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Marta Vidal

Marta Vidal is a freelance journalist focusing on human rights and social justice. Follow her work at martavidalmedia.com

MAFRAQ, JORDAN- MARCH 14: Children play along disused parts of the Hejaz Railway on March 14, 2007 in Mafraq, Jordan. The railway is part of a broad regional collaboration project the Israeli government has approved, including the creation of a railway linking Jordan to the northern Israeli port of Haifa. Built by over 10,000 Turkish soldiers directed by German engineer Heinrich Meissner at the turn of the century, the railway was originally conceived as a means to transport Muslim pilgrims from Istanbul to

Jordan's century-old Hijaz Railway may return as a public park

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