The US ambassador to Jordan held an iftar (breaking the fast) dinner at his residence Monday night for Jordanian guests representing diverse religious representations. Participants said that the

Welcome to episode 9 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: escalation in Jerusalem over al-Aqsa, the US

The secretary-general of the Higher Council for Persons with Disabilities said that 11.2% of Jordanians are persons with disabilities. “For a while, Jordan, along with many regional countries, was

Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) expressed its solidarity with the journalist Suhair Jaradat. CDFJ said: “We stand with our colleague Suhair Jaradat, that the international reports

Welcome to episode 8 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: a new report detailing the use of PEGASUS in Jordan

The Jordanian government has turned to its abusive "Crime Prevention Law" as a new pretext to arrest at least 150 activists, journalists, teachers, former members of parliament, and previously

A new report from Front Line Defenders, a human rights organisation, revealed that Jordanian activists’ phone have been hacked using the “Pegasus” software created by the Israeli company NSO group

Prince Hamzah Bin al-Hussein is relinquishing his title of prince, he said in a statement. Prince Hamza, a former heir to the throne, was accused last year of conspiring to destabilize the monarchy in

Welcome to episode 7 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: King Abdullah's recent meetings with leaders from

Translate by Zach Bampton 2011 was a turning point in the history of political reform in Jordan. That year, the National Dialogue committee was formed with the president of the Jordanian Senate, Maher