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March 15, 2008

Jordan: Directing Democracy

by Deena Dajani, openDemocracy, UK - The generous and loving Jordanians I had met and filmed were participating in politics and criticising the failings of their representatives; in the most natural way, they were being citizens. But what if I was putting these people at risk for doing no more than saying (for example) “after parliamentarians get elected, they forget everyone and all their promises”?

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