mab3oos

the best, simplest, and greatest tasting Qatayef recipe

Ingredients

2.5 cups of all purpose flour (I used half regular and half whole wheat)
2 tea spoon sugar
1 tea spoon instant yeast
1 tea spoon baking soda
2 cups of warm water (I used 1 cup water 1 cup milk)

mix all ingredients and let sit for 30-45 minutes.
pour onto flat grille in 2oz portions (or enough for desired size)
if no grille is available, use a non-stick frying pan on med-high heat
enjoy (this step is mandatory. otherwise, your efforts were squandered in vain!)

أفضل و أبسط و ألذّ وصفة قطايف

:المقادير

كوبان و نصف من الدقيق

ملعقتان صغيريتان من السكر

ملعقة صغيرة خميرة

ملعقة صغيرة صودا الخبز

كوبان من الماء الدافئ

إمزج جميع المكونات وضعها جانبا للتخمّر لمدة ٣٠-٤٥ دقيقة

بإستعمال قلّاية لا تلصق ، إسكُب المزيج بقدر كافٍ للحجم المطلوب

تتمتع.هذه الخطوة إلزامية. بغير ذلك ، فإن جهدكم راح هدرا

this post was brought to you by شباب كُلنا الاردن

they even gave me money to give king Abdullah a break from my blog :)

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King Abdulla II Speeches illustrated

this is a tag cloud of the speeches given by King Abdulla II to the Parliament, representatives of the people. notice in the cloud the following:

security and stability are bigger than freedom, law, democratic, respect, principles, rights, and the parliament itself!
government is bigger than god! :)
challenges are bigger than effort!
education isn't in the top 50 phrases, but we see these featured: future, human, priorities, rights, and building!
draw your own conclusions!

created at TagCrowd.com

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King Abdulla on the cover of Home & Garden magazine

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10 things you didn't know about King Abdulla II

King Abdulla sleeps and wakes up everyday
he eats almost all food groups daily
he has parents, siblings, and children
he once was a child and has since grown up
his children call him daddy/baba (only Crown Prince Hussein calls him "Yaba")
January is his lucky month. he was born, met Queen Rania, and became heir apparent all in January
the black watch he is always wearing doesn't actually work
he has a voodoo doll in the shape of laith shbailat
he is a big fan of fanny-packs
King Abdulla breaks wind almost everyday

this post is brought to you by the "King Abdullah IS a Human Being" Foundation.

p.s. is that guy in the background naked?

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the best Ten things about education in Jordan:

Jordan First!
stodents are tawt english very good.
students are encouraged to be as creative as their limiting textbooks allow for.
mansaf and celebratory environment after tawjihi results are announced.
حصة الرياضة
حصة الفن
math is (specially arithmetics) what Jordanian education system is known for

this post was brought to you by

مركز دحبور

"we pick up the slack of the Jordanian Government"

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Dear King Abdulla II #B4JO

Dear King Abdulla:

Just in case you haven't noticed, Jordan sucks. It sucks so bad that Sri Lanka, Malta, and Zimbabwe all were granted more US patents in 2009 than Jordan. Would you like more numbers? How about...

on corruption Jordan is given 4.7 out of 10, worse than Botswana and Puerto Rico.
Jordan ranks 111 out of 183 countries when it comes to ease of doing business. It's actually easier to do business in Yemen!
Jordan is full of maba3ees that we rank 52nd out of 155 on happiness.
and...our lovely press freedom is so bad that there are 119 countries who have it better. Do you know who offers better press freedom? The savage dictator Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast!

Therefore, once the country is done celebrating your birthday, please consider making a real push for reform and stop insulting our intelligence with another "tsok" story.

thank you.

this post was brought to you with a generous donation from Jacob.

(if you don't know who Jacob is, ask the smoke monster!)

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Will Arabs learn something from Hondurans? (Re-Updated)

originally posted on 7/25/2009
So, Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president merely suggested changing the constitution to allow him to run for the presidency for another term. They raided his palace, woke him up, and kicked him out of the country, while still in his pajamas. here

in the Arab World:

Hashemites have been ruling Jordan since 1921
~~Mubarak has been ruling Egypt since 1981~~ [Resigned]
Al Saud have been ruling Saudi Arabia since 1932
Al Assads have been ruling Syria since 1970
Saleh has been ruling Yemen (or part of it) since 1978
Al Basheer has been ruling Sudan since 1989
Qaddafi has been ruling Libya since 1969
Alaouis have been ruling Morocco since 1666
~~[Ahmal Al Abedeen] Bin Ali has been ruling Tunisia since 1987~~ [Ran out of the country]
Al Sabah been ruling Kuwait since 1752
Bouteflika has been ruling Algeria since 1999
Al Khalifa have been ruling Bahrain since 1783
Al Thani family has been ruling Qatar since 1825
Abu Said's have been ruling Oman since 1749
Al Nahyan have been ruling UAE since 1793