Prince Shakir Bin Zeid St. Sahat Paris Paris St. Um Jordan St. Youbil Yafa St.

June 3 & 4 UN International Meeting in Malta for Peace Advancement towards the State of Palestine

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra, Malta, on 3 and 4 June, under the theme “Advancing the peace process -– Challenges facing the parties”. The Meeting will be held to mobilize international support for the Middle East peace process.

Participants in the Meeting will discuss the impact of the settlement construction on the current political process and the need for the parties to meet Road Map commitments. They will also examine the effects of the construction of the wall in the Occupied West Bank, and the importance of finding a solution to the question of Jerusalem.

There will be three plenary sessions will address a variety of issues and have discussion periods; Plenary I, entitled “Meeting Road Map commitments”, The sub-themes of the session are “The impact of settlements on the Palestinian population -- the scope of the problem”, “The issue of settlements in the Road Map, and “The consequences of settlement construction for the territorial integrity and contiguity of a future Palestinian State”.

Plenary II, entitled “The wall in the Occupied West Bank”, will start at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 4 June. This session will focus on “Physical aspects of the construction”, “Effects of the construction on Palestinian communities”, and “The wall and international law”.

Plenary III, entitled “ Jerusalem -- Looking forward to a capital of two States”, will take place at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 4 June. The sub-themes are “The status of Jerusalem in international law”, “ Jerusalem between 1947 and today”, and “ Jerusalem as a permanent status issue”. [source]

Registration will be open on Friday, 30 May, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Monday, 2 June, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On 3 June, registration will start at 8 a.m. The United Nations Secretariat is operating on the first floor of the Conference Centre, Room “Ammon”, tel.: +356 2355 2540 (direct line) or 2355 2355 (hotel Operator), fax: +356 2355 2405, e-mail: dpr-meeting@un.org.

Science Journalism Vs Consumerism

Science Journalism strives to present primary scientific litterature to the general public in simple and appealing well presented language, this kind of Journalism faces challenges in reaching people in proper context and questions the methods of addressing various ranges of scientific backgrounds.

This topic is complicated because it is increasingly affecting the development of societies and the problem is in such a way that the part that reaches the public is the "newsy" part of science, seller science that is set to take part in forming governmental policies and switching the public mind towards a direction or another for example focusing coverages on climate models or biomedical research or string theory. but there is more to it than this, if you examine the amount of pages dedicated to science in a typical newspaper, you'd be amazed that it doesn't exceed an article or two, how will a journalist in science section convey a complete research in a page to explain controversial issues that science is currently discussing and how will he manage the space and affect opinions? you'd end up saying after a reading something like "so? and? what do you want to say?? or what do you want to tell me?" simply pure sciences don't have to have a social or political reasons to exist, this is a problem in outreach when the addressed audience has not done science at college and it has been noted that a politician for example doesnt have the time to follow up beyond the first five lines a scientist starts explaining a theory, they are only interested in results when its the method is what is important to make a decision and if you examine journals that are dedicated to science, you will find that they are more and more including cover stories that are catchy and appealing and not theory-science centric that journals like National Geographic Magazine for example shifted to in order to compete on the stands to widen the base of readers which doen't suit scientists because it turned commercial.

It is important to realize that scientific truth and the truth in the news media are not the same thing. Scientific truths exist in context. They exist relative to past discoveries, and are constantly subject to review and revision. There are uncertainties associated with most discoveries, but they are accepted as working theories, and as such they can be used as stepping stones to a new level of understanding. so when you read a science paper in order to understand you need to pay attention to details that are carefully put by the journalist who had to cut information for space but aims for you to understand because its no longer ordinary litterature, it has to convey certain technical terms so you form an understanding and afterwards an opinion.

now, some are posing the question of "How Much Science One Should Know "?!?

well, if you want to be able to have a proper judgement on any issue you need to learn quite a bit more on science and dig into it, because not everything you read is right, but you will develop a feel for whats right after you do some reading in science, thats why its no longer valid not to have scientific background no matter what field you are in, because it grew to a level that it became part of making controversial decisions that currently Europeans and Americans are questioning how much should they add to science knowledge under high school studies so they would fill the gap.

Always keep in mind that news agencies and journals owners are selling you information, someone is paying for this information spread. this is fine, but you should know, that there are more important researches and studies that are worth digging into and are not given coverage and this is your part of the balance, take part in learning and thinking and deciding. even the most reputable institutes and journals want to sell at the end of the day, but that shouldnt stand in your way to find knowledge. when in doubt, look for the source.

