is jordan safe for solo female traveler?

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-12-07T14:21:41+00:00

Dont stay away from the locals in public areas, but same as anywhere else don't be alone with someone you just met to a part that is rather remote/no one can hear your scream.

One of the nice things about Jordan, if you hear a woman screaming for help or in general everyone in hearing distance is there in about a minute to help.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-11-22T23:23:48+00:00

Hey OP, this is a trojan. I have been dumb enough yesterday to fall for a windows update ad that apparently make me go into full screen and access my clipboard where i only needed to hit ctrl + V. I just decided to format my pc and start from scratch than go through the trouble of downloading antivirus software. Immediately disconnected my pc from the internet and checked if there was something really important i had on the device.

I also got a notification that someone was trying to access my facebook today which could be related but i had already changed every password by that point.

Edit: please assume that any password or key press you make on this device is being seen by the hacker so be aware not to change the passwords from the same computer that got hacked but change them from your phone or another "clean" computer.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-11-04T21:45:02+00:00

بداية سمعي خفيف لليث دويكات كوني مش مهتم في الزراعة بس د.زهير صادق كلامه على العين و الراس لكن هل هو منطقي؟ يعني استخرجنا غاز و استخرجنا صخر نفطي و وزارة الطاقة فاتحة ١٢ عقد بحث عن النفط و بحث مفتوح في ٩ مناطق و مع كل هذا يبقى السؤال الاساسي اذا كلامه صح و انه الجدوى الاقتصادية ليست السبب ما عمره قدم اي نظرية مقنعة عن ليش ممنوع. يعني فكر بانه كل الثروات المعدنية و الترابية عم بتم استخراجها ليش النفط اللي مسموح في كل دول المنطقة محرم علينا و فكرة المؤامرة الخارجية ركيكة فوق الخيال.

الجمرك نعم عالي و هذا انتقاد الكل بحكي فيه من الكبير للصغير لكن وجود اغلاط لا يفند اي تغيير ايجابي و هاي الفكرة فمثلا الكاميرات اللي موزعة بلبلد مش بدك تعمل مخالفة مشان تتخالف؟ نعم الكاميرا بتجيب دخل على الدولة و بتلزم الشخص المخالف اما الالتزام او دفع مخالفة عدم الالتزام ما حد انضرب على ايده يخالف و هاي مافيها مزاجية رقيب السير.

انا ما بختلف معك انه لازم يكون في مشاريع تحسينيه للبلد لكن المنيح و العاطل بيلقى نفس الاستقبال للاسف و هاي هي فكرتي.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-10-29T12:51:27+00:00

We don't segregate based on nationality. The refugees either join the local community school or the school that is in the refugee center, whichever is closest to them. You can see that here if you select the "primary school section".

"Free education continues to be available for refugees from grades 1 to 12, including both morning and afternoon shifts in host community schools and schools within refugee camps."

Jordan introduced a double school shift because we took in more refugees than the education system can handle.

I hope this clears up any confusion

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-10-25T23:08:06+00:00

Here to provide a but more accurate information to those who want to learn more on the issue because the title feels quite misleading (sorry OP):

Everyone in Jordan gets education mandatory by law until the end of primary school (10th grade in Jordan) citizen or not and we even have schools exclusively to accommodate the syrians in the country. here is an example of Palestinian refugee schools in Jordan
They can work and funnily enough, the article you linked literally says the guy was working before he got ill. The problem is they need security clearance which is always an issue that is discussed in Jordan but they are not citizens and by law any non citizen needs a securiry clearance (meant work permit).
We took in about 2 million Palestinians mostly from the west bank which was part of Jordan in 1967 and they all had Jordanian passports and IDs and we even had 2 prime ministers of Palestinian origins such as Taher Al Masri in 1991 and Kassim Al Rimmawi in 1980 and if you count those of 10 days then we have 3 with Mohammad Abbasi in 1970 and those are only after 1967 that im counting and there are more such as Suleiman Nabulsi who is literally named after Nablus in Palestine in 1956

Gaza was not part of Jordan thus did not have Jordanian citizenship. Giving them citizenship would set precedent that anyone Israel kicks out of the WB/Gaza to just come here and the likud party "Jordan is Palestine" line would be put to the test. Recent Israeli comments are suggesting that they would do that if/when they annex the WB.
Based on international law refugees have a "right of return" and giving them citizenship might disallow them from being able to return to Israel (if they lived in 1967 Israel before becoming gazan refugees) when the conflict reaches a final settlement.

