-It is war! It is war! -O Angel of the Lord, restrain it... -It is war, unfortunately--how much I desire it not to be my fault! The words of the German poet Matthias Claudius return me to the 1980s. I

Amman Net - Ezzedine Al Natour Translated into English and Edited by Julia Norris The Sri Lankan worker “Siderana” spent an entire year administratively detained in the Jwadeh Correctional and

Heated debate surrounds the idea of the government abolishing bread subsidies while providing alternative materials to citizens so that they do not incur any losses as a result. Prime Minister

67 years have passed since what they called the Palestinian “Nakba,” (“catastrophe”). I do not know who came up with that optimistic terminology which suggests that the worst that could happen had

In light of the events and rapid changes in the region over the years, the Palestinian issue has slipped behind the scenes, and far away are the days when it was at the forefront of the Arab and

The idea of “the return” did not perish in the Zarqa camp for refugees who lived through the horrors of the Palestinian Nakba (“Catastrophe”) in 1948. With the exception of a small few, the majority

The government returned again to talk about removing subsidies for bread. The government said that it has new mechanisms that will “ensure the delivery of support to those who deserve it,” amid

Amman (May 11) - A senior US military trainer has described as “excellent” the current Eager Lion multinational military exercise taking place in Jordan which he considered “the premier exercise in

After the grief and vestiges of anger seen in the Jordanian street following the killing of Dr. Mohammed Abu Risha, who was stabbed to death in front of his house, a large volume of opinions emerged

On the morning of April 13, 2015, the Jordanian newspaper Al Rai (the Arabic word for “The Opinion”), on its own accord, began a boycott on printing government news. The next day the newspaper