Confused: Do i want peace? -- Part 1

I still remember when i was in high school when arab TV stations were spilt on how to address the Israeli army. is it "جيش العدو الصهيوني" or "جيش الدفاع الاسرائيلي" , translation: "The Zionist Enemy Forces" or "Israeli Defence Forces" till the day, i think Arabs don't agree about this term, among several others ofcourse.

you as an individual, what would you choose? how do you see it? are you truly at peace with making peace? i ask you to take a moment to think about it and think of your choice's implications, there is no right and wrong here.

speaking for myself i am so confused, i look at the international facts, agreements and history, thats not what they taught us in history class, all i read about our history even at college was bluffing the days of glory and that they are occupying our Land. i Never and i mean by never NEVER studied history from International Law point of view. hell! i didn't understand what my own rights are!!

as an Arab and Jordanian, i had the curiousity to know who among the world countries admitted to the state of Israel and who didn't?

in ANY Document i came across reading Israel history by Israelis it would start with this:

Some ask the question, "Does Israel have a right to exist?" That is not a proper question since Israel does exist, is recognized by the United Nations and many other countries, and is no more subject to being so questioned than is the United States, Japan, or any other country. Anyone who persists with the question of Israel's right to exist is one whose agenda is to eliminate Israel and its Jewish inhabitants

Israel Declared its independance on May 14, 1948 and The United States announced its recognition of the new nation only 11 minutes later. In the fall of 1948, Israel had applied for membership in the United Nations but failed to win the necessary majority in the Security Council. In February 1949, Israel renewed its application for membership in the United Nations. On March 4, 1949, the Security Council recommended to the General Assembly that it be admitted. On May 11, Israel was admitted, to become the 59th member. Between January 1, 1949 and May 11. 1949, Israel was recognised by 32 States, in addition to the 20 that had accorded it recognition prior to December 31, 1948. Today Israel has full diplomatic relations with most countries of the world, except portions of the Islamic/Arab block that continue to believe that Israel can somehow be eliminated.

Total number of countries with which Israel maintains diplomatic relations: 162. *

Number of states which renewed/established diplomatic relations with Israel from the Madrid Conference (October 1991) until September 13, 1993: 32.

Number of states which renewed/established diplomatic relations with Israel since the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles (September 13, 1993): 37.

In addition, Israel maintains:
a mission to the United Nations (New York)
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Geneva
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Paris (in the embassy)
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Vienna (in the embassy)
an ambassdor to the European Union (Brussels)

Number of diplomatic missions:
71 resident embassies
18 consulates general
5 special missions
Total: 94

* Note: Morocco, Tunisia and the Sultanate of Oman closed the Israeli offices in these countries in October 2000 and suspended relations with Israel. Niger, which renewed relations with Israel in November 1996, severed them in April 2002. (link)

As of November 2006, 34 countries do not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel:
Africa: Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia
(The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic of Western Sahara does not recognize Israel, but is not a member of the United Nations.)
Americas: Cuba
East Asia: (Republic of China), North Korea
South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives
Southeast Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, (Vietnam)
Southwest Asia: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (link)

The Republic of China (or Taiwan) does recognize Israel, but does not officially conduct relations with it (though there are "unofficial relations") due to Israel's recognition of the PRC

we are a nation of lost rights primarily due to our ignorance of our surrounding. people, take a look at this book and tell me what you think. its called Myths and Facts about the Arab Israeli Conflict

what do we have ready to say in the face of the whole world on behalf of our part of the truth?

Scheduling 1 2 3

if you have problems with meeting deadlines, it might help if you setup your schedule in reverse order, Un-scheduling Method, in short it tells you to schedule your personal time before your work time. this is how it works:

1. Schedule only:
• Previously committed time such as meal, sleep, meetings
• Free time, recreation, leisure reading
• Socializing
• Health activities such as swimming, running, tennis
• Routine structured events such as commuting time, classes, medical appointments etc.

Fill it in with as many non-work activities as possible; do not schedule work on projects (the purpose of the unscheduled is to guarantee the legitimacy of your personal time).

2. Fill in your Unschedule with work on projects only after you have completed at least one-half hour. Think of it as a time clock that you punch in as you start work and punch out when you take credit for your progress.

