Discrimination
Jordanian PhD Graduates who are suffering disability have decided a sit-in in front of the Swedish Embassy next Monday the 19th of September. Dr. Abdul Salam Zouaydi , a Jordanian media activist told Alrai online that the protesters will... Read more
Educational Material
Photo credit Albaladnews.net Jordan has released its first comprehensive government report on human rights for the year 2014, covering human rights violations and claimed to aim at reforming legislations, practices and policies taken. In this... Read more
Journalism
Working journalists from the Middle East can apply to attend this course in Amman, Jordan. TrustMedia, a Thomson Reuters Foundation Service, is organizing a seminar on making video news. Subjects that will be covered during the training... Read more
Art and Culture
Pharrell Williams’ song Happy ignites dance craze is the streets of Jordan and brings lots of joy on social networks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ3AgVjWxDs … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGFQVZbeRQ …
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Human Rights
Photo: Areej Abuqudairi/IRIN Rape victims in Jordan say they get punished instead of the attacker AMMAN, 27 January 2014 (IRIN) – Shop cleaner Nawal* from East Amman regrets the day she accepted an offer of extra work from her employer... Read more
Opinion
The ‘Arab Spring uprisings’ which toppled four Arab leaders, have forced many Mideast governments to reconsider their policies regarding freedom of expression in both, mainstream media and on-line news sources. The Jordanian government is not... Read more
Caricature
The current 2012 Christmas was celebrated in the most difficult human and political situations, especially in the Middle East. This was reflected by cartoons, paintings and photography. Unfortunately many of such creative work were circulated... Read more
News
New donation of € 4.6 million signed today to scale up support to refugees and host communities brings total EU contribution for education to €10 million
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Art and Culture
By Iqbal Tamimi Alhoush artistic project is organising a momentous celebration of Palestinian artist’s visual arts. Their new exhibition about how they see Gaza, is going to cross all boundaries since it will display their... Read more
News
By Iqbal Tamimi At a time the chief centre of Arabic literature and Islamic learning in the world, Azhar University in Egypt, has endorsed a PhD research refuting the imposition of the veil in Islam, a bank in the moderate Kingdom of... Read more