Written By Ramsey Tesdell GAZA CITY – Every time I look around this place, I think to myself, my God, this is a beautiful place. Views of the sunset, the beach, the sea, the people – all exceptionally beautiful. Even the chaos embraces its own sort of insane beauty. Looking towards the sea you forget [...]

Written by Matthew Teller. Early this month, twenty Arabian oryx – a kind of white antelope, native to the Middle East – were released into the wild at Wadi Rum in Jordan, as the latest step in efforts to reintroduce the animal to the wild after its near-extinction in the 1970s. A bit of background: [...]

Written by Ramsey Tesdell GAZA CITY – It’s the sort of place that almost feels like a fantasy. Fantasy in the sense that you hear about the people, the fighting, the problems, and the achievements, but you rarely have a chance to visit. A far off place. A place of mystery and danger. And a [...]

Written by RS There are a lot of traffic issues in Jordan, and most are not uncommon in big cities around the world. But, there is one major difference that drags Amman – a bustling modern city – back to the Stone Age. One single issue that really screams out that Jordanians are uncultured, illiterate, [...]

The construction of a new visitors’ center on an archaeological area of the Amman Citadel has outraged some experts — yet others think it’s a good idea. So what’s going on? Written by Nick Seeley. Read parts 1 and 2. Content by JO Magazine. THE CONTROVERSIAL JD1.1 million revitalization of the Amman Citadel has left [...]

As kids, there always seems to be this fascination with trains. When we grow older, the fascination doesn’t ebb but it seems to intensify. Maybe it is more of a fascination of large machines, but either way, trains are cool and have an important place in history. Watch this view of the newly resurrected train [...]

بقلم محمد أبو علان “تطوير إستراتيجية لتسويق فلسطين كمقصد سياحي متميز، واستخدام الإعلام والتكنولوجيا والمعارض السياحية للترويج للمنتج السياحي الفلسطيني”، هذا ما تصدر خطة وزارة السياحة الفلسطينية في إطار استعداداتها لبناء الدولة الفلسطينية في العام 2011 وفق وثيقة “بناء الدولة وإنهاء الاحتلال” والتي أعلنها رئيس الوزراء الدكتور سلام فياض قبل أيام. واليوم بدئنا نرى بواد [...]

شهدت الأردن ارتفاعا دراماتيكيا في الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر في السنوات القليلة الماضية. منذ حرب العراق، قفزت الأردن من المرتبة ال 146 من 192 دولة بالنسبة للاستثمارات الأجنبية، إلى المرتبة السابعة عام 2007 و من ثم السادسة في 2008. في عام 2008 فقط، اجتذبت الاستثمارات الأجنبية 1.376 بليون دينار أردني، مما يعني أن متوسط الاستثمارات بلغ [...]

Written by Ali Dahmash The recent ads that appeared in the local papers to visit the Holly Sites in Jerusalem have made the committee of anti–normalization in Jordan concerned, calling for boycotting such visits. The committee announced that visiting religious sites under the spears of the occupation is a true normalization with Israel. The Travel [...]

Over the next six years, if things work out as municipal planners hope, the entire way downtown Amman works will change — for the better. Here are some details on the grand plan. Written by Nicholas Seeley. Provided by JO Magazine. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HE Mayor Omar Maani, the Greater Amman Municipality has embarked [...]