Archive: jordan
6th November 2012
The Islamic Action Front – the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan – has called on the government to prosecute "worshippers of demons".
The IAF's call for a crackdown came after protesters attacked a café in Amman which was holding a Halloween party last Thursday night.
About 200… Read more
8th November 2011
How stable is Jordan? That is the question addressed in a new report from the Brookings Doha Centre. In common with many of its regional neighbours, Jordan has witnessed street protests since the Arab Spring began, but nothing on a dramatic scale, and King Abdullah has been trying to fend off… Read more
2nd October 2011
The Jordanian government appears to have backed down following an outcry over a proposed law that would discourage journalists from exposing corruption.
On Thursday, the lower house of parliament approved the draft law which is meant to combat corruption but also imposes fines of 30,000-60,000… Read more
2nd June 2011
A journalist in Jordan was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment on Wednesday after reporting that a billionaire businessman jailed for corruption had been allowed to leave the country.
Alaa Fazzaa, editor of a news website, khabarjo.net, was accused of "undermining the monarchy and the constitution… Read more
15th May 2011
It was in February 1999 that King Abdullah II came to the throne in Jordan. The following July, Mohammed VI became king of Morocco, and a year later Bashar al-Assad succeeded his father as president of Syria.
At the time, all three were hailed as a new generation of modern Arab leaders but, more… Read more
6th April 2011
Reporters in Jordan have been receiving phone calls and emails threatening physical harm unless they stop covering the reform movement in the kingdom, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
"The situation is no longer about censorship or repressive legislation – the danger has become… Read more
22nd January 2011
The "Tunisia effect" continues. Several thousand protesters took to the streets of Jordan yesterday, for the second Friday in succession. More than 5,000 marched in the centre of Amman, with smaller demonstrations in several other cities, according toagency reports. The protesters are said to have… Read more
28th October 2010
Ahead of next month's elections in Jordan, five people have been charged with vote-buying, the Jordan Times reports. Under the electoral law, they could face seven years in jail.
The 2007 elections were marred by complaints of irregularities and this is the first time the Jordanian authorities have… Read more
21st August 2010
With the Jordanian parliament dissolved since last November, the cabinet is continuing to issue "provisional" laws – a practice that is allowed by Article 94 of the constitution so long as the laws relate to "necessary measures which admit of no delay".
One of these – though it is difficult to… Read more
26th July 2010
A woman clad in hijab and lettuce leaves was arrested by Jordanian police and detained for three hours yesterday, for holding an unauthorised demonstration.
The lone protester, Amina Tariq, carried a placard saying "Let vegetarianism grow on you".
Vegetarianism is an unfamiliar concept in most Arab… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
