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We've been trying to come up a tagline for the magazine ever since we began, and keep coming up with stuff that sounds like we're advertising penis-enlargement equipment – which, considering our last couple of covers, might not be that inappropriate. But how do you get across the fact that we're an intelligent, insightful, high-quality, witty monthly publication designed to enlighten and entertain Middle Eastern males between the ages of 25 and 40 – and not come off as incredibly arrogant? Okay, we are arrogant. That's what keeps us pumping out the issues – we feel you need to read us. Why? Because otherwise we would probably get extremely depressed that another 280 hours in our (badly air-conditioned) Amman office was an utter waste of time. And that would be unfortunate.So, get a look at this month's fare, and we hope you come to conclusion that, yep, we're a welcome addition to your bathroom reading...... www.nox-mag.com
Sofia Marikh – it's not her hands that should be tied upBeirut Street Gangs – it's hotting up in Lebanon again Roman Holiday – Ben Hur lives in nothern Jordan Graphic Arabia – comic strips about the Middle East And George ponders how Yemen might just save the MIddle East.George Galloway's NOX Column Check out the new monthly column from NOX's favourite politican and merciless demolisher of idiot TV journalists, Gorgeous George Galloway.That's right, George Galloway writes exclusively for NOX every single month.
Thanks, and pass by again soon!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Manal Khader from Divine Intervention. In fact, we're getting kind of desperate... anyone got any ideas? Yamilla Diaz Rahi is basically the NOX team's idea of perfection. And, besides, we had to kick out Nadine Labaki from this section because, well, we met her last issue... Yasmine Hamdan, the former lead singer in Lebanese band Soap Kills, and now pursuing her own thing in Paris. And we, erm, heard that she... er... sorry, what we were talking about? Okay, okay, so Jessica Alba isn't actually Arab, but we're equal opportunity pervs... er... admirers of women here. Although she's so hot we reckon her name must have been originally al-Ba'. Even if that doesn't actually mean anything in Arabic... You see? One tiny jpeg and we've lost our minds...Now, we ain't saying terrosism is cool, but resistance? Well, that's a different matter. And Leila Khaled is still the epitome of rebellion chic.

Heroes:

Ghassan Kanafani – a poet and a revolutionary, in that order. Murdered by Mossad 36 years ago. Hany Abu Assad – Palestine's greatest filmmaker. And a personal friend. Well, he sent us an e-mail by accident once. That counts in our book. Ghassan Massoud, whose chiseled, Syrian features not only starred as Salah ad-Din (God, how we need him right now...) in Kingdom of Heaven, but also in a six-page interview in NOX Issue 2 . Habis al-Majali – the Jordanian general with three victories over Israel under his belt. If only he'd kept hold of Sharon when he had the chance... Elia Suleiman - starred opposite Manal Khader (see over) in his should-have-been-Oscar-winning Divine Intervention. But, hey, he starred opposite Manal Khader. So why should he care? And, of course, Peter Crouch, a man whose grace, balance and sheer poetic genius remains an inspiration to us all.

My Blog

NOT BLOGGED FOR A WHILE...

Basically, that's because we have been swamped launching a new car magazine for Jordan called Torque. Issue 1 is out now... and looking very handsome, even if we do say so ourselves.Anyway, now that w...
Posted by NOX magazine on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:29:00 PST

First Birthday... contd

As promised, although a little later than expected, here is the tale of the time NOX ran foul of one of the more prominent families in Jordan.And MySpace is kind of repsonsible.When we first created a...
Posted by NOX magazine on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:53:00 PST

English as a foreign language

Anyone see the front cover of the Jordan Times this morning... the "English" language daily?Well, the headline read as follows:"Israel should accept to discuss final status  King"Which is unlike any ...
Posted by NOX magazine on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:35:00 PST

Our first birthday

As we are now 1  and counting  I thought I would share some of the more amusing things that have happened in the making of this magazine. There are so many anecdotes and stories in NOX magazine's hi...
Posted by NOX magazine on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:41:00 PST

Voice of Moderation

Well, whaddya know...!After 40 years colonising land it didn't legally own, stifling jobs and education, stealing farms and water acquifiers, cutting families from families, destroying homes, imprison...
Posted by NOX magazine on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:08:00 PST

MySpace Friends

We're not exactly apologetic for using MySpace as a marketing tool... it's cheap, it's direct and we can chose who we add. We're a new-ish magazine and, well, we need to get the word out... hey, we de...
Posted by NOX magazine on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

NOX CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PARTY

NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS FOOTBALLNOX hosted a special screening of the Champions League Final last night... and with the promise of free beer (although our "hosts" the Courtyard did their best to brea...
Posted by NOX magazine on Thu, 24 May 2007 05:49:00 PST

Call that football?

Faisali 0 Setif 1It wasn't exactly the most spectacular advert for Arab football. A disjointed game played on a poor pitch with a fussy referee and against a team more inclined to lie on the turf feig...
Posted by NOX magazine on Sat, 19 May 2007 04:36:00 PST

Vote for Alba!

Regular NOX readers will know that we have a "thing" for Jessica Alba. But we thought it was getting a little dull... so we're inviting readers to see if we should focus our grimy lens on someone else...
Posted by NOX magazine on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:24:00 PST

Football blackout

I guess it just never occurred to me. Never having ever wanted to watch Israel do anything, let alone play a game of football, I suddenly learned at the age of... ahem, more than 25... that you can't ...
Posted by NOX magazine on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST