Seven years ago, the international community gathered in Dakar and pledged to achieve Education for All by the year 2015. The goals include expanding early childhood care and education; providing free, compulsory primary education; promoting learning and …

لقد شهد العالم في السنوات القليلة الماضية العديد من التحولات والإحداث الكبيرة التي تسببت في معاناة الكثيرين من البشر، وكانت منطقة الشرق الأوسط على وجه التحديد مسرحاً دامياً لعدد من الحروب بالإضافة إلى تأجج الصراع الفلسطيني الاسرائيلي، وكان نتيجة كل ذلك …

قبل أربعة أشهر، كانت حوالي خمسمائة مدرسة من مدارس مملكتنا تفتقر للبنية التحتية السليمة من تمديدات كهربائية آمنة، وصرف صحي، ومياه صالحة للشرب وأدراج وأسوار. ومع بداية العام الدراسي الجديد سينعم أطفال مائة مدرسة من هذه المدارس ببيئة تعليمية سليمة وصحية. …

When you were a child, did you ever pull the blankets over your head and call down to your parents, "Do I have to go to school today?" I certainly did. And now that I'm a parent, I occasionally hear the phrase too. Yet, I was fortunate to be able to take …

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 …