“There was so much he could have said and chose not to. “I didn’t pry into your past, Margaret. I don’t pry into your life before we met, so don’t do it to me.” And that was it, there was nothing more to say. I nodded my head and ever since I’ve made myself comfortable in this limbo of not knowing. Sleepless in this bed I made.” MarriageInfidelityJordanTravel WritingAmmanTravel LiteratureMiddle East FictionEmbassy Life Book:The Confusion of Languages Source: The Confusion of Languages
“Women in Amman are all top notch, in fact. Make-up is an everyday necessity and the hair is always blow-dried or curled. Even the women who wear headscarves are stylish.” ElegantStylishAmmanWomen Of Amman Book:Beige and Blue Source: Beige and Blue
“You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular.” IfsKnowsWantGovernmentLeaderLondonHotelBest PlaceAmman Author:Patrick Cockburn
“The Amman Agreement failed because there was American pressure, and Israeli pressure, on Jordan to deal alone.” DealsPressureAgreementIsraeliJordanAmman Author:Yasser Arafat
“A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we smash the Arab Legion's strength and bomb Amman, we will eliminate Transjordan too, and then Syria will fall. If Egypt still dares to fight on, we shall bomb Port Said, Alexandria and Cairo.” IfsShouldSaidStillsWarEndsStatesChristianFallFightingFashionRiversAccountsDareScarySettlingBordersBombsSouthernSyriaEgyptAlliancesPortForefathersLegionLebanonCairoAlexandriaAmman Author:David Ben-Gurion
“We have received unconfirmed reports out of our embassy in Amman in Jordan that two Indonesian nationals, or precisely two Indonesian reporters ... have been taken away by armed individuals.” Has BeensTwoIndividualTakenReportsReportersJordanEmbassyAmman Author:Marty Natalegawa
“Everywhere I go - from villages outside Kandy, Sri Lanka, to community centers in Amman, Jordan, to offices at the State Department in Washington, D.C. - I find people with a similar story. When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.” PeopleWritingStatesStoriesTogetherCommunityChanceOfficeDepartmentVillageJordanSri LankaCommunity CentersAmman Author:Eboo Patel