A recent advertisement for a Bank of Palestine savings scheme, reproduced on billboards and in magazines all over the Ramallah-al-Bireh-Beitounia conurbation (hereafter Ramallah), tells residents “Together We Are a Family.” We are clearly meant to think that the Bank of Palestine wants, or consi..
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread? The Politics of Flour in Hashemite Jordan
The recently concluded winter storm recovery efforts provided the Jordanian regime with a welcome respite from the array of issues that currently occupy center stage in public debates. These include—but are not limited to—the Syrian refugee c..
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Protests and Economic Development in Jordan
For the second week in a row, a diverse array of Jordanians mobilized in the streets of Amman and other cities to pr..
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Jordan's "Day of Anger"
On Friday, January 14th 2011, protests of varying sizes were held across Jordan as part of a call for a “Jordanian Day of Anger.” While undoubtedly a response to the failed promise of economic re..