Election Day in Madaba

I haven't had the chance to sit back and write my post-elections thoughts, but I thought I'd share some of the videos I took just outside a voting station in Madaba. I spent the entire day there, and have made tons of mental notes to blog, but that will have to wait until I get my work deadlines out of the way.

One DVD store on the street corner was blasting Omar Abdallat and Mit3eb Al Saggar songs in full volume all day long. Inside the voting station things were quiet, efficient, and organized, but outside the crowd seemed more fitting of a football match. Heck, they even played the popular football cheering song that says "lid lid chaif inno, chaif akhad el tabeh minno" (which roughly translates into: look look how he took the ball from him). I heard one guy say "Wouldn't it be great if elections lasted a whole week instead of just one day? we're having fun here."

More later...