As is typical of the Islamist Action Front, wherever there are elections, there are calls for boycotts from the group. And this year is obviously no different. In 2007, the IAF cautiously participated in the municipal elections held during the summer, and were so badly burned at the polls due to “irregularities” that they keenly [...]

Ordinarily, this probably one of those items of news that would fly swiftly under the radar, and I mention this only to underline its importance to economic development. According to Ammon, the Ministry of Industry and Trade seems to be making moves towards changing its policies to accommodate home (or what they call ‘garage’) businesses [...]

Just a small request to all Jordanian blogs and readers of Jordanian blogs – 7iber has put up a survey for both of those groups in an attempt to get to known our blogosphere better. So please, if you’ve got 5 minutes to spare (and we both know you do), take the time to fill [...]

Reading this article today I couldn’t help but crack a smile at the staggering contradiction. Apparently, according to a poll by the CSS, an overwhelming 72% of Jordanians believe that the November 9th parliamentary elections will be conducted fairly, even though 66% of respondents didn’t even know there was a new Elections Law to begin [...]

By now, it’s no secret to most that HM King Abdullah has publicly accused Israel for its “underhanded” attempts to halt Jordan’s nuclear energy program by pressuring the French and the South Koreans not to sell the country reactors. The King’s message to the Israelis, as voiced in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, [...]

“The attack stunned the world because of its blatant and absurd disregard for anything resembling international law, human rights, and diplomatic norms. Its glaring outrageousness stunned, but didn’t surprise, me. It cannot be viewed in isolation. It is another upshot of a dogma long fermenting on Israel’s political landscape. It is a doctrine that lives [...]

It’s rather fascinating – sprinkled lightly with some historic irony – that the Arab world has immersed itself in another infatuation: Turkish leader Erdogan. His stance on Israel’s war on Gaza last year, as highlighted in his famed World Economic Forum lashing out made quite an impression during a highly emotional time for Arabs in [...]

Yesterday, it seems people were scrambling to find where the 120 Flotilla activists were arriving. Suffice to say they had a heroes welcome in Amman after Israel’s attacks on their ships and the subsequent deportation of the activists, all of whom are from from Arab and Muslim countries. They’re currently being treated in Amman. Other [...]