4 Responses to “Say Happy New 2010 on Amman’s 1st Cricle tomorrow”

1. Dee Says:
   December 30th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

   Amazing idea we need some fireworks though, or some zamameer or something.

2. Looking for a Family-Friendly New Years Celebration? « my treasure Says:
   December 31st, 2009 at 8:34 am

   [...] Looking for a Family-Friendly New Years Celebration? By kinziblogs According to Nas, Ahmad Humeid has planned a a net-spread party idea for tonight. [...]

3. All the colors of the Rainbow | And Far Away Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 2:04 am

   [...] I am not a New Year’s person, but Ahmad’s idea of facing the first hours of a new decade with an open, outdoor, and public display of crowd power was amusing. [...]

4. 7iber Dot Com » In An Amman Minute: Celebrating The New Year On Jabal Amman’s First Circle Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 5:36 pm

   [...] It began almost sporadically. Blogger Ahmad Humeid simply decided on the spur-of-the-moment that he didn’t want to celebrate the dawning of the new decade from his living room sofa, and instead, decided to do something a bit different. The idea? Getting together on the first circle of Jabal Amman. Simple enough. A blog post and a Facebook group later, word spread quickly through the local blogosphere, twittersphere, in what was labelled as an experiment. There was no preparation or big band playing. No cover charges or minimum orders. Just people coming together in one of Amman’s most popular public spaces, and celebrating the countdown to the new year – which was projected on to the Jordan Insurance building from the second floor window of an adjacent coffee shop, using Ahmad’s Macbook and a projector resting on four pillows and a chair! The idea, of course, was for people to think creatively. Some brought balloons. Others brought sparklers. Some held signs that read “The End if Near”, while others gathered on the sidewalk to play a tablaa. [...]

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