Scholars Unravel Middle East S1E31: Are Jordan's royal family foreigners in Jordan? Why make fun of the King's Arabic? Protests in Jordan and Jordan's Identity.
►Were the Hashemite royal family foreigners in Jordan? ►Did Jordan’s Hashemites belong to a larger, transnational royal family? ►How does the Hashemite royal family’s history impact Jordan’s national identity and nation-building efforts now? ►Why Jordanian protesters and cartoonists poke fun of King Abdullah II’s Arabic ►How were tribal protests in Jordan during Ottoman and British rules different than now? ►If Jordan is not a democractic country, then how are protests routine in Jordan? ►Do Jordanians experience politics in streets as opposed to in parliament and during elections? ►Dose criticizing the King of Jordan cross a red line? ►What does it mean that Jordan's protesting places are disappearing?
🚩About my guest:
Dr. Jillian Schwedler is a professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Hunter College and the Graduate Center, and also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Crown Center at Brandeis University.
She is the author of many books, including the following:
- Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen
- Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, and
- Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent.
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🎶Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/
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This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.
2. Background music:
The Desert | The Grand Score
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
3. Background music:
The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.