Translated from Arabic by Katy Montoya Jordanian authorities canceled a concert for Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila that was scheduled to take place on Friday April 29, following objections by religious and political figures against some of the band’s song lyrics. The event’s organizers, Citarra, received an official letter from the Department of Antiquities on Monday.

How films and cultural spaces are monitored and censored in Jordan. By Reem AlMasri.

While Jordan hosts refugees of 44 different nationalities, African refugees' ordeals are heightened with what they describe as negligence and discrimination.

By Fida Adely Sumayah1, a 35-year-old engineer working in Amman, had been commuting from her village in the north for 10 years, a commute that could take as much as two hours.  After 10 years of this daily journey, she finally convinced her parents to let her live in Amman, and now lives in an.

When a Christian man converts to Islam, his wife and grown children lose all inheritance rights, and the children’s religion can be changed. The mother loses custody of the children once they reach the age of seven. Nadine Nimri investigates.

Dalal Salameh digs into new school textbooks, and finds that there is a contradiction between the values promoted and the backdrop against which this promotion takes place.

On Thursday night, Jordanian authorities proceeded to forcibly deport 800 Sudanese refugees after their transport to a storage facility near the airport, executing a prior decision to return them to their country.

Rana Sabbagh writes about the deteriorating state of press freedom in the Arab world.

By Afef Abrougui Early November, the Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) project launched its corporate accountability index,  a ranking of 16 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications and internet companies on their commitments and policies that affect users’ free speech and privacy rights. Orange, MTN, Vodafone and Etisalat, which all have operations in the Arab region,.

By Afef Abrougui Early November, the Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) project launched its corporate accountability index,  a ranking of 16 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications and internet companies on their commitments and policies that affect users’ free speech and privacy rights. Orange, MTN, Vodafone and Etisalat, which all have operations in the Arab region,.