In the UK, the median age is roughly 40 years old. In the US, it is 35. In Jordan, it is 23.5. With almost 40 per cent of Jordan’s population under the age of 15, creating employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for its youth is an urgent, constant …

On-off negotiations, limp handshakes, violated agreements, starts and stops, hopes dashed. This, the landscape of the Middle East peace process in the last decade. In 2006, what our region needed was a renewed peace effort; what our region got was the …

It's not every day that success stories echo out of Iraq into the halls of power, but Madeeha Hasan Odhaib defies the norm. Armed with her sewing machine, unflinching stoicism and determination, Madeeha, 37, is mending the fabric of Iraq. Four years ago, …

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” ... Article one, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” … Article three, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Over …

Global leaders are overlooking one of their most valuable weapons in the fight against everything from climate change to economic turmoil. Jordan's Queen Rania on the surprise solution to many of the world's most intractable problems. Use whatever cliché …

Somebody once said that “To lose a child is to lose a piece of yourself.” Last weekend, road accidents in Jordan claimed the lives of nine children, and twelve others. Fifteen families shattered, so many, too many, precious pieces lost. We are numbed and …

Recently, I read about the miraculous story of baby Amillia Sonja Taylor who was born safely in a Florida hospital, after only 22 weeks' of gestation. Measuring no longer than a pen, Amillia overcame the odds, to enter the record books as the most …

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Underlining the need to bolster women’s participation in public life, and in an effort to enhance inter-Arab efforts in that regard, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah attended the opening of the workshop …

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah called for the establishment of a resource center to provide development organizations and policy-makers with research and information on family issues. Queen Rania, …

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Geneva) Addressing 28th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies in Geneva Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah stressed that access to human dignity and respect is just as …