Posted on March 31, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
This is an old story which was published last year during the heat of the US presidential campaign. Following are some excerpts form the piece:
The deal involves a cast of influential characters, including the king of Jordan’s brother-in-law, who is suing Harry Sargeant III, a top Florida-based fundraiser for Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid…
Through a [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
we-shouldn’t-talk-about-how-Aids-can-be-transmitted because this might give the youth an idea on how to go ahead and have sex. It is the same logic behind the catholic church’s stand, where they say that you shouldn’t use condoms because you are not supposed to have sex in the first place. Thus if you were to go ahead and [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
that King Abdullah II left Qatar early because ” he was received at the airport by a member of the Qatari royal family instead of the emir”. [source]
Or?
لسان حاله يقول: احترنا يا قرعة من وين نبوسك
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
This guy never fails to amaze me. Now that he read what he said, he criticized the editors and the interviewers for not “editing” the interview(i.e. didn’t make him look good).
HA!
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
In his interviewwith Alghad news paper El Mmajali who got to the parliment by collecting less than 4,000 votes offered his diagnosis of the current state of affairs in Jordan.
- Only islamists will benefit from changing the one-man 0ne-vote law.
OK, Mr. Majali, only you and your alikes are benefiting from not changing the law that is specially designed to [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
Another Excellent pieceby amman net on the issue of granting citizenship to the children of Jordanian women.
When taken from the perspective of equality between Jordanian men and women the issue can be viewed through a sexism lens. But when viewed from a HUMAN perspective it becomes a broader issue that epitomize racism and favoritism in our society, and as [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
Will this have any traction?
Don’t get me wrong, I used to have a dog, and I love dogs, but the timing, the destination, the secrecy, and the irony.
شر البلية ما يضحك
Now we know that the veterinarians lost their royal business. We also know that the royal court should comment on the story but they probably [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
This is one of the best opinion pieces I have read in a while.
Kudos to the writer.
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
Three months for the CRIME of raising an arab country flag! And not any flag, the palastenian flag in a country where more than half of the population are of palastenian origin!
What a Fucking stupid thing to do! This is what happens when power is granted to ignorants!
Update: The website removed the name of the [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by jordanreformwatch
Can it get any better? I mean you can call your sister, take her for a drive, park the car on an edge of a cliff, call your mother and tell her to say her last words to your to-be-dead sister, then call your other sister to say her last words to your to-be-dead sister, then [...]
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