Jordan

Islamic sukuk: Rethinking debt management

By Raad Mahmoud Al-Tal|18:18 October 14, 2026| Share The Cabinet’s approval of a JD 400 million Islamic sukuk issuance by the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) marks an important step towards modernising public financing and improving debt management in Jordan. Sukuk will offer an annual return of 5.5% over five years. […]

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss Explorer and Swiss Muslim convert.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johann Ludwig Burckhardt Born 24 November 1784Lausanne, Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy Died 15 October 1817 (aged 32)Cairo, Ottoman Egypt Occupations Traveller, geographer, orientalist Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (Arabic: يوهان لودفيك بركهارت; 24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn […]