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A view of Amman, where 40 percent of Jordan’s population lives.

Most of the water from rivers and aquifers is sent to Amman,

but the shortage is greater in the south,

which is hotter and drier than the rest of the country.

Photograph: Laura Boushnak

for The New York Times

Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future

The small Middle Eastern nation is already one of the driest countries in the world

and rising heat, coupled with a growing population, is making things much worse.

NYT

Nov. 9, 2022    Updated 2:40 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/
world/middleeast/jordan-water-cop-27.html

A view of the Wala Dam, in Madaba.

Photograph: Laura Boushnak

for The New York Times

Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future

The small Middle Eastern nation is already one of the driest countries in the world

and rising heat, coupled with a growing population, is making things much worse.

NYT

Nov. 9, 2022    Updated 2:40 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/
world/middleeast/jordan-water-cop-27.html

The water level in the Dead Sea,

a major tourist attraction and a source of minerals

that are coveted for beauty and bath products,

has dropped dramatically.

Photograph: Laura Boushnak

for The New York Times

Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future

The small Middle Eastern nation is already one of the driest countries in the world

and rising heat, coupled with a growing population, is making things much worse.

NYT

Nov. 9, 2022    Updated 2:40 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/
world/middleeast/jordan-water-cop-27.html

Jordan        UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
jordan

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/
jordan-foils-arms-plot-kingdom-caught-iran-israel-shadow-war-2024-05-15/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/
world/middleeast/jordan-water-cop-27.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/21/
revealed-king-jordan-used-swiss-accounts-hoard-massive-wealth

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/
king-of-jordan-hidden-property-empire-worth-more-than-100m-
pandora-papers-reveal

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/03/20/
520857305/along-syria-jordan-border-refugees-struggle-at-a-camp-aid-workers-cant-visit

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/
opinion/a-free-speech-fatality-in-jordan.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/dec/06/
king-hussein-jordan-avi-shlaim

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/
arts/04iht-idbriefs4C.16675101.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/17/
featuresreviews.guardianreview12

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/feb/11/
features11.g22

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/09/
5

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/08/
davidsharrock1

https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/08/
leadersandreply.mainsection

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/08/
davidsharrock

https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/08/
guardianobituaries.davidhirst

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/07/
2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/04/
davidsharrock

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/23/
5

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/22/
magazine/king-hussein-s-delicate-balance.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/15/
world/transcript-of-a-bbc-interview-with-king-hussein-of-jordan-of-reagan-plan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1980/01/27/
archives/hussein-resists-us-bid-on-talks-no-change-in-jordans-position.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/
king-hussein-jordan - 13 August 1979

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/11/
archives/hussein-says-jordan-will-protect-syria.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/15/
archives/hussein-said-to-urge-an-israeli-pullback-to-western-edge-of-the.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/07/
archives/offer-by-king-hussein-hussein-answers-appeals-by-arabs-husseins.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/15/
archives/jordan-says-3-are-convicted-of-plotting-hussein-overthrow.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/26/
archives/jordan-said-to-foil-plot-to-overthrow-hussein-and-to-proclaim-a.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/12/
archives/hussein-and-assad-visit-jordan-defenses.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/07/
archives/egypt-breaks-off-ties-with-jordan-over-hussein-plan-sadat-declares.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/25/
archives/hussein-reported-to-ask-mufti-to-return-to-jordan-from-exile.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/30/
archives/hussein-expresses-confidence-chaos-in-jordan-will-end.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/20/
archives/syrians-battle-hussein-troops-jordan-reports-guerrillas-balk-at.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/12/
archives/in-jordan-the-balance-is-shaken.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/16/
archives/jordan-denies-view-ascribed-to-hussein.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/30/
archives/king-hussein-bridge-is-closed-by-jordan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1965/09/30/
archives/hussein-returns-to-jordan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/13/
archives/nasser-receives-hussein-in-cairo-new-ties-hinted-jordanian-king-is.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1963/10/10/
archives/jordan-may-seek-arms-from-soviet-but-hussein-says-hell-turn-to-the.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1963/03/05/
archives/jordan-reported-foiling-conspiracy-to-kill-hussein.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/10/
archives/hussein-says-crisis-is-over-for-jordan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/15/
archives/hussein-takes-over-as-head-of-twonation-arab-union-faisal-post-goes.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/06/
archives/jordan-plot-beaten-king-hussein-says-hussein-asserts-plot-is.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1956/03/06/
archives/uneasy-lies-his-head-king-hussein-i-of-jordan-all-manner-of.html

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1951/jul/21/
fromthearchive

Amman        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/
opinion/a-free-speech-fatality-in-jordan.html

King Hussein bin Talal    1935-1999        UK

King of Jordan

from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/17/
featuresreviews.guardianreview12

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/feb/11/
features11.g22

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/09/
5

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/08/
davidsharrock1

https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/08/
leadersandreply.mainsection

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/08/
davidsharrock

https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/08/
guardianobituaries.davidhirst

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/07/2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/04/
davidsharrock

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/23/
5

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