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Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Nov 27,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Nov 12,2015
I have always been of the opinion that governments, elected or appointed, should come with specific agendas.The importance of this is twofold.
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Oct 29,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Oct 15,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Oct 01,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Sep 17,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Sep 03,2015
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
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Aug 20,2015
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.
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Aug 06,2015
For decades we have been referring to Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories, which it conquered by brute force, as “occupation”.
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Jul 23,2015
Arab countries have every right to worry in the aftermath of the US-brokered agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.