The financial committee of the lower house of Parliament is still discussing the three year public budget (2008-2010). In a report published in Arabic language Jordanian newspapers on Tuesday, the Committee is said to have asked to government to reduce public expenditures by 15% to combat deficit. This is a reasonable action, provided that the reduction should be in running expenditures (salaries,... [read more]

A couple of days ago I received a nice message from Dr Khaled Hroub, the Director of the Cambridge Arab Media Project and one of the most enlightened and honest Arab political writers. He informed me of his new article that was published on the Arab Reform Initiative website after the latest Parliamentarian elections in Jordan. The writer provides a fascinating description of the political, legal... [read more]

It has been more than one month since I last posted on my English platform of Jordan Watch. I have written a few enthusiastic posts about the elections and then went into a hibernation period. Parallel to that I wrote many posts in my Arabic blog and I enjoyed the most open, personal and light ones of those. Last year was very productive in terms of career and professional dimensions where my... [read more]