3. Take credit only for periods of work that represent at least thirty minutes of uninterrupted work. Do not record the time on your Unschedule if you stop before thirty minutes are up.

4. Reward yourself with a break or a change to a more enjoyable task after each period worked.

5. Keep track of the number of quality hours worked each day and each week. Total them up. Emphasize what you did accomplish.

6. Always leave at least on full day a week for recreation and any small chores you wish to take care of. Avoid the feeling of resentment and burnout that can come when there are no holidays because of work.

7. Before deciding to go to a recreational activity or social commitment, take time out for just thirty minutes of work on your project.

8. Focus on starting. Your task is to get to the starting place on time.

9. Think small. Do not aim to finish a book, write letters, complete your income tax, or to work continiously for even four hours. Aim for thirty minutes of quality, focused work.

10. Keep starting. Finishing will take care of itself.

11. Never end down. That is, never stop work when you’re blocked or at the end of a section.

“How to Use the Unschedule” (from The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play, Neil Fiore, 1989)

Some Thoughts on Palestine Status

why do i keep hearing people saying that Palestine is a lost case? i truly can't understand, we only remember Palestine when we see Palestinians suffering and the Israeli Government Attacks causing 200% damage if not more for any resistance they find from the isolated NATION while being shielded by international cover with laws we AGREED to and remember, they are a minority!! do you know what kind of advantage is this?! do you realise that you have every possibilty of DOING a 100% positive Change and hop on steps forward if we put hands in and decide to use our heads for once?! i want to tell you something, you are complaining at the increase of prices in Jordan, its the price we pay for the security we are porvided, for being dependant in the wrong manner on the wrong people who will unless you choose to be under fire and fight, you will have to keep paying! so its either you pay, die starving or START SOME CHANGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DYING IN PALESTINE FOR YOU. THINK AS A NATION FOR ONCE!! MOVE FOR GOD'S SAKE.

following SIMPLE logic, What ANY Palestinian Government MUST do is,

RECOGNIZE PALESTINE ON THE GEOGRAPHIC MAP INTERNATIONALLY AND BY THE UNITED NATIONS INSTEAD OF HAVING PALESTINIANS THOUGHT OF AS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE STUCK IN A CITY SOMEWHERE IN ISREAL

WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS DOESNT DO ITS JOB PROPERLY, VOICE YOUR ANGER, ITS YOUR RIGHT!

BARTER WITH THE WEST, WHATEVER BUSINESS YOU HAVE WITH THE WEST, BARTER FOR A DISADVANTAGE FOR ISRAEL. ISNT THIS WHAT THEY ARE DOING?!!

NO ONE WILL COME TO YOU AND GIVE YOU RIGHT OR JUSTICE ESPECIALLY IF THEY WONT BENEFIT FROM IT. TELL ME WHAT THE ISOLATED PALESTINIANS HAVE TO OFFER TO WHO WOULD LEND A HAND?? OIL?? NOTHING BUT UNDER-PRICED BLOOD!!

personally speaking, i dont wish israeli's death,, i want a decent life for our Nation, THE BEST LIFE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ATTAINED AND ITS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

23 Ways to Motivate Yourself

1. Put your plans on paper. Spell out your goals and ways to reach them.
2. Be Specific. The advice you give yourself must be such that you can put it into practice.
3. Break the task down into small pieces so that you can handle them easily.
4. Establish checkpoints on your progress as well as rewards.
5. Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from your tasks completion.
6. Avoid temptations and circumstances that might sidetrack you.
7. Recognise your limitations. Dont set unrealistic goals.
8. Take Advantage of your own energy peaks!
9. Use negative motivation. Remind yourself of the consequences of inaction.
10. Keep a time-control budget. Dont let one task take control over others.
11. Set Deadlines and hold yourself to them.
12. Make an honest distinction between "i cant" and "i dont want to"
13. Get Started now. Dont Stall.
14. Improve your self persuasion ability. Learn the difference between reasoning and rationalizing.
15. Be Optimistic. Your Chances of success will increase.
16. Decide how you want to start, what needs to be done first.
17. Read, especially litterature related to your situation.
18. Use self-signaling devices - notes, signs, cues, reminders.
19. Promise yourself rewards.
20. Use the stimulation provided by good news to do extra work
21. Recognize conflicts and make a choice.
22. Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is perfect.
23. Exercise your sense of humor. Laughter indicates a realistic point of view.

The Leadership Center at Washington State University