September JP Meet-Up in Older Amman
This was certainly an extraordinary meeting by all means; there were new faces and guests and it was a gathering that will be remembered for some time ahead, not only it was held in this extraordinary place (Old View Café), but it was the atmosphere and ambiance that took us back in a journey to the time Amman was a newborn and was just taking its first steps into the world.
We arrived a bit early and decided to take some pictures of the great view of older Amman and upon the recommendation of the owner; we climbed the stairs to the roof and took some more pictures; I will share these at the end of this post, but now back to the JP meeting.
Like every time, I did not get to talk to everyone there but that is only normal with 28 bloggers sitting there and discussing so many different things. When everyone was there, we just started the introduction cycle and tried to make it brief and at the same time informative. Some bloggers were asked questions about the names of their blogs and what they meant.
One of the most important things in this meeting is the presence of the couple Ziad and Hana who happen to be among the most prominent bloggers in the Arab World; it was really special and great to have you with us guys.
We shared great talks and great laughs; the bloggers who showed up are (not in particular order):
Rebecca (Jordan Journey)
Ibrahim Owais (Ocean Creep)
Jad Madi (Jad Madi)
Roba (And Far Away)
Dana (A friend of Roba’s and not yet a blogger)
Samer (Jazarah)
Ibrahim Yakti (Opirah)
Husam (7usam)
Alaa Ibrahim (Alaa Ibrahim)
Hana (Waleg)
Ziad (Waleg)
Laith Zraikat (Laith Zraikat)
Ammar Ibrahim (Ammar Ibrahim)
Isam Bayazidi (Isam Bayazidi.net)
Omar Zo’bi (Omernos)
Amino (Chronicles of a Utopian Writer)
Kloude (Dragonsvamp and Lordess of Chaos)
Wedad (Better Life)
Rana Habahbeh (She has a blog but I am not sure of the URL, HELP?)
Shaden (Sugar Cubes)
Abeer Bayazidi (Abeer Bayazidi)
Abdelaziz (Exzombiesm)
Darwish Naji (My Crazy Life)
Adel (3adoola)
Rasha (Another World)
7ala (Ro2a)
Mira (Mirachka)
Nader (Nader)
And now for the pictures … enjoy! (You can click on the images to enlarge)
And now to the pictures of the great views seen from the Old View Cafe
September 12th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
I envy you guys
September 12th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
WAs fun indeed
September 12th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
bedde adba7ko kolkooo!
September 12th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
kaleda ana mo shayfeh wala ishi, not even a word here
September 12th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
We love u MOey, will gonna meet another time for sure,
kaleda i enjoyed my time a lot, i wished that no one was behind me to nag yalla come home yalla come home
September 12th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Khalida, I was really excited about meeting you and I wish I could stay for longer so that we can talk. inshallah next time.
I had lots of fun
btw, my friend is a blogger but in JP. And her name is Rana not Mona
September 12th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
hatha ishi jameel jameel jiddan jiddan wa fil waqe3 ino ya3ni yalla mnee7 o kaza
September 12th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Khokha as usual you cover every thing in the meeting…
Amazing coverage with very nice pictures I loved them.
It was really great to see you all , we had fun and we missed the ones who were not with us.
Moey ma3lesh , inshallah next time you will be here , we missed you wallah
It was very nice to meet new bloggers and to talk with them.
you are all betjanneno jd , hope to see you soon
September 12th, 2006 at 11:36 pm
It was a great meeting 5o5a…
we enjoyed it…
September 13th, 2006 at 12:38 am
You all looked great and I am so sorry to have missed you all, and meeting Abeer, Shaden, Amino.
September 13th, 2006 at 1:51 am
wallah 7elo
ana kont 3ala washak ene aje loool
September 13th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Khalidaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
Wa a5eeeran
el sabaq el sa7afi! hehehe. I look funny! Bass el mohemm great pictures!!
Anyway, the place was amazing. I loved how vintagey it was, I just hope it stays that way. We missed a lot in the meeting.
