http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/jordan Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:38:59 -0400 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:38:59 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1579/first-the-land-and-then-the-language-linguistic-imperialism-in-transjordan-and-palestine By Kate Pashby - In Jordan, a state renowned for medical tourism, all physicians are proficient in English because medical classes are taught in English, indicating that English, rather than Jordan's official language of Arabic, is the prestige language of Jordanian medicine. As a result, Jordanians who have access to English through wealth and education receive more opportunities than those without access. These language ideologies come from Jordan's history as a British mandate. This paper applies the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis to a set of primary sources, Palestine and Transjordan administrative... Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1579/first-the-land-and-then-the-language-linguistic-imperialism-in-transjordan-and-palestine http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/411/transjordan-and-israel-examining-the-foundations-of-a-special-relationship By Tamim K. Kashgari - With the Great Arab Revolt in 1915, the Hashemite family was catapulted to the forefront of Middle Eastern politics and became the literal symbols of Arab unity. Even after their failure to create a single Arab state, and the defeat of Prince Faisal at the hand of the French at Damascus the Hashemites remained the most legitimate political leaders of Arabism to the Arab public. It is with this legacy that Prince Abdullah was handed the state of Transjordan by the British in 1921. How then, could Abdullah the son of Sherif Hussien, the man that began the Arab revolt, have established a cordial... Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:55 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/411/transjordan-and-israel-examining-the-foundations-of-a-special-relationship http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1290/domestic-dynamics-of-political-islam-in-the-greater-middle-east-case-studies-of-jordan-egypt-kuwait-and-turkey By Amanda Rudman - These four nations showcase the state of Islamism as a political force in the Middle East. Because of differing political circumstances in each state, the impact and viability of following Muslim law varies. In order to best explain why this is so, we will explore the political background of each nation, as well as discuss the current political climates of the countries in question. Finally, we will postulate as to what type of impact the ascension of an Islamic government will have on relations with the Western world, whether it be European nations, as is the case with Turkey, or the United States... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1290/domestic-dynamics-of-political-islam-in-the-greater-middle-east-case-studies-of-jordan-egypt-kuwait-and-turkey