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Voices of Jordan, Paperback / softback Book

Voices of Jordan Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Jordan’s diverse socioeconomic make-up encapsulates, like no other Middle Eastern state, both the array of pressing short-term problems facing the region, and the underlying challenges that Arab states will need to face once the current spate of civil conflicts is over: meaningful youth employment, female participation in politics, and integration of refugees into society. This book tells the story of Jordan through the lives of ordinary people, including a political cartoonist, a Syrian refugee, a Jihadist and a female parliamentarian.

The raw voices and everyday struggles of these people shine a fresh light on the politics, religion, and society of a culture coming to terms with the harsh reality of modernisation and urbanisation at a time of regional upheaval. With her deep knowledge of Jordan’s landscape, language and culture, Rana Sweis sketches an intimate portrait of the intricacies and complexities of life in the Middle East.

Rather than focusing on how individuals are affected by events in the region, she reveals a cast of characters shaping their own lives and times.

Voices of Jordan shares those stories in all of their rich detail, offering a living, breathing social and political history.

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