“I am buying make-up to look beautiful for my husband,” proclaims Manal Ahmad Ibrahim, while checking out mascara priced at $1.50. Run by Naqil Bardash, a former hotel manager from …
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As violence continued in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and elsewhere in the region last week, Jordan managed to hold boringly quiet elections for the kingdom’s 17th Lower House of Parliament. These …
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Nothing ever happens in Jordan, it is often said, yet 2012 has been an altogether eventful year, which prompted some pundits to wonder if the country could be the next …
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The United Nations began registering Syrian refugees in South Lebanon on Wednesday for the first time since the beginning of the Syrian conflict last year. The UN High Commissioner for …
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Politics The Lebanese Economic Committees, a leading private sector alliance, came out Tuesday against bringing down the government in the streets, urging calm to safeguard the economy from repercussions of …
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"There are so many foreigners here — the whole world loves us,” said Um Ali, as she and her son shuffled through the endless sands of Zaatari Camp, the tent …
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Economics Jordan, struggling to speed up its pace of economic and regulatory reforms, expects foreign direct investment to drop next year before ultimately rebounding, its industry and trade minister has …
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Israel will eventually go beyond threats and will attack Iran, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying. As speculation mounts that Israel could launch air strikes on …
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Saudi Arabia's annual inflation eased to 3.8 percent in August, its lowest level in almost three years, government statistics showed. Slower increases in rents were highlighted as the cause of …
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Reflecting the blue skies above, the Jordan Gate towers are the tallest — and arguably the emptiest — buildings on the Amman horizon. King Abdullah II in 2005 laid the …