Angela Corrias (@GlobalReporting), a cool friend I know from Twitter made an interview with me and my friend Mohammed Youssef (@jawazsafar), she wrote an article about Volunteering in Jordan. Here’s a preview..

I recently met up with Jordanian blogger and social activistAli Dahmash and Mohammad Yousef, a Jordanian engineer living in Ryadh, to talk about social issues affecting their country.

“Let’s start with some figures,” Ali said. “Jordan has the highest number of Palestinian refugees: around two million. With the Iraq war, Jordan has been hosting more than 500,000 Iraqi refugees. Poverty levels reach 13% and 50% of the population is under 30.”

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Filed under: UnderMyOliveTree on July 31st, 2010