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Jordanian blogger Hareega is furious that people avoid discussing racism in
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It seems that people in general avoid discussing the topic of Jordanian Palestinian despite it resulting in sad and frustrating situations which make you feel disgusted and
discriminated against and add to the fuel of racism which I frankly think is improving. Sometimes, I try and fantasize that racism is disappearing and in a generation or two will be totally wiped out.
But it is obvious that there is a lot of deep hate and envy which sometimes leads to blinding intolerance. When I started discussing Black September I got calls from many people urging me to close
that chapter of our black history, keep quiet and forget the past as if it naver took place.
Hareega calls on people to be more realistic when discussing this situation of racial
prejudice in Jordan.
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We should be realistic and logical in discussing such matters. Being a
Jordanian of Jordanian origin does not give you any preference over any Jordanian of Palestinian origin. You two are living in Jordan and have similar rights and obligations. Palestinians are however
often treated like 10th class citizens and who doesn’t believe me can visit a police station or the Department of Passports to see for himself that the family name is much more important than
the complaint being made or even the crime committed.
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If we conduct an objective study, we will discover that a Palestinian (in Jordan) is more prone to be smacked and
whipped in prison cells and for committing traffic violations. I don’t think there is a single Jordanian of Palestinian origin who hasn’t been exposed to the common situation of being made
to feel like a heavy guest who is no longer welcome as if he was the cause of the peoblems Jordan is facing at present. In short, this means that even Palestinians born in Jordan and who consider
themselves citizens and know no other country than Jordan are subjected to discrimination when asked by Jordanians where they are originally from. If the answer is Jaffa or Nablus, the Jordanian looks
at the person as though he had come from a different planet and not as an equal citizen. And we all realise that it takes such an encounter to awake the feelings of racial prejudice and discrimination
which we have witnessed and will recur again over generations.
Jordan’s rich history, argues Hareega, is based in tribalism but it’s future is only possible by
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Jordan, which has witnessed ancient civilisations, was not formed in the way it stands today until 1946 or before that by a very
short while. Yes, Jordanians are of tribal origins, which go back to hundreds or even thousands of years but the Jordan of today is a nation and not a gathering of tribes. Since the beginning of the
history of this nation, Palestinians started migrating here despite themselves after the repeated catastrophes they have been subjected to. This is how Jordan became a blend of those two people whose
origin is one and who have been divided by a boundary drawn on paper.
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hikes and loan installments as if our national duty is to back the government no matter what it does. If a Palestinian complains about anything in this country he becomes an envious jealous prejudiced
person. After all this, we expect Palestinians to feel the highest levels of nationalism. This could be a bit difficult especially after the Jordanians chanted for Sharon more than he was chanted for in Tel Aviv; Mohammed Al Durra was
insulted here after his funeral by a few days and the right was given to some Jordanians to insult the Queen (Rania Al
Abdullah) in a country in which no one dares speak ill of the Royal Family just because of her (Palestinian) origins despite the fact that she represents Jordan internationally.
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is seeing some Jordanians of Palestinian origins who are living and have been born in Jordan refusing to foster any links with Jordan as if the association of them being called Jordanians causes them
humiliation. When those people go abroad they grasp any opportunity to insult Jordan as a nation as well as its people and entity while at the same time calling for being treated equally in Jordan.
Some also don’t have problems with accusing Jordan of selling the cause and giving Palestine as a gift to the Jews, ignoring the Jordanian blood, rallies, arrests and golden bracelets which any
Jordanian should be proud of and which have all been sacrificed for Palestine. It is also difficult of any Palestinian to find an Arab country which will treat him like a citizen as in Jordan.
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