REUTERS: A Jordanian supporter of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad holds his picture as she shouts slogans against Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a protest against Turkish intervention in the Syrian situation, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Amman October 9, 2011. I know their numbers are incredibly limited in Jordan, judging merely by [...]

Senators have been forced to quit and ministers have handed in their foreign passports to their respective embassies. This has all been part of the latest constitutional amendment taking its toll, which states that public officials, including parliamentarians and ministers, cannot hold dual citizenship. The reason? Foreign citizenship allows officials to be protected by laws [...]

Stumbling on two articles today, I couldn’t help but note the connection. Documents that have recently surfaced prove that Shell oil company worked alongside the Nigerian military to suppress local resistance to its oil activities. The company essentially paid off the military to stop peaceful protests that targetted Shell’s environmental travisties and it even helped [...]

7iber’s Hashtag Debates are returning tomorrow at Makan House in Jabal Luwebideh and the issue of the moment will be Jordan’s constitutional reforms. This is a discussion I’ve been looking forward to for some time and I’m glad it came together. We’re basically in the midst of having the country’s constitution change and much of [...]

“I think my best way to describe my view toward Israel is my increasing frustration because they’re sticking their head in the sand and pretending that there’s not a problem.” – HM King Abdullah in a Wall Street Journal interview. September 21st, 2011.  

This is quite an interesting story that’s been developing this week. Faris Sharaf, the now former governor of the Central Bank, handed in his resignation earlier this week after only 10 months on the job. Many are saying that his resignation of the ordinarily stable 5-year post was due to his rejection of the current [...]

I cannot recall the last time I saw a protest anywhere near the US embassy in Amman. Those familiar with it know that it is essentially a fortress that borders on being a military base. No other word can describe it I suppose. It occupies an entire neighborhood and is surrounded by Jordanian armed forces [...]

If there was ever a story that just refused to die, this would be it. Just when we thought casinogate had found some resolution with PM Bakhit being absolved of wrongdoing, or at least missing a date with impeachment, international media swoops in and does what no local media could (dare to) do. Al Jazeera’s [...]