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[10] [11] The Hurva Synagogue, originally built in 1701, was blown up by the Jordanian Arab Legion. In 1950 Jordan annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and in 1954 granted Jordanian nationality to its non-Jewish residents who had been Palestinian nationals before 15 May 1948. [12] [13] During the nineteen years of Jordanian rule in the ...
Arab Jordanians are mostly either descended from families and clans who were living in the cities and towns in Transjordan prior to Jordanian independence in 1946, most notably in the governorates of Jerash, Ajlun, Balqa, Irbid, Madaba, Al Karak, Aqaba, Amman and some other towns in the country, or from the Palestinian families who sought ...
The Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون, romanized: al-Hāshimiyyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921–1958).
From the Arab Expansion until the 1960s, Jews were a significant part of the population of Arab countries. Before 1948, an estimated 900,000 Jews lived in what are now Arab states. Here is a list of some prominent Jews from the Arab World, arranged by country of birth.
During the Pan Arab games held in Amman, Emad published a cartoon which pointed out the irony that a nation could be proud when it allowed honor killings to continue. [4] In 2008, an exhibition of his work, featuring 100 drawings was held at the city hall of Ra's al-'Ayn , [ 9 ] and he was a contributor to the Lighting Lamps exhibition which ...
They gathered old images of Black activists who had been vocal advocates of the Palestinian cause, including Angela Davis and Malcolm X. They quoted Nelson Mandela: “Freedom is incomplete ...
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Finally, the definitive story of the Jordan Crying meme is told. Hear how the 21st century's most iconic piece of art came to be from ESPN analyst Jay Williams, DJ Gallo of SportsPickle, and the ...