Her Majesty Queen Rania’s promotion of more than 30 of Jordan’s attractions in collaboration with Google is both a brilliant and a timely idea.Brilliant because one of the best ways of reaching out to wider audiences in today’s global village is through cyberspace, especially soc

I have always been of the opinion that governments, elected or appointed, should come with specific agendas.The importance of this is twofold.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has finally come out and admitted the mistake in toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, which led, in part at least, to the chaos witnessed now in both Iraq and the region.While the Bush administration, which led the war on Iraq based e

Israel alone is responsible for the current wave of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.And while one is not sure whether the events there are the spark of another Intifada, it is certain that the tragic events that are unfolding in front of our eyes are the direct r

Perhaps the last thing one expects to hear about in the Middle East today, considering the horrors that we are experiencing in some parts of it and the decline and fall of a number of its countries, is tourism.But tourism, and economic development generally, is exactly what we sh

There is no end to Israel’s violation of human rights and life in occupied Palestinian territories, and no end to its expansionist policies.What is happening at Al Aqsa Mosque at this point in time cannot but be seen as part and parcel of Israel’s ill-meant politics.Those of us w

Our region is currently in a mess because of its own erroneous politics, and of those from beyond.Both major and minor players in our region contributed to the current level of unprecedented violence, displacement of populations and forced migration.It all started with the Israel

Dissatisfaction with the higher education sector in the Kingdom is on the rise.Criticism is levelled at it by both key players within the sector and by others outside it.

For decades we have been referring to Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories, which it conquered by brute force, as “occupation”.