Once again the summer heat is upon us. And once again, people’s anguish, and appeals at the overcrowded King Hussein Bridge are melting as quickly as an ice cream cone in the Jordan Valley’s high

With little fanfare in Washington, and with few countries in the world noticing, President Barack Obama signed into law an act that will hold governments all around the world accountable for

Jordan's education minister Walid Maani has declared that his ministry is planning on "raising minimum GPA to enroll students in private universities from 60 to 65 in 2011." Minimum need to enter

Minister of Education Walid Maani made a public announcement about the future of a university program using the social networking site, twitter. Maani who is a newcomer on twitter asked visitors to

Over dinner in Bethlehem, this week, I mentioned to my brother in law how Israel has strategically succeeded in cutting off the Gaza Strip from the West Bank. While agreeing with me, he told me of

Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communication Nabil Sharif has said that there are no political motivations behind sending a number of teachers to forced early retirement (esteedaa). Sharif

Donations are meant to be optional, which means that a person is free to pay this amount or not. In this case, this issue applies on us as Arabs in general, although the individual citizen thinks he

Leading sources at the Islamic movement has told Ammannet that it tends to boycott the upcoming elections, with its two sides the Brotherhood and the Action Front. Our sources reiterated that there is

Arab civil society leaders gathered on the shores of the Dead Sea were quite sure about the future of Arab youth. Leaders from Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Palestine (both West Bank and Gaza) and Jordan

he visitor from Washington, who represented an independent democracy foundation, asked two questions to a group of Jordanian intellectuals: “Where do you see the potential for genuine reform in Jordan