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...hate Saddam Hussein. The 19-year-old Jordanian undergrad has friends who live in Baghdad, and has heard plenty of horror stories about the Iraqi dictator's repressive regime. He recounts some of them for my benefit as we wait in a queue at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Amman. (I'll skip the gory details: suffice it to say that they put me off dinner.) But recently, Nabil's been reassessing Saddam, seeing him in a new light. "You have to admire the fact that, unlike the West, he has consistently stuck to his principles," he says, checking...
...MUSIC BOX It seems an unlikely place to find a jazz club, but Vinaigrette, on the top floor of the Howard Johnson AlQasr Hotel, tel: (962) 6568 9671, in the Shmeisani district of Amman, is where people in the know meet for late-night drinks and Arab fusion music. The glass walls of the bar offer spectacular night views over the capital; in the summer the open terrace is a great place to catch a cool breeze away from the traffic noise and pollution of town. The room is dark and intimate, and the tables small; each is graced with...
BUNKING WITH BEDOUINS The highlight for many visitors to Jordan is the chance to spend the night under the stars in a Bedouin-style camp. Located roughly three hours' drive south of Jordan's capital, Amman, the authentic Captain's Camp is the ideal location for the wannabe adventurer. Guests are, quite literally, out in the middle of the desert here, a short drive (or camel ride) from the remote Rum village where the nearest, albeit scant, provisions for tourists are sold. Accommodation is provided in basic but functional tents with twin beds. More pleasant sleeping arrangements...
...Amman Road Runners, a band of Jordanians and expats with a masochistic love of endurance running, devised the ultimate challenge: a race to the lowest point on earth. The 50-km Dead Sea Ultra Marathon begins at an elevation of 900 m and plunges through the desert to finish 400 m below sea level at the Dead Sea. Nearly 600 hardy souls are expected to compete in this year's run on Oct. 18. This official website has all the latest details as well as online registration for those not content just to float on the Dead...
...Tanzania were attacked. As the millennium celebrations at the end of 1999 approached, the CIA warned that it expected five to 15 attacks against American targets over the New Year's weekend. But three times, the U.S. got lucky. The Jordanians broke up an al-Qaeda cell in Amman; Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian based in Montreal, panicked when stopped at a border crossing from Canada while carrying explosives intended for Los Angeles International Airport; and on Jan. 3, 2000, an al-Qaeda attack on the U.S.S. The Sullivans in Yemen foundered after terrorists overloaded their small boat...