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  • Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future

    Population growth, diminished water supplies and climate change have all taken their toll, while damaged and inefficient infrastructure and the considerable challenges posed by Jordan’s geography and topography have only made things worse. The resulting shortages serve as a warning of what the future might hold for the region and the world beyond it‌.

  • In Jordan, an Ancient Bread Tradition Rises Again

    IN THE BUSTLING CAPITAL OF Amman, Jordan, teachers, dentists, and entrepreneurs kneel in unused lots behind furniture stores and shopping malls, sowing seeds like their ancestors did. Under the tutelage of farmers from the city’s outskirts, they follow the grain from planting to harvest, eventually walking through lush fields of wheat with sickles in hand. They gather enough wheat to feed their families for an entire year, with enough left over to share with friends, relatives, and neighbors.

  • Five dead, 14 injured in Jordan building collapse

    The bodies of five people were recovered after a four-story residential building collapsed in Jordan's capital Tuesday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were injured and others remained trapped.

  • A royal wedding paves way for cautious Saudi-Jordanian rapprochement

    Saif, 28, could become Jordan's first queen of Saudi descent. She was born and raised in Riyadh and received her higher education at the College of Architecture at Syracuse University in New York, according to Jordanian local news. Crown Prince Hussein, who is also 28, studied at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

  • Jordan River, Jesus’ baptism site, is today barely a trickle

    The river’s decline, she said, is especially disappointing to elderly Palestinians who remember “how they used to go fishing, how they used to have a dip in the river.” Bromberg said that “from a Jewish tradition, you know, the river and its banks are a place of miracles ... (but) it doesn’t reflect a place of miracles in its current depleted state.”

  • Jordan’s tourism revenue triples

    The Hashemite kingdom received $2.87 billion in revenue from tourism during the first seven months of 2022, an increase of 204.5%. More than 2.5 million foreign tourists visited Jordan during the period, the official Petra news agency reported.

  • Jordan’s Crown Prince engaged to Saudi Arabia’s Rajwa Al-Saif

    Rajwa Al-Saif was born in Riyadh on April 28, 1994, to Saudi businessman Khalid bin Musaed Al-Saif and Azza bint Naif Al-Sudairi. She is the youngest sister of Faisal, Naif and Dana. Rajwa received her secondary school education in Saudi Arabia, and her higher education at the School of Architecture at Syracuse University in New York. Prince Hussein, 28, is a graduate of the British military academy Sandhurst. He is also holder of a degree in international history from Georgetown University in the US. He holds the rank of captain in the Jordanian armed forces and can fly a military helicopter. Prince Hussein was officially named crown prince in 2009 by a royal decree.

  • Who is Rajwa Al Saif, the Saudi fiancee of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein?

    Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and Rajwa Al Saif announced their engagement on Wednesday, much to the family's delight. The engagement took place at the home of Al Saif's father in Riyadh. It was announced on Twitter with four photos showing the couple, with Prince Hussein's parents, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, pictured alongside members of Al Saif's family.

  • Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port

    The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said. A video posted on state television's Twitter page showed a storage tank falling from a winch and slamming into the deck of a ship, followed by yellow-coloured gas rising into the air as people ran away.

  • Jordan’s King Abdullah Calls for a ‘Middle East NATO’

    King Abdullah II of Jordan said he backs the establishment of a West Asia military alliance similar to NATO, and that it can be assembled of like-minded countries. The kingdom works actively with NATO and sees itself as its partner, having fought shoulder to shoulder with the alliance’s troops for decades. “I’d like to see more countries in the area come into that mix,” he said. “I would be one of the first people that would endorse a Middle East NATO.”