Blog for Jordan day 2010, the harvest

First on the scene was Kinzi, who just could not hold her enthusiasm until 12AM, she posted a wonderful article on the main theme of this year's Blog 4 Jordan day: She called it: #B4JO 2010/World Day Against Cyber Censorship

Then it was Ahmad with: My Jordan

Next was Garfan with The Amazing Jordanian Spring (B4JO) where he tackled the hairy subject of corruption.

Then the wonderful Simsim shared a great article and insight on "How to Love Jordan"

Followed by the great Thaer talking about The university of Jordan under "today, I blog for the University of Jordan"

followed by new blogger Sha3rawi,  واقع التعليم في الأردن discussing one of the thorniest topics in Jordan, education (obviously).

Then trigger happy Ali, published this fantastic article: LOVE FROM THE FIRST BREATH!

And then the Amazing Jano almost brought me to tears when I read her account on Amman.

But that was only the beginning....

Then, Almond Joycie surprised me with a full index of all the posts she has written about Jordan, and OH BOY! They are plenty.

It was well past 3 AM when Fattoum shared her contribution. Blog About Jordan Day.

Then a little after 4 AM, the amazingly eloquent spelling queen Ola Eleiwat, shared her own masterpiece: Why it's Easy to Be Creative in Jordan. To be quite frank, this is one of my favorites.

Then the lovely Whisper, shouted this lovely piece, simply titled: احبه.... واكرههم, where she talks about her love to Jordan and hate of people who love to obstruct our inevitable progress.

Followed by Haitham's take on Padestrians in Jordan. A topic that interests many Jordanians as you know.

Then Naser boldly tackles a very awkward topic courageously when he talks about مجلس النواب - إلى متى هذه الظاهرة؟.

Hamede makes us nostalgic in need to visit Madaba soon with his contribution: Blog for Jordan day مادبا.

Then there was a lot of chatter on Twitter about #B4JO, but the winner was most certainly #Mansaf

Omar Al Abdallat was voted most favorite Jordanian singer, Followed by Mohammad Qwaider and Toni Qattan. Arab Superstar winner Diana Karazon, got no votes!

Mariam shared the words of a great Jordanian song, "Haddabatly" written by Majed Zraigat and performed by Omar Abdallat

Then Yazan shared his thoughts on Why he Loves Being an Ammani. Where he talks about everything including his view on Jordanian Taxis

A poll run during the live even showed that 25% of Jordanians didn't know that Jordanian women don't have the right to grant her children or her husband the Jordanian nationality. A painful women's rights issue that is still seeking a satisfactory conclusion.

The Amazing Nido, shared Seeing Jordan Through Netflix, her account and feelings of longing to Jordan while watching the beautiful scenes in Captain Abu Raed, the Jordanian feature film, which she has rented from NetFlix. She chose to watch it with her family on the day of #B4JO.

Rola shared her own experience of passing pretty hard things, from tawjihi but most disappointingly driving license test, then she talks about the joys of driving around in her car -Paris- seeking the perfect vantage point to take pictures of her home garden? :)

On Twitter, former Blogger Arab Observer, shared his take on Blog about Jordan day, how he misses blogging on occasions like this, and called out to all his followers, and Jordanians to participate. A real kind gesture.

The exceedingly talented Ahmad Al Mahrouq[raso] :), shared a post and a picture where he shared his view on Jordanian solidarity.

The always creative Nadine Touqan, gave her thoughts on how your freedom of thought and expression can never be taken from a person in a piece she called, "What do you really want?" One of the really great reads of the day.

The lovely lady Mama Bean, shared this lovely list: The Jordan of My Heart on things she enjoys about Jordan.

Lady Dee Batshoun, shared her thoughts on the main theme of Blog for Jordan Day, On Cyber Censorship, where she too tackled what is going on, and the hopes for a better censorship free future.

Followed by 5hads (Shady Haddad) who also opted to speak his mind about the main theme, but pointing out that Cyber Censorship is but one of a long list of challenges in the Jordanian society, read: Web Censorship.

A quick poll during the live event showed that two thirds of the participants are not worried about Cyber Censorship, while a third voted that it doesn't concern them.

The aspiring rising blogging star MissKhasawneh shared her thoughts on how Jordan surpasses all borders.

Then yours truly participated with a humble article under the title, The land of inspiration.

Around the closing of the original time for Blog for Jordan day, Mohammad Badi, the very active twitter-er shared Blog About Jordan Day 2010, Precious Things!

It was appropriate to share this wonderful Jordanian gem...

Then we went into extended time...

The start was a wonderful addition by Jordanian celebrity, Mrs Aroub Sobh, titled simply: "We will", where she gives a very accurate reality check for everyone, with all the challenges of the Jordanian society. Many are shocking to most. But no progress will ever be achieved without true and honest criticism of our issues.

After that Adi Nashasheebi contributed with Jordan as seen by a Telecom expert

Then a cosmologist (bona fide with a PhD to prove it) shares the day with all of us, Laila writes: Jordan - 9 years on. Away from theoretical, empirical and scientific method, she shares the unmeasurable personal account she has of a place we fondly love and call Jordan

Next the Palestinian Sharifo, shared what he loved about Jordan: و ليش بحب الأردن. Where it turned out that he actually worked at one of my most favorite Ice cream stores in Jordan.

And finally, the hilarious account of Dina with this entertaining post Al Gurdon.

But that was not the end of it, even after the event and the day was over, the astonishing lady, Mayyasi, posted her account of spring in Jordan in this article: الربيع في الأردن

But the main article from Mayyasi dedicated for the great day, was her social critique of the unfortunate backward practices that still plage the Jordanian society, she titled it: كرت العرس واسم المره

A bunch of rumors circulated from people who started noticing some interesting traffic coming from certain location in Jordan and concluded that Queen Rania has joined the day. I think these rumors are unsubstantiated, but can't authoritatively dismiss them. Queen Rania is know for her love and follow up on events in social media. So everything is possible.

There was a lot of chatter after that on twitter, but that concludes the list of Articles.

Please note, I'm only human, and it's only me doing this. So there is a chance that I might have forgotten someone. If you think someone is missing. PLEASE let me know.

Happy Blog for Jordan day to all, thank you very much for the wonderful opportunity to be a member of this society.

PS, the gadgets will now point to this post. So everyone can share the credit.