It was 100 years ago that my father’s oldest brother crossed a continent and an ocean to come to America. Habib Rashid Zogby, 14 at the time, made the long trip with his uncle, leaving his mother

The news carried in the media a couple of days ago about the Palestinian Authority’s plans to build the “first modern Palestinian city” is not only heartening and long overdue, but also significant

On December 17, Bolivia extended diplomatic recognition to the state of Palestine within its pre-1967 borders (all of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem). Coming soon after the

In spite of the collapse of the negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, the little town of Bethlehem will be swamped with pilgrims over the Christmas season. More than 90,000 are expected to

Whether driving one’s car or attending a football match in Jordan, one can easily surmise that disrespect for the law is on the rise, and has for quite some time now. Here is an economist’s take on

Jordan’s free trade agreement with Turkey will come into effect as of next month. The agreement recognised the fact that the two countries are not on the same footing, therefore the Jordanian products

The first principles of the media’s code of ethics is that the duty of journalist and editors to look for and publish the truth. But the Jordanian newspapers did not follow the principle of seeking

Fortune has not been kind to Haiti. The pain and suffering arising from last year’s earthquake was already enormous, and has since been compounded by Hurricane Tomas and an outbreak of cholera. Now

According to some press reports, the Ministry of Finance is in the process of preparing a third supplementary budget for 2010, to cover some arising expenditure, such as the cost of appropriating

The minister of planning and international cooperation may be quite successful in waging a public relations campaign to sell his Executive Development Programme for the years 2011-2013, but can he