Jordan: “We were rebels”
“Wherever we came out we were branded Satanists,” writes Rami Abdel Rahman in this personal account of his experiences as a young metal head in the 1990s heavy metal scene of Jordan.
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Rami Abdel Rahman
Multimedia Journalist and ResearcherArchive for Jordan
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Jordanian blogger exposes a state secret
Jordanian blogger Rami Abdelrahman has blogged about a closely guarded secret about his government’s involvement in the war on Afghanistan – and is getting unwelcome attention from the intelligence service. Report.
No Honor in Killing
For the past three weeks, Jordanian bloggers have been renewing calls against “honor killings,” following a court conviction of a father – and his two sons – for beating his daughter to death for “going out with full make up.” Report.
Noam Chomsky refers to me in his book Failed States
I can’t believe I missed that earlier. Noam Chomsky sent me his latest book “Failed States” months ago, but only recently I got the chance to read it, and discover that he has quoted me, and he took the quote from this blog. Thanks Professor Chomsky. Bless blogs!
The quote is on page 29, at the end of the second paragraph.
interview with terror suspect
A terror suspect who says he could be tortured if sent back to Jordan is embarking on a last-ditch attempt to stay in Sweden. Report.
The path to Swedish asylum: A smuggler speaks
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden. Report.
Jordan Valley: hot spot for climate change – scientists
By Rami Abdelrahman
Experts taking part in international event warn of grave consequences if projects like Red-Dead cancel and recycled wastewater are not realised
STOCKHOLM – A major decrease in the amount of water available for agricultural and household purposes in Jordan is anticipated as a direct effect of global warming, according to experts participating at the August 12-18 Weekly Water Week 2007 in Stockholm.
‘Follow the women — they are here for peace’
By Rami Abdelrahman
AMMAN — Around 220 women from 26 countries across the globe are in Amman, after cycling all the way from Lebanon, to promote peace in the region, and “raise awareness of how the current situation within the Middle East affects the lives of women and children, and to raise support for a move towards peace and greater understanding.”
They are hard at work, at a two-day conference in the capital, formulating a “cause for action” — a series of project partnerships between Middle Eastern and mostly European countries — in which women will take a leading role in combating violence against women and plan peace-oriented youth projects.
Jordanians, Israelis pinpoint new areas for cooperation during the next ten years
By Rami Abdel rahman
SHEIKH HUSSEIN BRIDGE — Jordanians and Israelis, meeting here on Sunday, pinpointed agriculture, tourism, infrastructure and information technology as potential areas for economic cooperation during the next ten years.
Since signing a peace treaty ten years ago, economic relations between Jordan and Israel have been improving in some areas, like garments and transport, but officials and businessmen from both sides would like to see “untapped potential areas” addressed by governments and private sectors to ensure further improvements of these relations.
