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Topic: Middle East>Jordan

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 18

    Day 18 For the first time in Jordan, I awoke to news with no positive spin in sight. This morning, before I’d even eaten breakfast, prominent Jordanian writer, Nahed Hattar, was shot dead outside the courthouse in Amman. It happened just five minutes away from my hotel. Hattar was set to go to trial for

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 19

    Day 19 We set out in the late afternoon today for the Palestinian refugee camp, Baqa’a. Ezz Natour and his two journalist friends, Hussam and Jude, picked me up and we were soon on our way. The camp sits about half an hour outside of the bustling capital, Amman, but today’s journey took a bit

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 16

    Day 16 When I first learned that I’d be heading to Jordan for a month-long adventure in September, everyone kept telling me the same thing: the Jordanian people are as nice as they come. It was something I knew I’d have to experience on my own to believe, but trust me when I say this,

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 15

    Day 15 Today was another day of firsts for me in Amman. Mohammed Shamma and I had been corresponding with Chris Hull, the Canadian Counsellor responsible for political affairs in Jordan. We met him at a hotel that was hosting an EU conference, discussing the not-yet-fully-revealed election results. The three of us discussed the CTV

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 14

    Day 14 I sat down in a bright yellow chair next to a table of four girls working on their beaded necklaces and decorative straps for glasses, all smiling and talking amongst themselves. One girl, 19-year-old Samar, immediately exclaimed in English that she’s been to the United States and Italy, when I mentioned I was

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 13

    Day 13 It’s Election Day in Jordan and a desire for change is in the air. Today’s a national holiday, giving everyone the chance to vote in this historic election. Here’s a little background on how Jordan ended up with an election, again. King Abdullah II dissolved Jordan’s Parliament at the end of May, requiring