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Tag: Middle East

  • Journey through Jordan: Day 3

    As I sit outside on the rooftop terrace restaurant of my hotel, I’m in awe of my surroundings. The sun is just setting over hilly Amman, the lights are dim, and there’s something paradoxically peaceful about sitting in a place, unfamiliar in its entirety, with a language echoing in the background that I don’t understand,

  • Journey through Jordan – Day 1

    By Kaleigh Ambrose, Journalist at CTV/ Media Trainer It’s been nearly 48 hours into my journey in Jordan, and I find myself at a loss for words. Already, I’ve experienced so much in so little time, and I look forward to the abundance of knowledge and experience I’ll gain over the next 3 weeks here.

  • Data Driven Journalism in Jordan – A reflection by Nadine Nimri

      Written by Nadine Nimri, reporter for Al Ghad Daily Newspaper   I clearly remember that phone call from JHR trainer Mohammed Shamma in 2015 when he told me about a data driven journalism training workshop. Back then, I tried to explain to Mohammed that data journalism means nothing to me. I am a human

  • Media & Civil Society: Protection Against Human Rights Violations

    Media & Civil Society: Protection Against Human Rights Violations By: Mohammed Shamma, JHR Trainer, Jordan   February 2011 –  it was a regular work day until I received a phone call at four o`clock in the afternoon from Linda Kalash, the director of Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights. She asked me to go

  • Human trafficking of migrant workers

      Ezzedine Al Natour is a Jordanian journalist at 7iber, one of Jordan’s pre-eminent online news outlets.   Working with JHR trainer Mohammad Shamma, Ezzedine, known locally as “Ezz”, produced a powerful story on human trafficking of South-East Asian migrant workers in Jordan. Such workers endure low pay, violence, and in many cases, forced labor.

  • JHR Middle East and the Syrian refugee crisis

    Written by Naregh Galoustian, Program Manager of JHR’s Project in the Middle East   On February 7th, international donors including the Canadian government met in London to make a collective pledge of USD 10 billion to improve the livelihood of Syrian refugees across the region.   Jordan only, where JHR has worked since 2013, has