Is Jordan a stable country? Where do Jordanians practice politics? In protests? Or in the polls and parliament?
In this interview, I discuss the following with my guest:
▶️Were the Hashemite royal family foreigners in Jordan?
▶️Did Jordan’s Hashemites belong to a larger, transnational royal family?
▶️How does the Hashemite royal family’s history impact Jordan’s national identity and nation-building efforts now?
▶️Why Jordanian protesters and cartoonists poke fun of King Abdullah II’s Arabic?
▶️How were tribal protests in Jordan during Ottoman and British rules different than now?
▶️If Jordan is not a democractic country, then how are protests routine in Jordan?
▶️Do Jordanians experience politics in streets as opposed to in parliament and during elections?
▶️Dose criticizing the King of Jordan cross a red line?
▶️What does it mean that Jordan's protesting places are disappearing?
▶️Why do Jordanians protest about water?
▶️Does Jordan coordinate its budget with the U.S.?
▶️How do protests in Jordan compare to other countries, such as protests in Iran or the U.S.?
▶️Why does the government of Jordan promote images of stability and instability?
▶️Why are cartoonists getting arrests in Jordan for alleged terrorism?
▶️Is Jordan essentially a U.S. protectorate?
▶️Is Jordan forever on the brink of a revolution?
🚩About My Guest:
Dr. Jillian Schwedler is a professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Hunter College and the Graduate Center, and also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Crown Center at Brandeis University.
Adel Aali
Host
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🎶Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/
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This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.
2. Background music to guest introduction:
The Desert | The Grand Score
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes:
The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Musicpromoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece ha
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