Jacob Wirtschafter Jacob Wirtschafter is a Amman-based writer whose work appears in USA Today, The Washington Times and Monocle. Palestine | Mar 9, 2020 Jordanian artist taps absurd for 'Camel in the Room' With iconic imagery such as camels and locks, artist Raed Ibrahim explores the complexities of Middle Eastern identity, memory and the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Iraq | Jan 9, 2020 Jordan feels Soleimani side effects The assassination of Iran’s top commander, Qasem Soleimani, has raised concerns in Jordan, with analysts fearing retaliation against US military assets in the kingdom. Egypt | Mar 11, 2019 Music for martyrs: AUC highlights songs of 1919 revolution A hundred years after Egypt’s 1919 revolution led to the country's formal independence from Britain, the American University in Cairo paid homage to the artistic legacy of the revolution with the songs of Sayed Darwish. Egypt | Feb 19, 2019 Cairo exhibit takes nostalgic look at arts, culture during monarchy Paintings and other objects d’art currently on display in “Features of An Era," an exhibition at the Aisha Fahmy Palace in Cairo, originally decorated royal villas, which were nationalized in the 20th century after the monarchy's overthrow. Egypt | Jan 24, 2019 Ancient Egyptian designs mingle with Scandinavian minimalism A hands-on program brings Danish design students to workshops in Damietta and the Nile Valley. Latest News Gaza post-war reconstruction at scale unseen since WWII, UN says Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 2, 2024 EU pledges $1 bn for Lebanon, urges curbs against illegal migration Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 2, 2024 Blinken urges Hamas to agree truce to help Gazans by Nina LARSON | AFP | May 2, 2024 See more Podcasts Turkey strikes LNG deal as Abu Dhabi’s Red Bird abandons British papers: This week in business What an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal could look like Gulf's water concerns rise amid the climate crisis See more
Palestine | Mar 9, 2020 Jordanian artist taps absurd for 'Camel in the Room' With iconic imagery such as camels and locks, artist Raed Ibrahim explores the complexities of Middle Eastern identity, memory and the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
Iraq | Jan 9, 2020 Jordan feels Soleimani side effects The assassination of Iran’s top commander, Qasem Soleimani, has raised concerns in Jordan, with analysts fearing retaliation against US military assets in the kingdom.
Egypt | Mar 11, 2019 Music for martyrs: AUC highlights songs of 1919 revolution A hundred years after Egypt’s 1919 revolution led to the country's formal independence from Britain, the American University in Cairo paid homage to the artistic legacy of the revolution with the songs of Sayed Darwish.
Egypt | Feb 19, 2019 Cairo exhibit takes nostalgic look at arts, culture during monarchy Paintings and other objects d’art currently on display in “Features of An Era," an exhibition at the Aisha Fahmy Palace in Cairo, originally decorated royal villas, which were nationalized in the 20th century after the monarchy's overthrow.
Egypt | Jan 24, 2019 Ancient Egyptian designs mingle with Scandinavian minimalism A hands-on program brings Danish design students to workshops in Damietta and the Nile Valley.
Gaza post-war reconstruction at scale unseen since WWII, UN says Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 2, 2024
EU pledges $1 bn for Lebanon, urges curbs against illegal migration Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 2, 2024