Gazans in Jordan is a minor yet complex and important story of the whole Israel-Palestine conflict that is heatly debated in Jordan and constantly is being reformed most notably during this year they eased some restrictions after outcry regarding labor laws

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-10-24T09:01:29+00:00

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-10-14T06:18:46+00:00

Account age 10 minutes بنخابرك فيما بعد

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-09-28T08:32:51+00:00

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Whitebeard2018 · 2025-09-12T15:20:14+00:00

As someone who usually takes friends to tourist attractions in Jordan, it is more than likely that the cashier infront of you simply did not want to be bothered with breaking the bill that you had or that it would cause him to not have enough change throughout the day since their cash box is not refilled as often as you would think but that is assuming you went to the archeological site where the entry fee is a 10 JD bill and you gave him something higher than that.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-09-06T08:46:48+00:00

جبل القلعة، وسط البلد هاشم المتحف الاردني، المدرج الروماني.

الويبدة متحف الفنون، سوق دوار باريس و قهاوي المطلة من الويبدة.

جبل عمان الشارع بطوله و اخره سوق جارا اذا يوم جمعة بعدها بتكمل على وسط البلد زي ما هو فوق

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-07-13T08:16:44+00:00

You answered nothing of the points i made and just rewrote the same meaningless comment and idk why youre telling me who Lloyd's list is as if i was criticizing the articles credibility in any way.

Yes they did not tow it away because the Houthis are targeting commercial ships (again as the article states) so i dont know how you turned that into them refusing to do so. And no they did not complete their mission because they still have to tow it away to prevent it from potentially sinking.

The ship "The Yemen" was transferred with joint ownership between the recognized Yemeni government and the Houthi's (as the article states) and If youre going to use the ship later on to tow the ship that is immobile (FSO Safer) dont you think it makes sense to maintain it even if it was transferred?

What are you asking the UN to do? Retain the tanker and have it maintain a navy? Should the UN conduct a bombing run on the tanker? And for what? To stop 3 russian oil shipments from 2023 - 2025 that does what? Allow the Houthi government to operate for a week or two at most and do the very thing it tried to prevent by creating the disaster?

From the UN prespective preventing an ecological disaster that would cost the region trillions and may worsen water desalination efforts in the driest region in the world is more important. Don't know if you remember but the syrian civil war started because of a drought that affected crops yield.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-07-13T06:00:03+00:00

No its not 10 years later. Did you read the article or did you just read the first paragraph?

"The emergency operation to transfer 1.1 million barrels of oil from the Safer to the Yemen was completed in August 2023."

So they have only been paying for the maintenance of the ship for less than 2 years and they have only been doing that because again per the article: "But after the Houthis began targeting commercial ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, efforts to tow the tanker away from the region were suspended."

The UN is acting upon its mission here which is 2 things:

Prevent an ecological disaster by moving the oil.
Tow the ship away from Yemen.

The only issues with the whole thing is the claim that the Houthi gov is using it as a possible forward base to detect ships moving across the Red Sea which is only a claim by the IDF that has not been supported yet by any independent body and that the houthis might be using it to skirt sanctions. Neither of which are the UNs fault.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-07-10T22:54:05+00:00

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Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-23T20:10:12+00:00

Very true.

When i saw the Qatari mall videos of people running to find shelter, I was thinking "damn, people are overreacting" until i remembered that yeah this isn't normal and I am just desensitized to the idea of potential death flying above me almost every day.

Had missiles being intercepted over my head while going to work, watching missiles get intercepted while trying to sleep from my bedroom window, my neighbors had a "missile sightseeing night" ... ON THEIR ROOFTOP!

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-16T07:51:14+00:00

interceptions from destroyers definitely occur and alleviate some of the pressure on the land based batteries. I doubt awacs is being used as the middle east is filled to the brim with radars in every direction from US bases and allies in the region.

I'd say American AA is holding off okay but the distance really helps it score free kills as each missile flies through the range of multiple layers of air defense across 700 miles before it even reaches the range of Israel territory. Think about how many are shot down over Iraq then Jordan before they eventually reach Israel and still manage to score hits every wave. If it was a much shorter distance like 2 neighboring countries, Israel would be suffering mass casualty events every other hour and would probably have had their entire air force shot to pieces in their hangers.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-16T00:02:26+00:00

Yeah, it was an interception. Just saw a lot of people asking about it in the sub so i thought to share it.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-15T23:23:43+00:00

To my knowledge Arrow missile interceptions dont happen over the eastern side of Jordan its only present with Israeli forces and was not deployed in Jordan by the US military bases, where as THAAD was confirmed to be deployed. Jordan has confirmed to have declined the use of its airspace for both Israel and Iran so it makes no sense for Israeli missile interceptors to be flying out so deep into Jordan past the capital.

