What’s new?
Apr 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL So what was new in the extraordinary meeting in Cairo that the Palestinian Authority had called for to discuss the deteriorating Palestinian affairs? What Palestinian […]
Ibn Khaldun: Studies on His Contribution in Economy
by: Muhammad Hozien In the following section, we focus on Ibn Khaldun’s contribution to economic thought. We publish contributions by recognized scholars who endeavoured recently to give Ibn Khaldun long […]
Makkah municipality prepares for Ramadan
ARAB NEWS SPA April 22, 2019 The efforts include maintaining public cleanliness A total number of 11,825 cleaning workers supplied with a number of different equipment will be present MAKKAH: […]
Why I’m glad Netanyahu won
Apr 22,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES Z. ZOGBY I am glad Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection. Since I realise that saying this will not sit well with many folks, let me […]
Turkey says: US delivers equipment to YPG terrorists near Turkish border in Syria
DAILY SABAH ANKARa Published 22.04.2019 A line of US military vehicles drive through a checkpoint of the Internal Security Forces in Manbij as they head to their base on the […]
Iraq’s oldest Christian town celebrates Easter without Isis
Maundy Thursday mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the predominantly Christian town of Hamdaniya. Photograph: Achilleas Zavallis/The Guardian Hamdaniya has been reclaimed from the extremists who made […]
Abu Dhabi: Meet the Emirati female pilot who flies A380s
Women working in aviation sector give insight on what it’s like to be flying all the time Published: April 19, 2019 13:38 Last updated: April 21, 2019 09:51Sami Zaatari, Staff Reporter Aisha Al Mansouri (UAE) Senior First Officer of Etihad airways.Image Credit: Ahmed Kutty/Gulf News Abu Dhabi: Regularly flying across the world, traversing […]
Muslim World League chief elected as president of LIU in Cairo
Updated 10 sec ago SPA April 20, 2019 The organization’s operations focus on supporting scientific research in the field of Islamic studies, achieving convergence and integration among Islamic universities by […]
Lost opportunities
Apr 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI Former Democratic candidate for the presidency of the US back in 2016, Hillary Clinton, said on Fareed Zakaria GPS that the […]
Parliaments of Iraq’s neighbours say ‘shared destiny’ calls for joint action
Baghdad hosts speakers of Jordan, S. Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey By JT – Apr 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh meets with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed […]
Revolutionaries in the Middle East have learnt crucial lessons since the Arab Spring
The success of popular action and civil disobedience in Sudan and Algeria has been treated sceptically by commentators. The pessimists might just be getting it wrong this time round, just […]
Israeli media says: Christianity grows in Syrian town once besieged by Islamic State
Converts say experience of war, onslaught of group claiming to fight for Islam pushed them toward new faith. Critics accuse them of seeking personal gain such as financial help […]
Egypt begins vote on extending El-Sisi’s rule
REUTERS April 20, 2019 El-Sisi cast his ballot at a polling station in the eastern suburb of Heliopolis in the Egyptian capital Supporters argue that El-Sisi has stabilized Egypt […]
LIBYAN CONFLICT: ‘We haven’t yet learned from the 2015 refugee crisis’
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 Over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, more than at any other time since the […]
An interview with an Iraqi scholar has led me to think very differently about Brexit and extremism in Europe
‘In Shiasm,’ the great man, Sayed Hakeem, reminds me, ‘the more knowledge a scholar has, the more humble he must be – otherwise he will become a dictator’ Robert FiskNajaf, southern Iraq @indyvoices The […]
White House’s Kushner urges world to keep ‘open mind’ about upcoming Middle East plan – source
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2019 White House adviser Jared Kushner at the “2019 Prison Reform Summit” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, […]
INSIDE GENEVA: What to do with the children of Islamic State?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 A child rides in a makeshift cart at Al-Hol camp in Syria on March 31, […]
Iraq’s wounded and grief-stricken tell a disturbing tale of a divided country after the ‘defeat’ of Isis
The men of the Shia militias who helped rescue the Iraqi government army as Isis advanced on Baghdad complain bitterly that their government cares little for them Robert FiskKerbala, Southern Iraq @indyvoices […]
Palestine is not for sale and baseball arbitration will not work
Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB One of the biggest problems that US President Donald Trump’s administration has faced is that it constantly looks for solutions from the […]
Jordan: King honours winners of 2019 World Interfaith Harmony Week Prize
1st prize goes to initiative taking prayers from places of worship to troubled areas By JT – Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah is photographed with winners […]