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Discussing issues
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The good people of the old city on top of the mountains are fasting during the holy month of Ramadan in scorching heat, but some domestic issues made things even hotter f
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The weakest link
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Spending the three-month summer holiday outside Jordan enables me to see what is going on in my country from afar. As a result, I would like to share two points.
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Despondent
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His father named him “Urdoun” when he was born, simply because he loved Jordan so much.
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Controversial mosque issue |
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I have been following the recent saga in the United States over the mosque to be built near Ground Zero, only to be further
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Social security - Randa Habib |
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For the majority of Jordanians, the Social Security Corporation (SSC) is the most important institution in the country. It holds their money and security when they grow o
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A sense of civic responsibility
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HRH Prince Hassan put a question to all of us last week: How to create a sense of responsibility among Jordanian citizens, and how to cultivate that sense to be a part of
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Dialogue, not beating stick required
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When I first learned about the government’s decision to bar public employees from some websites, I took my time to study this move, which other countries around the world
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Is the ‘culture of complacency’ over?
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Nowhere on this planet has the “culture of complacency” been as dominant as in our part of the world. Unelected governments act on behalf of the people on matters that af
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Simple maths
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I have tried all week to decide exactly where I stand vis-a-vis this government and I am still as undecided today as I was yesterday and the day before. I have read comme
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Accountability
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One of the biggest problems we face in Jordan is the lack of accountability to the public in the decision-making process.
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A Right To Enter
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On the eve of the World Cup final I witnessed an incident that struck me – a Christian and non-Jordanian Jordanian (my mother can’t pass on her citizenship to me) living
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Insufficient steps taken |
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I was not moved this week when I read that the American administration decided to upgrade its diplomatic relations with
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