Awwal wa7ad, Moey
Iyas (Jameed)
Laith Majali
Bakkouz
Jano
Lina Ejeilat
bass it was great meeting You Khalida,
as well as 7ala, Rasha, Abeer, Roba, 3adel, Jad, Isam, Rebecca, Darwish, Ibrahim. The rest I didn’t get to talk to! But I wanted to! hehe
September 13th, 2006 at 3:24 am
Thank you Omar , it was great to meet you too
September 13th, 2006 at 3:33 am
wala omar, wain esmi!!!!!!!!!!!!! where is my name!! it was not great meeting me wella!!!
September 13th, 2006 at 5:33 am
msh fahmeh ana bent elbata elsoda
September 13th, 2006 at 6:10 am
Omar, I wish I was there with you all! Yalla hopefully next time.. I know I missed a great meeting and the chance to meet you and other meet-up first-timers.
Khalidah.. thanks for sharing and for posting the pics
isn’t that cafe just great? 
September 13th, 2006 at 7:25 am
Thank you so much, we really enjoyed the meeting with you all very much and we hope to see you again in the future.
P.S: Could you please correct the address of our site, its:
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http://www.waleg.COM and not .net
September 13th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Very nice coverage and very beautiful pictures, thank you Khalidah. Keep them coming
September 13th, 2006 at 8:58 am
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September 13th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Moey; trust me dude; you were dearly missed … we all wished you were there … inshallah next time we will make it up to you
Roba, thank you for the choice of location; it was more than just fun
Wedad; wallah ya habibty jeeran is being filtered out as spam … but I am monitoring and despamming all your comments so please keep them coming
It was great to see you last night although I wanted to sit with you longer
Shaden; next time you have to come closer and we need to talk … I really felt bad that I could not chat with you for a while … it was great to have you in the meeting
Sorry about the mistake … I fixed the name but I don’t know the URL
Bakkouz, next time no excuses; you have to make it … you were missed last night like Moey
7ala habibty … I really wanted to talk to you longer but we have to get together soon
Rasha, I hope that this is your first meeting of many to come … it was wonderful having you there and I hope you had fun as much as we did
Kinzi; no excuses next time … you have to come … we missed you dearly and me and Rebecca talked about you last night
Jano, you should have come
… next time you have to
Omar ya Omar … having you in the meeting was not only great .. it was super extra wonderful … I wish you could be able to attend all our meetings … yalla; we will think of conferencing the meeting and you can be online with us .. what do you think?
Lina, I am not happy that you did not show up … I expected you to be there and kept waiting for you to show up … I haven’t seen you in ages and now you owe me 2 meeting
Next time there would be no excuse Lina; attending the meeting is not an option
Ziad, it was specially great to meet you and your lovely wife … and I am looking forward to meeting you again in a more focused setting … sorry about the link; fixed now
Hatem, I wish you were there my dear … you would have had loads of fun meeting all these great people … next time arond; hopefully you will be there to share the good time with all of us
Don’t worry about the comments; I have taken the liberty and deleted them if that is Ok
Kloude, thanks for linking … we enjoyed having you in the meeting
September 16th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
KHALIDAAAHHHHHHh
3anjadd I can’t wait to meet you next time. Bokra el sobe7 Safari 3ala Engleezia! hehehe.
WEDAD!
Ana ahbal
w 60 Ahbal! Wallahi inny nseeet!
Akeed it was great, w I told 3amer how great was it meeting you!
September 16th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
aywa omar haik bedi yak
take care u tusal belsalmeh
beleive me i met you once, but am gonna miss you a lot. w’ll be in touch
September 25th, 2006 at 2:46 am
Shabab yaetykom alafia ana sheft kol alsoar beta3etkom wa srahtan ana ahesdkom 3ala roh al shabab fikom anto ahla shela , wa atmana an akon sadikaom , hal twafikon .
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:08 pm
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July 10th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Hello
Very interesting information! Thanks!
G’night