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Celebrating Yom Arafah and Eid al-Adha

October 17, 2013by Middle East Moments 14 Comments

Last Tuesday Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha which in English means the Festival of Sacrifice. It’s is also know as Eid Kabir or Greater Eid (see my post […]

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Love is in the air – Engagements

September 19, 2013by Middle East Moments 10 Comments

The summer months are prime time engagement and wedding season. With Ramadan falling in summer this year this meant that there was a rush on wedding and engagements in the […]

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Proud, Passionate and Patriotic

September 10, 2013by Middle East Moments 2 Comments

Jordanians are very proud and passionate and incredibly patriotic about their country and being Jordanian. And never so more than on a night like tonight. Tonight Jordan was playing Uzbekistan […]

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Celebrating Eid al Fitr

August 18, 2013by Middle East Moments 15 Comments

At the end of the month of Ramadan we celebrate Eid al Fitr. Translating into English as the festival of Fast Breaking, Eid al Fitr is three days of celebration where […]

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Cause for Celebration

August 2, 2013by Middle East Moments 5 Comments

Here in Jordan they really know how to celebrate in style and any reason is an excuse to celebrate. Yesterday the graduating high school students received their final results. The […]

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Alia’s 1st Birthday Party – Western or Middle Eastern?

January 29, 2013by Middle East Moments 3 Comments

Alia’s 1st birthday party was last Friday. Read here for my post about the planning of this party. It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts to let […]

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Election Fever in Wadi Musa

January 23, 2013by Middle East Moments 2 Comments

Wadi Musa is griped with election fever. It has slowly escalated over the past couple of weeks to today when voting took place. People in Wadi Musa love to party and celebrate. Any occasion […]

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How not to throw a 1st birthday party.

January 17, 2013by Middle East Moments Leave a comment

I mentioned in my post about planning Alia’s 1st birthday that the only birthday celebrations that I’ve been to whilst living  in Jordan are the ones that I hold for […]

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Planning a Western Style 1st Birthday in the Middle East.

January 15, 2013by Middle East Moments 2 Comments

Two words – Not Easy! Maybe it would be easier if I lived in Amman where given that there is a much larger expat population and it is the capital […]

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Alia’s First Christmas. Celebrating Christmas in Jordan

December 24, 2012by Middle East Moments Leave a comment

It’s a strange feeling not being with all your friends and family at a time of year like Christmas. Thankfully though for the wonders of video calling I at least […]

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