The Jordan Times celebrates 39th anniversary

AMMAN — The Jordan Times today celebrates its 39th anniversary.

Jordan’s only English-language daily first saw the light of day in 1975 as a six-page black-and-white newspaper that was targeting a limited readership, mostly foreigners residing in the country.

Over the years, it grew to a 16-page daily, adding colour — both literally and figuratively, and asserted its presence online with its electronic version (jordantimes.com) which attracts thousands of readers from around the world and its social media presence on Facebook (www.facebook.com/thejordantimes) with more than 165,000 likes and Twitter (@jordantimes) with more than 105,000 followers.

Issued six days a week, the newspaper is part of the Jordan Press Foundation, the parent shareholding company that also publishes Al Rai Arabic daily.

Past editors-in-chief were Mohammad Al Amad, Rami G. Khouri, George Hawatmeh, Walid Sadi, Elia Nasrallah, Abdullah Hasanat, Rana Sabbagh, Ayman Safadi and Jennifer Hamarneh.

Samir Barhoum has been editor-in-chief since 2007.