My work for an organization of the blind has given me the chance to have direct contact with the blind community, a community I’ve never thought about before. I gradually started to have acquaintances, and even make friends with some blind persons. I realize now that some blind persons are very smart. Some of them use computers just as efficient as we, sighted people, do. Thanks to technology, there are now special programs called “screen readers”, which can read everything on the computer screen for a blind person, including documents, internet pages, and even chat windows!

I’ve just got back home. I was participating in an event held at the Meridian Hotel, Amman, under the title “Injaz for the creation of economic opportunities for the Jordanian youth.” I didn’t have a vivid idea about the event because the invitation letter I received did not clarify how the event will be organized or what the program of the event will be. This morning I made a phone call to the Meridian and I was told that the event starts at 9:00AM and ends at 6:00PM. Fine.