Welcome to episode 6 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: Jordan's municipal elections and King Abdullah II's

The Rased coalition for the 2022 Municipal Elections announced today, Tuesday, that 223 instances of election violations have been recorded as of 3PM Amman time. These violations ranged in severity

According to the Independent Election Commission, 12.38% of ballots in Jordan’s governorates have been cast for the governorate and municipal councils elections, including the Municipality of Amman

According to the Independent Election Commission, 6.5% of ballot in Jordan’s governorates have been cast for the governorate and municipal councils, including the Municipality of Amman, by 11:30AM. Of

There are three dimensions to bringing a solution to the Syrian refugee problem: return, localization, and resettlement. Referring to the global mandate of the UN refugee agency, Dominik Bartsch, the

Following the detention of two journalists on cybercrimes charges, the IPI global network urges Jordanian authorities to immediately cease the harassment of the media. The country’s cybercrime law

When the plane from London landed at Queen Alia airport I was in the middle of reading a book entitled “yet in the dark streets shinning.” The book written by my cousin Bishara Awad tells the story of

Welcome to episode 5 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: Jordan's economic response to the war in Ukraine

Jordanian authorities on Tuesday released prominent Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab after he was detained at Amman airport on his way back from a trip to the UK. Kuttab told Middle East Eye that

In the context of the attempts to reform the political systems in Jordan based on the outcome of the royal commission, there is a strong need for a serious reform when it comes to press freedoms. The