Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Jordan's dark side: how the government brands its orphans

At first glance, a protest by orphans looking for equal rights sounds like a no-brainer. But in Jordan, there is a more sinister explanation for why a group of 20-somethings have spent the last 4 years camping out on the roundabouts of the capital. 

Jordanian orphans is actually a misnomer: the people we find gathered round late at night on Abdoun Circle, one of the nicest areas of Amman, are neither orphans nor Jordanian.

Alaa shows us his tainted ID card
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Source: http://www.albawaba.com/behind-news/jordan-orphans-protest-435520

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