"Blog about Jordan day" in the news!
- By: Qwaider
- On:Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:33:27 AM
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Great news everyone, the Blog about Jordan day initiative is gaining a lot of momentum. Expect to hear about it from the main stream news sources on Wednesday, and a recap of Thursday as I was told.
Here's a quick status update, a reminder and a bunch of ideas for people to write about, please don't stick to these only, feel free to be as creative as you like to be
We're almost there people .... lets do this!
At the time of this writing, The blog about Jordan day has been displayed more than 156,716 times to people from all over the world.
The responses have been fantastic by so many people. Many others vowed to blog about Jordan everyday, which is a fantastic endeavor by all means. One blogger from Australia liked the idea to the point that they actually asked the Australian community to have a similar effort. I find this fantastic
Tips on what to write
There are actually no restrictions whatsoever on what you can write. But here are a few ideas to get you started
- Issues in the Jordanian society:
Honor killing
Price hikes
Social injustice
Women's rights
Poverty
Homosexual issues
Single parents
Working parents
Divorce
Young marriages
Youth incapable of marriage due to social restrictions/financial resources
Abuse
harassment
- Issues in the Jordanian environment
Forest preservation
Archaeological locations
Touristic attraction
Pollution; Air, water, visual and noise
- Freedom of speech/press
Issues with the parliament
Issues with the laws
Abuse of authority
- Great attractions in Jordan
Your favorite festival in Jordan
You favorite City in Jordan
Your favorite Restaurant, cafe, eatery, attraction
Your favorite view
- Expats issues
Missing home
Longing to friends, family, familiar locations
Missing the food
- Touristic locations
Favorite touristic city
Favorite resort
Fantastic activities in Jordan (Sky diving, Para-sailing, jet skying, dead sea floating, air gliding, hiking, marathons, downtown shopping, Jordanian Rallies, geocaching, treasure hunting, camping, Bedouin adventures. Site seeing, hunting, wild life watching, ballooning ...etc ...etc ..etc)
- Jordanian education system
Schools
Tawjhi
Public/Private Universities
Higher education
Post graduate studies
- Health issues
poisoning cases
Suffocation due to smoke inhalation during winter
- Agriculture
Olive oil/trees
Za3tar/Thyme
Khobbaizeh
- Food products
Jameed (karaki?)
Labaneh (Jarashyyeh?)
Samneh (Ghee) (Balgawyyeh?)
Olive (Ajloun?)
- Science, business and technology
Online Jordanian resources
Online business
Jordanian technological breakthroughs
Internet presence
Social networks
Success stories (Maktoob, Jeeran, ikbis ...etc)
- Miscellaneous issues about
Traffic
Weather
Transportation systems
Taxis
These are just few ideas to help everyone, lets see how many we can get
Tips:
- Make sure your title says, Blog about Jordan day. (or BAJO for short)
- Be creative while selecting your title, I recommend having the word Jordan in the title somewhere
- If you can add pictures, make sure you tag them with "Blog about Jordan day:" or BAJO: for short
- You don't have to link to the original article or even mention, but it would be great if you can
- If at all possible, add one of the Blog about Jordan day pictures in your article. It's completely up to you though
Motivations
I'm really sad that when I write "Jordan" in Google, the first few pages have nothing to do with Jordan. They mention a model called Jordan, Nike Air Jordan, Michale Jordan. But nothing that has to do with Jordan the country.
I would like to thank everyone who have participated so far by posting, adding badges or even emailing their friends. I would like to thank people who have been participating on facebook group. I would like to thank, Maioush, Mohanned, Secratea, Sari, Bakkouz, Batoul, Maher, Mal2e6, Summer, Simsim, Nida, Askadinia, Ammar, Dima, Waed, Mkilani, fattoum, Khaled, Nadine Touqan, Samer Marzouq, Maha from Play FM, Ali, Hala, Globalorama, WasapninJordan, tololy, Abed Hamdan, Kinzi, MommaBean, Tala, Omar (and others)
This is the last call to all Jordanians to pitch in, lets do this! Lets do this! Lets do this!
Nas, this one is going out to you, please, Join us!
Lina, this one is going out to you, Please, help us!
Fadi, this one is going out to you, help!
Natasha, this one is going out to you, don't let us down!
Bater, we depend on you.. Today more than ever.
Hareega, Binmoon?
Khalidah, I know we can count on you.
Jad, time to fail abla Taza and help
Roba, we all know how much you love Jordan, join us!
Jameed, there's no mansaf without Jameed, Please, help!
Shaden, don't leave us alone! Help us... !
Mohammad Omar. We count on your support too
Hani Obaid , We're not leaving you out, or behind!
7aki Fadi, I'm sure you love and miss Jordan as much as all of us, and have a few stories to share. Please, do share
Tamara, we depend on people like you. Now is the time to help.
Adoosh , This is your time ... it's time for you to help
Apologies for the people I missed, but consider this a personal invitation to each and everyone of you. I'm expecting so much of my Jordanian Nashama...
Memories....
You introduced a lot of good ideas to write about. Jordanian blogsphere usually right about Jordan most of the time, and we always keep on pitching about shortages and stuff. Maybe it would be nice to celebrate Jordan tomorrow. Let's see what we can come up with :)
thnx 4 ur efforts
:)
Where are we supposed to post our articles? On our own blogs or what? Please advise, I'm confused because you mentioned something about Face Book, I usually don't go to face book.
Great to hear it! Go for it
Tamara,
Fantastic! Thank you
Askadenia
Go for it :)
Tamara#2
Your 1st comment is there :)
Whisperer
She already signed up
Globalorama
نشمي و الله
Hala
Go for it :)
Hatem
It we be best if you can write it on your own blog.
Thank you very much for participating
Batoul
Fantastic!!! ... Go for it!
Za3tar
Thank you very much... This is excellent
Thank you Q for the amazing work, you did a great job with this, i mean the idea is fantastic.. i still don't know what i'm gonna write about :D i sure will make it a nice one :)
ya3teek alf 3afyeh ya rab :)
Inshallah tomorrow is going to be a great day full of Jordan related posts :D
o i cant wait for tom...i believe i am gonna write a good one!
cant wait!