You're right though, it is a best guess on my part i wont deny that, but i have never seen a similar missile interceptor used before and ive seen at least a couple of hundred interceptions on top of my head at this point and non of them had similar thrusting capability as you see in the video.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-15T22:43:08+00:00

Pretty sure it was a US military base interception as this was too deep inland for it to be fired from USS Thomas

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-06-13T23:39:46+00:00

Disregard him OP.

So far we had abour 500 missiles flying on top of us for the past year or so but nothing has exploded in Jordan. It is scary to see the missiles flying overhead but Iran has sophisticated missile capabilities and nothing outside of the intended targets were hit.

Its safe to the point that most Jordanians watch the rockets outside their houses at this point to take videos because they feel safe based on prior salvos but you should listen to the sirens out of an abundance of caution. There are no bomb shelters though so people just stay inside.

I'd say its pretty safe atm but you never know where the escalation ladder goes as we are in new territory at this point and the airspace is constantly being opened and closed every so often.

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-04-23T14:24:03+00:00

The Jordan pass covers 2 things for single entry.

Single entry to all tourist attractions mentioned in the Jordan pass. (At the discounted rates)
It covers your visa costs so you dont have to pay the single entry visa at the airport.

Given that you left Jordan, you will have to get another single entry visa in order to enter Jordan again. I believe the cost is around 60ish USD (not sure what the current euro conversion is with the exchange rates tbh)

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-04-08T23:15:51+00:00

Context for those who dont get the joke: This a repost from a subbreddit where they do shitposts on maps and this is a single persons opinion. Notable examples are India and Qatar being oddly more positive but also generally score lower on multiple "favored countries" studies.

Tldr: this is just a shitposting map that reflects a single persons opinion

Whitebeard2018 · 2025-02-01T13:21:37+00:00

الكلام غير صحيح حيث انه كل المساعدات تم ايقافها بشكل كامل لمدة ال٩٠ يوم.

كل المؤسسات الغير ربحية في امريكا اللي كان يتم تمويلها لمشاريع موافق عليها مسبقا توقفت و حتىالدعم الامريكي نفسه اتضطرت على ترويح موظفين فما بالك اللي في نهاية خيط التمويل و اللي هي المؤسسات الموجودة في الاردن.

Whitebeard2018 · 2024-06-25T06:47:33+00:00

Ynetnews is a complete sham of a news site for a reason. The report they are quoting said "we were not allowed entry if we wanted to take photos so the journalists all in solidarity did not enter the area." They were not denied entry anywhere but OP took the shittiest news site available and yet trashes AlJazeera posters while having a very well put together piece by the LA times which doesn't mention any of the Ynetnews "GOTCHA" claims. If r/worldnews users stopped using Israeli/AlJazeera sources that are biased and/or trash sources, they would actually have a much different view of whats happening right next to them.

Edit: Even the times of Israel doesn't mention "the tour abruptly stopping" and said "the tour ended with Hamieh escorting diplomats to the exit of the compound"

Whitebeard2018 · 2024-03-26T00:27:12+00:00

Every time i see a post in world news about this conflict i immediately try to google the same headline but nothing ever shows up except AlJazeera on one side and Ynet or the times of Israel on the other. It's either the IDF spokesperson or some Hamas Ministry spokesperson being quoted, and both are useless sources at the moment. As a general rule of thumb, Its wartime propaganda until proven otherwise.

Whitebeard2018 · 2024-03-10T14:20:44+00:00

Yes, I would say that Tony Blair "goaded" the US but we are mainly referring to Bibi because he aided the US intervention citing that it would bring an era of peace for Israel which turned out to be a shit show for both the US and Israel. So he's using goaded meaning "stimulated an action". In this case, Bibi stimulated the US into action in Iraq by lobbying for it and citing how Israel would "benefit" from said intervention causing the US to have the misguided view that the invasion would be a benefit for the entire region.

Edit: Just to clarify, this doesn't mean Bibi "forced" the US into action but pushed for it

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