Word: jordanian
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...Jordanian students reported shock and confusion yesterday upon hearing of the death of the man who has ruled their nation for more than double their lives...
...women under threat, there is little recourse. Running away is next to impossible since Arab societies are close-knit and few women have the means to live alone. Jordanian authorities have a bizarre remedy: they jail endangered women. "Rafa," 20, was locked up in an Amman prison after her uncles and brothers vowed to murder her for having a three-day affair with a co-worker. At any one time, Jordan's prisons may house 70 such women. Sometimes they are released after their families promise not to harm them, though that is no guarantee. Suzanne's male relatives signed...
Once an unspoken topic, honor killing in recent years has begun to be spotlighted in the media, thanks in part to Rana Husseini, a trailblazing reporter for the English-language Jordan Times. Since 1996 the Jordanian Women's Union has operated a hot line for women in distress. Creating a safe house to protect them is the next objective of activists. Abolishing the legal loopholes is another...
...prince is famously irritable. Stupid comments earn snide retorts. In 1973, when Jordan was debating whether to enter the October War against Israel, an adviser to the King asserted that Jordanian blood must be spilled, to which Hassan replied, "So long as it is not yours, I suppose." Says a senior Jordanian official: "If you disagree with the King, he will never make you feel he is angry. With Hassan, you know he's not happy...
Through signs, pamphlets and exhibits, Basma's group teaches the Jordanian public how to use the sea without damaging it. Boaters are told not to drop anchors that can break the reef, and divers are discouraged from snatching souvenir corals or feeding the fish. JREDS also organizes cleanup dives and recruits schoolchildren to sweep trash off the beaches...