· October, 2007

Stories about Jordan from October, 2007

Jordan: Media and Elections Snippets

Jordanian Lina Ejeilat shares with us snippets of news about media and the upcoming Jordanian parliamentary elections in this post. Among the snippets is an article about 46 women from...

26 October 2007

Jordan: Dulicate Names

“One of the (dirty) tricks played in elections here is the running of candidates with similar names. Typically, one of these candidates is paid to run in order to bleed...

26 October 2007

Jordan: New Blog for Amman

“Amman the capital of Jordan has it's own blog! (being managed by the Greater Amman Municipality) and being hosted by Jeeran (Ar),” writes blogger Qwaider.

18 October 2007

Jordan: A Call from Queen Rania

Jordanian blogger Naseem Al Tarawnah pays tribute to Queen Rania, who called his friend's fiance and congratulated her on an online project she had been working on. “It turns out...

17 October 2007

Free Speech Roundup: China, UAE, Jordan, Iran and more

Two interesting documents related to Internet censorship and circumvention were published recently: “Everyone's Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship for Citizens Worldwide”, released by The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and a “Journey to the Heart of Internet censorship” in China, released by RSF and Chinese Human Rights Defenders, and written by an anonymous Chinese technician. In Jordan sending emails and writing online poems can send you to jail. And, is Facebook blocked in the United Arab Emirates?

12 October 2007